Assessment

Assessment Policy and Procedures Why Assess? We assess to be sure that all children across the Blossom Federation can make as much progress in their learning as they possibly can. By assessing children’s achievements in their work, further progress in their learning can be planned for. Assessment...

Forest School

...– Year 2 Spring Term – Year 1 Summer Term – Reception During Forest School sessions, children are encouraged to work with others to carry out activities such as den/shelter building, role play, exploration, practical and creative skills and tasks. These sessions will be delivered by Miss Clare...

About our Curriculum

At The Blossom Federation of Daubeney, Sebright and Lauriston Schools, we shape our curriculum to ensure all pupils have access to a rich, exciting, experiential curriculum, which celebrates the rich diversity of our schools. Drawing on the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage and...

Admissions

Daubeney is moving to a two form entry sized primary school. There are currently two classes of Reception children and this will continue for the academic year 2023 and beyond. It is currently three form entry primary school in Years 5 & 6 although it retains three classes of Year 2 children....

Clubs

...ubs After School Club Plan for Summer Term - £39.00 per session Year groups Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Years Reception 1 & 2 Drawing Club 20 Lego 20 Multi Sports 20 Cookery Club 8 Finish at 4.45pm ...

Daubeney Children & Family Hub

Daubeney Children & Family Hub is just down the road from Daubeney Primary School. The centre shares its state of the art facilities with Daubeney Nursery which is a high quality and beautiful environment for children to learn. The centre is run by our Children’s Centre Manager – Suzanne...

Daubeney Village

Daubeney Village is an organisation of parents and staff. Its role is to encourage closer links between home and school and organise fundraising events to provide an opportunity for parents, staff and pupils to get together. How is money raised? Daubeney Village raises money through events. They...

Phonics & Early Reading

At Blossom Federation we have devised our own phonics programme based upon the principles of Letters and Sounds. We use a range of resources and strategies to tailor the phonics provision to meet the needs of our pupils. It aims to build children's speaking and listening skills in their own right...

PSHE - Jigsaw

... Goals Spring 2: Healthy Me Summer 1: Relationships Summer 2: Changing Me Jigsaw PSHE Curricu...... Me Summer 1: Relationships Summer 2: Changing Me Jigsaw PSHE Curriculum RSHE 2023 overview ...

School Uniform

Daubeney is a ‘uniform school’ this is supported by the SLT and the Governors. We believe that a school uniform is important: It looks smart Wears well Contributes to a sense of belonging and community Gives a common purpose Makes children feel equal to their peers in terms of appearance Fosters a...

Duckling Class - Forest School: Summer 2024

This week, we enjoyed Forest School with Miss Clare! We made our own bubble wands using sticks and pipe cleaners. We also had our own small sketch books to sketch, paint and collect leaves and flowers. We had so much fun!

Year 6 - Trip to V&A Museum

...ut Buddhism, our RE topic for Summer 1....

Year 2 - Literacy: Extra Yarn

...opinions too....

Español in Year 2 - Summer 2 2024

Year 2 - Jigsaw Summer 1 Week 2

This week we focused on physical contact, including touches that we like such as high fives, hugs, and holding hands, compared to touches that we don't like such as pushing, hitting, and fighting. We also discussed how it is ok to not like physical contact even if it is kind, and talked about...

Year 2 - RE Day: Summer 1

For this half term's RE Day we thought about a range of religions and discussed how do we know what is right and wrong. We thought about ourselves and how we know what the right and wrong choices are, and discussed 5 different religions, thinking about how they seek guidance and what they believe....

Mr Logan’s Weekly Update Video - 21st July 2023

Please watch my final video of the year. Wishing everyone a great summer holiday. We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday 6th September

Year 2 - History: GFoL Week 2

This half term we are learning all about the Great Fire of London in our History lessons. This week we discussed how and where the fire started, on Pudding Lane in 1666. We explored a range of reasons for why the fire lasted for five days, including having a very hot, dry summer, the houses being...

Family Phonics Workshop Spring 2024

...'t wait to see you in the Summer term where we will look at phase 5 phonics and prepare for the phonics screening test in June....

Duckling Class - First Summer Week!

This week, we have been super busy in Duckling Class. We have been reading, writing, playing table tennis, playing musical instruments, planting, working in Tesco and so much more

Spanish - First week

Very busy week for students at Daubeney after the summer break! Students in Year 1 have enjoyed singing along to familiar songs and revisiting greetings, while students in Year 5 have had the opportunity to improve their memory skills to help vocabulary retention through games, and learning about...

Year 2 - Computing Summer 2

This half term our topic has been presenting ideas. We have looked at a range of ways to present the story of Goldilocks. We read an e-book, took a quiz and explored concept maps. Last week we made our own quizzes, thinking carefully about the types of questions we wanted to include. We chose from...

Mr Logan’s Weekly Update Video - Summer 2 Week 5

Mr Logan’s Weekly Update Video - Summer 2 Week 2

Mr Logan’s weekly update video

Please see my first update video of the summer 2 half-term. I hope you find it informative and useful. Kind regards,

Year 5 - IntoUniversity: What is a University?

... go back to learn more in the Summer term!...

ITAV Summer 2026

Year 2 - Literacy: Vlad and the Great Fire of London role-play

We start the summer term by reading and exploring a new book, Vlad and the Great Fire of London. We spent the lesson talking about the book then did some freeze frames of different parts o the story

Year 4 Hornbills - Jigsaw - Summer 1 2026

The children in Hornbills had a fantastic time making their memory boxes. Inside the boxes they wrote words that were special to the memory of a person, or object even a pet that they have of had in the past

Rainbow Class - Literacy Focus

In literacy, pupils enjoyed listening to the story “We Can’t Take an Elephant on the Bus”, where they learned about different types of transport and their uses. Pupils listened carefully to the story and were able to recall key events by identifying the characters (animals) and...

Nursery - Welcome Back

We welcomed back all our friends after the summer holidays. We are excited to meet new friends too

Another successful summer fair at Daubeney!

Summer so far

... Reception have been up to in Summer so far!...

Reception - Summer so far...

Have a look at some of the things we have been up to in Reception so far!

Year 4 – Spanish - Summer Term 1

Year 4 in action! Students in Year 4 have worked incredibly hard this very short half term, and enjoyed learning about Costa Rica’s fruits and animals. We will continue reading Tico Tango’s story after a well-deserved break

Year 2 WOW Day

...d from house to house!...

Year 1 - 1L Big Draw - Summer 2022

We had lots of fun taking part in todays Big Draw! Look at our art work!

Year 5 - First Week

How was your summer? We spent the first day of Year 5 learning our new routines, finding our new seats and starting some new learning. We can't wait to experience more new things in Year 5

Year 4 - Board Games

...rd games....

Year 6 - The Boy Who Cried Wolf

...back and the beginning of the Summer Term. Year 6 are going to be writing their own modern take on the well known fable of The Boy Who Cried Wolf. To get immersed in the story they performed it in groups. This will help them when it comes to planning their own story....

Year 5 Were Dancing

The Year 5 children had a fun session today when the dance instructor came to school to teach them their new dance for our summer carnival

Year 5 - Number and Place Value

...Year 5 children started their Summer T1 today (23rd April 2019) with a focus on number and place value. We looked at the various topics covered by number and place value, and during this week we will be covering more on this topic....

Year 4 Have Had a Great First Week Back!

They have shared what they did during the summer holidays and have got to know their class teachers better. They have also jumped right into Year 4 learning for RE day where they learnt about Judaism. Have a look at the concentration on their faces!

Year 3 Literacy - Gregory Cool

We have been focusing on the text Gregory Cool. The book is about a young boy who travels to the Caribbean island of Tobago, to spend the summer with his grandparents. Upon his arrival he realizes, the lifestyle in Tobago is much different from the lifestyle in London. We are using this book to...

Year 3 - First Week Back At School

In Maths, we have been looking at place value and representing numbers using dienes and counters. We have also started to add on 1, 10 and 100 onto different numbers using our knowledge of place value so far. In Literacy, we have been recounting our summer holidays and we are preparing to create...

Year 1 - 1S Assembly - Summer 1 2018

Summer Fair 2016

... amazing time at the Daubeney Summer Fair. Ducks were hooked, faces were painted, balloons were bashed and 100’s of prizes were won! Thank you to everyone who came along to join in the fun and make it such a special day. We raised: £2560....

Summer Fair 2015

All the fun of the fair!

Summer Creative and Sports School Summer 2018

Spanish at Daubeney - Summer 1 2018

Nursery - Graduation 2018

We are so proud of our nursery children who graduated, ready for reception. We wish them the best of luck and a good summer holiday

Christmas Number 1

Tell your Ma, tell your Pa, tell the whole wide world….we at Daubeney are proud to make an attempt at a Christmas number 1 single. The epic tale began last Christmas when two young girls, Iris Roberts and Mia Kaur came forward with their own stellar composition for our Christmas carol...

BBC Breakfast - Meeting Andy Murray

We are absolutely delighted to be featured on the BBC once again! This time, it's summer and it's Wimbledon! A huge congratulations to Hamnah in 5O for being invited by the BBC to meet the World No.1 tennis champion – Sir Andrew Murray OBE - at the prestigious Queen’s Club in...

Children's Centre - Summer Fair / Health Event - 4th August 2022

Virtual Assembly - 1st June 2020

...Summer 2...

Year 5 - Art WOW Day

...What a day! We wrapped up our Summer 2 half term with a WOW Day dedicated to art inspired by Antony Gormley. More specifically, we created our own art pieces inspired by "Field for the British Isles" which we called "Field for the Year 5 Isles". We even had a Year 5 exhibition to...

Music - Summer Term 2022

...es live and acoustic. Summer 2 is a very busy term packed full of memory making events. We had two trips to the Round Chapel for the Hackney Music Service Festival. Also the City Year talent show did a great job of bringing light to new music stars at Daubeney. We had our heart warming and i...

Year 5 - Summer Big Draw

"The eyes are the window to the soul", a saying that we used to inspire our surrealist art. We drew an eye and filled it with all the things that are important to us, similar to René Magritte's "The False Mirror"

1FA - Autumn in the School Garden

We went to the school garden to look at how the trees are changing as autumn approaches. We discussed how the leaves are drying and falling off the trees. We talked to Gavin, our gardener, as he was pruning the berry bushes to prepare them for winter. We talked about how the days are longer in the...

First Days in Year 5

We have had so much fun in our first two days back after the summer break! We’ve already begun working on our maths and we’ve submitted our entries for the logo completions for our new federation name “The Blossom Federation”. We’re very happy to be back!

Mental Health - Staff Well-being Week 2021

...beginning of our assembly ....

Art Team Easter Competition

...t in this years Young Artists Summer Show, presented by the Royal Academy of Arts. Submit a piece of artwork based on any theme, using any materials to admin@daubeney.hackney.sch.uk by the 21st April for submission into the competition. For more information, visit the Royal Academy website ....

Summer Reading Challenge

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Virtual Assembly - 28th April 2020

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Year 6 Graduation - Class Of 2019

As always, it was an emotional farewell to our year 6’s on graduation day (17.7.19). There were speeches, there were guests of honour, there were songs, there were special achievements there were tears and there was laughter! As we all enjoy the summer, we reflect on the good times and wish...

Year 2 - Graduation Class Of 2019

With much fanfare our Year2’s graduated from KS1 to KS2 on 17.7.19. The teachers were proud, but not as much as the parents! As for the children they were filled with pride as the received their certificates, sang their celebratory songs and had nominated class individuals read their...

Summer School

Year 5 - End of Year Picnic

... park while enjoying the good Summer weather....

Year 2 - Ultimate Times Table Challenge!

...We practiced for the whole of Summer 1 and on the last day of the half term, the three classes competed to see who was the best at their timestables! 2B were the champions, 2K came second and 2C came third! A really well done to all of the Years 2s who took part in the competition!...

Summer Project 2018

... your brains ticking over the Summer holidays, here are some fun and creative activities for you to sink your teeth into. There are maths, literacy, creative and science activities for Key Stage 1 and 2. We look forward to seeing your amazing home learning in September! Creative KS1 KS2 Literac...