Science and Sustainability

...Warriors At Daubeney all children are part of our Eco Team. As the way we live and treat the planet is important for everyone we all take turns in getting involved around the school. Recently some of our junior members helped to plant the new trees in our Key Stage 2 playground. We are incredibly pr...

Governors

...acher and the Senior Leadership Teams to set the school’s strategic aims and policies and actively work to monitor, support and improve the quality of teaching and learning for all pupils. The role of the Governing Body is one of strategic oversight; governors are not involved in the day-to-day ru...

Humanities - History & Geography

Intent To deliver a broad and balanced curriculum, which includes ensuring children are able to access cross curricular subjects like Geography, History and RE regularly. To have a deeper understanding of the world that we live in by learning in a cross curricular, creative and experiential way. To...

Physical Education

Intent The Blossom Federation believes that Physical Education (PE), experienced in a safe and supportive environment, is essential to ensure children attain optimum physical and emotional development and good health. We intend to deliver high-quality teaching and learning opportunities that...

Starting Reception in September

Your Teachers The Early Years Curriculum at Daubeney Your child will be learning skills, acquiring new knowledge and demonstrating their understanding through seven areas of learning and development. There are three prime areas that are embedded in everything we do: Communication and Language...

Assessment

...ear, all year groups meet with SLT (Senior Leadership Team) for an Assessment Meeting to set targets and make predictions for children’s progress and attainment over the coming year. Across the Blossom Federation, we assess all children once each term. An assessment timeline is followed each term....

Mental Health

...kan Gull Junior Mental Health Team - JMHT - Made up of pupils from each class group Throughout the ......Highlights Junior Mental Health Team Meditation At Daubeney, we have been learning the benefits o...

Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development

At Daubeney, the children and their learning are at the very heart of everything we do. Its impact is seen both within and outside of the classroom. We believe strongly in a holistic education for our children, rooted in our conviction that our children will succeed regardless of their background...

Spanish

...la y León. Little Linguists Young Team Little Linguists are a group of enthusiastic student ambassadors who support language learning across the school. They promote a love of languages, assist with language-related activities and events, and encourage other pupils to explore new languages throug...

SEND and Our Local Offer

Our SENDCO Welcome to the Blossom Federation SEND offer. From the moment I took over as SENDCO at Daubeney, my dedicated team and I have tried to create a personalised experience for you - and bring back, the element of working together to serve your child. Our inclusive curriculum is supported by...

School Uniform

...e or one of the Senior Leadership Team if you require this. The information below outlines the expectations for uniform. Uniform is on sale within the school but we are also happy for you to source the same items elsewhere. We have clothing suitable for summer and winter and you can choose what clot...

Reception

... Policy...

PSHE - Jigsaw

Intent One of the integral features of the Blossom Federation curriculum. The backbone of PSHCE is our JIGSAW programme. Jigsaw connects the pieces of Personal, Social and Health Education, emotional literacy, social skills and citizenship, carrying out a mindful approach to PSHCE which brings...

Nurture Group - The Nest

...nd his future. So thank you to the Nurture Team. It has been amazing and would highly recommend this to any parent. Daubeney Receive MBQMA Award The Majorie Boxall Quality Mark was awarded to us in April 2019. We are very proud to receive this award as it recognises the hard work of pupils and s...

Nursery

...e learning. EYFS Policy...

School Council

...th the Hackney Junior Road Safety Team and share ideas and practice with other Junior Safety Officers in the Borough. Once elected, the councillors pick which committee they would like to be in. The councillors meet in their committees weekly to plan, work and discuss the issues and projects they ar...

Free School Meals

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Admissions

...mber of the Senior Leadership Team will take them on a tour of the school and answer any questions. Once children have been offered a place at Daubeney, there will be a planned home visit and then the parents/carers will be invited in to complete the necessary admissions paperwork. Documentary evide...

Year 6 - 6M IntoUniversity

The children in 6M enjoyed a whole week of activities with the team from IntoUniversity. They discussed and learnt all about life at university, the courses on offer and activities provided by many different institutes. They children also discussed diversity and empathy and visited the Dialogue Hub...

Year 5 Outdoor Learning

This week Year 5 went outdoors to begin their topic learning about mountains. They had to work as a team to choose items that they would need on a climb up Mt Kilimanjaro

Prefects - Whole Team Training

Our Prefects being put through their paces during a whole team training

World Teachers' Day 2021

... and our Junior Mental Health Team created cards and handed out treats to our staff....

Junior Literacy Team 2021/2022

... the Daubeney Junior Literacy Team! They are very eager to share their passion for reading and writing with everyone at Daubeney. The Team will be supporting Miss Fergus in promoting Literacy across the school through assemblies and events. They will also be in charge of keeping all book corners aro...

The Junior Literacy Team Visit Everyone's Book Corners

...eracy Team......By Nico, 6O - Junior Literacy Team...

Eco Team Waste Audit

...This afternoon Daubeney's Eco Team conducted a waste audit with Hackney environment. We found many ways were we are not using our bins correctly but we also found many ways that we are! We can’t wait to begin making changes at our school and help everyone get rid of their waste correctly!...

Junior Science Team Meeting - November 2021

... and bulbs!...

Science Team Experiment - Mixing Acid with Bicarbonate of Soda

For our science team meeting we had a look at what would happen if we mixed an acid like vinegar with bicarbonate of soda and had some exciting results!

School Council - St Joseph's Hospice Rudolph Run

...d raising over £1128.98 Well Done Team Daubeney! - Audrey, School Council...

The Junior Literacy Team's Top Tips

...Check out the Junior Literacy Team's top tips for filling in your reading records as well as some amazing book recommendations! Comment below and share what you are reading at the moment and your top tips for reading at home....

Eco Team Bulb Planting

...couple of months time....

Junior Mental Health Team - Compliment Booklet

...d to our Junior Mental Health Team. Mr Matvad received a Compliment Booklet today with loads of lovely, kind and caring messages. "This really made my day, I am so happy." We would like to thank the JMHT for an amazing project that they themselves created for Daubeney. "This ...

Year 4M IntoUniversity

Today, 9-07-2021, the children in 4M were excited to meet the team from IntoUniversity via on online Google Meet session. The children learnt all about different careers and the skills needed to pursue certain jobs. They will visit Into University when they are in Year 5 and a whole week in Year 6

Year 3 - 3HC Dress to Express

3HC have dressed to EXPRESS! As part of Children's Mental Health week taking place this week. Don't forget the junior mental health team are helping to raise money for Pace 2 Be to help children get easier access mental health support

Young Hackney Basketball Finals

A big well done to the KS2 basketball team, for winning the Young Hackney's competition yesterday

Children’s Mental Health Week 2022 - Growing Together

...s to Express Day. Our Junior Health Team raised money for Place2Be and raised £309.39!!! Thank you all for your contributions!...

Comic Relief 2022

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Golden Achievers for our Teachers

As part of Staff Wellbeing Week, our Junior mental health team created achievers for our teachers and presented them during our achiever assemblies. Our teachers were very surprised and we had lots of smiling faces!

Junior Mental Health Team Place2Be Fundraising

The JMHT raised £309.39 for Place2Be. They met with Matthew Charlton the Community Fundraising Manager at Place2Be to discuss the work they do, explain how our £309.39 could make a difference

Year 2 WOW Day - The Great Fire of London

To finish off the topic of the Great Fire of London, Year 2 designed and made some houses which replicate how the houses would’ve looked in 1666. They all worked brilliantly as a team and created magnificent masterpieces! Take a look

Nurture Group - Cross Curricular: Making a Chair Using Cardboard

Today we made a chair using cardboard. We worked as a team to make the legs, seat, back and spindle. We managed to make it stand for our teddy to sit on, unfortunately it did not stay standing when a child sat on it

Junior Mental Health Team - Thank You to Daubeney Staff

...ative. Our Junior Mental Health Team wanted to say a big thank you and show their appreciation to our staff at Daubeney....

Year 5 and 6 Residential 2020 - Day 3

...from the Daubeney Residential Team. - Mr Dharma...

Year 5 and 6 Residential 2020 - Day 2

...m dry weather but because the Team Daubeney at Youlbury are the most amazing Team ever! Whether it’s whizzing down a zip wire, building shelters from natural resources, climbing up and abseiling down a 40ft wall, working as a Team to skilfully negotiate a Jacob’s Ladder or climbing up a ...

School Council Meeting - 8th September 2021

The School Council met together for the first time! They were elected last year, but due to Covid restrictions the team never met together. It was a very special and exciting moment for all. The School Council will meet every Tuesday for this half term. Some vacancies have become available…so watch...

Year 5 and 6 Residential 2020 - Day 4

[menu name="year5-6-residential-2020"] It’s Day 4 and you’d have thought the tiredness would have set in by now... well it has for the adults! The children are just as energised as ever. After a hearty breakfast, they were pasting their way down, by now, a well trodden and...

Year 4M Class Assembly - 17th November 2020

Today 17-11-2020 the school council members led our class assembly in 4M. They discussed the role of a school council member and took ideas from the class to make our class even better. It was really nice to have the children leading an assembly and our next assembly will be led by the junior...

Year 6 - WOW Day

In year 6 we have been studying rivers. On WOW Day we designed and built our very own bridge. In the afternoon we took part in a scavenger hunt. We had to work together as a team and stay focused to make sure we were successful

Year 4M Class Assembly - 19th November 2020

Today 19-11-2020 our junior science and literacy team members led our class assembly. They explained their roles and activities in the group. There was also an opportunity to ask questions

November Book Fair 2020

... Mei Foo 6FO, Junior Literacy Team Leader...

Year 4M Class Assembly - 24th November 2020

...2020 the Junior Mental Health Team led our class assembly. They discussed some breathing techniques and the importance of our mental health....

Year 4M Class Assembly - 1st December 2020

Today 1-12-2020 the Junior Art team led our class assembly and discussed the role of being in the art club. The children were also encouraged to do some art activities and share their art skills with others around the school

Year 4M Class Assembly - 3rd December 2020

Today our ECO team members led our assembly explaining the importance of the ECO team members and how we can help our environment

Daubeney's 100 Active Challenge

Daubeney children took part in the Daubeney’s 100 Active Challenge. The children had a challenge each day to see how many squats, crunches, lunges, jumping jacks and burpees they could do in 100 seconds. Our Junior Mentor Health team created videos to help us with the challenge

Junior Science Team Meeting - March 2021

Today, the junior science team looked at different liquids. We predicted what would happen if we placed them in a cup. Some said they would mix while others said they would separate. After doing the experiment, they separated and some children used great vocabulary such as "heavy, density, sink and...

Mental Health - Giving

... you to our Juniour Mental Health Team who organised the week and to everyone who donated and contributed. We raised in total: £903.67 Thank you to Mr Vidler for taking beautiful photographs on the day. The children also discussed that you do not always have to give money and gifts and that shari...

Art Team Easter Competition

Take part 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

Breathing with our Junior Mental Health Team

Science Team Meeting - 26th May 2021

Today, we had a science team meeting to discuss female scientists across history. The science team members were given the task of researching the scientists and will feed back to each other in their next meeting!

Year 5 - Science Team Meeting

Today we had another look at female scientists. In groups, we choose a scientist, researched her and presented the information to the rest of the team!

Robotic Arm Science Team Meeting

One of our science team members kindly brought in a robotic arm and expertly explained how it worked to the rest of the group. Everyone then had a go at using it and we tried to pick up different objects using the claw and suction cup!

Junior Literacy Team 2020/2021

...embers of the Junior Literacy Team! They are eager to share their passion for reading and writing with everyone at Daubeney. Watch this space for book reviews, book recommendations, literacy tutorials, competitions and more!...

Prefect Applications for 2020-21

Job starts in September - applications accepted from Year 5 only A prefect is appointed by the Executive Headteacher on the recommendation of the Senior management team and other staff. It is expected that prefects will follow and demonstrate the Daubeney Standards in their everyday lives. Position...

Year 6 - SATs Celebration

Hi Year 6, we've put together this video for you to celebrate you finishing what is normally one of the more memorable half-terms in primary school - the half-term when you should have been sitting your SATs. As it was, you didn't have to sit them but arguably you have faced something much...

Virtual Assembly - 13th May 2020

... Literacy Team...

Mental Health - Staff Well-being Week 2021

...lf care. Our Junior Mental Health Team created certificates and a video to show their appreciation for all the hard work they do. You can see the video at the beginning of our assembly ....

Year 4 - Transition Day in 5C

This week was super exciting. To get us ready for September, we spent the day with our new teacher, Miss Cheung and did lots of fun activities like learning about Miss Cheung and talking about ourselves, creating class charter, writing a letter to our old teacher and play team games

Year 4 Spelling Test - 11th May 2020

...how you go! Stay safe, Year 4 Team...

Year 4 Spelling Test - 24th April 2020

... 4, Greetings from the Year 4 Team! We hope you are all well and have been studying your spelling words. Comment down below how you went and stay safe....

Baller Boys Author Visit

To celebrate World Book Day (5th March 2020), Daubeney had a very special visit from Venessa Taylor, author of the book ‘Baller Boys’ which is based on our late Coach Reece and his football team. The children got to learn about the characters, hear an exclusive extract from the story and take part...

Year 4 - Spelling Test - 9th April 2020

Hi Year 4, Happy Easter and I hope you are having a lovely time. Here is this weeks spelling test! we know you have been working hard all week so good luck. The words for next week are on page 44 on the website . Stay safe, Year 4 team

Mental Health Awareness Week Nature Competition

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Year 5 and 6 Residential 2020 - Day 5

...ot;] A very good morning from Team Daubeney at Youlbury! We’re packed, fed and ready to go, once we’ve completed our last two activities and had lunch. My aim is for us to leave by 1.30pm if not a few minutes before. I will update the school office around our arrival time so please look ...

Year 6 - 6MC - IntoUni Week

We have spent a week with IntoUni! We learned about inspirational people such as Malala Yousafzai and Martin Luther King Junior. We also visited the Wallace Collection in Central London and Cambridge University! "It was one of the best into uni sessions we had and we had lots of fun with the...

Music - Summer Term 2022

It was a great year of skateboards, ukuleles, djembes, recorders with lots more in between. We enjoyed and celebrated our interschool concert with guest bands from Ickburgh, a local special needs school and also a band from Rushmore. Alongside this we often had our outdoor jam on a Friday lunchtime...

Rainbow - Fun Attention Activity

Our pupils had a magical learning experience that captured their attention and fostered teamwork. Sitting eagerly on their chairs, they worked together to guess sensory toys that were shown to them from the attention bucket. Each toy sparked curiosity and excitement while helping the children...

Rainbow Room - Blocks Play

Ayyad and Benjamin were having an absolute fun as they transformed the room into a colourful and exciting mess, using blocks to build towers of all shapes and sizes. Each tower was uniquely crafted with different colored blocks, making every creation stand out even more. It was a joy to witness...

Year 5 - IntoUniversity: Astronomy

What is it like to study at university? What kinds of classes do they have? We explored the types of lessons university students might have by learning about astronomy. We took part in a variety of activities and worked with a team!

Maths Team Trip to Museum of Brands

We enjoyed a lovely day out to the Museum of Brands in West London, where we learnt about market research and unique selling points. We then designed and priced our own chocolate bars!

Team Point Winners!

In Daubeney Primary School, students are awarded points for working as a team, meeting the Golden Expectations and always aspiring to achieve their best. This year, YELLOW TEAM amassed the most points.  On Wednesday 25th June 2025, Reception and KS1 Yellow team will be spending the day at Adventure...

Reception - Yellow Team Trip 2025

...highlights, title 2025 Yellow Team trip to Victoria Park....

Year 5 and 6 - Boys first federation match

Everyone enjoyed themselves and were able to work together as a team

Year 5 - Mapping Day

Year 5 recently took part in a fantastic full-day workshop focused on developing their mapping skills. The children explored a wide range of maps and learned how to read them using keys, symbols, and directional language. They were fascinated to discover how maps can tell stories and help us...

Year 4 - Brain Buddies

The children in year 4 had a fun session today learning about their feelings and emotions. They played many games and discussed strategies to play as a team. They will continue Brain Buddies for the next 7 weeks

Excellence in Music Award 2025

The Daubeney Music Department and our star pupil, Noah, have just received a prestigious award from the Mayor of Hackney, Caroline Woodley. On Tuesday night, Mr. Logan, Mr. Brian, and Noah attended a ceremony at the Hackney Empire to accept our certificate and a bursary worth £2,700. So, how did we...

Year 5 & 6 Cross Country League

Well done to all our fantastic Year 5 and 6 pupils who took part in the recent cross-country competition! Every runner showed incredible determination, teamwork, and resilience as they tackled the challenging course

Year 5/6 Boy's & Girl's - Hackney Football Competition

The Year 5/6 enthusiastically took part in local Hackney football tournament. Showcasing great teamwork and sportsmanship, Unfortunately both team got knocked out of the semi-finals but was extremely proud of the children accomplishment

Cross Country League Match 3

Daubeney Pupils from year 5/6 groups showcased impressive stamina as they raced across the challenging course, cheering one another on and celebrating each achievement. It was a fantastic day of sport, teamwork and school spirit. We are incredibly proud of all the children who took part

School Council Meeting - January 2026

... to collaborate with the OPAL Team to explore revamping the bus so it can be used by the children. We are excited about the opportunities ahead and look forward to working together to make a positive impact for our school community....

Year 3 - DT

Year 3 demonstrated creativity and engineering skills as they constructed their own catapults using lolly sticks. They used their Design and Technology learning on linkages and levers to explain how the mechanical element created movement. A fun combination of problem‑solving, teamwork, and...

Little Linguists to BFI

...d cinema....

Rainbow Room - Outdoor PE

Pupils were actively engaged in physical activity on the football court, where they practiced throwing and catching the ball, as well as building their confidence in kicking and passing during simple team games

Cross Country & Dodgeball

The Year 5/6 groups took part in two competition this week. Showcased they impressive stamina and celebrating each other achievements. It was a fantastic week of sports as they was showing teamwork and school spirit

Year 4 - Hornbills at Intouniversity

The children in Hornbill class had a fun session learning all about different and exciting careers with the Intouniversity team. Next year, they will continue to have workshops exploring more career options in the future

Football Competition

Daubeney football team took part at a local competition on the 08.10.26 . They were really impressive and was able to get third place

Spanish - Little Linguists Team

...progress!...

Year 4 - Wow Day

We designed our own games working in teams and then presented our ideas to the Dragons whom we wanted to invest in our projects

Year 6 - Day 2 of Into Uni: Eagles Class

Today we had another brilliant day, we created portraits using watercolours and collage. We explored how the time you have to create an image changes the detail and content - what you think is important enough to include. We also continued to learn all about our three famous individuals - Jean-...

Year 5 - Literacy Outdoor Learning

Year 5 were set the task of building dens suitable for the Himalayas. Ashley who sets off on a long arduous journey across the Himalayas would have had a similar experience when trying to find shelter in the evenings. The children had to work as a team and think about the properties of the...

Daubeney Book Corners

...favourite?...

World Mental Health Day 2022

...ultures. Junior Mental Health Team (JMHT) announced their own "make a dreamcatcher" competition. 38 Children across Daubeney Primary School entered competition. They all won a “gratitude journal”. Well done children!...

Junior Mental Health Team - Anti Bullying Week 2022

JMHT have been delivering art therapy for Anti Bullying week. We have been celebrating differences, friendships and reaching our with kind words

Eco Team Waste Audit

We have conducted a waste audit of our school! It was loads of fun and we found out how much we waste as well as if we are using our bins correctly! We can’t wait to share our results next term!

Scientist of the Week

One pupil stood out for his hard work and dedication and emerged as Daubeney's Scientist of the Week. He worked tirelessly, assisting the team in Daubeney's science gadget shop but also assisting the science lead in presenting jaw-dropping experiments to the rest of the school

Junior Mental Health Team - Mindful Colouring Sessions for Children's Mental Health Week

JMHT have been delivering mindful colouring sessions to celebrate Children's Mental Health Week

Spanish Champions Help at Parents' Evening

Spanish Champions working! Earlier on this week, at parents' evening, some members of the team helped parents with their Spanish language, as well as informed them about how we learn at Daubeney. HUGE gracias!

Year 4 - Outdoor learning

Spending time outside is proven to have a positive effect on children’s physical and mental health. At Daubeney we are making the most of this sunny day and have taken our Spanish lesson outside. Great opportunity for them to take ownership of their learning and enhance teamwork skills

Digital Leader Trip

Yesterday, our Digital Leader team had lots of fun visiting the Apple store in Stratford City. There they had the opportunity to code and create with Swift Playgrounds using an iPad. The children experimented with code and designed an app using the About Me playground. They had a great time...

Year 4M IntoUniversity

The children in Year 4M enjoyed their activities with the IntoUniversity team learning all about different careers. They explored careers like product designing, engineering and palaeontology. The children identified the skills they were using in different careers and completed some fun activities

Eco Team Trip

Today we went to the Leaside Trust Center! We learned about the Running Out of Time campaign and we got to meet the runners! The Running Out of Time campaign aims to raise awareness about Climate Change. The runners have been taking part in a relay from Ben Nevis in Scotland to the Big Ben in...

The Nest - Putting Sand in the Reception Playground

...d in the Reception Playground....

Gardening Afterschool Club

The gardening club began by introducing the important rules to children when it comes to using the school garden, for instance listening to each other, working in teams, being safe when using tools, taking respectful care of plants, fruits and vegetables etc so this was well followed by all the...

Junior Literacy Team 2023/2024

... the Daubeney Junior Literacy Team! They are very eager to share their passion for reading and writing with everyone at Daubeney. The Team will be supporting Ms Lester in promoting Literacy across the school through assemblies and events. They will also be in charge of keeping all book corners aroun...

Year 2 - Captain Robert Falcon Scott

This week in History we learnt about the explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott. We discovered that he was part of a British team that were trying to be the first people to reach the South Pole. His expedition was called Terra Nova, and they set off in 1910, finally reaching the South Pole in January...

Year 2 - WOW Day Autumn 1 2023

Year 2 had so much fun on WOW day for Autumn 1! We recapped all of our learning about the world, and worked as a team to create our own climate scenes. We chose from either a tropical or polar climate, and thought about the plants you'd find there as well as the animals. We used lots of recycled...

Art Team Newspaper - Issue 13 January 2024

Year 6 Hawk Class - Into University Experience

Monday During Our Into University Experience, On Monday, we did the carousel activity learning bout psychology, philosophy, classics and social sciences. Tuesday On Tuesday we did self portraits or our fellow peers. . In the afternoon, we carried out research, created fact files and biography and...

Year 6 – DT: Evaluate

In this lesson, we evaluated our prototypes! We first discussed what is evaluation and why we should evaluate. We then discussed the tools and materials we used, problems we encountered, what went well and more! We then completed an evaluating sheet with our group after discussing each question and...

Year 6 – Eagles Class: Into University

Monday We learnt about what liberal arts are and the subjects that make it up. We took part in a carousel activity about psychology, philosophy, classics and social sciences. At each activity, we learnt about what that subject means and then completed an activity that relates to our learning. An...

Junior Art Team Trip

...ay 23 rd April our Junior Art Team enjoyed a trip to the Young V&A in Bethnal Green. Not only did they have a nice time on their trip, but they had the opportunity to look at art and design in toys and ‘everyday’ objects. Thank you to Ms Smith for leading, and thank you to Ms Toni fo...

Digital Leaders trip to Apple

Our Digital Leaders team had lots of fun at the Apple store in Stratford. We had an interactive session all about using GarageBand to make our own theme tune. We thought about the beat we could create, the tempo of the track, the additional instruments we could use and even included special...

Science Exposé

During our science exposé workshop, Daubeney parents came in to share with us their fascinating careers, working in a science related (STEAM) sector. Children from different year groups enjoyed learning about and exploring careers from different fields. In the end, we all learnt that Science is in...

Junior Art Team Newspaper - May 2024

Junior Literacy Team Trip to the Roald Dahl Museum

...s stories....

Daubeney Boys Football Team

Junior Literacy Team 2024-2025

... the Daubeney Junior Literacy Team! They are very eager to share their passion for reading and writing with everyone at Daubeney. The Team will be supporting Ms Lester in promoting Literacy across the school through assemblies and events. They will also be in charge of keeping all book corners aroun...

Year 5 and 6 Residential 2020 - Day 1

...d night from all the Daubeney Team at Youlbury. - Mr Dharma...

World Mental Health Day - 10th October 2019

...hop. The Junior Mental Health Team confidently demonstrated our calming breathing techniques to parents and then there was a talk from our CAMHs worker Dr Annie McHugh and our Family Support Worker, Nadia Collier. The parents and children then had an opportunity to participate in some fun activities...

Junior Mental Health Team - How to Look After Our Mental Health

...Team!......ideo to the Senior Leadership Team and it was then presented to the KS2 children in assembly. The ch......ell done Junior Mental Health Team!...

Year 3 - Making Recycled Hats

...special visit from Eco Active Team to encourage the children to recycle. They were taught what things they can recycle in school and at home. They were put to a challenge to make recycled hats in 5mins. This was hardwork but Year 3 did an amazing job and managed create exciting and quirky hats. Can ...

Top Book Recommendations for KS1

...November, The Junior literacy Team led an assembly for KS1. We recommended books we like to read whe......ald Dahl. The books the Junior Literacy Team recommended include: The Twits by Roald Dahl Diary ......n you were younger? The Junior Literacy Team enjoyed the assembly as much as the KS1 children! - By ...

Top Book Recommendations for KS2

...December, the Junior Literacy Team hosted another amazing assembly; this time for KS2. We recommende......�s Malteser by Anthony Horowitz Team Hero by Adam Blade Max the Detective Cat by Sarah Todd Tayl...... Foo Sherwin, 6F, Junior Literacy Team Leader...

World Book Day 2019

.... - By Kai Foo Sherwin, 6F – Literacy Team Leader...

Year 1 - Identifying and Classifying Different Materials

In 1P we have been learning about different materials and their properties. This week we had the task of identifying and classifying different materials. We worked as a team to decide where to put things and really enjoyed our experiment!

Year 1 - London Transport Museum

Year 1 have been learning about different means of transport. We went to the London Transport Museum to learn about how people traveled in the past in London. We saw how horses were used to pull carriages, and what the first bus looked like. We also went on the first ever tube train: it had no...

Year 1 Groovin'

... keyboard and Hayden on bass. Team work makes the dream work!...

Year 2 - 2K World Maths Day 2019

Today (12th March 2019) was World Maths Day!! It was a fun day as 2K enjoyed taking part in different Maths activities. They enjoyed working in groups; whereby each child contributed ideas that helped their team solve the equation. Some teams used concrete as others challenged themselves with...

Year 2 - Maths Workshop with the Happy Puzzle Company

Year 2 took part in an exciting maths workshop with the Happy Puzzle Company. We developed our team work skills whilst solving challenging maths problems!

Year 2 - Work Week

We had police officers, EchoActive, dog and cat protection team come to visit us and talk about their jobs

Year 3 - Chocolate Crazy, Learning Had

Wow! What a choco-tastic day of learning with MASTER Chocolatier Derek Smith the Year 3's have enjoyed. Where does the cocoa tree come from? Who invented the chocolate bar? What does a cocoa pod look and smell like? These were just some of the amazing facts we explored prior to creating our own...

Year 3 - Federation Maths Challenge 2017

A team of 5 pupils from each of the Year 3 classes took part in the event. They working through a variety of problem solving and reasoning activities collaboratively. They took part in relay races, cross-number puzzles and worked systematically through a variety of investigations. Daubeney did very...

Year 3 - Forces and Magnets

Year 3's science topic for this term is forces and magnets. After creating mind maps to think about what questions we had about this area, we then took part in a game of tug of war! We discovered the the team who used the most force (pulling) would win. If we used equal force then the rope did...

Year 3 - Prehistoric Houses

After learning about the Stone Age through to the Iron Age, Year 3 dutifully collected rocks, sticks and other materials to independently make a variety of prehistoric houses. I was impressed by their creativity, critical thinking skills and teamwork. Well done Year 3!

Team Points

...Here are the current Daubeney Team Point totals:...

Year 3's Visit to Kew Gardens

On their recent visit to Kew Gardens, Year 3 observed the dry, arid space populated by spiky cactus plants & noted the distinct change of temperature & humidity as they walked into the tropical Palm House. Those with glasses couldn't not notice; their glasses steamed up as soon as they...

Year 4 - 4K Sharing Assembly: Living Things and their Habitats

4K proudly performed their class assembly to parents and the whole school. Their class assembly was based on the science topic of Living Things and their Habitats. Well done to all the pupils who worked hard and performed with confidence! What a team!

Year 4 - 4K Trip to Lego Headquarters

4K enjoyed an amazing trip to Lego Headquarters where we took part in hands-on activities. We built robots, had a go at programming and concluded with team races. We also played memory games, learnt about the history of the Lego family and tested the newest Lego video games. Take a look at some of...

Year 4 - IntoUniversity Workshop

Year 4P who are now the new Year 5M enjoyed a special workshop from the IntoUniversity team. The children were engaged in various activities, like creativity by designing their own trainer, being an archaeologist and having a go at being a road and town planner. The children are now looking forward...

Year 4 - Lego Workshop

Year 4 had an interesting Lego workshop organised by the City Year team. They had a wonderful time learning about coding and robotics and put all this knowledge into use. Take a look at what they got up to!

Year 4 - Work Week

...hank you to the "Inspire Team" for arranging this amazing experience....

Year 5 - 5M Full STEAM Ahead

The children in Year 5M were delighted today (26th February 2019) to have a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics workshop. The children played many different games looking at various occupations and their meanings and designed a floating boat using only limited resources

Year 5 - Eco Active Workshop

Year 5M were involved today (27th September 2018) in learning all about recycling and sustainability. The Eo Active team came into class to help the children learn about the importance of recycling and how we can recycle our food. Food waste is a major issue around Hackney and the children...

Year 5 - ecoACTIVE Bugs

Year 5M had an amazing activity today exploring the world of compost and the bugs responsible for helping to break down our food. They learnt aboutthe process and even got to hold worms, larvae, beetles, woodlouse and earwigs. A special thanks to ecoACTIVE team who came to Daubeney and allowed our...

Year 5 - Fire Safety

The children in Year 5 were given a workshop today from a member of the London Fire Brigade team (Educational Officer) where the children learnt about the importance of fire safety and what actions to take if a fire occurred

Year 5 - Junior Maths Team

The junior maths team were in action today (5th February 2019) working across the Year 5 classes. Some children from 5M were working alongside groups in 5Mc, supporting and teaching the pupils methods to convert seconds, minutes and hours. They helped the children to extend their learning by...

Year 5 - STEAM Competition

A massive well done to all teams who participated from Year 5 today in a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) competition. The students showed amazing teamwork skills. Congratulations to all teams - one team from 5M came 3rd while the team from 5F came first and made it...

The Science Team at The Royal Society

... The Royal Society...

Sports Update - January 2019

Fantastic from the KS1 taking part in the healthy living festival and having fun. Really Good effort Year 3 boys giving their all at Mabley green. Well done for the Athletics team in Year 6 getting through to the finals

Year 5 Residential 2017 - Day 2

Another riveting day at our residential adventure! What better way to start the day than with cereal, beans, hash browns, scrambled egg and toast? A hearty breakfast, after an interesting first night and a 6am morning workout and yoga, to prepare for another fun packed day of activities including...

Guardian Visits Daubeney

Year 6 were delighted to have been visited by two inspiring members of the Guardian newspaper team and learning about the exciting world of Journalism and the Media. The workshop involved children thinking about what it means to be a journalist and what is involved in getting a newspaper ready each...

Computing Team - Augmented and Virtual Reality Apps

The computing team met with the fabulous Oyedo who showed us all about augmented and virtual reality apps. Watch this space for our own apps coming soon

1FA - Maths Week

For Maths Week we had a fun assembly where we learned about shapes. We also had a great workshop where we worked together as a team to solve puzzles and problems. It was fun!

City Year UK: We don't know who benefits most - the students, the schools, or the volunteers

...to meet with the City Year UK Team, take a tour of the school, and speak to the volunteers themselves about their experience since they began working at the school in September. Read more at Big Change......

Coding Challenge

...ur games soon......

Cross Country at Hackney Downs Park

A selection of Daubeney's finest long distance runners, competing at Hackney Downs park. An excellent effort by the team, with every individual improving on their performance the previous week

Daubeney Choir Perform for Nursery

Nursery had visitors performing. Yes it was Daubeny's Choir! The Choir team came and sang some beautiful songs as Nursery and 2G watched delightfully. Children paid great attention to the Choir singing. Nursery children were very brave and took the opportunity to perform one of their Christmas...

Eco Team - Worm Farms

The eco team made worm farms to help us compost more of our food waste. EcoACTIVE helped us to make them and we discussed why it was important to compost

Eco Team Workshop

Daubeney's Eco-team met a landscape architect today to discuss a special project for the hop garden! They discussed what they liked about it and how it can be improved. The children came up with a range of creative ideas which we can put into action soon. 'We enjoyed being outside in the...

Eco-Team - Mabley Green Edible Garden

...oActive for having us!...

Eco-team Climate Change and Environment Training

The Eco-team received training from 'Eco-Schools' about climate change and the environment. They also conducted an Environmental audit to ensure our school is as sustainable as it can possibly be. They were able to identify what we already do and how we can improve. Now that they know how...

Eco-Team Monitoring Air Quality

The Eco-team have been keeping busy with meetings to improve Daubeney primary school. One of them being monitoring our air quality. We know that London has some of the worst air quality in the whole of Europe and so we are measuring our air quality around Daubeney to find out how clean the air we...

EcoACTIVE Awards

...ard work so far this year!...

Hackney Fun Run

...te than yourselves. Well done Team Daubeney!...

Reception - Red Class' First PE Lesson

Take a look to see what fun we had during our first PE session. "l like running and playing the wild animals game" - Kaivan "I like rolling" - Sueni "I like doing racing in our team colours" - Benjamin

Hackney Junior Citizenship

Hackney Junior Citizenship Schemes is a fast-paced, multiple-agency event run for Year 6 students and designed to help pupils prepare for the challenges they may face as they become young adults. Our Year 6 pupils enjoyed a carousel of activities with up to ten different agencies delivering short...

Junior Literacy Team Meet SLT

...th March, the Junior Literacy Team were invited to meet with Mr Logan, Mr Dharma, Ms Lucey, Ms Gusta......d Ms Cenac (Senior Leadership Team). We discussed ways to encourage reading and writing throughout t......Foo Sherwin, 6F - Junior Literacy Team Leader...

Junior Maths Team - Multiplication and Division Facts

...r Maths Team!...... a member of the Junior Maths Team!...

KS1 Green Team Trip

Green team went on a trip

KS1 Red Team Trip

...uncing around!...

Literacy Parent Workshop - March 2019

...children. The Junior Literacy Team even invented their own games and the children and parents loved ...... Written by Kai Foo Sherwin, 6F – Junior literacy Team Leader...

Mapping Out a Walking Zone

...o Team and Junior Road Safety Team went on a trip around our local area to map out a walking zone that children and parents can use to commute to and from school. The children were very excited to be creating this map and be part of such an important project for our school. The routes we found will ...

Maths Family Workshop KS1

Today Wednesday 26th Daubeney held its first (Autumn 1) Maths Family KS1 workshop.The attendance was amazing and the parents and children took part in some fantastic team sharing and confidence building with a focus on making maths alive outside of school. Where can we find/ use maths at home or in...

Maths Junior Team Coding Club

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Maths Parent Workshop - Autumn 2 2018

...ir learning. The Junior Maths Team helped in setting up and the delivery of the workshop. They organized free resources which were handed to each parent to take home and discussed with these parents how the resources could be used with the children to develop mastery. The feedback at the end was fan...

Maths Times Table Challenge

Children from Year 3 to Year 6 participated in a times table challenge. The children were extremely excited and enthusiastic to take part and pit their speed and accuracy skills against their peers. The children received team points, certificates and mathematical games and puzzles as reward for...

November Book Fair

It was Book Fair time again at Daubeney! It was great to see so many children buying interesting books to read and share with their families and friends. Well done to Kai, Hussain and Dejunet from the Junior Literacy team for helping Miss Fergus to organize and run the Book Fair. A special thank...

Year 5 - Team Teaching, Team Learning

Year 5M and 5F enjoyed learning maths together today. We learnt how to calculate a percentage of an amount and applied our knowledge to solve word problems involving percentages. It was fun learning together as a team!

Year 5 Residential 2017 - Day 4

It's our last full day on the residential and it's been another inspiring one! At breakfast we had cereal and juice for starters and then beans on toast, vegetarian sausages and saute potatoes. Yum! We read some more of the messages from families and friends whilst the children ate. We have...

Anti-idling Awareness

As part of Climate Learning Week some members of the Junior Road Safety team handed out Anti-idling leaflets to inform parents and students about the impact idling has on our health. We at Daubeney are committed to our students living a healthy life and so we would like to ensure our air is as...

Year 5 Residential 2019 - Day 3

... Until tomorrow, The Daubeney Team....

Hackney School 1.1 Mile Fun Run

...remely proud of them all. Go Team Daubeney you are great!...

Girls Club - 21st May 2019

Today (21st May 2019) at girls club we started off by playing a game called fizz buzz. Then we played a Lego building game in teams where everybody had to work together to build the Lego model. We ended the session by reflecting on the importance of teamwork. Another fun session in the bag!!!

Spring Big Draw Exhibition

... supported and the Junior Art Team who helped out and spoke so articulately about the art and who inspired it!...

Nursery - Maths Junior Team

...e members of the Maths Junior Team visited the Nursery to interact with the younger pupils and help ......ed. Well done Maths Junior Team!...

Year 5 - 5M Britania Sports Day 2019

Another trophy for our young stars! Today (6th June 2019) was another fantastic day for the young sports stars in Year 5M who took part in the annual Britania Sports Day in Hoxton, where we competed against 12 other schools from the borough. The children in Year 5M were fully engaged and were...

Daubeney Spelling Bee 2019

...this year – In Year 5, Yellow Team won 1st, 2nd and 3rd place! Also, 6S grabbed ALL the prizes in ......i Foo-Sherwin 6F, Junior Literacy Team Leader...

Year 3 - 3T's Costa Rica Presentation

As part of Hispanic Week, 3T researched the Spanish speaking country of Costa Rica. Demonstrating their impressive capacity for teamwork, they focused on different areas, such as the animals, food and geography of Costa Rica, and created very informative posters. They then presented their findings...

Eco Team Meet The Senior Team

Today the Eco team met with Mr Logan, Mr Dharma, Ms Gustave, Ms Cenac and Ms Bibi to discuss all the great work they have been doing over the year. They also discussed future plans for the school and what they'd like to see happen. The children inspired the adults with their enthusiasm and...

Junior Literacy Team visit the Nursery

...8th June, the Junior Literacy Team visited the Nursery to read stories to the children. The Team sat......eing read to and the Literacy Team definitely enjoyed reading to them too! By Kai Foo-Sherwin, Junio...... Foo-Sherwin, Junior Literacy Team Leader...

Federation Mathematics Competition

...merged the winners. Well done Team Daubeney!...

Year 5 Residential 2019 - Day 1

... Good night, all the Daubeney Team at Youlbury....

Year 5 Residential 2019 - Day 2

[menu name="year5-residential-2019"] Day 2 down and it was another absolute belter. What a day! We thought the rain may dampen the children’s spirits but residential continued as planned. The children are adapting to independent life and have had to learn to get themselves ready for...

Year 5 Residential 2019 - Day 4

[menu name="year5-residential-2019"] It’s day 4 and you’d have thought the tiredness would have set in by now... well it has with the teachers. The children are just as energised as ever. They finished last night with wider games and the usual hot chocolate before bed. This...

The Junior Creativity Team

...or Dali!...

Year 5 at UBS

Today (10th July 2019) five children from Year 5 entered the last stage of the STEAM competition at UBS Bank and came third. The children had to design a robotic car and an obstacle course to allow the car to be challenged. They used many of their skills to successfully complete the challenge. The...

Year 6 - WOW Day

This really was a day that made you say, “WOW!” We started the day off with a delicious taste tour of the UK. We had Scottish shortbread, Welsh cake, Irish Boxty and English scones. We had to rate what we tasted and describe the taste and texture. Then we picked a landmark and had to...

Year 2 - 2P's Class Assembly - September 2019

We had a lot of fun sharing our assembly today. We worked as a team to create it and discussed what it should be about. We decided on the very important subject of mindfulness and breathing!

Junior Literacy Team 2019/20

... the Daubeney Junior Literacy Team - An enthusiastic group of children in KS2 with a love of reading...... vibrant. The Junior Literacy Team will always be able to recommend a good book so ask them if you s...

Year 4 - 4M IntoUniversity Workshop

The children in 4M were challenged today with various activities provided by the IntoUniversity team, who came into school today to carry out a range of activities. The children had to use various skills like; teamwork, listening, creativity and building skills to complete the various activities

Year 3 Visit Kew Gardens

To further their knowledge & interest in their class topic of rainforests, Year 3 visited Kew Gardens. They were in awe of the exotic Palm House (built in the Victorian period, they noted), and especially by how hot and humid it was inside, just like the rainforest. Those wearing glasses...

Debating in Year 3

Year 3 read the fable 'The Lion and the Mouse' and determined that fables are stories that teach us a message. They thought that the message of the fable was that TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK. They then applied this idea of teamwork to a debate. They argued both for and against the idea...

Autumn Book Fair 2019

We had yet another VERY busy and successful Book Fair at Daubeney! You spent over £1000 buying amazing books to read at home which means that we also get lots of free books for our school book corners. Well done to Halima, Tariq, Sarah and Xiomara from the Junior Literacy team for helping Miss...

Year 6 - Tycoon Team in Action

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The Junior Art Team

...to you. We are the Junior Art Team. We are in Years 2 to 6 and are very excited to get under way with lots of plans and projects over the year! We met this week to decide what we want to do and to think about why we do it. We asked ourselves why the arts are important and we came up with lots of t...

Athletics Final At Urswick

Well done to the athletics team, to reach in the final. Many have work hard to compete with the best and represent Daubeney with all of they abilities

Year 3 - Girls Club

Year 3 girls have started their social club today during lunchtime with Ms Fathema. The girls took part in lots of icebreakers and team games including organising themselves silently from shortest to tallest. They also engaged in conversation with each other, answering funny questions such as what...

Year 5 Residential 2018 - Day 2

Today was an absolute scorcher! It reached the dizzying highs of 28 degrees in Youlbury (thank you for Miss Fergus for noticing my spelling mistake in the last post). The children are adapting to independent life and have had to learn to get themselves ready for bed, keep their living areas tidy...

Year 5 Residential 2018 - Day 3

Day 3 and things are not slowing down. The children finished yesterday with pasta bake and hot cocoa. The tiredness had set in and it was a very quiet night in the cabin. After an energising sleep, the children were woken up to the smell of fresh pastries baking in the oven. They had enough choice...

Year 5 Residential 2018 - Day 4

It’s day 4 and you’d have thought the tiredness would have set in by now... well it has with the teachers. The children are just as energised as ever. They finished last night with wider games which incorporated orienteering with a quiz. Of course, Mr Swarbrick’s group emerged...

Year 5 SEAL - Hopes and Dreams

The Year 5 children started their team with an interesting topic in SEAL - Hopes and Dreams. They discussed and shared their hopes and dreams for the future and identified what steps they would need to take in order to reach their goals, dreams and hopes in life. The children, with a mature frame...

Year 5/6 Residential - Oxford

29th June Thank you parents for all your lovely messages; we've had a great time sharing these, especially the nicknames! The children are doing absolutely great. However, after a gruelling day today, they are very tired. We've decided to have an early night after a much-needed hot...

Year 6 - 6F IntoUniversity

6F had the amazing opportunity to spend an entire week with the IntoUniversity team. The focus for the week’s learning was diversity and inclusion. On Monday and Tuesday we looked at inspiring people throughout history such as Emmeline Pankhurst, Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela and...

Year 6 - 6S Into University

6S had the amazing opportunity to spend an entire week with the Into University team learning all about diversity and inclusion. On Monday and Tuesday we looked at inspiring people throughout history including: Emmeline Pankhurst; Martin Luther King Jr; Nelson Mandela and Malala Yousafzai. We also...

Year 6 - Work Week 2019: Enterprise 6S

For Work Week, 6S had the exciting opportunity to start their own business and create their own inventions. They worked in groups to come up with the company name, design a product and work out the budget and manufacturing costs. They then had to pitch their ideas in ‘Dragon’s...

Year 6 - Writing: Peer and Self Assessment

This week Year 6 have been writing short stories based on the short film “The Piano”. Today (03.04.19) they read through each other’s writing and used their teamwork and feedback skills to improve their peers’ writing. On Friday, they will share their short stories with each...

Year 6 Work on Team Building

As the sun graced us with its presence we decided to head outside and practice our teamwork skills. We had to build a tower using nothing but tape and paper. The winning team's tower was nearly as tall as Mr Ricardo

Lego visitors

Representatives from LEGO recently visited us, working with our Y4/5 and our Y3 classes. Children enjoyed a hands-on experience that encouraged creativity, imagination and problem-solving. Through play, pupils explored the many exciting opportunities LEGO offers, developing teamwork, communication...