Maths
Our Vision Our vision at Blossom Federation is to nurture a life-long love and confident use of Maths. We aim to develop lively, enquiring minds encouraging pupils to become self-motivated, confident and capable in order to solve problems that will become an integral part of their future. Through...
Science and Sustainability
Science We recognise the importance of Science in every aspect of daily life. As one of the core subjects taught in Primary Schools, we give the teaching and learning of Science the prominence it requires. Our vision for science is, “to ensure that children are given a science curriculum, which...
Early Years Foundation Stage
The Early Years (Nursery and Reception classes) will provide an environment that is happy, warm, secure and stimulating. We aim to ensure that all children become confident and independent, and enjoy exploring and learning. We aim to enable children to develop a strong sense of self, while also...
Ambassadors
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Inclusion
Launchpad for Language The school have invested in an exciting early years package with the Speech and Language Therapy service. Listening and talking are the key foundation skills for later literacy and academic achievement. Launchpad for Language is a fun filled language enrichment programme for...
Literacy
At Daubeney we are committed to raising standards in Literacy and follow the National Curriculum in order maintain accurate coverage across the year. In order to maximise opportunities to develop literacy skills, we make cross curricular links wherever possible. In Early Years we follow the Early...
Year 4
Times tables tests We advise children to log into Times Tables Rock Stars daily to practise their times tables. They will be tested every Friday and will compete against other class groups weekly. PE Children in Year 4 have PE every Monday and must bring in their PE kit to school including trainers...
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...
Religious Education
Intent Across the Blossom Federation, our RE curriculum provides children with an understanding and appreciation for beliefs, cultural practices and values. The Blossom Federation follows The Hackney Education agreed syllabus and lesson plans where available. We hold six designated RE days at the...
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...
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...
Computing
If you would like to know more about this area of the curriculum, please talk to Joel Power. Computing in EYFS We understand how important it is that children develop their technology skills and we will continue to use a range of technology to support and enhance learning in other areas of the...
Reception
Meet the Teacher EYFS Team Yearly Overview Welcome to Reception! Important information PE is on Monday. Please send your child to school in their PE kit. Please bring in your book bag on your book bag day. Please bring in a water bottle with your child’s name clearly labelled. Please bring a spare...
Year 2
Class Teachers Meet the Teacher PE Days Children in Year 2 have PE every Friday. They must wear their school uniform in to school and bring their PE kit in their bag to change in school. Forest School Parakeet class will begin Forest School sessions on Friday 15th of September and they will run...
Pupil Premium
The Government believes that the Pupil Premium, which is additional to main school funding, is the best way to address the current underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school meals (FSM) and their peers by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches the pupils who...
Governors
Welcome to the Governing Body section of the website. My name is Will Emms and I am the Chair of Governors of the Blossom Federation of Daubeney, Sebright & Lauriston Schools and Children Centres. Our governors represent our wider school community: elected parent and staff governors, one Local...
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...
Free School Meals
Our Catering Team works very hard to prepare a delicious and varied diet. As School Meals are universally free in London thanks to the Mayor of London, we expect all children to have a hot meal during the day. Pupil premium and free school meals If your child is eligible for ‘free school meals’ and...
Mission, Vision and Aims
Mission Statement The Blossom Federation is made up of three primary schools - Daubeney, Sebright and Lauriston Schools - plus Daubeney Child & Family Hub and Sbright Children's Centre. Collectively, we serve over 1,200 Hackney children and families and are proud of our provision in supporting...
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...
PE and Sports Premium
Across the Blossom Federation, we have prioritised PE and sport in our budget to enhance children’s participation, involvement, and attainment in PE. We are committed to ensuring our children understand the importance of being active, to have a healthy lifestyle and to enjoy sports and games...
Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) regulates and inspects to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. Following a recent visit by Ofsted’s inspectors (October 2023), we are...
Nurture Group - The Nest
The Nest is a place for children to have the opportunity to grow in confidence and become engaged, successful learners in their classrooms and the school community. Nurture is an environment where adults and children work closely together; a place where mistakes and accidents are discussed; where...
Year 3
Class Teachers Welcome to Year 3 Daubeney Pupil Wellbeing Survey https://forms.office.com/e/VUwUMb0Mq2 Times tables tests We advise children to log into Times Tables Rock Stars daily to practise their times tables. They will be tested every Friday and will compete against other class groups weekly....
Nursery Open Evenings
Is your child 3-4 years old? Are you looking for a Nursery space? Come and visit us, meet the teachers, play in our wonderful nursery and collect an application form. We have AM, PM and Full Time spaces available. Need to know more? Take a look at what we're learning in Nursery and see some of our...
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....
Music
Every child experiences the opportunity to realise themselves as composers and performers in their whole-class weekly music lessons. Lessons are delivered by our Music-specialists, using a holistic approach that includes moving, singing and playing as a way to understand and be creative in a range...
Spanish
Pupils at our school learn Spanish and enjoy the benefits of starting to learn a foreign language at an early age. Learning a foreign language provides an opening to other cultures, fosters pupils’ curiosity and deepens their understanding of the world. It helps them to develop communication...
School Council
Daubeney School Council are a hardworking and enthusiastic group of children from years 3-6. They are the voice of their peers. They are elected every academic year by their peers in a democratic fashion of campaign, speech and voting. The School Council is made up of three committees. Admin...
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...
Nursery
EYFS Team Welcome to Daubeney Nursery! In the nursery, we plan exciting activities every week based on our observation of children’s needs, interests, and stages of development across the seven areas of learning to enable the children to achieve and exceed the early learning goals. We hope you...
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...
Year 5
Class Teachers Residential 2025 Parent Meeting Spelling test Spellings will be handed out on a Friday and the test will be the following Friday. Times tables tests Times tables will be handed out on a Friday and the test will be the following week. This is timed so please try to practice using a...
Daubeney Loves Reading
Reading for Pleasure We have a rich reading culture at Daubeney. We are committed to creating an ethos and an environment that excites, enthuses and inspires children to read for their own enjoyment. We aim to develop a community of readers through high quality reading provision. The children have...
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...
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...
Privacy Notice
We hold personal data about pupils to support teaching and learning, to provide pastoral care and to assess how the school is performing. We may also receive data about pupils from other organisations including, but not limited to, other schools, local authorities and the Department for Education....
Year 1
Class Teachers Meet the Teacher Phonics Screener Meeting Pupil Survey Survey Link PE Day - Friday Please ensure your child brings their PE kit and suitable footwear to school every Friday in a bag. At home, please allow your child to practice getting changed by themselves to help them to be able to...
Online Safety
Today’s pupils are growing up in an increasingly complex world, living their lives seamlessly on and offline. This presents many positive and exciting opportunities, but also challenges and risks. We want to equip our pupils with the knowledge needed to make the best use of the internet and...
Year 6
Class Teachers Secondary School Application Home Learning Daily reading and reading records to be completed Times Tables Rockstars – TTRS IXL – one Maths and one Literacy objective to be practiced daily Weekly spelling list PE Children in Year 6 have PE every Wednesday and must bring in their PE...
Mental Health
Here at Daubeney, We are very lucky to have a team of people working to support mental health and well-being. This team consists of DHML - Designated Mental Health Lead - Cheryll Gustave CWIS - CAMHS worker in school - Karolina Balciunaite WBF - Wellbeing Framework Partner - Claire Tregear EMHP -...
Ducklings in Reception
This week, we have been so lucky to play host to 10 ducklings. We have watched them hatch from their eggs in their incubator, to scurrying for food as a duckling. We have enjoyed watching these ducklings and have very much loved having a cuddle!
Year 6 - Outdoor Descriptive Writing
Today Year 6 enjoyed using the outdoor setting of Daubeney Fields as their inspiration for descriptive writing! We used all 5 senses and figurative language to create descriptive sentences and paragraphs!
Math - Adding decimals with different decimal places
Year 5 learnt about adding decimals with different decimal places. A strategy we consolidated was column method which was utilised to solve an array of mathematical problems. They completed their tasks outside whilst enjoying the lovely weather
Year 5 - Chicks
The chicks have arrived! We are so lucky to have a set of beautiful chicks and they spent their first day out of the shell in the bustling 5C classroom. We even made time to let them out for a wonder and a cuddle!
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
5S: sharing assembly - Windrush
Class 5S performed their lovely sharing assembly to their peers. They produced, acted and directed a play based on Floella Benjamin and her experiences during Windrush (history topic). It was absolutely amazing!
Year 5 - Math - To calculate 10, 100, 1000 , 10000 and 100000 more or less
Year 5's took their learning outdoors today! A great and rich experience for them, to use outdoor resources to support them in solving mathematical problems relating to place value
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
Year 3 Science and ICT
The children in Year 3 used their Chromebooks today 13-09-2023 to research information about plants which is part of their Science unit. Next week we will be learning more about plants and what they need in order to grow
Mapping Day 2023
To start the new geography topic, Year 5 had an entire day learning about maps relating to their local area . It was important that Year 5 understood the key features of a map as well as, acknowledging that reading a map is a great skill to have. To end the day, they had the opportunity to draw a...
Hispanic Week
We have thoroughly enjoyed learning about different Hispanic cultures and traditions this week. Students in Yr2 designed their own Mexican sombrero , listened and danced to some Mexican folk music; and students in Year3 had the opportunity to learn about Peru’s history. Maybe one day we can all...
Year 5 - Art: 1960's Inspired Collages
Year 5 learnt about 1960's fashion, music and art. They were given an array of different pictures resembling the 1960's; Year 5 had to select images, cut and then piece together their very own collages which turned out brilliant
Year 4 - Mapping Skills Day
Year 4 had fun learning all about maps on Mapping Skills Day today (12-09-2023). The children started their learning by learning about ordnance survey maps and the different symbols that are used to represent physical and human features. We then looked at grid references and identifying...
Year 3 - ICT
Today - 12-09-2023 the children enjoyed their ICT lesson using Purplemash. They practiced their typing skills and identifying different keys
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 – Art lesson - Pablo Picasso
Something different this week for Year 2 students who have had the opportunity to learn about Pablo Picasso’s life and art style. Students have designed their own abstract portraits inspired by the work of the Spanish artist. Very creative and interesting pieces of work!
Daubeney Ambassadors 2023-24
Daubeney Ambassadors of 2023-24 had their first meeting on Friday. They were very excited, passionate about their new role and responsibilities and had so many great ideas
Year 3 - Mapping Day
The children in Year 3 - Kingfisher and Toucan - enjoyed their Mapping Skills Day today (11-09-2023). The children started their learning by looking at grid references and identifying co-ordinates on a map. Then we discussed how to use a compass and how the compass points can help us. We used the...
Year 3 Maths
Today, 7-09-2023 the children in Year 3 Toucan and Kingfisher class enjoyed their introduction to this terms maths objective. They played a game which helped them with learning Place Value and identifying which digit changed when adding and subtracting. We hope the pupils enjoyed playing their...
Year 5 – Spanish - Antonio Gaudí. Trencadis technique
As part of a series of cross curricular lessons, year 5 have explored the famous Catalan architect Antonio Gaudi’s life and work, and created their own artwork inspired by the architect. Trencadís is an artistic method popularised by Gaudi. It is a mosaic-like effect, achieved by cementing together...
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...
Wow Day Year 4
The children in Year 4 had a wonderful wow day invading Britain as Anglo Saxons and Vikings. They made their own swords and shields and designed it with their own creative style
Year 3 - Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) – Volcanoes
This half term students in Year 3 have covered volcanoes as part of their Geography curriculum. In our Spanish lessons students have really enjoyed learning about the Canary Islands and its volcanoes. CLIL provides the opportunity to diversify methods of classroom teaching and learning. Students...
Year 5 - Literacy: Instructional text
For their short burst genre, Year 5 were introduced to instructional texts. First, they learnt about different features which was then followed up by a practical task (Origami-style ships)
Family Phonics Workshop - 9th February 2023
Today we had a great time learning phonics outdoors! We went through all of phase 2 and 3 sounds. We had to read words outside on the ground and find the matching picture. Parents had a wonderful time doing this with their child. Take a look to see what fun we had
Year 2 - 3D Shapes
This week we made 3D shapes using nets. We had to cut and stick carefully in order to make the correct shape. We then discussed the shape we had made and thought about what 2D shapes we could see on their faces
Year 2 - Coding Week 2
This week we started our coding topic! We had lots of fun trying to make planes take off from their runways and adding code blocks to detect any collisions. We had to think carefully about the algorithm we made and how we could debug if there were any problems!
Year 2 Moderation Immersion
We used role play to act out the story of Marshmallows. We thought about how each of the characters were feeling throughout the story and how we could describe their actions and emotions
Year 5 - Spanish - Mi ciudad
This half term our students in Year 5 are learning to describe cities using a range of adjectives and naming their different buildings. These are some pictures of 5C students. Games are always a great way to get students talking in Spanish!
Year 2 - IT in Cross Curricular: Designing our own Vehicles
Today Year 2 had some fun designing their own vehicles with wheels using Chromebooks, as part of our Design and Technology topic. We thought about the shape of the vehicle and how we could decorate it too. We learnt about the job of engineers to plan, design, test and make various items including...
Year 4 - ICT: Spreadsheets
The children in 4M enjoyed their ICT session today learning all about spreadsheets. They were able to use a spreadsheet and make a pattern that they have programmed to count in various multiples. Next week, we will be looking at creating more patterns and sequences using spreadsheets
Year 3 - Spanish - Mi color favorito
Students in 3P have enjoyed revisiting colours and learning how to ask an answer questions about their favourite colour in today's lesson
Year 4 Story Telling with Phil McDermott
The children in Year 4 had a great story telling session with Phil McDermott today (2-02-2023). There was so much laughter as Phil told stories that grabbed their imagination and it was full of humour. We loved the stories and the funny facial actions used by our story teller
Year 4M Science Experiment at Cardinal Pole Secondary School
The children in Year 4M had an amazing Science lesson at Cardinal Pole Secondary School today, 2-02-2023. They were able to use the amazing facilities of their science lab. The children were taught by a secondary science teacher and had a fabulous session where they used Bunsen burners and...
Year 6 - DT: Frames and Structures
As part of their DT unit, Year 6 researched shelters, planned out the materials they would use and annotated their design. They included measurements in order to make the most of the materials they had. They then used their maths skills to measure, and saws to safely cut the wood before putting it...
Year 3 - Spanish - Spring Term 1 2023
This term year 3 students have been introduced to new language structures that enable them to talk about their birthdays, and their favourite colours, months of the year or days of the week. Students have enjoyed role-play tasks, asking and answering questions from memory, and of course, singing...
Year 4 - Spanish - Spring Term 1 2023
Outstanding effort from our Year 4 students this half term! Students in Year 4 have enjoyed revisiting food items in Spanish and learning how to share their opinions on food. Students can now talk about what food and drinks they like to have, using a range of positive and negative opinion phrases...
Year 5 - Spanish - Spring Term 1 2023
Year 5 students at Daubeney have worked really hard this term. They have made great progress and are now able to create sentences using a range of different buildings and shops in town. They can also engage in a dialogue and ask and understand directions. They have also had the opportunity to...
Year 6 - Spanish - Spring Term 1 2023
Extremely busy term for Year 6 students who have worked really hard at Daubeney. Students have developed the ability to use context and previous knowledge to estimate new words, to identify words in written form through dictation using their phonics knowledge, and to work with a partner in dialogue...
Year 4 - Wow Day: Building Board Games
Today 9-02-2023 the children in Year 4 created and built their own board games with electronic components. The children used various electrical components and played the game to ensure it works. After evaluating their game the children pitched their game to the CEO (their teacher) to make and...
Year 5 – Spanish: Eurovision
The international song contest is an engaging and competitive way to get students thinking about how languages relate to one another, as well as a great opportunity to consolidate geographical and of course, language knowledge. Students have enjoyed listening to some of the songs, and giving and...
Year 4L Science at Cardinal Pole Secondary School
Year 4L had an amazing Science lesson in Cardinal Pole Secondary School today 9-02-2023. The children used Bunsen burners to test the different effects of different solutions and made their own sparkles
Year 4 - Maths Club
On Wednesday, 22-02-2023 the Year 4 Maths had a full house. The children enjoyed playing Times Tables Rock Stars, Hit the button, MTC games, Maths on Purple Mash and many more maths games. Every Wednesday the children in Year 4 have the opportunity to develop their fluency in their TimeTables
Year 4 - Cross Curricular: Rivers
Today, 1-03-2023, the children had a triple cross curricular session using the Chromebook to research information about rivers. This is also our topic in our cross curricular lesson. The children applied their reading skills to locate and record facts about rivers
Nursery - World Book Day 2023
Nursery are having an amazing time celebrating world book day today! They came dressed as their favourite book characters, and the children have been so excited to share who they are. We have some superheroes, princesses and even a big scary Gruffalo!
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 - ICT and Literacy
Today, 9-03-2023, the children in Year 4 used their Chromebooks to research facts about river pollution. In Literacy, they will be writing a letter to our Council representative about this issue
Year 4 - Telephone Science
The children in 4M had fun making their own telephones. I wonder how is it possible to hear each other- what makes the sound travel?
Year 2 Mapping Skills Day
We had lots of fun during Mapping Skills Day! We identified points on a compass, and explored giving correct directions. We then used a bird's eye view map of the school to navigate our way around the playgrounds, discussing which direction we had to go. We also identified what a key is on a...
Year 4 - Spanish - Spring Term 2
Excellent effort from students in Year 4 this half term who have had the opportunity to learn about a range of famous Spanish-speaking painters – including Pablo Picasso, Frida Khalo, Wilfredo Lam, Joaquín Sorolla and Salvador Dalí, and different art styles/movements. Students can now use a range...
Year 5 - Spanish - Spring Term 2
Students in Year 5 have really enjoyed the story of ‘ Raúl, la rata que viaja en el tiempo’ . Students have learnt some hobbies and free time activities through the story in which we could also read about how people lived in England during the Tudor period. Students have further developed the use...
Spring Book Fair 2023
Our Spring Book Fair was another great success! Lots of children came to buy some fantastic books to share with their families at home. Altogether you spent an amazing £1002.88 which equals £601.73 in rewards for us to spend on some great new books for the school. What books would like to see at...
Year 4 - Wow Day
The children in Year 4 had a fun filled Wow Day. They designed and built settlements along a river they created, using their knowledge from our learning this term
School Council - Junior Road Safety Officers
The School Council, Junior Road Safety Officers met with Max Moorock, Road Safety Officer from the London Borough of Hackney. The JRSOs updated Max on their plans and were happy to take tips from Max on how to help our Daubeney family stay safe on the streets
Year 5 – Spanish/Music joint project
As part as a pioneering joint Spanish and Music project, students in Year 5 have revisited vocabulary and structures we originally learnt in the Autumn term. Students are now able to express their musical preferences and justify their opinions using music specific vocabulary, such a timbre ,...
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...
BBC Bitesize - KS1
Fun activities to support KS1 children to practice their Literacy skills at home
The Nest - This week in Nurture - Autumn Week 2 2023
This week Nurture 'The Nest' have created their own portraits inspired by Picasso
Year 3 - Scientific Investigation
The children in Kingfisher class carried out a fair test in their Science lesson. They tested different surfaces to identify the one with the most and least friction, measuring the distance their car travelled
Year 3 - Maths in Adventure Park
Today the children in year 3 enjoyed their math lesson in the Adventure Park. They matched analogue and digital times
Year 3 - Maths: Time
Today 14-05-2024, the children in Kingfisher enjoyed their Math lesson out of class in our Music room. The children looked at telling time and finding time difference
Year 3 - Outdoor Maths
Today the children in Year 3 enjoyed their outdoor learning in the Adventure playground where they looked at time
Year 3 - Outdoor Learning
Today the children had their comprehension session outdoors in Daubeney fields and enjoyed learning in a different space
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...
Year 5 - Windrush: Understanding Windrush Generation Experiences
Year 5 got involved with some exciting role play; it exhibited what the Windrush generation experienced during the departure, journey and arrival stages of their migration to the United Kingdom
Year 3 Kingfisher Class - Art and Literacy
...story they have been reading. Their character Marcus is amazed at the African sunset and the children drew what he saw....
Junior Art Team Trip
On Tuesday 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...
Year 3 - Kingfisher Literacy
The children had a fun literacy lesson. They read a story and used the story to create their own speech bubbles. They discussed in their groups what they thought the characters might be saying
Year 5 - Math: To plot data on a graph
...ience for students in Year 5. Their smiles truly convey how much they were enjoying themselves throughout activity time, as you can see....
Family Phonics Workshop Spring 2024
Thank you to those parents that attended the Family Phonics Workshop in spring term. Your support is very much appreciated. So far we've covered phase 2, 3 and 4 phonics and have engaged in lots of fun activities to help our pupils with their reading. We can't wait to see you in the Summer...
Year 4 Spring 2 Wow Day
The children in Year 4 had a fun filled Wow Day. They designed and built settlements along a river they created, using their knowledge from our learning this term
Year 5: Science - Geocentric and Heliocentric theory
Year 5 created posters and presented this to their peers. They researched about two different theories; it conveyed which planet or sun is the focal point, and how other planets revolve around it
Year 6 – RE Day: Islam
During this RE Day, we spent a lesson researching each of the 5 pillars of Islam then presented our research. We then focused in on the Hajj pillar – a pilgrimage Muslims go on to Mecca. We learnt about why Muslims do this and some children who have experiences of it, or hope to do this in...
Year 6 – History: Diversity of the Allied forces
Having taken a week’s break from history due to RE Day, we spent the beginning of this lesson recapping our learning from when we went to the Museum of London Docklands and what we learnt about how World War II impacted the East End. After that, we reminded ourselves of the Allies and Axis...
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...
Year 3 - Mapping Skills Day
The children in year 3 had a wonderful Mapping Skills Day learning all about maps. They studied ordinance survey maps, identified co ordinates, symbols on a map, compass points and drew their own maps
Year 3 - Kingfisher Wow Day: Roman Shields
The children today had fun creating their Roman shields as part of their Wow Day activities
Year 3 Kingfisher - Cross Curricular
The children in Kingfisher were introduced to the Aboriginal culture and their textile designs. They read and listened to Dreamtime stories and drew various scenes and pictures from the stories
Year 5 - Science: Careers related to forces and motion
Year 5 explored a variety of careers relating to forces and motion. For the main activity, they created either a poster or slideshow to present to their peers
Year 3 - Mapping Day
The children in year 3 enjoyed their mapping day where they learnt all about co-ordinates, using a compass for directions, map symbols and they ended their sessions by drawing their own map of our local area
Year 3 - Religious Day
The children enjoyed their day learning all about stories from Christianity and Buddhism and how these stories make us stop and reflect
Year 3 - Horniman Museum
The children in Year 3 had. Wonderful time exploring the Amazonian galleries in the Horniman museum as part of their learning
Year 2 - Maths Number Lines
We practised ordering numbers by creating a human number line. Each child had to find their place on the number line and think about what number comes before and after them
Year 3 - Geography - The Amazon Rainforest
The children in Year 3 had a fun lesson today where they visited the Amazon Rainforest and shared what they saw, heard, tasted and how they felt living in the rainforest as part of a tribe. Then they went to a clearing where they saw the effects of deforestation and shared their feelings. Our next...
Year 3 - Kingfisher Literacy 2024
The children today have a fun lesson in Literacy where they designed their own front cover for the book they are reading - The Great Kapok Tree
Year 3 - Brazil travel leaflet
The children were excited today to create a travel leaflet all about Brazil. In their CC lessons they have been learning all about Brazil and the rainforest
Year 6 - Mapping Day 2024
Year 6 started off their geography learning this year with Mapping Day. They used compass points to create sentences about their playground, created different routes using a local map of the area and finally drew their own maps of Homerton. We had a lot of fun looking at all of the roads and places...
Year 3 - Kingfisher: Bar Charts
The children in Kingfisher collected their own data and presented it on a bar graph
Year 5: Art - Textiles
Year 5 made Mexican inspired mood-boards for art. They sketched their ideas into their sketchbooks and it turned out amazing
Daubs on tour '24 - Day 5
The final day of our residential finally gave us some cooler weather to enjoy our final activities. The children got stuck in, despite showing signs of tiredness and I think we were all about ready to get on the coach home. Apologies for the delay in putting these up but Friday was a bit of a...
Year 3 Kingfisher - Aboriginal Art Symbols
The children in kingfisher class today 27-06-2024 looked at symbols in Aboriginal art. They created their own art piece using the symbols
Daub's on Tour '24- Day 4
It’s been a much nicer day today weather wise, 24 and cloudy! Children are excited for their activities and campfire tonight. See you tomorrow!
Year 5: Science - Sir David Attenborough
This term for science, Year 5 are focusing on different scientists and inventors. This lesson we focused on the famous British broadcaster and biologist, Sir David Attenborough for his amazing contribution to the world of science. Children first researched and then produced their own documentaries...
Year 6 – Spanish Transition session
Children’s school transition has an impact that lasts for many years and extends throughout their academic career. Earlier on this week, children in Yr6 had the chance to welcome a group of ex Daubeney students from Urswick who led a phonics lessons
Year 2 - Jigsaw: Week 1
This half term our Jigsaw topic is 'Change'. We began the topic by thinking about how a range of animals change from babies to adults. We discussed how some animals are born with the same features as their respective adults, and also thought about how some baby animals are completely...
Spanish Champions at Tate Modern
A group of Spanish Champions had the chance to visit the Tate Modern this week, where they explored various works of art by Hispanic artists. Amongst these artists was Doris Salcedo, a Colombian-born visual artist and sculptor. Her work took the form of a long crack in the floor in 2007, and today...
Year 5 – Mexican textiles
As we start a new Content and Language Integrated project at Daubeney, children today had the opportunity to revisit their historical, geographical and cultural knowledge of Mexico through a range of different sources. Students were introduced to los rebozos, and a range of different textiles –...
Year 5 Wow Day: DT
Year 5 enjoyed a whole day dedicated to their topic which was Pulleys, Gears and Levers. The project they were given, was to design a well; it was then brought to life using clay. It was an amazing day of creativeness which they will remember for a lifetime
Year 3 Wow Day 2024
The children in Year 3 had fun making levers and linkages as part of their Wow Day. They made a moving dragon and a snapping crocodile
Year 6 - Literacy: Freeze Frames
Today we freeze framed scenes from chapters 1 and 2 of Floodlands by Marcus Sedgwick. When we were tapped on our shoulder, we explained to the rest of the class which character we were and what their thoughts and feelings were in that scene. Then we hot seated as some of the characters we have come...
Year 3 Wow Day
The children had fun making their own Amazon rainforests as part of our Wow Day activities
Nursery - Face Shape
Nursery have been using shapes to make their face
Year 6 Day at the Zoo!
To finish off Autumn 1 and out learning of Living Things and their Habitats, Year 6 spent a day at the zoo observing animals, their habitats, their diets and their Latin names! Later in today I and my colleagues will be sending more pictures along with quotes from the children. Please include these...
Year 3 - Dress up day
The children enjoyed dressing up and showing off their amazing costumes
Year 3 - Art and Literacy
The children enjoyed their Literacy lesson today when they included their artistic skills in the activity
Spanish - Día de Muertos
Students across school have had the opportunity to explore the Mexican celebration of the Day of the Dead. During this festivity, which roots began over 3000 years ago, the dead ones are honoured. It is not a sombre and sad time, but a time for celebration and remembrance. Day of the Dead is...
Year 5 - WOW day Autumn 1 2023
Year 5 had an awesome WOW day! They recapped what they have learnt this term and made relevant links to the over arching question : How would you prepare to climb Mount Kilimanjaro ? Year 5 learnt the challenges mountain climbers face such as potential dangers, expensive equipment and being ready...
Year 2 - Geography and Computing
We learnt about the equator and the north and south poles this week. We explored why these places are either really hot or really cold, and compared their distance to the sun. We used atlases and Google Earth on chromebooks to identify countries that are close to the equator and polar regions and...
Year 3 Science Experiment
The children in Year 3 enjoyed their experiment to see how water travels up the stem to the leaves
Nursery - Sight
Nursery have been learning about the sense of sight. They made their own binoculars and play guess the item in a interactive zoom out game
Year 2 - Food Chains
This week we have been learning about food chains and how animals depend on each other in their habitats. We identified predators, prey and producers. We also identified animals that were herbivores, carnivores and omnivores
Year 5 - Sea Life Trip
Year 5 visited the lovely Sea Life Aquarium in relation to what they are learning in science. They observed a variety of sea creatures, living things and the habitats; a great opportunity for them to use their inner curiosity, to explore about the wonders of marine life
Year 3 - Science Autumn Term 2023
The children in Year 3 enjoyed planting their own seeds. They will observe it grow over the next few days
Year 5: cross curricular - Human geography in Tanzania
Year 5 spent their afternoon researching human geography in Tanzania. They used Chromebooks to search for settlement patterns, main trade, economy and tourism. All the information was collated, and in their groups, they presented their findings to the class. It was a fun opportunity for kids to...
Year 2 - Computing week 5
This week year 2 continued their creating pictures topic and learnt about the artwork of Piet Mondrian. We then explored making our own pieces of art on 2paint a picture, and focused on using solid lines and blocks of colour
Year 2 trip to Hackney city farm
Today, we visited Hackney City Farm to explore what animals live nearby in our local area. We had so much fun investigating which animals lived on each part of the farm and had a go at making each of the animal noises. We discussed what each animal liked in their habitat and how they moved around...
Junior Literacy Team 2023/2024
Meet the new members of 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...
Year 3 - Art and Literacy: September 2023
The children in Toucan and Kingfisher enjoyed their Literacy session today when they created their own front cover for The Great Kapok Tree. The children used their creative ideas to design a front cover
Nursery - Sense of hearing
Nursery have been learning about their ears and what they do. Nursery made their very own listening ears
Year 3 - Spanish: Age
Students in Yr3 are currently learning to say how old they are and ask their partner about their age. Very fun lesson today singing, playing games and performing role plays to practise the key language
Year 3 RE - Menorah Collages
Year 3 created their own Menorah collages as part of RE day on Judaism
Jackie and the Beanstalk - Teacher Panto
Oh no it isn’t! Oh yes it is! The children enjoyed our annual staff panto ‘Jackie and the Beanstalk’. They all had a wonderful time watching their teachers take part in the performance and had a big giggle!
Year 5 - DT: Pulleys and gears
Year 5 had an incredible day as they gained knowledge about pulleys, gears, and levers. They were also given information outlining the significance of these systems and how they simplify jobs. Lastly, they created functioning gears and cogs for their activities
Year 3 Linkages and Levers
The children in Year 3 made their own Linkage and Lever mechanism
Year 5 – Spanish and Music joint project
As part of project in which Music and Spanish are combined to deliver the National Curriculum requirements in both curriculum areas, this week Yr5 students have had the opportunity to take their Spanish outside the usual classroom and use key vocabulary and grammar structures in the Music room
Year 2 – Maths and Spanish joint project. Shapes
CLIL stands for Content and Language Integrated Learning and as the term suggests, this approach is used to teach students about a new subject in a language foreign to them. Through CLIL, students not only learn a second language but also learn about a topic totally new to them. This week Year 2...
Year 5 - Sacred text workshop at the British Library
On their R.E. day, Year 5 students attended a workshop on sacred texts at the British Library. Furthermore, they got to witness various holy books, unique clothing, and objects associated with a certain faith
Year 1 - Shine star Shine!
Year 1 performed brilliantly for our nativity show. They have been working hard to remember their lines, made wonderful costumes and hats and sang beautifully!
Year 3 - ICT and Science
The children today, 19-12-2023 used their Chromebooks and their program Purplemash to discover more about our Science topic Rocks and Soil
Year 5 - Ancient Greeks Wow Day - Autumn 2 2023
Year 5 had an awesome WOW day! They recapped what they have learnt this term and made relevant links to the over arching question: What influence did the Ancient Greeks have on our modern society? To tend the topic in great fashion, Year 5 created masks which represented Greek myths whilst...
Year 3 – Spanish: Autumn Term Singing
Over the past four months students in Year 3 have worked hard practising key structures to be able to greet people, ask and answer questions about their names, age and wellbeing. Singing provides rhyme and repetition, and allows children to make connections between letters and sounds. There is a...
Year 5 - Science: Soluble and Insoluble
Year 5 had a science lesson to remember ! They put their investigational skills to the test, as they conducted an experiment to test if certain substances would dissolve. The experiment required them to first predict if the substances were soluble or insoluble in water. Moreover, the outcome was...
Year 3 - Diary Entry
The children today 12-12-2023 had fun writing their diary entry on special paper they made. The children imagined they were in the Stone Age and wrote a diary entry all about their experiences
Year 3 Literacy in the Stone Age
The children in Year 3 had fun today creating ancient paper which they had to travel back into the Stone Age and teach the people how to make. They will use their papers to create a diary entry all about their experience during the Stone Age which is based on the book we are reading
Year3 School Of Food Trip
The children in year 3 had an amazing session baking their own bread and cooking their own soup today 4-12-2023
Year 3 Stone Age Tools
The children in Year 3 had a fun filled and exciting lesson today -30-11-2023 where they made their own Stone Age tools
Year 3 Non chronological Reports
Today 30-11-2023 the children completed their non chronological reports in literacy about The Stone Age. The children extended their learning by researching facts about The Stone Age to add to their Did You Know section
Year 5 History – Gods and Goddess Fact Cards
Year 5 had lots of creative fun making their own God and Goddess Fact Cards ! They used their historical knowledge along with their creative skills to produce some wonderful fact cards. These will be used in lesson to help us learn more about Ancient Greek Mythology and with our class reading book...
Year 1 Parrot Class - Odd Socks Day.
Parrot had a brilliant day showing off their odd socks!
Nursery - Autumn Shop
Nursery have loved their Autumn shop role play area this half term. They have been serving customers and exploring different Autumn Treasures
Family Phonics Workshop - Spring Term 2023
It was so lovely to see parents and carers taking part in our family phonics workshop yesterday. This half term we will be focusing on phase 3 phonics and looking at digraphs and trigraphs. Parents had a wonderful time playing phonics bingo and reading with their child. Take a look to see what fun...
Therapy Dog
Research has shown many benefits to therapy and reading dogs in school settings. Daubeney School has introduced the access to a dog promoting emotional well-being, curiosity and engagement as an additional provision for pupils with high additional needs at school. Although there is a risk in...
Mr Logan Meets the School Councillors of 2022/23
School Council, Admin Committee invited Mr. Logan to meet with the School Councillors of 2022/23. The committees introduced themselves, updated Mr. Logan about what they had been up to since coming into post and informed him about their future plans. They were all mesmerised listening to Mr. Logan...
Boys Book Club - 5th July 2021
On Monday, 5th July 2021, the Boys Book Club met for their second reading and Lego session. The boys looked at construction and inventions from the past and then used Lego to recreate them
Year 6 - 6M Mapping Day
In Year 6 today, 6th September 2021, the children had their Mapping Day learning activities and enjoyed learning all about the different types of maps. They also explored how maps are made, keys, different styles of maps and when a map can be used. The children had a final session in our playground...
Year 6 - 6M PSHE
The children enjoyed their PSHE lesson today in Daubeney Fields. They discussed their year ahead in Year 6 and expressed their fears and excitement for the new year. They also had an opportunity to have some reflective time with nature and improve their wellbeing
Reception Sports Day
On Friday 16th July, Reception (finally) had their sports day. The weather was beautiful and we were all in high spirits. We enjoyed taking part in all of the races including the relay race, egg and spoon race and the sack race! We had a wonderful day!
Reception Graduation
On Monday 19th July, Reception had their graduation. We all looked the part in our graduation caps. We enjoyed singing our favourite class songs to our adults and our favourite Spanish song! We also enjoyed shaking our teachers hands and getting our certificates. We all had a lovely afternoon and...
Boys Book Club - 19th July 2021
Today, 19-07-2021, the Boys Book Club had a relaxed reading session in front of our classroom fan. The boys read a selection of their favourite book as part of our last book club session
Nursery - Trees in the Garden
The tree in our nursery garden fascinates Daubeney children. The children are often observed using all their muscles to help them climb the tree. Children enjoy sitting in the tree, looking for bugs and collecting rainwater
4S Art & DT: To Create Patterns on Textile
4S focusing on different patterns used on Indian textiles. They used these patterns and added their own designs to create wonderful pieces of work!
Year 6 - 6O Mapping Day
The children in 6O had fun learning about maps and they even created their very own map of the Daubeney Playground
Year 4 - 4S Loves Reading
4S students displaying their love for reading! They have the opportunity to promote and encourage others to read by recommending books to their peers
Year 4 - 4B PHSE: Genes
In PHSE today, we learnt that we all have genes inside us and they give us our characteristics. We get half our genes from our birth mother and half of our genes from our birth father and this means, we may look like our parents but sometimes we don't. We tried to guess which kittens went with...
Mental Health Awareness Week Nature Competition
The Junior Mental Health Team organised a competition asking children to create an art piece of why nature is important for our mental health. The JMHT chose their winners and took them on a trip to Daubeney Fields. The children had a special picnic and had fun being creative using natural resources
Mental Health - Staff Well-being Week 2021
In Summer 1, week 6, Daubeney staff participated in ‘Duvet Week’. The staff had a big focus on self care and taking care of their mental health. It is really important that staff and parents take time for self care. Our Junior Mental Health Team created certificates and a video to show their...
Year 4 - RE Day
Today (10-06-2021) the children in Year 4 had various activities to help them understand how the Christian faith deals with death and how people from other cultures celebrate their loved ones life. The children learn about Christian practices when a loved one passes away. They also learnt about a...
Year 1A - Geography WOW Day!
For Geography WOW day we have been using lots of recyclable materials to create different landmarks in London. Can you guess what they are? We have been learning about the four different countries in the UK and naming capital cities. We also looked at their flags and named the seas surrounding the...
Year 4M - Wow Day - 27th May 2021
Today, 27-05-2021, the children enjoyed their Wow Day learning based around Japan, mountains and earthquakes. The children answered their over arching question, 'How would you survive an earthquake' then created their own evacuation plan. They also designed and acted out a news report, broadcasting...
Year 3 - Mapping Day
Year 3 had an amazing Mapping Day where we had the chance to learn about directional language and a variety of symbols used in maps. Children identified locations on maps and were even able to guide their partners to various locations around the school. At the end of the day, Year 3 went to...
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
Boys Book Club - 24th May 2021
Today, 24-05-2021, the Boys Book Club enjoyed a session of poetry. We read a poem called, 'I cannot go to school today' by Shel Silverstein and enjoyed the poem. The boys then decided to create their own poem using ideas from the poem they have read. Here is our example created by the Boys Book...
Junior Literacy Team 2021/2022
Meet the new members of 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...
Year 1 Phonics Outside
As part of outdoor learning day, some of Year 1 took their phonics lessons outside!
Year 1 - 1S Outdoor Learning
Today, 1S took their learning outside! We did some part whole maths in the hop garden, using autumn leaves to help us add with hoops!
Year 3 - 3HC's Class Assembly - 21st October 2021
3HC’s sharing assembly was held on 21/10/21 and it was ALL about Brazil and saving the RAINFOREST! Must watch! The children worked so hard and were super excited to perform. The children shared some facts, acted out the story ‘The great Kapok tree’ by Lynne Cherry and sang and danced to the song...
Dress Down Day
On the final day of term, the students dressed as famous black scientists and inventors. They practised their oracy skills by describing who they were dressed as and why they were famous!
Year 6 - 6M Poetry Workshop
Today, 15th October 2021, the children in Year 6M had a wonderful poetry session led by Donna Powell, who is an artist, songwriter and poet. The children with links to Black History Month enjoyed the session with creative ideas to use to create their own poem/rap or song
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!
World Teachers' Day 2021
On the 5th October, Daubeney Primary School celebrated World Teachers' Day. The children came to school dressed as our teachers and created cards, poems and gifts for staff to show their appreciation. We had a special staff breakfast and our Junior Mental Health Team created cards and handed out...
Year 6M - Role Play
On Tuesday, 7-9-2021, the children in Year 6M enjoyed their lesson when they were able to role play different scenes from our story. The children used their skills to become various characters and explored what the characters said and thought
Cooking in Nursery
The children in the Nursery enjoyed making Veggie pizza roll ups! They learnt about hygiene when preparing food and talked about some of their favourite foods to eat. Take a look at some of the pictures. We definitely have some chefs in the making!
Prefects - Whole Team Training
Our Prefects being put through their paces during a whole team training
Anti-Bullying Week 2021 - One Kind Word
Daubeney enjoyed spreading kindness in Anti-Bullying Week. The focus was, One Kind Word. Children had the opportunity to participate in activities during their JIGSAW sessions and ended the week with our annual Odd Socks Day . The children discussed bullying in assemblies and workshops and...
Year 5 - Outdoor Learning: Life Cycles
Our science topic of this half term is Animals and their habitats and during it we have been learning about the life cycles of different types of animals and insects. During our outdoor learning session, we learnt about a frogs life cycle, what type of animal they are and what they eat. We also...
Year 4 - Science: Living Things and Their Habitats
In science, we are learning about living things and their habitats. We took a trip to Daubeney fields to explore what living things can be found and what classification they fall under. We had fun enjoying the nature of our environment and learning about different plants and insects
Nursery - Row, Row, Row Your Boat...
It was all hands-on deck down in the nursery as the children enjoyed the newest addition in the playground. They rowed down the streams, through the rivers and shores and you wouldn't believe what creatures they met along the way! The children were super eager to make their boats bright and...
Year 6 - 6M Book Corner
Our book corner in 6M is a lush 'Garden Of Knowledge' and the children are very excited to read their favourite books while relaxing in the garden under the tree
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 4M - ICT and Geography
Today, 20-5-2021, the children in 4M used their ICT skills to research information about Mt Fuji and create a non-chronological report. The children were able to use their literacy knowledge and ICT skills to create a factual report about Japans famous mountain. The children enjoyed using their...
Year 6 - 6M Outdoor Learning
On Thursday, 4-11-2021, the children in 6M enjoyed their maths lesson in Daubeney fields. They created and identified different angles, measured and estimated various lengths and also enjoyed a reading session in Hackney Marshes
Year 4 - Literacy: Instructional Poster to Make a Smoothie
Today 8-12-2020 the children in Year 4 created their own instructional poster to make a smoothie
Year 4 - WOW Day
Today 17-12-2020 the children in Year 4 had an amazing time creating their Tutankhamun death mask. They also made their own personal cartouche and drew ancient Egyptian symbols as part of our learning in History
Year 2 - WOW day - Great Explorers
Today Year 2 came to school dressed up as their favourite explorer. They then prepared some interview style questions for their explorer of choice and engaged in some interview role-play. They then answered the BIG question which was 'What makes a Great Explorer?' To round it all off, Year 2 made...
Nursery - Christmas Jumper Day 2020
Nursery performed their Christmas show, we had a lovely Christmas lunch
Year 4 - Literacy and Art
Today 11-12-2020 the children in Year 4 enjoyed sketching the pyramid as part of their literacy lesson- to follow instructions
Year 5 - Christmas Song
Year 5 had lots of fun performing their Christmas song Rockin Around the Christmas Tree. Watching this video has brought a massive smile to Mr. Fahy's face. He knows it will do the same for parents and carers!
Our 2020-21 Spanish Champions!
...me more confident in Spanish. Their role is really important and Their hard work truly appreciated by everyone at Daubeney. They look very proud with Their armbands on and are keen to show how much they like Spanish....
Boys Book Club - 7th December 2020
Today the Boys Book Club met and read an interesting text all about sharks. They discussed the text and used their reading stems to understand the text. Next week they will focus on comprehension questions about the text
Year 4 - British Science Week 2021
Today 9th March 2021 the children enjoyed making their own lava lamps using simple ingredients and apparatus. They had loads of fun during our afternoon of science
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
Boys Book Club - 30th November 2020
Today 30 November 2020 the boys discussed our story and started to answer the comprehension questions about the story. They focused on using the text to support their answers
Year 6 - No Pens Day Wednesday
Year 6 had to get creative with their maths today when we had no pens day. We took part in a variety of games which challenged our times tables, our quick number fact recall and our oracy skills. One of the games we had to talk for 60 seconds about one number without any erms or pauses. Try it -...
Year 4 - No Pen Day Maths
Today 25-11-2020 Mr Marshall created a fantastic multiplication game for the children in Year 4 to play and learn their times tables. The children had so much fun playing and learning their times-tables. It was a fun lesson
November Book Fair 2020
Yet another fantastic Book Fair at Daubeney! Of course it was a little bit different this year but it was great to see that children were still very eager to buy lots of books to enjoy reading at home and inspire their imaginations. We hope you have fun reading your new books! By Mei Foo 6FO,...
Year 5 - Anglo Saxon Helmets
For the past couple of weeks, Year 5 have been learning about the Anglo Saxons! This week Year 5 were asked on Google Classroom to create their own Anglo Saxon helmets! If you could create your own Anglo Saxon helmet, what would it look like?
Reception - Yellow Class Odd Socks Day 2020
Yellow Class had a fabulous day celebrating odd socks day. The children were super excited to show off all their odd socks! #itsgoodtobedifferent
Reception - First Week Back
Reception pod have had fun learning all about the rainforest this week. We have been looking and learning about the animals of the rainforest and their habitats. We have created masks and parrots, and we have been completing rainforest research in our rainforest research centre! We have also been...
Year 3 - British Science Week 2021: Egg Investigation
In Year 3 we had the task to make an egg travel down a zip wire. The children were given pipe cleaners and straws to design a harness for the egg. the children were very inventive in their designs. We were learning about fair tests and how to introduce variables to the investigation
Year 4 - Geography and ICT
Today, the children in Year 4 used the Chromebooks to research information for their non-chronological report on Mt Fuji in Japan. The children gathered relevant facts and created a report. They used their ICT skills to help them and produce some interesting reports
Year 4 - 4M PSHE: Compliment Jar
...nd fill Their compliment jar. Their jar was filled with wonderful things that Their peers had to say about them. It was inspiring to see the great comments and amazing responses from the class to show Their support for Their peers. Why not try this activity at home if you would like the activity she...
Year 4M - TTRS Champions - 14th May 2021
A huge well done to 4M who have retained their championship status as TTRS champions once again this week. They won their weekly battle and had 100% engagement on TTRS. Well done 4M - Keep up the great work!
Year 4 - 4M: Peer Tutor Award
In 4M today. 14 - 05- 2021. our young peer tutor received a personalized award for supporting and developing Maths with his peers. Our young peer tutor worked hard to help his peers develop their arithmetic skills and Maths knowledge. Well done to our young STAR!
Year 4 - 4M Outdoor Learning Space
Today, 11th May 2021, the children in Year 4M enjoyed the opportunity to do their daily times table assessment in the Hop Garden as part of our outdoor learning for Mental Health Week. The children found the outside calming and soothing and was a nice place to focus while completing their times...
Boys Book Club - 10th May 2021
Today, 10-5-2021, the Boys Book Club enjoyed using their iPad to read an online story, which then generated comprehension questions for them. They enjoyed reading the stories and answering the questions
Year 4 - Atlas
The children in Year 4 today 5-5-2021 enjoyed their Geography session as they had an opportunity to study our Junior School Atlas books. The children were able to transfer their knowledge when using keys to read a map, identifying lakes, rivers, mountainous areas, deserts and main roads. They also...
Boys Book Club - 26th April 2021
Today the Boys Book Club, 26-04-2021, had a fun session reading their favourite graphic novels in our very special bus in the playground. Where is your favourite place to read?
Year 3 - Mapping Skills Day
... to label the compass points. Their final task was to sketch a map of the playground and add a key using Their own symbols....
Boys Book Club - 15th March 2021
The Boys Book Club met today 15th March 2021 and read some of their favourite books. We had, poetry, non fiction books, comic books and information texts. What do you like to read?
Year 4 - Mapping Day
The children today, 20th April 2021, had a fun day of learning all about mapping. The children started by identifying continents, oceans, cities and various landmarks and features on a map. Then the children placed key features on a map while planning a local route using a local map of our area....
Year 4 - History Dress Up Day
Today 1-04-2021 the children in Year 4 enjoyed their History Dress Up Day, dressed as important figures from the past. The children in Year 4 made Viking shields, flags and design their own Viking jewellery
Year 4 - 4M TTRS Stars
The children in 4M were delighted on Thursday 31-03-2021 to receive their wonderful certificates for TTRS
Year 4M - Publishing: Biographies Based on Beowulf
Today 26 March 2021 the children in Year 4M published their Biographies based on Beowulf
Mental Health - Playing and Socialising with Friends
8th March 2021 Children, staff and parents were all happy to return to school! During the lockdown, our Daubeney children took part in a Mental Health Questionnaire. Can you guess what the majority of the children said they missed the most? Playing and socialising with their friends. The teachers...
Boys Book Club - 22nd March 2021
Today 22 March 2021 the Boys Book Club enjoyed a session reading a text then answering questions online. Next week they are looking forward to continuing using the online text and questions to develop their comprehension skills
Year 4 - Super Hero Day
The children in Year 4 had a fun day dressing up as their favourite hero from around the world to support Red Nose Day
Year 4 - 4S Outdoor Maths Session
For outdoor classroom day, we focused on equivalent lengths. 4S had a wonderful time measuring their best jumps in the playground and they enjoyed recording, comparing and converting data
Rudolph Run
Daubeney Primary School is collaborating with St Joseph’s Hospice to run laps around the playground to raise money for the hospice. The run will take place on Wednesday 8th December 2021 in the KS2 playground from 9:30am. Reception classes will commence the run and run 1 lap around the playground,...
Year 4 WoW Day - Ancient Egyptians
Today, 15-12-2022, the children in Year 4 enjoyed their activities around Ancient Egypt. Our first lesson was answering the Big Question, 'Were Pharaohs Fair'. Then we made our own Cartouches and build a sarcophagus, pyramid and a mummy
Year 2 - Computing Autumn 1 Week 5
This week we used 2Paint on Purple Mash to explore the art work of Piet Mondrian. We discussed how they used lines and colour to produce their art work, and then had a go at making our own versions
Year 4 - Science and ICT: Classifying Living Things
Today, 12-10-2022, the children in Year 4 used their Chromebook and explored classifying living things. They completed a range of fun activities on Purplemash learning all about classifying animals
Year 5 & 6 - PE Trips
Well done to the year 5/6 for trying their best at rugby and dodgeball
Year 4 - ICT and Geography: Information About Earthquakes
Today, 10-10-2022, the children in 4M used their ICT session to research information about earthquakes. They also used their Purplemash program to answer different questions and quizzes based on earthquakes and how it is formed
Year 4 - ICT and Geography
Today, 11-10-2022, the children in 4L had their computing session where they used their ICT skills to learn more about our Geography topic, 'Earthquakes'. They researched information and completed activities on PurpleMash all about Earthquakes
Year 6 - Land use in the UK
Year 6 have been learning about the different ways land is used in the UK! Today they have made posters about the different countries in the UK and compared their different forms of land use. Did you know that most of the land in the UK is used for farming?
Year 5 - Maths Outdoor Learning
Year 5 improved their mental addition and subtraction in maths by using a range of strategies to answer one step problems. This included compensation, adjustment and finding connections between numbers
Year 4 - ICT and Geography: Human Geographical Features in Japan
Today, 6-10-2022, the children in Year 4 used their Chromebook to research information about the Human Geographical features in Japan. They used the information along with the notes from the lesson to create a poster identifying many Human features found in Japan
The Secret Life of Reception - Autumn 1 2022
The children of Reception have been given their own camera to capture those moments that we miss... the Secret Life of Reception! Each term, we will upload the next in the series of 'The Secret Life of Reception' and see what fabulous learning has been going on. They have been taking...
Year 4 Timetables Club - 5th October 2022
The children in Year 4 enjoyed their first Timetables club today, 5-10-2022, where they practiced their times tables and their fluency. Every week they will be practicing and each week will assess their learning using the assessment tool on their Purplemash program
Year 4 - Roman Numeral Clock
Today, 29-09-2022, the children in Year 4 had a fun Maths lesson where they made their own Roman numeral clocks. They have been learning about Roman Numerals this week and used their Design and Technology skills to create a Roman Numeral clock
Be Internet Legends Online Safety Assembly
Today Years 3-6 took part in a national live assembly from Google and Parent Zone, as part of their Be Internet Legends Scheme. They had lots of fun learning about the 5 pillars of online safety - smart alert, strong, kind and brave
Year 4 - Reading: Non-Fiction Text About Earthquakes
Today, Wednesday 21st September 2022, the children in Year 4 had the opportunity to read a selection of Non-fiction text about earthquakes. This helped the pupils to gain a further understanding of how earthquakes occur as they will be learning more on this topic in their Geography lesson later...
Year 5 - Practising Handwriting
Year 5 have been practising their handwriting. Many children are excited to achieve a pen license
Year 2 - 2L Mapping Skills Day
For mapping skills day, we had lots of fun learning about directions and following maps. We explored maps that used a bird's eye view and practiced drawing our classroom using a key. We also painted the United Kingdom and spoke about each of the countries and their capital cities
Year 4 - 4M: ICT Online Safety
On Monday (5-09-2022) the children in 4M had their first computing session and focussed on online safety. They completed a few activities using PurpleMash and answered a quiz all about online safety
Year 4 - RE Day: Judaism
Today, 13-10-2022, the children in Year 4 has fun and exciting lessons, learning all about the Jewish faith. They discussed the main beliefs, the importance of a synagogue, looked at different Jewish festivals and coloured in their own stained glass image
Nursery - Observing the Changes in the Environment
In Nursery we have been observing the changes in the environment using shapes. The children looked through their shaped windows to see what Autumn changes they could observe. "The leaves are falling down" said one child with another commenting "The leaves on the tree are green and...
Year 6 - 6M ICT: Maths and Coding Skills
The children in Year 6M used their ICT skills today (6th July 2022) to develop their maths and coding skills
Year 4 - 4M School For Food
Today, 10-11-2022, the children in Year 4M had an amazing experience at the School For Food. They made their very own Spanish Paella. The children were so excited to cook the dish themselves and they could not wait to eat the delicious paella
The Secret Life of Reception - Autumn 2 2022
Take a look at what we have been learning about this half-term through the eyes of many 4 / 5 year olds! Reception have really enjoyed taking their own photos of their time in Reception at Daubeney! This half-term, we have had so much fun! We have been learning about numbers 1 - 5, shapes, patterns...
School Choir Trip to Homerton Hospital
The school choir, led by the inimitable Kari Stewart, performed in the Foyer of Homerton Hospital spreading joy and Christmas cheer. The children sang their hearts out and did the school proud. Here are some ot the hits we sang:
Year 3 - Stone Age Blogging
This term Year 3 are learning all about the Stone Age, Iron Age and Bronze Age. In computing this week, Year 3 were learning about blogging so the children got the opportunity to produce a blog about what they have learnt in History so far. Children got to post their blogs and read and comment on...
Year 5 - Persuasive Argument
Year 5 have been identifying the features of a persuasive argument. They will use this to write their own argument persuading people to contribute to the fight against climate change. The children have become very passionate about the fight against climate change and have come up with some amazing...
Year 5 - Persuasive Arguments
Year 5 spent some time using a word processor to type up their persuasive arguments about climate change! This is their final piece of work based on the book the whole school has been reading - Varmints
Year 4 - ICT and History - Ancient Egyptian Gods
Today, 10-11-2022, the children in Year 4 were excited to use their Chromebooks to research factual information about different Ancient Egyptian Gods. They located facts and recorded them in their books
Year 4 - 4M Reading - 'I Survived'
The children in 4M enjoyed their reading session today, 10-11-2022, where they continued reading their whole class reader, 'I Survived'. The children were excited to finish the story finding out what happened in the end
Nursery - Spooky Dress Up Day
Nursery children dressed up in their Spooky outfits today. They listened to the story ‘Pumpkin Soup’ and have been exploring different pumpkins
Year 4 - ICT and Science - The Human Digestive System
Today, 9-11-2022, the children in Year 4 used their Chromebooks to further research the human digestive system, learning key facts and information. They also completed an activity, labelling the digestive system and a quiz
Year 3 - WOW Day: Amazon Rainforest
The children in Year 3 had a fantastic WOW day making their very own Amazon Rainforest
Year 4 - Outdoor Maths
Today, 3-11-2022, the children enjoyed their math lesson in the playground. They continued with their focus for this week, addition and subtraction
School Council - New Committee Meetings
Our new School Council cohort met in their new committees and they began with a bang! This year the councillors have decided to have three committees; Journalist Committee, Admin Committee and the Junior Road Safety Committee. They were very excited and began straight away planning for the coming...
World Mental Health Day 2022
It was World Mental Health Day on Monday 10th October. To celebrate mental health at Daubeney parents were invited to a “Child Anxiety” parent workshop. Children in KS1 and KS1 attended assembly around Mental health day. The children learnt about how children are supported with their...
KS1 Sewing Club
KS1 Sewing club have worked very hard during Autumn 1 with Miss Joan. They have had fun learning to sew and exploring the different patterns they can create to make their own personalised bookmark
Year 5 - WOW Day: Tanzania
In Year 5 we have been learning all about Tanzania! We celebrated by making posters about the Massai Tribe who live in Tanzania and then we made bracelets inspired by their culture
Year 1 - Computing - Week 5
This week Year 1 have been practicing their coding skills using 2Go on Purple Mash. They thought about which direction they wanted the object or person to move and could press the correct button using a range of different backgrounds and paths
Year 5 - Maths: Measurement
Year 5 displayed their measurement knowledge today until identifying mm and cm in rulers and comparing measurements. They also looked at objects in our class and decided if they should be measured using kilograms or grams!
School Council - Meeting with Mr Warren - 8th December 2021
School Council invited Mr. Warren to meet with them. The meeting was scheduled for Wednesday 8th December 2021. School Council Committees had a selection of questions and ideas they wanted to share with Mr. Warren. Here are some of the questions they asked Mr. Warren; What are your plans for the...
Aspiring Authors in Year 5
Well done to these two young aspiring authors, who spent their free time last weekend beginning to write a novel. They thought carefully about their title and front cover. They were inspired by their favourite books and began writing their first three chapters. We are very proud and can’t...
Year 6 - 6M ICT and Science
This week in Science 6M will be learning all about circuits. They used their Purplemash accounts today, 1-3-2022, to learn and discuss more about creating open and closed electrical circuits. The children used their program, which allowed them to draw, create and understand how to complete an...
Year 6 - 6M: ICT and History
On Tuesday (22nd February 2022) the children in 6M used their ICT skills to research facts and information about World War 2. They used Purplemash to help them create a News report about the Blitz
Year 2 - 2P Chocolate in Spanish & Lew Wallace School in Albuquerque
Year 2 have learnt the names of different types of chocolates in Spanish and can say which ones they like and the ones they don´t. They are sharing a song and everything they know of chocolate with their Music & Spanish pen pals in USA, the Lew Wallace Elementary school of Albuquerque
Year 4 - Countries and Nationalities in Spanish
We have been learning to talk about where we are from and our countries of origin in Spanish. We know the name of many countries in the world in Spanish and we can ask people about their nationality
Year 5 - Science: Separating Materials
We explored how we can separate different materials. We had to separate metal from sand using magnetism. We then investigated how different liquids can separate depending on their density. We also mixed some salt into some water and we will be observing it over the next few weeks to see if the salt...
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 6M - Cartographers
...ad our Mapping Day in Year 6. Their attention to detail and accuracy was impressive and produced high quality maps. They also designed Their own suburb including features and specific keys. Well done to our young stars!...
Year 4 - 4S World Book Day 2022
4S really enjoyed their World Book Day. Great costumes of their favourite characters as they celebrated reading with fun and engaging activities. The passion for reading is unbelievable and it is great to see!
Year 6 Mapping Day
The children in Year 6 had a fun day today, 10-1-2022, learning all about maps. They used a grid reference map today to locate places. Then used direction and instructions and drew their own map when they designed their own creating their own suburb
Year 3 - 3HC Celebrating Differences Day
Today we are having a ‘Celebrating Differences Day’ because we are all different and unique but UNITED we stand together, at Daubeney! Children in 3HC have come into school wearing traditional clothes from where they are from and/or wearing colours of their country flag
Reception Trip to St Barnabas Church
Reception enjoyed their first out of school trip to St Barnabas Church, where we learnt about the Story of Christmas. We dressed up as the characters and acted out the nativity. We had so much fun!
Christmas Baking in the Nursery
Today the Nursery children enjoyed baking delicious cupcakes. They enjoyed mixing, scooping, pouring and most of all eating their cupcakes!
WOW DAY Year 6 - Ancient Benin
Today, 14-12-2021, the children in Year 6 enjoyed their Wow Day activities by designing and creating masks, inspired by the real ones from Ancient Benin. The children also discussed how reliable resources are and which historical resources can be trusted
Spanish learning website: Languagenut.com
All pupils at the Blossom Federation can now use Languagenut.com , one of the best online language-learning websites, which provides interactive and engaging activities and resources for children to learn Spanish. This online language-learning platform promotes a fun, simple and engaging approach...
Prefects' Morning Out
As a reward for all of their hard work this term, the prefects were treated to a morning at London Fields Park with some sweet treats from Broadway Market. We also had a Christmas sing song on the way home
Year 3 - 3HC World Book Day 2022
3HC dressed up in their favourite book character! We are celebrating world book day that took place yesterday
Year 4 Outdoor Science Investigation - How does distance affect the volume of the sound?
Year 4 developed their scientific skills by investigating how sound is affected by the distance it travels. They made their prediction and also discussed how the investigation could be a fair one by considering the variables
Mini Garden
The School councillors came up with an idea earlier this year to develop a green space in the KS2 playground where wildlife can flourish and our Daubeney family can enjoy nature. They have worked hard with support from Dave and Gavin to design a “Mini Garden”. The friends of the Earth...
Year 2 - Computing: Searching the Internet
This week 2KF have been learning about searching the internet. They had lots of fun trying to find answers about dinosaurs using a search engine called Google. When they finished, they tested their knowledge of dinosaurs by completing a quiz on Purple Mash
Year 2 - 2P Singing School Trip
On Tuesday Class 2P went on a very exciting singing school trip into central London. We went to a small but very grand church called St Ann and St Agnes . It is in the vicinity of St. Paul’s in the heart of bustling central London. 2P sang their hearts out with a professional ensemble called...
Year 4 - Computing: 2Animate
Year 4 produced some brilliant animations. They learnt to copying from frame to frame, deleting and adding frames, changing speed and background, onion skinning and adding sound to their animations
Year 1 - Computing - Week 2
In Week 2 of computing, Year 1 used Chromebooks to design their own version of an Alberto Giacometti sculpture, as part of our Cross Curricular Art topic. They used 2Paint on Purple Mash and thought about the colour and shape of the lines they needed to use
Junior Mental Health Team - Thank You to Daubeney Staff
Did you know, when you express your appreciation for someone, you will not only improve their lives but yours as well. You will feel more fulfilled because you have done something to make someone else’s life better. It will change your mindset. Our mood and daily outlooks change when we focus on...
Year 5 - Literacy: Dragon Trump Cards
To finish up our week of the Dragon Slayer, we designed our own dragons and made trump cards for them! We considered their powers, favourite food and appearance
Year 4 Swimming at the Aquatics Centre
For the past two weeks, Year 4 have been attending the famous Aquatics Centre in Stratford. They were learning how to swim with professional swimming instructors. By the end of the two weeks, everyone passed their swimming test!
Year 6 - ICT and Science in 6M
Today, 22-6-2022, the children in Year 6M used their Chromebooks to complete their Scientific activities on Purplemash. Then they used their research skills to retrieve information about our Science topic. This term in Science we will be looking at Scientist and Inventors
Children’s Mental Health Week 2022 - Growing Together
During the last week of our half term, week commencing 7th February 2022, Daubeney celebrated Children’s Mental Health Week. The theme was Growing Together. Growing Together is about growing emotionally and finding ways to help each other grow. Challenges and setbacks can help us to grow and adapt...
Year 5 - Literacy: Roleplay
Do you know what the most important things to consider when you are doing roleplay? We discussed them today in Year 5 and then used our new skills to roleplay the book "Ish" by Peter H. Reynolds, a lovely book about a child who learns to love their unique style of creating art
Year 4 - Function or Appearance: What Is More Important?
For design and technology, we researched, evaluated and created amazing boardgames to see the difference between function and appearance. Sketches of their innovation was brought to life and was also tested by themselves in order to evaluate the functions of their game
Year 5 - Design Research
Year 5 are learning about windmills and wind turbines so they had the opportunity to use their ICT skills to research how they work. They had to look up how generators work, how transformers work and how windmills and wind turbines are similar and different
Year 1 - Maths: Multiplication
Year 1 have been learning about making equal groups in Maths and have been introduced to the times symbol 'x'. They thought carefully about how many groups they had and also how many items were in each group. They wrote fabulous number sentences to show their learning!
Year 3 - Forest School - Making Boats from Natural Materials
Year 3 have been working with Forest School and made boats from natural materials the children were then able to see if their boat floated
Nursery - Messy Play Day
Nursery had their first Messy play day. The children had so much fun exploring many different messy activities. We had corn flour, cutting spaghetti, cars in paint, shaving foam, water beads and lots more. One child said "Miss I am so excited, this is so much fun" and another said "I...
Year 6 Reading Booster
The children in Year 6 enjoyed their reading booster session in our Hop Garden. They read a selection of text fiction and non-fiction and discussed the text before answering the questions
International School Partnership
A very exciting partnership project has just started between Daubeney and C.E.I.P. Cesar Manrique in Tenerife, Spain. We have had the chance to visit their facilities, meet up with staff and children, and we are looking forward to exchange Christmas cards very soon!
Year 3 - WOW Day
The children today enjoyed their activities and ended their unit of learning around the Stone Age
Sewing and knitting Club
Today Mr Matvad joined the club and had a knitting lesson. The children enjoyed their club making a range of different items
Rainbow Class - Science & DT Learning
This week, our pupils became investigators as they explored different materials and their properties. They practised writing simple sentences about a variety of materials and matched these sentences to the correct picture descriptions. This helped them develop early writing skills, including...
Year 5 - Wow Day - Spring 2026
...e goal of cleaning the ocean. Their creativity shone through in both Their ideas and the thoughtful way they brought them to life. It was wonderful to see Their imaginations turn into real, working models!...
Year 4 Hornbills - Wow Day - Spring 2026
...making Their own board games. Their first lesson they used Their science learning to add lights to Their designs then completed Their board games. After, they played Their games and evaluated them against a specific criteria....
Year 4 Hornbills - Religious Education Day
The children enjoyed their RE day learning about what makes a person special and unique. We discussed many different religious figures and used them as role-models. We identified who influences us and how we can become a positive influence for others. We made a describing tree listing all the great...
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...
Year 5 - Why was Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and the Qur'an important to Muslims?
On RE Day, we learned about why Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and the Qur’an are important to Muslims. We looked at who the Prophet was, some key facts about his life, and why he is a special role model. We also learned about how the Qur’an was revealed and why Muslims use it to guide their...
Rainbow Room - Teddy Bear Maths
1, 2, 3 — let’s count! Our pupils enjoyed a maths learning experience where they explored numbers through hands-on activities. Using concrete objects such as teddy bears, the pupils developed their counting skills and deepened their understanding of number representation. They practised adding...
Year 5 - Preparing for Tenerife
Children from across the Federation came together at Lauriston Primary for a special meeting ahead of their upcoming visit to Tenerife. It was a wonderful opportunity for pupils to meet each other, build new friendships, and collaborate on designing the logo that will represent this unforgettable...
Rainbow Room - Exploring Spring
We had a fabulous time exploring our school garden today. Around the pond, we discovered clusters of frogspawn and spotted several frogs swimming across the water. Some pupils enthusiastically tried to count them as they darted through the pond. Pupils also explored the pond’s ecosystem by...
Year 4 - Science
The children had fun today in their science lesson designing a blue print for a product that uses electricity
Rainbow Room - Art from 1970s
As part of our Arts Curriculum, pupils engaged in creating fantastic artwork by exploring and experimenting with a range of art materials. They demonstrated creativity, curiosity, and confidence as they used different techniques and resources to produce imaginative pieces. Pupils have learned about...
Year 4 - Measurement
The children continued their learning in our Measurement topic and measured a variety of object in the class. They first estimated the measurements then measured in cm and converted to mm
Year 4 - Dragons Den
The children had a fun lesson today pitching their ideas to make a board game as part of their Design and Technology studies. They pitched their ideas to two Dragon businessman who asked them questions about their product
Year 4 - Outdoor Maths 2026
The children in Year 4 enjoyed their outdoor math lesson today where they measured and converted using cm and mm
Rainbow Room - Science Display Board (Materials)
WOW! Look at our fantastic display board, showcasing our pupils’ learning about materials as part of their science focus
Rainbow Room - Exploring and Learning about Materials
...h only limited adult support. Their task was to find different items and stick them into the correct material category using glue, helping them apply Their knowledge of materials in a practical and independent way. They also enjoyed looking at books related to different materials, such as plastic...
Rainbow Class- Jungle Animals
As part of our Science topic "Animals Including Humans" , pupils took part in a hands‐on exploration of animals and their habitats. They listened to the story “Monkey Puzzle”, which helped introduce different jungle animals and their characteristics. Afterwards, pupils created...
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
Rainbow Class - Learning Showcase
This week, some of our pupils had so much fun during their engaged learning sessions. They used magnetic letters to place them in alphabetical order, helping them develop letter awareness, understand spacing, and even form new words. Our trains and tracks was a big success too! The children loved...
Year 4 - Hornbill: Science
The children in Hornbill were super excited when they made their own string telephones. They learnt all about sound and how sound travels. They discussed the science behind how we hear and decided to make their own string telephones
Year 4 - Improper Fractions and Mix numbers
The children in Year 4 had a fun lesson making their own Improper fraction and Mix number dominoes in maths today. They had to convert the improper and mix numbers, then find the equivalent fractions
Rainbow Class - Planting Beans and Cress
As part of our science learning, the pupils took part in a hands‐on activity where they planted beans and cress. The pupils were highly engaged throughout the session, exploring the steps involved in planting and beginning to learn about the plant life cycle. They had opportunities to touch and...
Tenerife - Day 2
We have had a fantastic day in Tenerife! This morning, we visited the local schools to see their day to day, and to see how it differed from ours. After lunch, we headed to the pools! We have had so much fun and looking forward to tomorrow!
TTRS AWARD for Year 4 Pupil
The whole year 4 group were so excited when a star pupil received the GONE GREEN TTRS award. This means that all their answers on TTRS were completed in under 4 seconds. Well done to our young superstar. We are so proud of your achievements
Year 4 Nightingales visit Urswick
Today, the Nightingales visited Urswick Secondary School to take part in a fantastic art session led by one of the school’s art teachers. The students explored their creativity by creating artwork inspired by William Morris and had a wonderful time experimenting with patterns and designs,...
Rainbow Room - Planting
We have been learning about the life cycle of plants, focusing on beans and cress. As part of our sensory learning, the children planted their own seeds using soil, pots and water, exploring the different textures and steps involved when it comes to planting. Over the next few days, we will be...
Year 5 - Science - Spherical Bodies
Year 5 had a fantastic time in Science as they designed and created their own imaginary planets. To inspire their ideas, they drew on real scientific knowledge, using key facts about the planets in our solar system. They thought carefully about features such as size, temperature, atmosphere,...
Rainbow Room - WOW DAY
It was a fantastic WOW Day! Pupils showed great creativity as they used light food‐dye colours mixed with water to paint their own geometric shapes, by carefully creating bright and colorful patterns on each piece. They experimented with how the colours blended and enjoyed making their artwork...
Year 5 - Mapping Day 2026
Today was Mapping Day, and our learning focused on developing our knowledge of maps and how to use them confidently. We explored different types of maps, including thematic maps of Turkey, which link directly to our current geography topic. The children examined themes such as population, climate,...
Year 4 Hornbills - Literacy - Writing Notes
The children had fun in their literacy lesson and as part of immersion week they wrote informal notes to their friends. They then designed their own envelopes and gave their notes to their friends
Year 4 Hornbills at The Urswick Secondary school
Firstly, a huge thank you to The Urswick School for inviting our year 4 hornbill class for a wonderful art lesson. The children learnt about a specific artist and discussed his work and drew ideas and inspiration from his works. Then, the children used a range of different resources to create their...
Rainbow Room - Monkey Puzzle Story
Children enjoyed listening to the story “Puzzle Monkey” and learning about the different jungle animals and their habitats. With adult support, they matched each animal to its name and recognised the story characters, using sounds like e for elephant and m for monkey. The activity was...
Rainbow Room - Maths (Measure)
Using Numicon Cubes, pupils measured a range of objects by placing the cubes next to them and comparing their sizes. This hands‐on approach helped pupils see which items were taller, shorter, longer, or smaller. They pupils recorded their measurements on their worksheets by using Numicon Cubes to...
Rainbow Room - 2D Monkey Model
As part of our literacy focus, pupils enjoyed listening to an adult read the story “Monkey Puzzle .” This helped them explore the different characters in the story, especially the jungle animals. They then created their own 2D monkey model, based on the main character. Pupils followed...
Year 4 Hornbill - Geography
The children in Hornbills had an exciting lesson using their ICT skills to locate and retrieve facts about the River Thames. They used the information to complete their learning
Rainbow Class - Shaped Rockets
🚀Zoom Zoom Rockets! 🚀 This week, our pupils were fully engaged in exploring rockets — wow! It has been an exciting journey of discovery, imagination, and hands‑on learning. In our school library, children enjoyed looking through books about spaceships and rockets. They focused on the...
Parent Communication - 23rd January 2026
Curriculum Feature –Music at Daubeney continues to thrive, with creativity and performance at the heart of school life. Our Year 5 Robins are hard at work developing their own original Godzilla musical, showcasing impressive imagination and teamwork.
23rd January 2026
Year 3 - Ministry of Stories
...ollaborative writing process. Their hard work culminated into a professionally published story that each child will be able to keep and treasure....
Year 5 - Wow Day - Tanzania and Mountains
Year 5 had an exciting WOW Day as part of their geography topic exploring Tanzania and mountain environments. The day was packed with fun and learning, helping pupils immerse themselves in the landscapes, culture, and challenges of mountainous regions. One of the highlights of the day was a...
Rainbow - Letters, Fingers Writing and CVC Learning
We had so much fun exploring literacy in our learning! The children enjoyed using the colorful sequence mats to create various marks and letters with their fingers, helping to develop early mark-making, letter formation, and fine motor skills. Also, were also fully engaged in practicing how to...
Year 4 Hornbills - Oracy - 5th November 2025
The children had a fun discussion session this morning 5-11-2025 as part of their study start. They used conversation prompts to explore speaking and listening as part of our oracy skills
Rainbow - Reading Stories
Pupils were well engaged during reading activities, particularly when listening to an adult read aloud the story "The Cat Who Had Different Coloured Shoes." The narrative captured their interest and provided a meaningful context for learning colours names. Pupils demonstrated recognition of colours...
Rainbow - Maths Learning
Wow! Our pupils are awesome mathematician because they were exploring mathematics in many and fun ways. Children were able to use numbers puzzles by placing them in the correct order from 1- 10 by following the number sequences and they counted animals that was representing each of the numbers....
Rainbow - Constructive Activity
Adults have introduced a new learning opportunity called Constructive Play, where children use stickle bricks to create their own arrangements. This open-ended activity encourages creativity, problem-solving, and spatial awareness. Children explored different ways of connecting and placing the...
Rainbow - Attention Bucket Intervention
As part of the Attention Bucket Intervention, pupils were able to develop their attention by being engaged at exploring familiar objects that they like such as bubbles, sensory balls etc. Pupils were learning social skills by sharing popping bubbles or sharing the sensory balls. The fun part of the...
Year 4 - Brain Buddies - Autumn 2 2025
The children in Year 4 had another lovely session in their weekly Brain Buddies Lesson. They explored the zones of regulations and their feelings in each zone. This helped them to understand how they can use techniques to move from one zone to the next
Rainbow - Autumn Tree (Apple Painting)
...ive twist to the activity. Their beautiful autumn trees, painted with apples, are now proudly displayed on our display board for everyone to admire....
Year 4 Wow Day
The children in Year 4 had an amazing Wow Day. They first completed their end of term assessment and then began creating their earthquake cities. Some of our pupils had the opportunity to make a pop-up earthquake building
Year 4 - Outdoor Maths - Autumn 2 2025
The children had a fun math session today consolidating addition and subtraction. They measured different parts of the playground and used their addition and subtraction skills to find the answers
Year 4 Hornbills - Outdoor Learning - Autumn 2 2025
The children enjoyed their weekly whole class reading session in our Hop garden where they read our story and discussed the events
Year 4 Research - Literacy and ICT
The children in Year 4 had a session today where they researched facts about Japan for their leaflets they will be making next week. They used their ICT skills and their note taking skills to locate and record their information
Year 4 - Collabarative Learning
The year 4 classes Nightingales and Hornbills enjoyed a research session together exploring Japan as part of their topic with Mr Finkle ( student teacher) who showed the children a slideshow of his trip to Japan. The children were able to use facts and information for their travel leaflet which...
Year 1 Peacocks - Evergreen or Deciduous?
In Science, we have been learning about plants and trees. We have been thinking about what they need to grow and how we can look after them.We have also been talking about different types of trees and their features
Rainbow Room - Autumn Art
As part of our seasonal learning journey, pupils have been engaging in fantastic activities to explore the beauty of Autumn through art. Pumpkins Art: Pupils painted their own representations of pumpkins using water colours and cotton buds, adding texture and vibrancy with orange tissue paper....
Year 4 - Brain Buddies workshop
The children today continued their Brain Buddies workshops where they explored choices and how their brain reacts to different choices and actions
Year 4 Hornbills - ICT Logo
The children in Hornbills had a fun but challenging lesson today using Logo. They had to programme their Logo to navigate through a maze avoiding the mighty Minotaur
Year 4 - Spanish: Times Tables
Year 4 have been strengthening their times tables by practising multiplication in Spanish! Through quick-fire games, and chants, pupils are building confidence in both their Spanish vocabulary and their maths fluency. A fun and lively way to reinforce learning across subjects!
School Council Meeting - January 2026
The School Council recently met with Mr. Warren to share updates on their committees’ work since being elected and to outline their plans for the future. During the meeting, the Council had the opportunity to learn more about Mr. Warren’s experiences growing up, his journey to becoming...
Year 4 - Design and Technology
The children were excited today as they began to design their board game that they will be making in their lesson
Rainbow Class: Writing and Phonics
Our Rainbow Class pupils have been very busy and dedicated as they practised their handwriting. They worked on writing simple CVC words in their learning books and explored mark‑making through dot‑to‑dot activities to develop fine motor skills and correct pencil grip for accurate letter formation....
Rainbow Class: Magical Music Session
As we know, SEND Music Sessions with Mr O’Flynn are always fun and magical. It was a wonderful experience for our pupils to explore musical instruments such as the triangle, tambourine, and ukulele. Mr O’Flynn was truly amazed by how beautifully the children shared the instruments,...
KS1 - Lego Club
...gn Their very own Lego Hotel. Their creativity really shone through as some pupils built unique and stylish features such as hotel buildings, swimming pools, aqua parks, car parks, and beautiful gardens. Check out Their amazing creations!...
Year 4 - ICT and Reading
The children had an interesting Reading lesson where they read online information about our topic - Design and Technology. They researched facts and looked at how electricity can be added to a board game that they will be making in their lessons
Year 4 - Literacy
The children in Year 4 were excited today to start reading our whole school book called, Greta and The Giants. The children were inspired by the character Greta and made their own placards to protest against climate change
Year 4 - Boardgames
The children had a fun lesson today in our Design and Technology lesson. They had an opportunity to play different boardgames and critique the games they played. They discussed function versus appearances and shared their views. next week the children will begin to plan making their own board game
Rainbow Class - Under the Sea: Sensory Story
This week, pupils explored the sensory story ‘Under the Sea’ through multi-sensory activities. They engaged with tactile resources like textured sea creatures, fabrics, and water play, while adults enhanced the experience with ocean sounds, calming music, and visuals from the story....
Year 3 Science - Rocks
Year 3 had fun exploring the 3 main types of rocks - igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. We examined different rocks and used key vocabulary to describe their properties
Rainbow Room - Clay Snowman's
As part of our winter theme, pupils explored the texture of both wet and dry clay through a hands-on modeling activity. They used clay rollers and their hands to roll the clay into three spheres of different sizes, forming the body of a snowman. Pupils had make their snowman's to be unique and...
Year 4 - Group Maths 2025
The children enjoyed working in groups today completing their maths and solving reasoning problems
KS1 - Lego Club
Today, KS1 children in the Lego Club worked together to build their very own Santa’s Grotto out of Lego
Year 4 - Brain Buddies 2025
The children enjoyed their last Brain Buddies session today focussing on Problem Solving Choices
Rainbow Room - Clock Numbers
Today, our pupils stepped into the role of math detectives as they explored missing numbers on clocks. Armed with curiosity and sharp observation skills, they carefully checked the clocks and filled in the missing numbers. This engaging activity was able to help pupils to get familiar with numbers...
Year 5 - Spanish - Online Games
Year 5 children having fun while developing their Spanish vocabulary through competitive online games
Year 4 Science - The Digestive System
The children discussed and identified the main parts of the digestive system. then they looked at the functions of each part. with this knowledge they created their information posters all about the digestive system and how it works
Spanish - Tenerife
We loved spending time in our partner school in sunny Tenerife, Spain! Pupils enjoyed a friendly, inspiring environment where they built confidence in numeracy, tried out French, got active in PE and through some traditional Canarian games and had fun exploring new ideas in Robotics - all while...
Year 4 - RE Day 2026
The children in Year 4 enjoyed their RE Day today - 25-03-2026 - learning all about the significance of Easter. They learnt about the events that occurred and how Christians around the world celebrate Easter
Year 4 Hornbills - ICT
The children in Hornbill class discussed their responsibilities when using online activities. As part of their lesson they discussed SMART targets which identifies how to be safe online. Next term they will explore Logo using PurpleMash
Rainbow Class - Exploring Plants & Tress (Science)
This week, the children in Rainbow Class explored the life cycle of plants and trees through a range of practical, sensory, and engaging learning activities. Using pictures and matching activities, children explored the different parts of plants and trees by matching, labelling, or writing the...
Rainbow Class: Maths (Shapes)
As part of our Maths learning, pupils explored a variety of 2D shapes through engaging shape-identification worksheets and matching activities. Pupils practised recognising, naming, and colouring different shapes using a colour code, including circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, pentagons, and...
Rainbow Class - Geography: Exploring Places
Our learners were a great explores as they were learning about community and places as part of their geography learning, and by using symbols, pictures, and matching activities, pupils identified a variety of important places including shops, schools, post offices, police stations, parks, and...
Rainbow Class - Geography
Our learners have been exploring what makes Hackney special through a creative geography project. Using their knowledge of local landmarks, community spaces, transport links, parks, and places they enjoy, pupils designed their own unique Hackney logos
Rainbow Class - Geography (My Local Area)
As part of the geography learning, children took part in exciting geography activities focused on exploring their local area. Using photographs, symbols, maps, and matching tasks, learners developed their understanding of familiar places within the community. Some children were able to identified...
Rainbow Class - Planting Fun & Plants Life Cycle (Science)
As part of the science and sustainability learning, our pupils did enjoyed learning about about how plants grow. We explored the life cycle of a plant and learned the correct order: seed → root → shoot → plant → flower → new seeds. Using visual pictures and sequencing...
Rainbow Class - Flower Painting (Arts & Science)
This week, the children in Rainbow Class combined their science and creative skills while learning about flowers and the different parts of plants. Children had an opportunity to to explore the features of flowers and used paint to create their own beautiful flower artwork. The children carefully...
Parent Communication - 18th September 2026
We encourage all pupils to use Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS) at home. This fun and engaging programme helps children improve their multiplication and division facts, building confidence and fluency in maths.
18th September 2026
Rainbow Class: Maths (Shapes Matching/ Shapes Names)
As part of their Maths learning, our learners explored the properties of 2D shapes by counting and identifying the number of sides each shape has. Pupils practised recognising and naming a range of common shapes, including circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles. They also matched shapes to...
Rainbow Class - Learning Subtraction
Our pupils have been working hard to develop their early math's skills through practical subtraction activities. Using counters and number worksheets, the children explored how numbers become smaller when objects are taken away
EHT Update Letter - September 2026
The start of term has been a positive one for all of us. The children returned from the holidays with masses of enthusiasm and excitement; they have settled well into their new classes, some of which are brand new cohorts, and classrooms...
15th September 2026
Rainbow Class - Farm Animals (Literacy Focus)
Our pupils were highly engaged while listening to the story "Down on the Farm". During the session, they explored a variety of farm animals through colourful illustrations and enjoyed listening to adults model the different animal sounds. This helped to develop their attention, listening,...
Rainbow Class - Pigs Masks & Houses (Art)
Pupils had a fantastic time taking part in a creative art activity inspired by the story of "The Three Little Pigs." They carefully painted their pig and wolf masks and explored a variety of materials, including sticks, colour paper, and tissue paper, to create houses for the pigs. This...
Rainbow Class: Three Three Little Pigs Literacy
As part of the literacy learning, pupils were engaged in matching story sequences in the correct order by recalling key events from the story and using the illustrations to support their understanding. They demonstrated their ability to remember and identify the different stages of the story....
Rainbow Class: SEND PE
As part of SEND PE, pupils were engaged in developing their balance, coordination and gross motor skills. They practiced walking along the bench, standing on agility tables and safely jumping down using both feet. Pupils also enjoyed jumping on the trampoline, demonstrating increasing confidence,...
Rainbow Class: SEND Music
Our pupils enjoyed taking part in SEND Music session. Through singing and listening to sounds of musical instruments, they were encouraged to develop their attention and listening skills in a fun and engaging music session . The session provided opportunities for pupils to participate at their own...
Rainbow Class: PSHE: Emotions Monsters
As part of our PSHE learning, our pupils had the opportunity to explore emotions through a fun and creative activity. Using recycled cardboard tubes, a variety of paint colours to represent different emotions, glitter, googly eyes, and feathers, our pupils designed and created their own Emotion...
Rainbow Class: Literacy (Story about emotions)
As part of our Literacy learning, pupils explored different emotions through stories and picture-based activities. Pupils carefully looked at illustrations, identified how characters might be feeling, and matched emotions to different situations within the story. Pupils had the opportunity to name...
Rainbow Room - Art: WOW Day
WOW! As part of ART WOW DAY, our pupils immersed themselves in a vibrant dot painting activity, exploring creativity through colour, pattern, and design. With great enthusiasm, they carefully used colourful dots to create beautiful artworks, developing their concentration, fine motor skills, and...
Year 6 - Information Text
The children in Year 6 completed their information text today. They used their ICT skills to retrieve facts and information about London. They chose their own sub-headings and researched information for each sub-heading
Year 6 - Division - Autumn 1 2026
Our pupils in Year 6 had a wonderful and practical lesson today learning to divide using concrete resources. The children made up stories and shared amounts with different friends encouraging them to use mathematical language and show their understanding of division
Rainbow Class: RE Day - Lego Church
As part of our Religious Education learning about Christianity, pupils explored the significance of the Christian cross through a hands-on block-building activity. Using colourful blocks, the children carefully designed and created their own cross while developing their problem-solving, creativity,...
Rainbow Class - Attention Bucket & Singing
Pupils maintained their attention well during Attention Bucket activities, showing curiosity as they explored new and exciting items. They enjoyed choosing songs and demonstrated good listening skills by responding immediately with actions and movements linked to the music. The session supported...
Rainbow Class - Attention & Memory Activities
Pupils engaged in a range of attention and memory activities using sensory and interactive resources. They demonstrated sustained focus, followed instructions, took turns, and practised recalling information while exploring different objects, such as pressing buttons to activate toys and squeezing...
Year 3 - Science
As part of our science learning, Year 3 have been exploring what plants need to grow and stay healthy. The children planted their own cress seeds and discussed the importance of water, light, warmth, and nutrients for plant growth. They then observed changes in their plants as they grew
Rainbow Class - RE day - Exploring Christianity & Church
As part of our RE Day, our pupils were engaged in learning about Christianity and explored some of the important symbols associated with this faith. As a creative activity, the children carefully designed and decorated colourful crosses using tissue paper, helping them to deepen their understanding...
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...
Year 6 Religious Education Day
The children had a wonderful Religious Education Day exploring 'How does art allow a Christian to represent his or her beliefs.' The children looked at how images and sculptures can allow someone to express their beliefs, learn from it and allow a person to follow a specific path. We ended...
Rainbow Class: PSHE & Arts (Emotions Jars)
As part of our PSHE and Arts learning, pupils explored a range of emotions through a creative "Emotions Jars" activity. Pupils identified different feelings, including happiness, sadness, anger, worry, calmness, and surprise, and discussed situations that might cause these emotions. Pupils used a...
The Nest - Volcano Science Experiment
The children in Nurture were really excited to try a volcano experiment they had seen online. We explored the experiment together, and the children loved watching the volcano erupt! It was a fun, hands-on way to encourage their curiosity, excitement and interest in exploring how things work
The Nest - Hop Garden
This term in Science, we have been learning about identifying plants and recognising their basic parts. We created a checklist of things we might find and went on a nature hunt in the Hop Garden. The children really enjoyed exploring the outdoor environment and were very excited to discover some...
Extended Day Care
Our Extended Day Care children have been having lots of creative fun! They have been bringing their imagination to life through role play, creating figures in the playground planters and making their very own bracelets. It’s wonderful to see their creativity and ideas shine!
Year 6 - Science Research Activity
The children in Year 6 used their ICT skills to research information and develop their learning all about micro-organisms. They used different ICT skills to gather and record their information
Spanish - Little Linguists Team
The Little Linguists Team met for the first time this week! Students received their Language Challenge Booklets, filled with exciting activities to complete throughout the year as they explore new languages and cultures. We can't wait to see their progress!
Ayden & Raeven-Diors Amazing Football Stars Colouring Book
Would you also encourage your children to visit Ayden and Raeven's book stand over the coming three Fridays to purchase a copy of their book, as seen below, for only £6.99.
9th October 2026
Year 6 Science - Classifying a new specie
The children in Year 6 had a fun lesson today exploring a scenario where we invented or discovered a new specie. The children drew their new animal and scientifically classified the new animal. They also recorded information about the animal that would help others to classify the animal
Rainbow Class - The Three Little Pigs Focus (Literacy)
As part of their literacy learning, pupils engaged in active listening while exploring the focus story, The Three Little Pigs. Children matched concrete objects, including sticks, blocks, and shredded paper, to the different houses built by the pigs in the story. They were also encouraged to feel...
Year 5 & 6 Residential Trip - July 2026 - Day 2
In the Mix '26 - Day 2 Today started off sunny and bright despite the bleary eyes due to lack of sleep. Are they usually up at 4am?! 😩 It turned into a very hot one but everyone coped very well, I think 'where are your water bottles?' might turn into the slogan of the trip. Lots of brave children...
Year 4 Wow Day 2026
The children enjoyed their Wow Day demonstrating all their knowledge about our topic - Rivers. They completed their assessment and created an information poster all about rivers using their facts and knowledge. They drew rivers and created different types of settlements around the river
Year 3 Trip to the London Mithraeum
Year 3 enjoyed an exciting trip to the London Mithraeum, where they brought their learning about the Romans to life. The children explored Roman artefacts and learned what they were used for in everyday life nearly 2,000 years ago. They were especially fascinated by the remains of a real Roman...
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
Year 4 Hornbills - History
The children enjoyed their research session today where they collected and recorded interesting facts about the Vikings and the Anglo Saxons
Rainbow Class - Transports
As part of our history and literacy learning, pupils learned about different types of transport that people use to travel. We talked about the names of different transports and how people use them. Pupils also explored transport from the past and the present, looking at how some transports have...
Year 5: History - Windrush
In today’s lesson, Year 5 explored the experiences of the Windrush generation, learning about their journey to the United Kingdom and how they settled into new communities. The session encouraged pupils to develop empathy and a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by those who arrived...
Rainbow Class - Using Coins
As part of mathematics learning, pupils took part in practical activities to explore the use and value of coins, helping to develop their understanding of money. Pupils used concrete resources, including coins and numericons, to support counting skills and reinforce number recognition from 1 to 20....
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...
Rainbow Class - Seasons Arts & Crafts
As part of a combined Arts & Crafts and Science activity, our pupils explored the topic of seasons. Pupils created colourful paintings to represent the different seasons, using vibrant paint colours to express seasonal changes. Also, they took part in a sticking and gluing activity to explore...
Year 4 Hornbills - Biographies
The children in Hornbill class were focussed today as they completed publishing their biographies. The children used their notes, facts and information and published their biography based on Beowulf
Rainbow Class - Reading Fun
Pupils demonstrated strong engagement during reading by independently choosing books from the reading corner and they were looking at the illustrations from it to develop their comprehension skills. Some pupils were able to verbally describe the images to adults with limited support
Rainbow Class - Learning about Seasons
Pupils explored learning about the different seasons by watching a short, engaging video and listening to a song related to seasonal changes. Following this, pupils took part in a hands‐on matching activity, where they matched pictures associated with each season, as well they were able to sequence...
Rainbow Class - Interventions Focus
As part of our Colourful Semantics intervention, pupils listened attentively as adults modelled and recalled simple sentences using the sentence structure such as " Who"/ 'What doing"/ etc. Pupils were supported to identify and understand each part of the sentence through visual...
Year 4 - Science
The children in Year 4 are enjoying their Science learning this term which is all about the states of matter. They discussed the different states of matter and how they change. They also used their Chromebook to research facts and information about the topic
Year 5 Wow Day - Turkey
Year 5 had an exciting WOW Day learning all about Turkey as part of their Geography topic! The children experimented with vibrant patterns and colours to design their own ceramic‐style plates, inspired by both the physical and human geography of Turkey—from its stunning mountain ranges and...
Year 3 - Volcanoes Wow Day
Year 3 had an exciting WOW Day all about volcanoes! The children loved experimenting with watercolours to create vibrant volcano artwork, using straws to blow the paint and make dramatic lava‑splash effects. They also had great fun building their own mini volcano models and watching them erupt with...
Parent Communication - 27th March 2026
On Monday, our Y3’s hosted a ‘Ministry of Stories’ assembly where they celebrated the ‘publication’ of their stories.
27th March 2026
Rainbow Room - Builders
The pupils had great fun and showed high levels of enjoyment while creating towers of different sizes. They explored measurement vocabulary such as small, big, short, and tall while working collaboratively in small groups to build their own colorful towers
Year 4 Hornbills - Viking Longships
The children in Hornbills used their literacy skills and factual information from the lesson to create a non- chronological report all about Viking Longships
Parent Communication - 3rd July 2026
Here at Daubeney, and across the Blossom Federation, we pride ourselves on delivering an experiential curriculum to our children and providing experiences that may help our pupils to find their passion or ‘calling’ in life.
3rd July 2026
Rainbow Class: Colorful Hands
We had so much fun creating colourful hands! Pupils explored making their own handprints on a range of different textures, using both primary and secondary colours. They enjoyed experimenting with colour mixing, discovering how new colours can be created by mixing colours together. The activity...
Rainbow Room - Maths: Adding & Subtracting Coins
Our pupils were fully engaged in exploring different ways of using 1p coins as part of their learning about money. Through a range of practical, hands-on activities, they were encouraged to recognise, count, and manipulate coins in meaningful and purposeful contexts. They demonstrated growing...
Rainbow Class: RE - Learning about Islam
As part of our RE learning, pupils have been exploring Islam. They were actively engaged in matching key vocabulary words with corresponding images, such as mosque, hijab, prayer mat, Ramadan etc . This supported their understanding of important religious concepts and symbols. Pupils explored the...
Year 2 Trip to Homerton Library
As part of the Year 2 provision, we will be taking the children to Homerton Library. The trip will take place on Wednesday 24th June. Children will have the opportunity to explore their local library.
16th June 2026
Parent Communication - 12th June 2026
As our Y1 pupils sit their Phonics Screener Test this week we would like to share some information with you about our phonics provision here at Daubeney.
12th June 2026
Rainbow Room - Mehdi Hanna Design ( RE )
As part of the RE learning, our pupils began exploring Islam through a creative and engaging art and crafts activity. They designed their own Mehndi (henna) patterns, using chalk dipped in a mixture of powder and water to create vibrant designs on their hands. Pupils thoroughly enjoyed...
Rainbow Class - Human Life Cycle & Needs / Human Body
As part of Science and PSHE, pupils learned to identify and name parts of the human body. They were able to find, match, and write body part names on worksheets using a labelled human body diagram. Pupils demonstrated understanding by pointing to and naming most body parts independently. In...
Year 5: Wow Day - Windrush
Year 5 had an exciting WOW Day learning all about the Windrush generation as part of their History topic! During one of the activities, the children explored the work of a famous artist linked to Caribbean culture and created their own vibrant artwork, using bold colours and patterns to reflect the...
Rainbow Class: Big Draw Day
Our pupils enjoyed a fun and engaging Big Draw Day! Pupils were able to express their artistic skills using crayons and felt tips by creating expressive mark-making drawings. Even, pupils explored different patterns, lines, and shapes by showing creativity and confidence in their artwork
Parent Communication - 15th May 2026
Curriculum feature – Understanding KS2 SATs and Their Purpose. Key Stage 2 (KS2) SATs are statutory assessments taken by pupils in England at the end of Year 6, in the month of May.
15th May 2026
Rainbow Room: Human Body Learning
As part of our Science and PSHE learning, pupils explored the human body, beginning with singing their favourite song “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” with actions to support identifying the names of different body parts. Then, pupils were using an interactive board to match facial and...
Rainbow Class: Fun Learning
Our pupils were well engaged in the fun learning environment. Some pupils explored the safari animals and enjoyed the soft texture of the sand in the sandpit, supporting their sensory development. Other pupils were engaged in intensive interaction, demonstrating strong eye coordination and focus as...
Rainbow Class: Body X-Ray Art Fun
As part of our Science and PSHE learning, pupils explored the human body using simple, visual books showing body parts and organs. This was supported by looking at X-ray images of hands, arms and feet, helping pupils understand what is inside the body. Adults used clear language, repetition and...
Lego Club - Farm & Countryside
In the Lego Club, children were engaged working in small groups by making their farms and countryside using lego
Year 2 - History: WOW Day
To end our Great Fire of London topic, we made our own Tudor houses and burned them! It was a little sad because we put in a lot of hard work but this helped us learn a bit about how the people of 1666 felt when they lost their homes!
Year 4 Hornbill - Class Assembly
Hornbills had a fantastic assembly sharing all their amazing learning this half term
Year 4 - Maths with Money
The children today had the opportunity to buy a selection of items and find the correct change. They used their problem solving skills and found the change showing the amount using the money resources
Year 2 - Science: Hackney City Farm
We visited Hackney City Farm to learn about the animals that live there and their habitats! We enjoyed seeing all the different animals and even saw some new born piglets!
Year 4 - Hornbills: Reading
The children in Hornbills are always excited every Tuesday morning when they visit our library. The children are allowed to take books from the library to read in class as part of their independent reading session
Year 3 - Literacy: Stone Age
The children in Year 3 enjoyed their Literacy lesson today reading a story about the Stone Age. They looked at different shelters in the Stone Age period and made their own simple shelters
Rainbow Room - Heart Tree
The children in the Rainbow Room have excitedly designed their very own Valentine's Heart Tree, engaging in a creative activity that involved using a variety of textured papers. They explored different types of paper, including both hard and soft textures, to give their artwork an added sensory...
Rainbow Room: Drawing & Painting Pigs from Social Story
As part of their reading activity, the children from the Rainbow Room explored the classic story of "The Three Little Pigs." To enhance their learning, the children participated in an Attention Bucket Activity, where they used paper rolls and pink paint to create their own representations of the...
Year 3 and 4 Dodgeball
The children in Year 3 and 4 enjoyed their Dodgeball session today competing against each other. The children focused on the skills that were taught in their PE lesson and had a fun time playing
Year 3 - Wow Day
The children had a fun day continuing their learning all about linkages and levers. As part of our Wow Day activities they made a moving dragon, a snapping crocodile and a scissor dragon
Year 3 - Kahoot in ICT
The children had a fun session today in their ICT lesson using Kahoot and answering questions based on our Science topic - Animals and Humans
Rainbow Room - Big and Small Hearts Stamping
The children in the Rainbow Room have been exploring different sizes of hearts, creating colorful heart stamps using heart-shaped cutters. They’ve enjoyed experimenting with various sizes to see how each heart looks by adding a fun and creative twist to their stamping activity
Year 3 Kingfisher - Show and Tell
The children today had another fun session in their weekly Show and Tell Session. They shared their favourite animals and gave some amazing facts about them
Year 3 – Learning Science through Spanish
Children in Year 3 have had the chance to build up and consolidate their science knowledge through Spanish. They can now name a range of vertebrates and invertebrates and describe their characteristics in two languages!
Rainbow Room - Science (Our Body)
The children were actively participating in a science lesson focused on learning about the human body. They engaged in a body parts memory game that helped them learn the names of various body parts. In this game, they matched the names of body parts with their corresponding pictures, such as the...
Rainbow Room: Heart Painting
For Valentine's Day, the children in the Rainbow Room created heart paintings to enhance their fine motor skills. They painted with brushes, added pipe cleaners, and finished with glitter for a sparkling touch. After their had presented their heart painting to their peers
Year 2 - Numbers Day - Spring 2025
Year 2 had lots of fun dressing up for numbers day! So many children were very creative with their outfits! We had a great time playing lots of maths games today
Year 4 - Number Day (Part 1)
Today, Mete and Anas had a fantastic time participating in a fun and engaging learning activity that was all about numbers. The activity was designed around Valentine's Day, using heart-themed cards to make it even more exciting! They explored different quantities of hearts on each card, and their...
Year 2 - Exploring Money
To start our new maths topic of money, we spent some time identifying coins and notes. We discussed their values and compared their worth. We also began adding some coin values together using our addition skills to help us
Rainbow Room - Number Day (Part 3)
The children engaged in an maths activity where they rolled a dice and matched the numbers with corresponding number cards. This helped them recognize numbers and improve their counting skills. They also counted cubes by matching the quantities to number cards as they were exploring quantities in...
Rainbow Room - Number Day (Part 1)
Today, children had a fantastic time participating in a fun and engaging learning activity that was all about numbers. The activity was designed around Valentine's Day, using heart-themed cards to make it even more exciting! They explored different quantities of hearts on each card, and their...
Rainbow Room - Number Day ( Part 2 )
The children in the Rainbow Room enjoyed a fun math activity for Number Day, playing "Follow the Leader" with heart-shaped numbers around the classroom. They listened for numbers called by the adult, finding the matching ones with some support. Some children confidently named the numbers,...
Year 3 - Kingfisher: Concrete Maths
The children in Kingfisher class started their Fraction unit with a practical lesson. They used concrete resources to solve various fraction of amounts. The children using their resources have now understood how to find a fraction of an amount
Rainbow Room - SEND PE: Throwing & Catching Bean Bags
As part of their SEND PE session, the children from the Rainbow Room engaged in an exciting and interactive activity focused on developing their throwing and catching skills. Using soft bean bags, children practiced various techniques, improving their hand-eye coordination and motor skills
Year 4 - Phonics Activity
Today, Anas and Mete practiced phonics with puzzles. They examined each puzzle to determine what it represented and identified the starting sound by matching it with laminated sound letters. Both of them also practiced saying the sounds of the letters from the puzzles as part of their phonetics...
Rainbow Room - Displays: Spring
We invite you to take the opportunity to explore our new and vibrant displays, which beautifully highlight the incredible learning and growth of the children in the Rainbow Room. These displays serve as a celebration of the creativity, curiosity, and dedication that our students have invested in...
Year 3 Kingfisher - Maths: Equivalent Mass
The children in Kingfisher enjoyed their math lesson identifying equivalent mass
Rainbow Room - Easter Chicks
The children from the Rainbow Room coloured an Easter chick using pastel crayons. Next, they used pastels and felt-tip pens to decorate their Easter eggs, creating a variety of marks, such as lines, dots, and other patterns, based on their personal choices
Year 3 Kingfisher - Shadow puppets
The children in Year 3 enjoyed their Science lesson today using torches to make a shadow theatre. They had so much fun
Rainbow Room - Dino Pegs Counting
The children had a wonderful and engaging math session, where they had fun learning by using Dino Number Cards and pegs for counting. In this activity, they observed the numbers on the Dino cards and then counted out the corresponding number of pegs to match the number on each card. This...
Rainbow Room - Harp Sounds
Today, during the SEND Music Session, the children showed great focus and curiosity as they explored the harp’s sounds. With guidance from adults, they carefully interacted with the strings, producing soft, delicate tones. The supportive environment allowed them to experiment with different...
Rainbow Room- Old McDonald Song
As part of the Singing Group Intervention, children from the Rainbow Room participated in an interactive session centered around their favorite song, "Old McDonald Had a Farm," using farm animals to make the activity more engaging. The adult sang a line of the song and paused, allowing...
Rainbow Room - Spring Hyacinth
Mr. Patryk has recently noticed that spring is beginning to appear in his garden and during his visits to the local park. However, there was one particular flower that caught his attention. Which flower is it? It's the wonderful Spring Hyacinth, which the children in the Rainbow Room were...
Rainbow Room - Colours Alphabet
Today, the children had a fantastic time during their phonics session, which skillfully combined learning with lots of fun! The session focused on colours, giving the children the opportunity to not only name various colours but also practice their phonics skills by identifying the first letter...
Rainbow Room - Garden
Today, children from the Rainbow Room explored flowers, vegetables, and herbs in the garden. They were also engaged in observing different types of flowers and trees, focusing on their appearance and texture. The children enjoyed using garden tools, such as rakes, to tend to the soil. Some children...
Rainbow Room - Spring Flowers Painting (Mother's Day)
...t flower petals and stems. Their concentration was great as each unique painting came together, by forming a beautiful display of colorful flowers—another lovely surprise for Their mums!...
Rainbow Room - Mother's Day Card
The children from the Rainbow Room showed great creativity as they thoughtfully prepared for the upcoming Mother's Day celebration. They painted beautiful flowers in bright spring colours on their cards, added happy face stickers, coloured in the hearts inside the cards and with the help of an...
Rainbow Room - Money (Coins)
The children were engaged in a hands-on math activity exploring money, focusing on 1p coins. They independently counted the coins from 1p to 10p and placed them into money bags, reinforcing their counting and money use skills in a practical context
Rainbow Room - Phonics Game
The children were actively practicing phonics through an interactive game that made learning fun. They matched words to pictures, reinforcing letter sounds, word formation, and pronunciation. They also listened to an adult pronounce the initial sounds and independently matched them in the game....
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...
Saturday School SATs Boosters - 28th February 2025
Firstly, the Year 6 team would like to express their utmost gratitude for your continued support to ensure that our children are getting the most out of their final year in primary school. As the SATs are quickly approaching, we are offering free tu
5th March 2025
Rainbow Room - Number Lines
...a particular number out loud. Their task was to identify the number and then locate it on the number line. To make the activity even more fun and engaging, they were asked to mark the position of the number with a brightly colored circle. This task required concentration, quick thinking, and a st...
Year 2 - DT Exploring Wheels
To begin our Design and Technology topic, we brought in lots of vehicles and explored their features. We learnt about wheels, and how they are attached to an axle. We identified loose axles and fixed axles, discussing how these are attached to a chassis. We had lots of fun trying our vehicles out...
Year 3 - Stepney City Farm
The children in Year 3 were super excited to visit Stepney City Farm. They fed some of the animals and had a chance to see a variety of different animals. The children discussed habitats, food for the animals, nutrients, vertebrates and invertebrates, the skeleton of animals and their habitats now...
Year 3 – Toucan: Shadow Puppet Show
In today's lesson, we reviewed what we learned last week and explored how shadows are formed. We experimented with creating shadows using torches and other light sources. Using cut-out shapes, we put on a puppet show featuring moving shadows. During the show, we experimented with the size and...
Year 3 - Religious Education Autumn 2 2024
The children in Year 3 studied the significance of light in different religions. They had many different activities to further develop their understanding of light in religion
Year 3 - Design and Technology - Spring 2025
The children in Year 3 started their Cross Curricular topic today on Linkages and Levers. They wrote what they knew about the topic and later used their Chromebooks to research information about Linkages and Levers
Year 3 - Science
The children in year 3 started their topic today around Animals and Humans. They discussed what they knew and shared their facts. We created a mind map of our learning
Year 6 Winter Concert
The Year 6 cohort were delighted to share their original winter compositions with their families in their last festive concert at Daubeney. We hope you enjoy listening to them
Parent Communication - 13th December 2024
We now find ourselves looking forward to the final 5 days of the autumn term, after what has been a very eventful and event filled week 6! In our usual fashion, to facilitate home learning conversations and parental engagement with their child(ren)’s
13th December 2024
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
Year 5 – Partner school in Spain. Christmas cards
Last week, in our Spanish lessons, pupils from Kiwis and Robins classes created Christmas cards for our partner school in Tenerife, Spain. All pupils have written individual bilingual messages to wish them Feliz Navidad . A small group of children will be visiting the school next year, so they also...
A Musical Collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra
We were delighted to welcome musicians from the London Symphony Orchestra for an inspiring visit. During their time with us, our Year 6 students worked together to create a unique piece of music inspired by Mars from Gustav Holst’s The Planets. This visit is part of our ongoing partnership...
Rainbow Room
The children in the Rainbow Room engaged in the "Attention Bucket" activity, focusing on looking at objects from the bucket. They showed great attention as Mr. Namo demonstrated each item, and they eagerly shared their objects with familiar adult and peers. This activity helped support...
Year 5 – Spanish: La música y los instrumentos musicales
Children in Year 5 are currently exploring a range of different music related vocabulary, music genres, a range of musical instruments and high frequency words that will allow them to use their musical skills and relate them to language learning
Year 3 - Kingfisher researches The Stone Age
The children in Kingfisher used their Chromebooks and their ICT skills to research facts about the Stone Age. They included their facts in their non- chronological report that were writing in our Literacy lesson
Kingfisher - Explores Using the Inverse Operation
The children in Kingfisher used the inverse operation today to check their calculations
Kingfisher - Making Stone Age Tools
Today in our History lesson the children in Kingfisher made their own Stone Age tools
Junior Literacy Team 2024-2025
Meet the new members of 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...
Year 3 - Kingfisher Hackney School of Food: November 2024
The children in Kingfisher had a wonderful session today baking their own bread and cooking their own soup in the Hackney School Of Food kitchen
Kingfisher - ICT in literacy
The children in Kingfisher class researched information about the Stone Age. They collected facts and made notes in their books. They will use the notes to help them write full factual sentences
Year 3 - PE
The children in Year 3 enjoyed their PE lesson playing hockey and learning different skills needed to master the game
Rainbow Room - Maths
In the Rainbow Room, children engaged in hands-on learning by practicing counting from 1 to 5 and 1 to 10 with colorful domino cards and small counters. As they matched the dots on the dominoes to the correct number of counters, they reinforced their understanding of numbers and sequence....
Rainbow Room - PE: Throwing & Catching Ball
As part of the PE session, children were participating in activities to develop their throwing and catching skills using a ball
Rainbow Room - PE Session
Today, as part of the PE session (Sensory Circuits), the children had the opportunity to engage in an enriching activity where they practiced walking along the bench. They were encouraged to make their own decisions about the direction they wanted to take, fostering independence and enhancing their...
Year 3 - Trip to Stepney Farm
Today, Year 3 visited Stepney Farm, where they observed various animals and identified which ones are vertebrates and which are invertebrates, linking to their science topic for this term. They also discussed what these animals might eat if they lived in the wild
Year 3 Kingfisher - Science - Spring 2025
...ertebrates and invertebrates. Their activities allowed them to identify which animals belong to vertebrates and invertebrates. The children also did some research using Their Chromebooks to find facts about the topic they are learning....
Rainbow Room - Attention Bucket with Maths
As part of the Attention Bucket, the children had the opportunity to engage in a creative activity where they used 2D shapes to design and create their own shape stamps. Children worked together to figure out how to combine and position different shapes so this helped them practice spatial...
Year 5 - Energy Sparks Workshop
Is our school energy efficient? This is what the Year 5s learn about during their workshop run by Energy Sparks
Year 3 Kingfisher - Literacy - Spring 2025
The children in Kingfisher class enjoyed their Literacy lesson today making a treasure map as their character Nelly made in the book they are reading
Rainbow Room: Shapes Learning
Today, the children learned about 2D shapes by drawing them on the whiteboard, which helped develop their fine motor skills and ability to form shapes through drawing. Afterward, they played a shape-matching game, naming familiar shapes like circles, triangles, and squares
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 3 - Kingfisher-Measurement
The children in Kingfisher class had a fun math lesson measuring their friends and objects around the classroom
Year 3 - Design and Technology
The children in Year 3 Kingfisher enjoyed their Design and Technology lesson where they used their knowledge about linkages and levers to make their own example. The children used card and split pins to make a lever which moved a waving hand around a pivot point. Next week they will create another...
Kingfisher - Design and Technology
The children worked well today to create a moving linkage using a lever. They made flags that moved when a lever was pulled. The children enjoyed their Design and Technology session and are looking forward to their next session
Rainbow Room - Singing Intervention (3 Speckled Frogs)
The children were engaged as the adult sang the familiar song "3 Speckled Frogs." They joined in singing along and followed the song's phrases to count the frogs from 1 to 3. As they sang, the children placed the frogs into a red container with water. Additionally, the children used a...
Rainbow Room - Letters of name
During phonics activities, children in the Rainbow Room eagerly explored the letters in their names, focusing on identifying each letter individually. They practiced matching the letters in the correct order, reinforcing their understanding of sequencing, and actively listened to the sounds each...
Rainbow Room - Peers Reading: Library
Children have joined their peers from different classes in the school library to take part in the peer reading by looking at illustrations and words from the books to develop new vocabulary from reading
Year 3 - Multiplication and Division - Spring 2025
The children in Year 3 worked exceptionally well today consolidating their learning and methods to solve multiplication and division problems
Year 3 - Kingfisher: Kahoot - Spring 2025
The children were super excited today as they played Kahoot in class at the end of their IT lesson. The children answered questions based upon their learning from their Spanish sessions. It was fun!
Rainbow Room - PE Session
As part of the SEN PE sessions, the children engaged in an activity where they practiced walking on a beach by making choices about their directions as well they developed their physical skills such as coordination, balance, and body awareness
School Council off to a Great Start!
...4-25 is off to a great start! Their dedication to working for the betterment of Their peers and splitting into focused committees shows a strong commitment to addressing different aspects of school life. The committees are; Admin Committee, Journalist Committee and Junior Road Safety Committee. The ...
Rainbow Room - Easter Bunnies
Today, the children created their own Easter bunnies using paper plates and cotton. They explored the texture of the cotton by touching it with their hands. They also used black paper to make whiskers, googly eyes for the eyes, and pink paper to create ears
Year 4 - Brain Buddies - Autumn 2025
The children in Year 4 enjoyed their weekly session ‘Brain Buddies’ where they focussed this week on their emotions and feelings. They also identified how their bodies react to different feelings
Rainbow Room- Patterns Arrangements
We had an amazing time exploring different pattern arrangements using colorful lollipop sticks. There was an opportunity for us to challenged ourselves to try memorize the colours sequences as we carefully placed the lollipop s sticks on the paper, matching each stick to its corresponding colour in...
Year 3 Toucan - WOW Day 2025
The Year 3 Toucan class had an inspiring Wow Day, drawing creativity from the artist Andy Goldsworthy. They ventured into the playground to craft natural sculptures using leaves, twigs, and other found materials. Back in the classroom, they painted tree-themed canvases in an artistic style inspired...
Year 3 - Rumpelstiltskin
This week, Year 3 have been exploring the story of Rumpelstiltskin in their literacy lessons through the Power of Play sequence. They've thoroughly enjoyed their first week—acting out scenes, building a fairy tale world, and bringing their imagination and drama skills to life
Year 3 - Kingfisher - Andy Goldsworthy Art Project
Today (02-07-2025) the children in Kingfisher class were super excited to complete their art project inspired by Andy Goldsworthy. The children had their canvas prepared last week and used twigs to paint their image. They added leaves and on Friday will add a setting sun to complete the project
Rainbow Room- Weather Patterns
Children participated in learning about various weather phenomena they encounter in their daily lives, such as sunshine, rain, and clouds. They had a great time using colorful lollipop sticks to match different colours to weather cards. This activity helped them visualize and demonstrate different...
Year 3 - Kingfisher Art Project 2025
The children were so excited today as they started their art project inspired by Anthony Goldsworthy. The children prepared their canvas for next when we created our art piece
Rainbow Room - Sun Catchers & Rainbow Clouds
We have been exploring the different types of weather we experience during our outdoor playtime, particularly in the playground where we have noticed changes in the weather while playing. The children had a wonderful time creating sun catchers using paper plates and triangles from orange paper ....
Rainbow Room - Shapes ( Maths )
As part of their math learning, children engaged in exploring 2D shapes by learning their properties, including their appearances. They were introduced to a fun shape memory game where they matched the shapes on cards to those on a template. Some children even named the shapes, such as circles,...
Year 4 - Cross Curricular Learning
The children in Year 4 started learning about earthquakes as part of the Geography topic. They discussed what they knew and used their ICT skills to further research facts about earthquakes
Year 6 Residential - Survive and Thrive
This was the last day of the 2025 residential and probably the most organised day of the week for residential. The kids were well behaved today and were really well at getting ready to go back to Hackney. We had a really nice week and a week that will create memories forever and will also be in the...
Year 6 Residential - Survive and Thrive
Survive and thrive, Daubs ‘25 Well believe it or not, today was even hotter! Everyone has dealt with it well though and are staying hydrated and being reminded to wear sunscreen! No campfire last night as we were informed it may have sent the whole place on fire so probably best not to have done...
Year 3 Kingfisher - ICT: Google Slides
The children in Kingfisher enjoyed their third Google Slide session where they made their own presentation. they included images, changed the writing style and added information about their topic
Year 3 - Kingfisher: Art
The children in Kingfisher class enjoyed their outdoor art session inspired by Anthony Goldsworthy. the children used mostly natural resources to create their art work
Rainbow Room - Chalk Drawing
The weather outside has been nice, allowing our pupils to have a great time participating in outdoor learning. They engaged in small group interactions, creating their own chalk drawings. Using a variety of chalk colour and the space available at the playground to create own chalk drawing. The...
Year 6 Residential - Survive and Thrive
We had a chill evening last night and enjoyed our hot chocolates. Bedtime went surprisingly well. The children were in their cabins by 9 but it did take a little longer to settle! This is to be expected though, it’s all very exciting. This morning was an early start though, everyone up at 6 and...
Year 3 - Kingfisher: Online Reading
Today, 17th June 2025, Kingfisher class had the opportunity to read online (CCBC Newsround) as part of their reading session. The children enjoyed the child friendly news reports and CBBC is a great website for children's news which can be accessed from home. They also had the opportunity to...
EHT Newsletter - Issue 10 - 3rd September 2025
A big welcome back to all of our children and families. And an even bigger welcome to our new starters and their grown ups. We are so pleased you have chosen our schools to start your educational journey. There are some exciting things planning for y
3rd September 2025
Year 4 - Mapping Skills Day
The children in Year 4 enjoyed Mapping Skills Day learning all about maps, co-ordinates, grid references, symbols and also had the opportunity to draw their own maps of our local area
ArtBytes Celebration Event 2025
Three Year 5 children had the wonderful opportunity to attend a celebration event of Art at Saatchi Gallery. The three children were voted the top 3 winners of the school in our ArtBytes competition. After accepting their awards, we were lucky enough to have a guided tour around the exhibitions. We...
Year 4 - PE Games - Autumn 1 2025
Today the boys in Year 4 had a fun filled session with Mr Simeon playing dodgeball. Next week will be the Year 4 girls turn to show off their skills
Year 4 - Amazing Home Learning
This week we celebrated amazing home learning by some of our Year 4 Superstars. They completed their weekly home learning and a Science home learning project
Rainbow Room - Shapes Tracing and Colouring
Pupils explored 2D shapes like circles, triangles, squares, and rectangles on the interactive board, showing focus and independence while colouring, tracing, and drawing. In an adult-led activity, they traced and coloured shapes on large paper to create drawings. Then, pupils used the activity...
Rainbow Room - Autumn Maths Learning
Wow! We Have Fantastic Mathematicians. Our pupils had a fantastic time exploring autumn-themed maths activities! They practised number formation on the interactive board and enjoyed tracing numbers on pumpkins and acorns in their worksheets. This supported their number recognition and helped...
Year 4 Boys - PurpleMash
The boys in Year 4 today had a fun maths session using PurpleMash to consolidate their learning around rounding. They can log on at anytime from home to practice their math skills
Rainbow - Spontaneous Learning
The children were fully engaged in spontaneous learning as they explored a variety of interests: Musical Instruments: They listened to and played with different instruments, experimenting with sound and rhythm. Sensory Toys: The children used sensory toys to help with emotional regulation, offering...
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...
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
Year 4 - Maths - Roman Numeral Clock
The Year 4 children had fun in their maths lesson today making a Roman Numeral Clock
Year 4 Hornbills - ICT lesson
The children in Hornbills had their first ICT/ Computing lesson today where they discussed Online Safety. They had a few task to complete using Purplemash which taught them how to stay safe when using the internet
Year 4 - Literacy
The children discussed the features of a good narrative today and created their very own information posters to display around the classroom. their posters included what features would help to make their narrative stories even better
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 Hornbills - Geography - Exploring the continent of Asia
The children in Hornbills explored the continent of Asia today learning various facts about countries and cities, rivers, mountains and other interesting facts. They created their own information posters and fact files about the continent
Year 4 - Girls PE
The Girls enjoyed their PE session today playing various fun games focussing on different skills
Rainbow - SEND Music & PE
Wow! This week, our pupils were fully engaged in exciting activities as part of SEND PE and Music. In SEND PE, they enjoyed jumping on the trampoline, walking along the bench, and throwing bean bags. During SEND Music, the children were captivated by the sounds of various musical instruments,...
Year 4 - Hornbills Library Session
Hornbills had a lovely start to their day today Tuesday 16th September 2025 enjoying reading in our library
SEND PE - Autumn 2025
"The SEN pupil's completed their first PE lesson. They actively participated in all activities and were always willing to take on challenges during the session. Keep up the excellent work!"
Year 6 Residential - Survive and Thrive
If the start of the day is a sign for the rest of the week, we are in for a spectacular time! The coach was right time, right place and to top it off there was no traffic on the way. We arrived around half 11 which means there was plenty of time for everyone to settle into their cabins, unpack,...
Rainbow Room - Our Body and Senses
As part of our PHSE and Science curriculum, students have the opportunity to learn about their bodies by naming and identifying various body parts through worksheets, interactive games, and coloring activities. They are encouraged to identify familiar body parts on their own bodies, such as eyes,...
Tenerife Adventures
What a weekend we have had! Friday was an exciting day travelling in which we had the opportunity to get to know a bit better the rest of the group and their adults. On Saturday we had a fantastic day at Las Teresitas beach where we played games and had a swim in the Atlantic sea! Sunday was a...
Rainbow Room - Chalk Butterflies Drawing
As part of our captivating social story, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," children immersed themselves in a artistic experience. They enthusiastically engaged in colouring and drawing their own spring butterflies, using chalks. With each stroke, they brought their imaginations to life, crafting...
Rainbow Room- Requesting with Coreboard
Children in the Rainbow Room participated in a requesting and sharing intervention using click-clack cars. They were also supported in their communication with a core board during this activity. In this session, children used pictures on the cardboard to request an object or action from an adult....
Rainbow Room - Learning Prepositions
Activity: Where is the Monkey? In this activity, children listened to an adult reading a story about a monkey while looking at illustrations. They were tasked with finding out where the monkey was hiding by identifying the prepositions and naming the objects that the monkey was hiding behind,...
Year 3 – Kingfisher: Literacy
The children in Kingfisher were super excited today. They continued their learning around journals. They did something amazing today and created a whole class journal making sure all the features were included
Year 3 Kingfisher - Sharing Assembly
The children in Kingfisher were excited to share their learning in front of a live audience. They put on quite a show, sharing all the amazing learning they did last term
Rainbow Room - Insects Hunt
... identifying various species. Their excitement peaked as they played with butterflies, spiders or bugs. We took the opportunity to discuss the distinctive characteristics of these insects such as colours, shapes, patterns etc. The children has so much fun for hunting different insects hidden in t...
Rainbow Room - Dotted Butterflies Painting
Children were exploring butterflies from the book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" during their learning activities. They discussed the various colors and patterns they noticed on the butterfly in the story and created their own representations of the butterfly by painting it on cardboard...
Rainbow Room - Caterpillar Painting
Children have been exploring the world of caterpillars and had the opportunity to use wooden pegs to create prints in their paintings, repeating the colors found in our social story, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar. on the caterpillar " They followed the color patterns from the...
Rainbow Room – PSHE: Family Relationships
Children participated in their PHSE session, where they learned about different families and family members. They were introduced to Makaton signs such as "mum," "dad," "family," "brother," and "sister," and did an excellent job repeating these...
Year 4 Maths - Peer Tutoring
Year 4 classes are working together to improve their mathematical skills. Peer tutoring is a great way to make sure concepts are embedded in the minds of everyone
Rainbow Room - Incy wincy spider song
Children from the Rainbow Room were engaged in listening to their favorite spring song, "Incy Wincy Spider," sung by an adult. They practiced remembering the sequences and actions related to the song, while also following simple instructions such as putting the spider on the tube and letting it go....
Rainbow Room - Learning Preposition (Interactive Game)
Children in the Rainbow Room explored prepositions through an interactive game displayed on the screen. They matched prepositions with various objects in familiar settings such as a park, living room, or kitchen. The children were introduced to phrases like "on top of the TV," "above...
Year 4 – Science
Year 4 Hornbills made telephones using paper cups and they could hear their peers speaking through the telephones. We had lots of fun in Science today
Year 4 – Hornbills: Wow Day
Year 4 Hornbills designed and built their settlements for Wow Day. Some groups built villages, towns and one group decided to build a city along the banks of the River Thames
Tenerife adventures III
Early start to head to school where we had the chance to visit the school’s facilities and learn about how schools work in Spain. One of the Year 5 groups we are working with celebrated their sharing assembly so we watched them performing Le Petit Prince story in Spanish. After exploring the Canary...
Rainbow Room - Autism Awareness Week Celebration
In celebration of Autism Awareness Week at our school, the pupils in the Rainbow Room participated in meaningful and enriching activities with great enthusiasm. A highlight of the week was the creation of their unique "Autism Puzzle." Each pupil carefully selected tissue paper colours...
Skateboard Club
The skateboard club had an amazing time today when they were treated to skate at the Daubeney Fields Bumps, the children absolutely loved the experience and were coached on how to safely skate on a downhill slope. It was amazing to see the young skateboarders and their skills
Year 2 – Los instrumentos musicales
This half term children in Year 2 are learning about musical instruments -their names in Spanish and English, which families they belong to, what they look like, how they’re played and what they sound like
EHT Newsletter - Issue 9 - 11th June 2025
Assessment season is upon us. This began just before half term with our Y6’s all sitting their SATS (Standardised Assessment Tests). As usual, this was a slickly executed week, planned meticulously by our leaders to take into account the needs of our
11th June 2025
Year 3 - Kingfisher: Exploring the Zones of Regulations
...ing the Zones of Regulations. Their workshop was lead by a doctor in this field and they completed Their own booklet demonstrating Their knowledge and understanding surrounding the Zones of Regulations....
Year 2 - Research: June 2025
Year 2 used chromebooks to research information and facts about the rainforest to inform their writing
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...
Team trip letter - KS2 2025
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, your child’s team - amassed the most points.
22nd May 2025
Team trip letter - KS1 and Reception 2025
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, your child’s team - amassed the most points.
22nd May 2025
Year 5 - History: Experiences of the Windrush
We learnt about what life was like in the Caribbean then discussed the journey. Finally, some of their experiences when people of the Windrush generation arrived in the UK. We freeze framed our interpretations and discussed their thoughts and feelings
Year 5 - 3D Shapes - May 2025
We recapped the 3D shapes and their properties then drew our own 3D shapes on isometric paper
Reception - Hackney School of Food - May 2025
On Tuesday, Cygnet Class enjoyed their first trip to Hackney School of Food. We made our own dough, chopped our own toppings and watched our pizzas bake! We had so much fun learning different kneading and cutting techniques
Spanish - Eurovision Inspired Language Learning!
Today, in our Spanish lessons we have used the excitement of Eurovision as a fun and engaging context for language learning. Students practiced using numbers in context, casting their own votes and expressed opinions about some of the performances. They enjoyed listening to songs in a range of...
Year 3 – Kingfisher: The Roman Armour
The children in Kingfisher explored the Roman army today in their History lesson and focused on the equipment and armour used by the Roman soldiers. They used their knowledge to create an information poster all about the different pieces and their uses
Year 3 Kingfisher - RE Day 2025
The children in Kingfisher had an exciting Religious Education Day learning all about signs, symbols and their meanings. They created their own special sign and symbol to represent their family. Then they learnt all about Christian symbols, Buddhist symbols and the importance of the signs. In the...
Parent Art Workshop - REC/KS1
On Wednesday, we hosted an Art Parent Workshop for our Reception and KS1 cohorts. The children and their carers enjoyed taking part in a range of different art activities including bracelet making, collaging, painting, air dry clay and making paper plate fish! We look forward for our next workshop!
Year 3 – Toucan: Magnetic and non-magnetic materials!
Year 3 Toucan class have been exploring magnetic and non-magnetic materials. They went outside the classroom to make predictions about which items they thought would be magnetic, then tested their ideas and recorded the results
Parrot Class - Farm trip
Parrot class went to visit Hackney City Farm. We looked lots of different farm animals and discussed their habitat and diets. We had a wonderful day!
Rainbow Room – PHSE: Family & Friendships
Children drew pictures of their families using simple shapes. Some children said, "I am drawing my mummy," or pointed and said, "Look at my dad," to identify their family members. Therefore, some children used family names like mum, dad, brother, or sister. In addition children...
Year 3 Toucan - What I Want to Be When I Grow Up
Toucan class absolutely dazzled everyone with their assembly on 'What I Want to Be When I Grow Up.' They presented it to KS2 and their parents with incredible confidence and flair, earning well-deserved applause!
Year 3 Kingfisher - Testing Frictional Force
The children in Kingfisher carried out a fair test to determine which surface will have the most frictional force. They built a ramp and tested different surfaces to test how far their car would roll and see which surface had the most and least frictional force
Nursery - Friendship / Anti-bullying Week 2020
This week Nursery have been celebrating friendships, they have been working together, helping each other and talking about differences. Nursery celebrated their peer's success. She won a prize for her wonderful art work. They all clapped and said "well done". They all wore odd socks to celebrate...
First Week in Year 6 - Autumn 2020
The children have all settled in fantastically to their new classrooms. We have already begun working on maths, spelling & handwriting and literacy. We have started our class reader 'Under the Lights' so make sure to ask the children what is happening in the story when they get home....
Boys Book Club - 16th November 2020
The Year 4 boys met today 16-11-2020 and enjoyed reading a selection of books which were their favourite books. We had many different genres and discussed which books we enjoyed most
Year 3 - Cave Paintings
To immerse into the topic of the Stone Age, Year 3 got the opportunity to create their very own Cave paintings. Each picture tells a story, can you infer what the story might be? Take a look at the pictures!
Year 3 - Exploring Stone, Bronze and Iron age Burials using Augmented Reality
Year 3 were exploring Stone, Bronze and Iron age burials this week using augmented reality on the iPads. We uncovered the graves and their remains using AR in our classroom! We then drew and designed our own barrow or cist!
Year 3 - Exploring Christianity
Today Year 3 explored Christianity. They read and discussed some of the parables that Jesus told, including The Prodigal Son and The Good Samaritan. They enjoyed determining the meaning of each parable and cleverly drew parallels between these stories and the other stories and topics we have been...
Year 3 - Estimating in Maths
In Year 3 today the children have been using resources to learn about estimating in maths. The children had to make reasonable estimates of the amount of objects their partner was holding. They then had to check their estimates accurately to find out how close they were
Year 3 - Designing Chocolate Factories
After finding out about Willy Wonka's weird and wonderful culinary creations, Year 3 decided to design confectionery rooms of their own. Some of their ideas would give Mr Wonka himself a run for his money! One child created 'Everest Room', which contains a life sized version of the...
Year 3 - Comparing Numbers
In Year 3 today we have been learning about comparing numbers. We started by ordering 3 and 4 digit numbers starting with the smallest to the largest. We then compared 2 numbers looking at their differences and similarities. Finally we chose 3 numbers and wrote facts that we know about those...
Year 3 - Christmas Party Day in 3T
3T have had a fun-filled day of festive frivolities! In the morning, they enjoyed creative activities, board games, word searches (including one in Spanish!) and they even got a visit from the one and only Santa! Later, they played a game called 'minute to win it' in which they had to...
Year 3 - Boys Reading Club - 20th March 2019
Today (20th March 2019) was a fun session for the year 3 boys reading club with Mr T.J. The boys read a book all about super heroes and enjoyed the special powers each hero had. During the session, a very special visitor came in, Mr Fahy, who helped the boys with their activity. They had to give...
Year 3 - Family Acrostic Poems
During their SEAL lesson today (17th October 2018), 3T spoke about people that are important in their lives. They commented that these important people feel like family whether they are related to us or not; that our class and our entire school is like a family as it is made up of people who think...
Year 3 - Boys Book Club
Today (6th March 2019) Year 3 started their first session in Boys Book Club. They shared their favourite book with the boys and completed a questionnaire about reading. Watch this space to see more
Year 3 - 3T's Christmas Hoop
3T designed and made snowmen for their Christmas hoop! Look out for it around the school
Year 3 - 3T Friendship Flowers
To celebrate Friendship Week, 3T made special friendship flowers. They thought about what friendship is and how we can all be good friends to one another. They then wrote what was special about their friends on a petal to be added to their flower. They also thought about what made them a good...
Year 3 - 3P The Surprising Stone Age
3P have worked really hard on their class assembly. This term they have been learning all about life in the Stone Age
Year 3 - 3P Shares their Learning
... children performed on stage. Their main message was that success comes from hard work and determination, never giving up. They also shared with us some stories of famous people who failed at first. but through hard work and dedication they made a success of Their lives....
Year 2K Peer Tutored by 5M
The children in 2K were excited today to visit the children in year 5M, who peer tutored them. They worked brilliantly at developing their next steps and the Year 5 children helped the Year 2 children to focus on writing at a higher level. It was wonderful to see the peer tutoring being done across...
Year 2/5 - Developing Literacy Skills Using Brackets
It was a very special morning today, Friday 8th December 2017, for two special young stars from 2K, who came to 5M to enhance their learning. In the session, our two young stars developed their literacy skills by using brackets, to add more details about their subject. In maths they answered Next...
Year 3 - Fabric Painting
To continue our celebration of Black History Month, Year 3 took inspiration from African prints to create their own fabric painting. They chose lively, vibrant colours to create their works of art. What fantastic artists we have in Year 3!
Year 3 - Fraction Museum
Today children exhibited their understanding of fractions by creating their very own Fraction Museum. They used different objects in the classroom to represent each fraction. On the card, they wrote down all the facts related to the fraction. Take a look at their exhibition!
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 - Properties of Soil
Year 3 investigated the properties of soil before making mini compost bins. Everyone was surprised that soil is more than just dirt. Amira commented, 'soil has a lot of minerals in it- over 47%!' David added, 'soil is important because it helps plants to grow and we need plants to eat...
Year 3 - Science Week 2019
...eate Their unique inventions. Their invention must help people/the environment. They will be taking part in a national competition and if they are lucky enough to be the winner, REAL engineers will bring Their invention to life! Have a look at some of Their extraordinary creations below......
Year 3 - Roman Roads
Year 3 have been learning all about the Romans this half term and this week’s focus was Roman Roads. Did you know that Roman roads were extremely straight and had no bends? Year 3 also studied that Roman roads had different layers starting with the rubble then stones and sand and lastly the...
Year 3 - Roman Battle
...ous battle against the Celts! Their stamping feet and mighty roars could be heard miles away. The Romans protected themselves using battle formations such as the tortoise and ultimately beat the Celts. Long live the Romans!...
Year 3 - Remembrance Day 2018
Year 3 explored Remembrance Day and discussed why it is important. They read and thought about the WW1 poem 'In Flanders Fields' and listened to music inspired by it. They also made their very own poppies and collectively decided that they wanted to observe a two-minute silence to remember...
Year 3 - RE Day: Buddhism
Year 3 explored the beliefs and practices of Buddhism on RE day. They meditated, made Buddhist prayer flags with their own special messages and engaged with the story of Buddha. This resulted in some interesting discussions, such as whether it is better to life an enlightened life, although this...
Year 3 - Rainforest Weather Report
Today, 3T became rainforest weather reporters! They wrote their very own reports about the weather in a country with a rainforest, being sure to use technical vocabulary such as temperature, rainfall and humidity. Taking inspiration from the BBC's weather reporter Carol Kirkwood, they then then...
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!
Year 3 - George's Marvellous Medicine
Year 3 had a very exciting lesson as they were introduced to the story of George’s Marvellous Medicine. The class had to make a medicine to turn Grandma into something evil! They wrote a set of instructions to make their medicine using ingredients that George used around his house. When they...
Year 3 - Parents Visit Children at School
Year 3 were very lucky to have a parent come into school this morning, and share her knowledge about the rainforest and climate change. Jenny showed the children a slide show showing them what's happening to the worlds rainforests. The children were very happy to share their knowledge and learn...
Year 3 - Non Chronological Reports
Year 3 have published the reports they have been writing about their chocolate factories . They have invented some wonderful new delights that Willy Wonka himself would have been proud of
Year 3 - Mental Health Day
Year 3 have been exploring their emotions through art. They enjoyed looking at works of art from Picasso's Blue and Rose Period, noting their emotional responses to each piece of art and why they might feel that way. They commented that the art from his Blue Period was sombre and gloomy, which...
Year 3 - Making Roman Soldiers
Today (7th March 2019) Year 3 got the opportunity to put their artistic skills to use. This term, our topic is the Romans, and to immerse them into the topic, they created their own Roman soldier. The children will be using these models as a stimulus for their journal writing in Literacy. Have a...
Year 3 - Making Roman Shields
Year 3 are soon to be members of a Roman army! Today they took their first step towards that goal by making their very own Roman shields, which will be put to the test tomorrow in a battle with the Celts! Who do you think will win?
Year 3 - KidZania
Yesterday (28th March 2019) Year 3 were incredibly lucky to visit KidZania. They got the opportunity to independently wonder and roam around the safe and secure indoor city run by kids. In KidZania, the children were able to get a fun and realistic insight into the adult world by taking part in a...
Year 3 - Internet Safety Day
Year 3 had several very interesting discussions about how to stay safe when using the Internet. They demonstrated their knowledge in posters that they made encouraging others to be safe when using the Internet, completed Internet safety crosswords and answered comprehension questions about the...
Year 2 Work Week - Dress Up
Children dressed up as their preferred profession
Year 2 - Visit to the Gurdwara in Bow
The children in year 2 visited the Gurdwara in Bow on Wednesday. The children and adults were asked to remove their shoes and socks and cover their heads with a scarf. They were warmly welcomed into the Gurdwara and shown to the prayer room. A lady explained what Sikhs believe in and how they...
Year 3 - Smarties Fractions
Today Year 3 used Smarties to work out the fraction of quantities. They counted all the Smarties from the tube to work out what the denominator was. They then counted how many Smarties there were of each colour and wrote their final answer in fraction form. Here are what a few children said about...
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
Transforming our School Gates
This week, children from Years 1-6 have been involved in an exciting screen printing workshop. Using pictures of local Hackney landscapes the children got stuck in to create one of the local landscapes. The children used cut out shapes of paper to create their chosen building. Using their designs...
Traditional Tales in 1D
In Literacy, we are reading the Gruffalo and 1D enjoyed acting out the story, changing their voices and putting on masks!
The One Show - Parents' Evening
Teachers, parents and children from Daubeney appeared on The One Show on Wednesday 20th December 2017. They featured in a film discussing their experiences of parents' evening
Talking Mental Health Annimation
Mental health problems affect about 1 in 10 children and young people. this includes depression, anxiety and conduct disorder, and are often a direct response to what is happening in their lives. 70% of children and young people who experience a mental health problem have not had appropriate...
Talking About Emotions Workshop
On Tuesday 5th March parents were invited to our ‘Talking about Emotions’ Workshop. Parents had the opportunity to hear from our CAMHs worker and family support who discussed the importance of mental health and how they can support their children. The children were invited to...
Starting Reception - Autumn 2017
Reception are settling well into routine. They are learning about their new school, making new friends and building relationships with all the staff
Sports Update - Cross Country and Netball
On the 26th November the boys and girls participated in a cross country and did really well. Also on the 28the November 2018 it was some children's first time playing netball - they really impressed with their performance
Woodwind Concert
Our annual Woodwind Concert showcased some of the rising stars of Daubeney and the mature saxophone skills of Callaghan. Our ears were treated to the sweet mellow sounds of the flute, saxophone and clarinet. These children are the ones who stuck with their instrument all year with help from their...
Spanish Champions Make Displays About Themselves
Our Spanish champions had an exciting meeting this week and they had a great time making creative and colourful displays in which they spoke about themselves in Spanish! They shared what their hobbies, favourite food, birthday, etc. are in Spanish
Spanish Champions Armbands
Gracias, champions! Our Spanish champions now wear new armbands to show everyone at Daubeney that we really love Spanish in our school. They are doing a fantastic job in helping all pupils to learn more Spanish and encouraging them to practise what we learn in class throughout the week. We had a...
Spanish Champions 2016-17
We have selected the Daubeney’s Spanish Champions for 2016-2017. Our Spanish Champions are pupils who LOVE Spanish and who always show their passion about learning the language. They are children who HELP other pupils and their teachers practising what we learn in Spanish class throughout the...
Science Juniors Make Lava Lamps
The Science Juniors had the opportunity to get onto the Daubeney Science Laboratory (The Daubeney Bus) and don their white coats to carry out another exciting investigation. This time we learnt all about liquids, density and gases. Check out our lava lamps
Science Club
The children in science club today (17-10-2018) run by Mr Dan and Mr Ricardo, was a super excited and fun filled session. The children used ingredients to make their own slime, which turned out to be AMAZING! The children look forward to the next session, after half-term, where they will be making...
School Councillors visit Credit Suisse
On Thursday 28th, the Year 5 and 6 School Councillors went to Credit Suisse, Canary Wharf, and took part in a video conference with James Weldon Johnson Leadership Academy, East Harlem, NYC. The students shared collages of their favourite parts of their respective cities, and talked about what they...
School Councillors 2017/18
Congratulation and welcome to Daubeney Primary School Councillors of 2017/18. They have taken on their new responsibility with enthusiasm and dedication. We would all like to wish them all the best for the year ahead
Walking Map Zone
Recently, students went walking around our local area to create a Walking Map Zone and compiled the data for Hackney Council. The council have now got back to us with an official map for students to use to plan their journey to school using sustainable travel methods. Think about how you travel to...
Work Week in Nursery
...u can see in the photographs. Their favourite thing to cook was eggs and pasta! On the special work week non uniform day, nursery dressed up as what they would like to be when they grow up. We had a variety of jobs including many doctors, nursers, vets, police and "a fast runner" (Jude). T...
Year 2 - Subtracting Using Dienes
In 2G today we have been learning to subtract using dienes. This was a practical lesson where the children had to find the correct amount of tens and ones for the amount that they were subtracting from. They then had to subtract the amount of dienes in the number sentence. The children were able to...
Year 1 - Zoo Lab visit 1L
Year 1 had an exciting visitor as part of their Science topic Animals including Humans. Zoo Lab introduced the children to a variety of animals in the classroom, from a giant snail to a slithering snake! The children enjoyed being able to hold, touch and stroke the animals and learnt lots of new...
Year 2 - Performing to and Reading with Year 1s
In literacy, we watched a video called 'Catchit' and retold the story in our own words. After writing the story and including our own ending, we created performances to show to the Year 1s based on our writing. After performing to the Year 1s, they invited us to read their stories with them...
Year 2 - Living Things and Their Habitats
In Year 2, we have been learning about living things and their habitats in Science! In partners we decorated shoeboxes that highlighted key features and animals of each habitat. Take a look at these photos of our habitats! Which habitat would you like to live in?
Year 2 - Land Art
Year 2 have been looking at scluptures created by Andy Goldworthy in their art lessons. Today we went to Daubeney Filed and created our own land art. We used natural materials such as leaves, twigs, stones and flowers. Have a look at our creations
Year 2 - Hackney Music Service Festival
We took our best singers from Year 2 to perform at the Round Chapel for the Hackney Music Service Festival. We had a fantastic time and we got to sing the songs we love so well with 15 other schools and a live band. We sang songs such as "I feel good", "Fatou Yo" and "La...
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 1 Autumn Walk in Daubeney Fields
1D enjoyed their autumn walk in Daubeney Fields where the children explored different features of the season, collected leaves, completed autumn challenges and had lots of fun!
Year 1 - Magical Toy Museum
In Year 1 were very lucky to have a special visitor from the Magical Toy Museum. We looked at different teddy bears and created a timeline with them, discussing their similarities and differences. We looked at dolls and how they imitate human features. We also had a go at playing with moving toys,...
Work Week in Nursery
Nursery enjoyed trying out different jobs in nursery this week! We had doctors curing ill people, vets treating poorly animals and a mini-teacher or two reading to their 'class'. Bea said, "I want to be a rock star or a zoo keeper- or both!" Levi reported that he wanted to be...
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 - 1L: What We Want to be When We're Older
1L had fun dressing up last week to show everyone what they want to be when they are older! We had some fire fighters, footballers, vets and even an Olympic swimmer! Some children even had their picture taken with some police officers that were visiting the school! We had a great time talking about...
Year 1 - 1L's Christmas Party
1L had fun yesterday afternoon at their Christmas party. We had lots of yummy food and drink, we listened to music and played games! We also had a very special visit from Father Christmas! 1L wish that everyone has a lovely Christmas holiday :)
Year 1 - 1L Jack and the Beanstalk Assembly
1L worked so hard for their class assembly today! They retold the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, and had fun singing songs
World Book Day 2019
World Book Day was a great success! On Friday 8th March, everybody dressed up as their favourite book character. Well done for joining in! We saw some Harry Potters, Matildas, Greg Heffleys and even a Broccoli Boy! Congratulations to the winners of the costume competition who got to choose any book...
World Book Day 2016
Daubeney celebrated World Book Day with a blast! The children and staff made a massive effort in coming to school dressed as their favourite book character!
World Book Day - Author Visits
To celebrate World Book Day, Daubeney were visited by authors Tolulope Ogunmefun, Karen McCombie and Andrew Weale. The children enjoyed a very entertaining performance of Tolulope's book 'The Frog and His Dancing Shoes', an interactive workshop with Andrew Weale and an inspirational talk about how...
Year 3 - Shadows
3G have been learning about shadows. Our first investigation was to discover how shadows are formed. Secondly we conducted an experiment to see how and why shadows change their size
Year 3 - Surviving the Stone Age
As part of their lesson today, Year 3 imagined what they would do in order to survive if they suddenly found themselves transported back to the Stone Age. In their table groups, they spoke about and ordered the importance of different activities to ensure survival, such as finding water, killing...
SATs Saturday School
Well done to all the children that came to our first SATs Saturday School of the year. The children all enjoyed themselves having the entire school to themselves and not having to wear school uniform - they even saw the teachers wearing jeans! They also enjoyed flapjacks, biscuits and a juice for...
Year 5 - 5M Friendship Week Posters
Today (12th November 2018) the children in Year 5M made posters to celebrate their friendships and used vocabulary to describe what makes a good friend. They created word posters using a style and technique
Year 5 - Beast Quest!
...n mythical and magical beast. Their quest leads them to amazing destinations and incredible adventures. If anyone is interested in reading these amazing books, please feel free to visit Mr Matvad in 5M....
Year 5 - Author Karen McCombie Visits for World Book Day
The Year 5 children were delighted to meet an author today (27th February 2018), Karen McCombie , who came in today and spoke to children about writing books. They were introduced to new writing techniques and were amazed to learn what it takes to write a book. The children are enjoying their World...
Year 5 - Adverts
The children in Year 5 were very busy today (11th October 2018) designing and creating their own adverts. They used the key features and included some catchy slogans to enhance their adverts. Next week, we will be creating our own leaflets as part of our Topic and Literacy units
Year 5 - 5M Word Tree
5M are excited to have their word tree on display in the classroom. Every week we choose two new words based on our topic. We explore the word, learn its meaning, apply it in a sentence then try to use the word in our daily learning. What other words from our topic can you list at home with your...
Year 5 - 5M True Artists
The children in Year 5M are absolutely proud of their artistic flair, when they took a photo of our recent butterfly activity. They used a close up zooming technique to capture the true beauty of a Monarch butterfly. The piece of art will be used as a display around the school and will be handed to...
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 - 5M Developing Mathematical Skills Using IXL
The children enjoyed their session today when they used online learning tool to develop their mathematical skills. The children logged on to IXL and practised the objectives that we visited in Autumn Term. Children are encouraged to keep practising their maths skills at home using IXL
Year 5 - Biography
Our young writers in Year 5 published their biographies today. They used their paragraphs which they had been writing for a week and compiled them to create their biography on Nelson Mandela. The children included features of a biography and used key facts and information
Year 5 - 5M Design Their Own Ancient Greek Vase
The children in Year 5M had a fun session today designing their own Ancient Greek Vase. They used a dark colour to create the patterns and designs, then used a peach colour to colour in the vase. We are hoping to see some examples when we visit the British Museum on the 6th of February 2018
Year 5 - 5F Trip to IntoUniversity
Today (28th February 2019), 5F participated in a workshop at IntoUniversity. The children were engaged in activities to learn more about university life. Well done to everyone, especially Amira and Ronnie, who received congratulatory postcards for their effort!
Year 5 - 3D Shapes
On the 19th March 2019, the Year 5 pupils enjoyed a practical and hands on lesson, where they used 3D shapes to identify their properties. The children had a range of shapes and had to carefully look at the shapes, identifying their properties, sides, edges, vertices and faces
Year 5 - 3D Nets
The children in Year 5 today (20-11-2018) had a practical maths lesson where they constructed 3D shapes using nets. The children then made their 3D shapes and listed the properties of the 3D shapes
Year 4, 5 and 6 Visit Parasol Gallery
Some Year 4, 5 and 6's went on a trip to the Parasol Gallery and were able to enjoy some contemporary art. They looked at the current exhibition, worked with a storyteller and then started to create their own artwork
Year 4's Maths Tricks
In Year 4 we have been using our 'tricks' to help us work out challenging problems! Have a look at some of the examples where the children used their knowledge of patterns to extend their learning. "For 375 + 200. My trick is that if I know 3+2=5, then I also know that 300+200=500....
Year 4 Visit Wahaca in Liverpool Street
Year 4 were lucky enough to visit the famous Wahaca restaurant in Liverpool Street. They learned that maths and literacy are both very important in the workplace. First they used their maths skills to add up a customer's bill. Then they made some delicious guacamole and ate it with chips!...
Year 5 - Biographies
The Year 5 pupils today (14th March 2019) were focused in their literacy session, where they began writing their biographies based on a famous person. The children used their notes and planning sheets from this week to help them construct their biographies. next week we will be publishing our...
Year 5 - Book Corner
The children in 5M were extremely proud of their book corner today (3rd April 2019) when they re-packed the booked corner ensuring their learning space is a space that not only looks good, but has a welcoming feel to read books for pleasure. 5M would like to welcome anyone to come along and read in...
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 5 - Drama and Literacy
On the 25th March 2019 the year 5 children watched a short story and use the story to help them role play scenes. The children enjoyed making up characters and having a dialogue with other characters. This week in literacy, the children will be creating their own short stories
Year 5 - Fractions With Like Denominators
Today (1st November 2017) the Year 5 children enjoyed their group work lesson, where they learnt to add fractions with like denominators. The children worked well in a group, supporting each other and extended their learning by adding mixed numbers. Today was another example of great learning in...
Year 5 - Fly Butterflies, Fly High!
The children in 5M said their last goodbye to the butterflies, which they cared for from the caterpillar stage, through to the pupa stage then watched them come out as beautiful butterflies
Year 5 - Fitness
The Year 5 children started this term (23rd April 2019) off with a once a week fitness session led by our sports coaches. The Year 5 children will use the good weather this term to promote a healthy lifestyle and develop their fitness levels over the coming term. In addition, they have been...
Year 5 - Favourite Book and Author
The children in Year 5 today (24th April 2019) shared some of their favourite books and authors. They recommended books to their peers and suggested why they thought their friends would like the books. It was interesting to see the various books chosen by the pupils. Even Mr Matvad shared his...
Year 5 - Fashion Show
This week, Year 5 had to design and create fashion items using recycled clothes and materials as part of Work Week. They also showed off their modelling skill on the cat walk! Well done for all the hard work Year 5! What was your favourite part of the fashion show? What company's products would...
Year 5 - Exploring Earth and Space
The children in year 5 were excited today when they began their topic on Earth and Space. They will become scientist over the next few weeks, exploring the depths of space and answering scientific questions that will stretch their thinking to 'space and beyond'. It will be beneficial for...
Year 5 - Division with Money
Today (1st March 2019) the Year 5 pupils used their efficient method to solve division word problems involving money. They applied their knowledge of division and their multiplication knowledge to help them solve the real-life word problems
Year 5 - British Science Week 2019
...of a nation wide competition. Their product must be able to help in any way or form and all applications will be submitted by to the nominated university and Their engineering department....
Year 5 - Distance Time Graph
Today (7th March 2019) the Year 5 pupils had a challenge in their maths session. They were given a graph showing time versus distance. the children had to interpret the data by reading and understanding the graph, then they created their own questions about the data
Year 5 - Cross Curricular: Crime and Punishment
In Year 5, we are learning about crime and punishment. Today (8th March 2019), we played a board game to see how crime and punishment worked in Anglo Saxon times. It was very interesting to see how their punishments differed to our modern ones!
Year 5 - Creating Navajo Patterns
The Year 5 children enjoyed creating their traditional Navajo patterns, based on learning in the class. The children studied different designs and patterns and identified the bold colours used by the Native Americans. We hope to paint our designs on white material so the children can take them home...
Year 5 - Chatsworth Road Palace
The children in year 5 had a very special trip today (4-12-2018) to Chatsworth Road Palace to watch a drama show with their own toys as the main characters. The children were asked to bring in a toy and it was sued on stage as part of the characters. It was really fun to see their toys acting
Year 5 - Chalk Art
The children in Year 5 had a wonderful time today using chalk to show their creativity. They used various techniques like rubbing, line work, colours, varied shading and images to design their own master piece. This was part of our Topic lesson this term, where our focusis on art and the work of...
Year 5 - Celebrating World Maths Day
Today (12th March 2019) the Year 5 pupils were excited to celebrate World Maths Day by solving a range of puzzles and problems. The children formed groups and partners to help each other solve the puzzles and problems. The class had so much fun, solving the maths puzzles using their mathematical...
Year 5 - Celebrating Diversity
The children in Year 5 used their creative skills today (29-10-2018) to design a poster celebrating diversity. The class, in their SEAL session, discussed the importance of diversity and generated ideas to create a poster to celebrate how diverse our world is. We hope to use all the work from the...
Year 4 Swimming at The Aquatics Centre
For the past two weeks, Year 4 have been attending the famous Aquatics Centre in Stratford. They were learning how to swim with professional swimming instructors. By the end of the two weeks, everyone passed their swimming test!
Year 4 - World Book Day 2018
Year 4 had an exhilarating World Book Day, dressing up and partaking in a range of activities! Take a look at their creative costumes
Year 3 - The Big Draw
...art, which is lovely to see. Their wonderful landscapes will be framed and put on display for all to see....
Year 3 Pledge to Prevent Plastic Pollution
Year 3 found out about the dangers of plastic pollution. They were horrified and pledged that they would do their best to reduce their own plastic use to make a difference to the planet. "I will use a paper straw instead of a plastic one" - Ava "I will refill my water bottle every...
Year 4 - Debate
Year 4 have have been debating some very interesting topics in Literacy. Some of the motions they debated were: ‘Slime should not be banned from school’ and ‘Children should be allowed to bring their mobile phones to school’ Have a look at their fierce battles!
Year 4 - Board Games
Year 4 started their Summer term by playing and learning about board games. The children had a lot of fun during lessons and even got to start planning their own board games
Year 4 - African Silhouettes
Year 4 had a fantastic time creating their African Silhouettes last week. They used red, orange and yellow water colours to create a beautiful African sunset. They then created their Silhouette by drawing the outline of an African Animal onto black card and cut around it. Have a look at their...
Year 4 - 4K Sharing Assembly: Living Things and their Habitats
...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 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 3 Trip to the Ministry of Stories
Year 3 were sent on an exciting mission to the Ministry of Stories. There were given an assignment from the Chief of the Ministry to write 30 new stories as the story supplies were running low. When they arrived at the Ministry of Stories, they were taken through a secret door which led to the...
Year 3 Maths Workshop
Year 3 took part in Maths workshop led by Mr Naidoo. The children were challenged through a series of activities to test their mathematical knowledge. They first of all began with a test of their times table where they had a set time to answer as many times table questions as they can. They later...
Year 4 - Eco-Active Workshop
As part of an Eco-Active workshop, Year 4 went on a trip around the local area to 'map their neighbourhood' and survey litter. The children were very excited to pick up litter and learn more about recycling
Year 3 Celebrate World Book Day 2019
From Dog Man to the plays of Shakespeare, Year 3 LOVE reading, so of course they were incredibly excited to dress as a character from of their favourite books to celebrate World Book Day. Can you guess who they are?
Year 3 Author Visit
Year 3 had a special author coming in to visit as part of Literacy Festival Week. We had a visit from Roland Chambers who wrote ‘Nelly and the Quest for Captain Peabody’. He told us about all the books he has written and gave us lots of top tips to write interesting stories. Year 3 had...
Year 3 and Year 4 - Science Club
The children in year 3 and 4 enjoyed experimenting with surface tension, floating and investigating how different objects, even unlikely ones, can float due to manipulating the surface tension. Mr Ricardo was amazed to see how well the junior scientist carried out the investigation and their...
Year 3 - World Book Day 2019
Year 3 had a blast celebrating World Book Day. Take a look at their amazing costumes below!
Year 3 - Work Week
This week, year 3 are learning all about how money is dealt with in the adult world. Today (27th March 2019) we brought Hackney's Mare Street into our classroom! The High street included a Cinema, Post Office, Bank and a Supermarket! Pupils all got their own wallet which included some money,...
Year 3 - Windrush Generation
Year 3 have had a brilliant afternoon learning about the Windrush. The Windrush generation refers to the immigrants who were invited to the UK between 1948 and 1971 from Caribbean countries such as Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados to help rebuild Britain post-war. The name comes from the...
Year 3 - Weather Presenters
3G have spent the afternoon being weather presenters. They were learning about the difference between weather and climate.The children had to research their facts using fact cards and atlases. They worked with a partner sharing information
Year 4 - Designing Bridges
Year 4 have been learning about how maths and literacy are important in the world of work. In maths this week, Year 4 were designing their very own bridge, just as an architect would! They then used their design to create a model of it. Mikey said "I loved building the model, it was so much...
Year 4 - Hackney Museum: Travels with my Suitcase
Year 4 visited Hackney Museum where we had a workshop called 'Travels with my suitcase'. The children discovered how the local area has changed through the stories and suitcases of people who have travelled to Hackney from all over the world and throughout history. Year 4 children became...
Year 4 - World Book Day 2017
As part of World Book Day, the children in 4S wrote their own short stories for others to read. The children then illustrated their stories using watercolours. All the stories have been displayed in a big book. Please have a read of our great stories when you next visit our book corner!
Year 4 - Sound
Year 4 are learning all about sound this half term. They have started their first session with a practical lesson about vibrations and the sounds that they make. They have also shared some questions that they have about sound. I challenge Daubeney students to find out the answers and comment below!
Year 4 - Work Week
Today "Work Week" began at Daubeney Primary School with year four pupils going out on their first trip to the Andina Restaurant in Shoreditch in the city. The experience was amazing, as pupils had the opportunity to experience a range of jobs that they could do if they wanted to choose a...
Year 4 - Woodberry Wetlands
Year 4 were very lucky to go on a trip to Woodberry Wetlands where they had first-hand experience seeing all the creatures that they have been learning about in Science. At first the children were scared and didn't want to get their hands dirty but by the end of the day everyone was brave...
Year 4 - Wahaca
Year 4 were lucky enough to visit the famous Wahaca restaurant in Liverpool Street. They learned that maths and literacy are both very important in the workplace. First they used their maths skills to add up a customer's bill. Then they made some delicious guacamole and ate it with chips!...
Year 4 - Viking Invasions
4S were visited by a Viking as part of an exciting workshop. The children learnt many interesting facts about the Viking invasions. They also had their fortunes told from reading Viking runes. Please ask a 4S member what the Viking predicted their future would be!
Year 4 - Viking Helmets
Year 4 had an exciting week creating Viking helmets. Did you know that the real Viking helmets did not have horns? Take a look at the pictures below to see how they really looked! "Before learning about the Vikings, I thought their helmets had horns" - Zakaria "It was so much fun to...
Year 4 - Using Spaghetti and Plasticine to Construct 3D Shapes
Year 4 had the brilliant opportunity to learn about 3D shapes in a very fun way! First they used spaghetti and Plasticine to construct their shapes. Then they wrote down how many faces, vertices and edges each shape had. Comment down below, how many faces does a cube have?
Year 4 - Time Capsules
On the final day of the school year 4S and 4G dug up their time capsules from the hop garden that they had planted during their transition week in Year 3. It was very exciting to read the notes they had written over a year ago. Mr Garber was particularly impressed with how so many children had met...
Year 4 - RE Day: Christianity
As part of RE day, Year 4 explored how Christians show their beliefs. The children made posters inspired by the Good Samaritan parable. We also looked at important figures such as Mother Teresa. Finally we created glass stained windows with symbols that we thought represented Christianity
Year 4 - Hindu Deities
Year 4 had a great time researching Hindu deities on our ipads as part of RE day. We also had Mr. Dharma come in and speak to the children, teaching them stories and morals that they can apply in their lives. They also had the chance to think about their identity and what they feel represents them....
Year 4 - PE: Dancing
Year 4 have been lucky enough to have a dance instructor come in to teach them during PE. They have learnt a range of moves and are building their confidence up to perform in front of others. Have a look at some of their moves!
Year 4 - Meditation
Every Friday, Year 4 spend 10 minutes of their afternoons meditating. Meditation helps you to relax and feel calm after a long week of learning (and playing) at school. It also helps you relax your mind so you are ready for a fun afternoon of learning. "Meditating helps me feel calm and...
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 - Internet Safety Day
For Internet Safety Day, Year 4 learnt about the internet and how we can use it safely. We spoke about social media and privacy settings. The children also spoke about their own experiences and learnt about how important it is to report anything to an adult and when to use the 'block'...
Year 4 - Human and Physical Geography Trip to Daubeney Fields
Year 4 went on a trip to Daubeney Fields to develop their understanding of 'human and physical geography'. They enjoyed themselves by having the opportunity to observe different things in nature and discuss the physical landscape of their local area! They will use this information to help...
Year 4 - Hispanic Day Flamenco Workshop
As part of Hispanic day, Year 4 were lucky enough to take part in a Flamenco workshop. Take a look at their skills!
Year 4 - Hispanic Day - Making Inca Masks
Year 4 had a wonderful time making their Peruvian Inca masks as part of their Hispanic Day learning. We learnt that the Inca worshipped the sun, moon and stars and all of their masks had abstract, symmetrical patterns. Take a look at their brilliant creations! “I am really enjoying Hispanic...
School Council Elections
We are preparing to elect our school council for the 2016/17 school year. As part of the process children will complete speeches in class next week. The subejct is: "Why I should be chosen for Daubeney School Council". Once the class has selected the 4 members they will be putting forward...
Religious Education Day in Year 5
Today, Thursday 2nd of November 2017, the children in Year 5 explored Buddhism. They discussed the significant beliefs and values from the faith and the teachings of Buddha. the children enjoyed learning about the religion and created their own front page for their topic books
Year 5 - Graphic Novels Expo
For the past week, Year 5 have been busy creating their own graphic novels. Today we shared our graphic novel with our peers in other Year 5 classes. We gave each other effective feedback by saying what we liked about each others work and by suggesting ways that our peers could improve
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...
Daubeney Concert Band - First Performance
On November 30th the Daubeney concert band performed at one of their first performances
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...
Dancing with Year 4
Year 4 had a great time practising their dances for the up-coming carnival with our very own dance teacher. Take a look at our moves!
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
Creative Arts - Art and Design Technology
At Daubeney, the children are given the opportunity to have a broad, balanced and exciting curriculum. Art is taught through our cross-curricular lessons with a special focus during Art weeks throughout the year. We will inspire, engage and challenge pupils, equipping them with the knowledge and...
City Year UK: We don't know who benefits most - the students, the schools, or the volunteers
City Year UK: We don't know who benefits most - the students, the schools, or the volunteers Last week, we had the pleasure of seeing one of our newest project partners in action. Alex, Karl and I travelled to Daubery Primary School in Hackney to meet with the City Year UK Team, take a tour of...
Christmas in Nursery
Almost everyone in Nursery loves Christmas! The Nursery has been very busy preparing for the last couple of weeks. They have made Christmas decorations for the Nursery and to take home. The children have also created their own Christmas cards to give to their families. Since September, the children...
Daubeney on BBC Breakfast - Terrific Scientific Launch
Daubeney is very proud to be working with the BBC on this very exciting opportunity to develop scientists of the future with a cutting edge programme such as Terrific Scientific . We encourage all parents to ensure they watch the programme with their children and enjoy the potential and...
Christmas Grotto 2018
Our Christmas Grotto at Daubeney was a huge success. The children and their parents lined up patiently to get their chance to chat with Santa about their Christmas secrets. Each one walked away with a fabulous gift as well, spreading the Christmas cheer!
Chain Reaction Workshop
Years 4 - 6 were delighted to be part of a rapturous workshop delivered by Chain Reaction – an orgaisation that specializes in working with children to develop vital tools and techniques to achieve successful conflict resolution - whilst keeping it fun and involved in ‘real life’....
Boys Chess Club
The boys in our chess club have been enjoying their chess sessions are are now playing each other, demonstrating their skills and planning when moving and creating chances in their games. Mr Tyrone started this club as part of a focus and motivation club, however the children have been developing...
Boys Book Club - Poetry in the Garden
On Tuesday the 26th February 2019, the Boys Book Club made the most of the sunny day and enjoyed their session in our lovely Hop Garden. The boys read a selection of poems, then had the chance to recite some poems to their peers. It was a fun session filled with laughs and enjoyment. We were...
Boys Book Club - 5th March 2019
The boys book club today (5th March 2019) read a selection of short stories and had the opportunity to focus on their comprehension skills. The boys read their text then answered questions about the text. In our session, the boys were encouraged to make some questions of their own. Can you make up...
Boys Book Club - 19th March 2019
The boys book club met today on the 19th March 2019 and enjoyed reading their favourite books in our cosy book corner. The boys then began to identify someone who would like to read their book - recommending their book with persuasive language
Boys Book Club
Today (22nd January 2019) the Boys Book Club members met for their first session. Our first activity was to complete a survey to establish our views on books, reading and reading for pleasure. Our session then began with reading genres that we usually enjoy. So we decided to read a range of comic...
Daubeney Live 2016
Just before Easter we had Daubeney Live, our annual music celebration. Our two visiting schools, Millfields and Bridge Academy blew us away with their musicality. Also we had three different bands from our own school who played to a very excited audience. There were two drum kits on stage and an...
Daubeney on You and Yours - BBC Radio 4
Following our wonderful participation at the national launch event of the BBC's new science initiative - Terrific Scientific and subsequently being featured on BBC Breakfast ; Daubeney, is honoured to have been invited by BBC Radio 4 to participate in their You and Yours episode - aired on...
Blue Class Assembly
Blue class shared their learning this week. They talked about new years resolutions. They were very confident reading out their work. Blue Class also shared their Pictogram, they told everybody about what information the pictogram shows. They ended their assembly with a song "Wheels on the...
First Week of Nursery
The children have had a wonderful first week at nursery. They've painted, practised writing their letters and numbers, built tall towers, played instruments and sung as loudly as they can. And that was just on their first day! Don't forget to check our class page for weekly updates. We look...
KS1 Spanish & Music Assembly
This week KS1 had an amazing time in our Spanish & Music assembly. They played a Spanish quiz and sang their favourites Spanish songs. We could see how much they have learnt about numbers, colours, wellbeing or body parts, just to name a few. They were awesome!
Junior Maths Team - Multiplication and Division Facts
The Junior Maths Team are currently tutoring the multiplication and division facts across the school. The tutors are using games and ICT equipment to help their 'tutees' to mastery their multiplication and division facts. If you would like to become a tutor or tutee then please speak to a...
Hispanic Day 2018
This week all Daubeney celebrated their first Hispanic Day! Everyone had an amazing time learning to dance flamenco and pupils from all year groups learnt everything about all the Spanish speaking countries. They made flags, posters, drawings, masks and they could even enjoy a Spanish lunch!
Healthy Me Week 2019
We had a fantastic Healthy Me Week, focusing on ‘Healthy Body, Healthy Mind’. The children had the opportunity to look closely at how looking after your physical health can support in looking after your mental health . The children: Participated in meditation during their music...
Handwriting in Year 3
Year 3 pupils have been working incredibly hard to perfect their handwriting this term and, as you can see, their hard work has paid off! Many of them have beautifully neat handwriting and as a result they have earned their pen licence. I'm confident that many others with earn theirs in the new...
Hackney Fun Run
On Sunday 30th May, as has become tradition here at Daubeney, we took part in the annual Schools' Fun Run Challenge at Hackney Marshes. The day as per usual was a great success for all involved, with many of our students declaring/discovering their love for running! Our marathon runners Mrs...
First Week in Year 6
It has been a busy but exciting first week back for our new Year 6s. They have had to demonstrate incredible resilience as their first task was to complete a round of assessments. The children met this challenge with grit and determination and were still smiling at the end. We have spent time...
Developing Writing in Year 2 and Year 5
It was exciting today (25th January 2019) to welcome the Year 2 writers to Year 5 where they were supported to develop and extend their learning. The children in Year 5 helped the Year 2 writers to extend their sentences using relative clauses
First Week in Year 3
Take a look at what Year 3 have been getting up to in their Maths and Literacy lessons this week: In one of their Literacy lessons, Year 3 got to know the story of The Gingerbread Man in preparation for a writing task later this week. In groups, they created freeze frames of different scenes from...
Egypt Workshop
As part of their Ancient History Learning around Ancient Civilisations, Year 6 were treated to a theatrical performance by the Freshwater Theatre Company where pupils relived the times of the infamous pharaohs and had the opportunity to dress up as characters from ancient Egypt
EcoACTIVE Awards
Eco-Team went to the Science Museum for the EcoACTIVE Awards. We had a really exciting day and our project scrapbook won £100 pounds to help our school become more Eco-friendly! Thank you to all who supported the team with all their hard work so far this year!
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...
Easter Bonnet Parade 2017 - Year 5 and 6
Well done to Year 5 and 6 who made some amazing Easter Bonnets. Take a look as they show them off to their parents and carers at our Easter Bonnet Parade
Easter Bonnet Parade 2017 - Year 1 and 2
Year 1 and 2 rose to the challenge of creating amazing Easter Bonnets. Take a look as they show them off to their parents and carers at our Easter Bonnet Parade
Discussing Sustainable Modes of Transport in Spanish
Linking with our efforts to promote sustainable modes of transports lead by Ms Cherid, Year 5 and some Spanish champions had a travel survey and discussed the transports they prefer using and why in Spanish. Pupils also shared the way they travel to school and their reasons
Blue Class Sharing Assembly
Blue Class had their very first assembly on Thursday! They worked incredibly hard, scripting their own lines and being super brave! We loved sharing all our many talents with key stage 1 and look forward to showing lots more!
Blue Class - World Book Day 2018
Blue class are celebrating world book day! they have dressed in their favourite character from their favourite book!
KS2 Assembly on Spanish Food
In our Spanish assembly this week, KS2 pupils had a great time learning about foods in Spanish and listening to children in Spain talking about their favourite Spanish food (churros & chocolate, fresh fish, etc). They also enjoy watching how to cook a yummy Spanish omelette (tortilla...
1B's trip to Sainsbury's
For our exciting 'Work Week' topic this week, 1B went on a trip to Sainsbury's in Dalston. This was an opportunity for them to experience the roles and responsibilities of some of the people that worked there. They all got to decorate their own gingerbread man and of course eat it...
4G - Intrepid Explorers
4G made a trailer to accompany their first class assembly of the year. I think we have some movie stars of the future!
400 years of Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare
On the 23 April many countries across the world celebrated the International Day of the Book, organized by the UNESCO to promote reading and to honour the authors Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare who died on this date. This year, we commemorate 400 years since their death and we...
2G Learn About Instruction Writing
2G have been learning about instruction writing. They had the opportunity to make a jam sandwich, before they had to write the instructions of how to make a sandwich. I think they would all agree the best part was being able to eat their sandwiches
1P Autumn Assembly
IP had a fantastic time doing their assembly today. Thanks to everyone who came and well done 1P!
1D Assembly - Parts of the UK
1D had a great time preparing and delivering their assembly on different parts of the United Kingdom with two explorers. Can you remember any facts on different parts of the UK?
1D - Releasing The Butterflies in the Hop Garden
1D released their butterflies in the Hop Garden. We watched them grow and change from tiny caterpillars to beautiful Monach butterflies!
Year 4 Trip to the Ministry of Stories
Year 4 participated in a story making workshop at the Ministry of Stories, designed to inspire a love of writing. Each pupil had the opportunity to draft and write, creating characters, setting and plot. They then evaluated and edited, assessing the effectiveness of their writing. At the end of the...
4G Making a Collaborative Collage of the UK
We used our map reading skills to find discover the four countries of the United Kingdom including their capital cities. We made a huge collaborative collage of the UK to show off what we have learned and we'll be adding more detail as the term goes on... Come and test our geography learning...
Nursery Visit to the Church of St. Barnabas
Nursery found out all about the Christian celebration of Easter on their recent visit to the Church of St. Barnabas. They acted out part of the Easter story, standing in two lines and waving branches to welcome Jesus (played by Lexie and Nhyira!) as he arrived on his donkey and shouting...
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4G - Now Press Play Workshop
4G LOVED their Now Press Play electricity workshop. We learned about insulators and conductors and sustainable energy sources
4P Awful Egyptians Assembly
4P have worked tremendously hard to prepare for this assembly. They made sure they practised all their lines well before the assembly. Helen said: "This was one of the best assemblies I have ever done" Mohamed said " I loved playing Pharaoh, it was amazing!" Hayden said...
Black History Month 2017
Black History Month is celebrated annually for the remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African heritage. During the month of October, this is a time when communities and schools give special attention to learning about the contributions and history of black people. When...
5M Reading With 4S
The children in 5M welcomed the exciting young writers from 4S and had a chance to read their stories. The main focus of the session was to evaluate how well the year 4S children were writing and help them to improve by giving positive criticism
Black History Month 2016
At Daubeney we celebrated Black History Month and many students were enthused enough to carry out their own research. Mr Logan was impressed by the quality of the research and the passion for History shown by the children here at Daubeney. We look forward to an even bigger Black History Month next...
BBC Radio London - Parents Helping With Homework Discussion
Our Head of School, Mr Logan joined Vanessa Feltz on BBC Radio London on 9th March 2018 for a chat about how parents can best help their children with homework
BBC Big Breakfast - 48 Hours Before the Election
Daubeney is, once again very proud, to be working with BBC Breakfast and Radio 5 Live on the exciting feature - 48 Hours Before the Election. Mr Logan, Mr Dharma and Mr Ainsworth were proud to be representing the education sector during the programmes. We encourage all parents to ensure they watch...
Art Exhibition 2017
Thank you to everyone who supported our art exhibition. The children really enjoyed seeing their artwork framed and named and it looked especially beautiful!
April Book Fair
We had another very successful Book Fair at Daubeney! There was a fantastic selection of books and they were all half price! If you missed it, you missed out! The children bought lots of books to read at home and enjoy with their families. Well done to Queenie in 6F who helped to run the Book Fair...
Annual Instrumental Event
Daubeney performed their unique brand of rock n roll at the Annual Hackney Music Service Festival last Thursday. Needless to say we had a ball . We packed some chess boards to play whilst waiting our turn at the rehearsal. We also managed to make two trips to the park. With all that fresh air we...
6S - Spanish Dictionary Challenge
This week, 6S took on a new challenge on their Spanish learning by using a Spanish online dictionary and translation websites to be able to understand and independently translate a text. They used their expertise in dealing with the Spanish alphabetical order confidently to be able to look up...
5M Fashion Show
The children have completed designing and making their fashion clothes, ready for our fashion show. The boys created funky tie dye T-shirts and the girls designed a Hawaiian style skirt with fashionable handbags as an accessory. The children had so much fun making and designing their product for...
4P’s trip to Tramshed by Mark Hix
This week, year 4 got to experience what it felt to work for the very first time! They were lucky enough to go to the famous restaurant and make delicious doughnuts and marshmallows with the head chef. Not only that, they also got the chance to make their very own mocktails! After making the...
5M Decorating Their Christmas Hoop
Year 5M had a fun time decorating our Christmas hoop, where they made their own Christmas crackers. The children used bright coloured paper, ribbons and a cardboard roll to make their own designs. It was so much fun and our hoop looks AMAZING!
5M and 2K - Peer Tutors
The Year 5M children were excited on Friday the 17th March because they became Peer Tutors and helped the year 2K children to develop their learning by supporting them with their Next Steps. The Year 2 children were even more excited because they got to do their learning in the Year 5 class. Mr...
5M - The Big Draw
5M started their BIG DRAW project today when they studied the art work from an artist called' Sonia Delaunay'. Her work includes normal art, abstract art and art using a focused shape. Today we used a dominant shape to create our own masterpiece
5M - Nelson Mandela Biographies
5M were busy last week publishing their biographies based on Nelson Mandela. The children worked extremely hard to create notes, then turn them into factual sentences, using formal language. Next they drafted a copy, edited it then prepared their biography for publishing. We are all proud of their...
5M - Meet the Tribe
Year 5M had an amazing sharing assembly where they shared their learning about the Native American Culture
5M - Inspire Work Week Project
... which will appear very soon. Their fashion show on Friday 31 March 2017 will be a big hit!...
5C - IntoUniversity Workshop
The children in 5C were excited today to attend their IntoUniversity workshop, where they spent a lot of time discussing what a university is what courses are offered there. The children also looked at clubs and societies and possible places they could stay if they attended a university out of...
KS2 Assembly - Life in Spanish Primary Schools
This week, KS2 pupils enjoyed a Spanish assembly where they could get to know what life is like in Spanish Primary schools. They learnt new vocabulary related to the school, like do the register, classroom, playground, line up, teacher, just to name a few. Pupils had a great time watching Spanish...
KS2 Sports Day 2015
Key Stage 2 took part in their annual sports day
Reception visit the V&A Museum of Childhood
Reception visited V&A Museum of Childhood 18th May 2016. Reception really enjoyed looking at different toy mechanisms around the Museum, many of our children dressed up, enjoyed the activities around the museum. Reception also took part in a puppet workshop. they learnt about different types of...
Professor Brainwave visits Daubeney
...ons between 2D and 3D shapes. Their mantra is that there are no wrong answers, only pathways of learning. This idea is used right from the beginning as we give the children problems to solve without giving them rules. This encourages the children to try new ideas of Their own without the fear of bei...
Reception - Chicks Day 4
Day 4, two more chicks hatched last night. All nine chicks have moved into their new home, the Brooder Box
Reception - Chicks Day 3
Day 3 - We have three new chicks churping away. Once they are dry and fluffy, they will move to their new home, the Brooder box. Please check back for regular updates. Our school will have the Chicks in residence for two weeks. We are ending our day with seven chicks, all seem happy and hurdling...
Reception - Blue Class: Work Week 2019
Blue Class have thoroughly enjoyed learning all about different jobs this week as part of work week. We were very lucky to have lots of wonderful parents who volunteered their time to come and talk to us about their jobs. We had TV producers who showed us adverts they had created, a daddy who...
Reception - Blue Class Visit Homerton Fire Station
Blue Class went to visit the Homerton Fire Station on Homerton high street.We got to go inside a fire engine and look at all the equipment that’s inside it. We were excited to have a go at squirting water from the hose…We also met their pet fish
Publishing Year 5 - Newspaper Reports
The children in year 5 were focused today (27-11-2018) in their literacy sessions, where they began to publish their newspaper reports on plastic pollution. The children will get an opportunity to write another report, as a HOT TASK on Thursday on deforestation
PSHCE - Going For Our Goals
We are celebrating the new year by going for our goals! Throughout the school, children have created 3 goals for themselves to achieve in this year. Many children dedicated their goals to helping others! Here are some of their inspiring goals: "I want to learn a life skill such as cooking so...
Philip Womack visits Year 6
To meet a real life author was something that the Year 6 children were thrilled to experience. Philip Womack did not fail to deliver, as he presented an exciting and engaging session on supporting the Year 6 children to create their own mythical stories based on his book; 'The Broken King'....
Reception - Launchpad for Language Parent Workshop
Parents came and found out, how to support their children to learn new words. They even got to take home a free sock puppet
Parents' Day 2017
Parents’ Day will be on Monday 20th March 2017 from 11am – 7pm. The school will be closed for children but it would be advisable for them to attend the appointment with their parents. All parents will be allocated a 10 minute slot in which time the teacher will discuss their...
Nursery's Pet Hamster
Nursery had a very special visitor. Violette's mummy very kindly brought in their pet hamster to show the children. The children enjoyed having ‘Cherry’ the hamster in our class. They were super excited to see Cherry and were being very gentle, stroking him carefully. A big thank...
Nursery's Caterpillars
The children in nursery have enjoyed observing the caterpillars as they transform into butterflies. The children waved goodbye and they were very excited to let the butterflies out of their net
Nursery visit to Old MacDonald's Farm
Nursery had a wonderful time visiting Old MacDonald's Farm. We looked at lots of farm animals and even stroked the rabbits, guinea pigs and a European eagle owl. The children enjoyed going on the rides and having lunch with their class. A big thank to all parents who volunteered to help out!
Nursery Trip to Paradise Wildlife Park
Nursery enjoyed encountering lots of new animals on their big day out to Paradise Wildlife Park. They were mesmerised by the elegant white tiger, in awe of the enormous anaconda and surprised by the emus, who they thought looked very funny. Inigo commented, "I've never seen anything that...
Nursery Sports Day 2017
Nursery's sports day revealed that we have many budding athletes in Daubeney! The children hopped higher than kangaroos in their sacks, balanced like aeroplanes in the sky in the egg and spoon race and ran (almost) as fast as cheetahs! The parents didn't do too badly either, as you can see...
Nursery Had Their First PE Session!
The nursery children really enjoyed their first PE session delivered by Mr Simon and Mr Reece. The children experimented in moving in different ways, balancing, walking, hopping on one leg and running. We even played a game, naming colours and matching the coloured cones. Well done Nursery!
Reception - Launchpad for Language Parent Workshop
Our Launchpad Workshop took place on Tuesday 17th January 2017. Parents had fun with their child/ren making fantastic story props. They found out how they can help their child/ren with storytelling and took home story prompts!
Reception - Parents' Lunch
Reception parents had an amazing opportunity to share lunch with their child this week. Take a look at parents in Red Class enjoying their lunch
Nursery Concert
Our school band went to a nearby Forest School Nursery to perform a rock concert on a Saturday. It was a beautiful sunny day and the crowd seemed to really enjoy our grooves. If you look closely at the photos you may spot Mr. O Flynn's son providing guest vocals. Well done to all the children...
Reception - Yellow Class Visit the Library
Yellow Class have been on their first trip to the local library. We walked all the way there and the children were so sensible and grown up. Mrs Addai and all the grown ups who accompanied us on the trip were very proud of all the children. The librarian read us a story called 'Handa's...
Reception Nativity 2016
Reception present their nativity - 'It's A Boy'
Reception Met the Metropolitan Police
Reception met the Metropolitan Police. The Police officers shared what they do and how they help us. We enjoyed looking at their uniforms and exploring their different equipment
Reception Have Been Learning to Play Ukulele
Take a look at their progress
Reception Christmas Performance 2015
... told us the Christmas story. Their acting, singing and dancing was brilliant. You can watch the whole thing again any time you like!...
Reception - Yellow Class: Winter
We have had a great start to the year in Yellow Class we have a new role play area and it is a veterinary surgery. The children love it and are pretending to look after and treat animals. We have also been learning all about 'Winter'. The children learnt how to cut out snowflakes to put on...
Reception - Yellow Class Work Week 2019
During work we had lots of visits. The police came in to tell us about their important job. We also had some of our very own Yellow Class parents come and visit. Pearl's mum who is a Foley artist (makes sounds for films and tv programmes), Freddie's mum who is a doctor at Homerton hospital...
Reception - Yellow Class Spring Sharing Assembly
Very pleased with all the children in Yellow Class for their hard work and effort to make their assembly a success. Mrs Addai is very proud of you all
Reception - Red Class Parents' Lunch
Reception parents had an amazing opportunity to share lunch with their child last week. It was so lovely to see lots of happy faces and empty plates. Take a look at parents in Red Class enjoying their lunch
Reception - Yellow Class Spooky Halloween
In Yellow Class for Halloween we had a spooky, fun day. We did lots of activities around Halloween. The children made spells in the sand tray; pretending to mix all kinds of spell bounding things in their pots. We did lots of spell writing and could write lots of CVC words such as log, frog, cat,...
Reception - Yellow Class Parents Come to Lunch
Lots of the Yellow Class parents came to have lunch with their children. All the parents really enjoyed their lunch
Reception - Yellow Class Meet 'The Rainbow Fish'
Yellow have gone a journey through the sea and met 'The Rainbow Fish'. We have been learning all about what it is to be a good friend and treat others kindly. The children wrote about this as art of a literacy focus. Yellow Class have enjoyed taking part in creative activities drawing and...
Reception - Yellow Class Learn About Autumn
Last week Yellow Class learnt all about Autumn. We learnt about the many things that happen during this season from the leaves changing to yellow, orange, red and brown and falling to the ground. We learned about the animals that their own important job of collecting food so that they can store...
Reception - Yellow Class Learn About 3D Shapes
We have been learning all about 3D shapes. We talked about the difference between 3D and 2D shapes. The children were able say that 2D shapes are flat and 3D shapes are not. We sorted out 2D shapes and 3D shapes into two sets. The children all made their very own 3D shakers. We talked about the...
Reception - Yellow Class Easter Parade
We had a great time at the Easter Parade. The children hats were amazing. Thank you to all the parents who work with their children to make this such a fun event
Reception - Work Week 2019: Red Class Learn About Their Parents Professions
Red Class had a lovely time during Inspire Work Week. We had parents come in to talk about their professions. We learnt so much from them. We had an actor, a costume designer, an events planner and Adam's mum from the children's air ambulance charity. Many thanks to the parents that...
Nursery Easter Bonnet Parade
Nursery had a wonderful time parading around the nursery playground. The children made some wonderful hats and sang songs to their parents. Take a look below to see some creative hats!
Nursery Christmas Performance 2015
As part of their Christmas performance the children in Nursery sang songs to their parents
KS2 Sports Day 2016
Key Stage 2 made their way to the Copper Box Area for their annual sports day. These are the highlights
Maths Week in Nursery
The children in Nursery have been very busy this week using and applying their maths skills. We have been creating beautiful pattern necklaces and 2d shapes out of straw!! The children also went on a number hunt and buried through the sand pit to find them
November Parent Workshop
We had another fantastic turn out for our second literacy parent workshop of the Autumn term. KS1 parents had the opportunity to learn some fun ways to support their children with writing at home. We had a go at using visual image to inspire children’s imagination and creativity. The parents and...
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...
Motivational Boys Group Black History Month Assembly
Our Motivational Boys Group demonstrated many qualities today (15th October 2018) when they lead an assembly prepared by them, on inspirational figures throughout history, focusing on people from Black and African heritage. The boys used their skills and lead the assembly discussing many...
Mother's Day Celebrations In Nursery
Everyone in nursery loves their mummies and so they wanted to do something extra special for Mother's Day to thank them for everything they do. They worked hard to make cards, carefully writing their names inside. They have been dutifully practising writing their names all term, and you can see...
Most improved music curriculum!
While fireworks were exploding overhead, a very proud Mr. Clarke, Miss Douglas and Mr. O‘Flynn went to the Hackney Empire to attend the Hackney Music Service Annual Gala. Mr O’Flynn was tipped off that there might be an award for Daubeney and sure enough Daubeney received a special acknowledgement...
Mini Masterworks Exhibition
The Mini Masterworks Exhibition was a wonderful event. The children were very proud of their pictures and the staff were very proud of the children. A big thank you to everyone who supported us!
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...
Nursery - Artic and Antarctica
Last week Nursery children learned about Artic and Antarctica. They learned about animals that live there and how their bodies help them to survive. They also had lots of fun playing with the ice and exploring how the ice melted!
Maths Parent Workshop - Autumn 2 2018
The parents learnt about progression in KS1 from reception to year two. We discussed what mastery means and what they can do to help their children develop mastery in their learning. The Junior Maths Team helped in setting up and the delivery of the workshop. They organized free resources which...
Maths Junior Team Coding Club
At Daubeney the Maths Junior Team have been having a fantastic time engaging in a Coding Club. This is held every Friday morning and facilitated by two of our very enthusiastic parents. The pupils are fully engaged during these sessions and looking forward to creating their own amazing projects...
Making Music in Nursery
The nursery children have enjoyed using the instruments to create different sounds, to "make some music!" as Levi put it. They shook, twisted and jingled their way through several tunes with Mr. O'Flynn to great effect, as you can hear in the video clip. The nursery may just have to...
London Eye Mystery
Year 6 were delighted to visit London’s South Bank as part of our study of Siobhan David’s London Eye Mystery. The London Eye Mystery is a children's mystery novel by English author Siobhan Dowd. It tells the story of how Ted, a boy with Asperger syndrome, and his sister Kat, solve...
Literacy September Parent Workshop
...hildren with reading at home. Their children also attended and it was great to see parents and children enjoying reading together by discussing the story and the pictures. ‘The workshop was helpful – I understand that reading at home needs to be a special cosy time with lots of discussion about ...
Literacy Parent Workshop - March 2019
Miss Fergus invited some Year 1 and 2 parents to come to a workshop with their children to learn some fun ways to practice spelling at home. The Junior Literacy team were also there to support and the team played spelling and word games with the Year 1 and 2 children. The Junior Literacy Team even...
Literacy Parent Workshop - January 2019
The parents and children thoroughly enjoyed our January workshop which was led by Phil McDermott, the amazing story teller. They were enthralled listening to Phil tell an entertaining story then they had the opportunity to work in pairs to create their own stories. The parents learnt about the...
Nursery - Animals
Nursery have been learning all about animals this term. After reading the story 'Dear Zoo', they confidently named the animals, imagined and enacted how they would move, and even identified which sound each animal name begins with. Christabel said, "I'm a loud and scary...
Nursery - Baby Clinic
Nursery have enjoyed using their new role play area which has been turned into a baby clinic. They have been weighing the babies, dressing, feeding, bathing and doing check ups. They have even learn how to put a nappy on the baby!
Nursery are Wild About Reading
In the Nursery the children chose to transform their reading area into a jungle theme. They have been super excited to read amongst their new jungle pals and have even given them names. The children have been reading lots of familiar stories and have enjoyed retelling them to their friends. It has...
Nursery - Pyjama Day
The children (and parents!) in nursery showed off their fabulous night-time attire in aid of Great Ormond St Hospital on Friday. Elijah excitedly said, "I can't believe we're not going to bed now!" The excitement lasted throughout the day, so it was lucky we had an activity that...
Nursery - World Book Day 2018
Nursery had a blast dressing as characters from their favourite books on Friday. The nursery was awash with a range of characters, from dinosaurs to farmers to the ever-elusive Wally. The children also had ample time to explore stories; they acted them out, snuggled up in the book corner with a...
Nursery - World Book Day 2017
Nursery absolutely loved dressing up as their favourite characters for World Book Day. They enjoyed spotting their characters in books and read even more than they usually do. Hao-di said, "I am a very scary pirate! There are lots of books about me! Let's find them all!" Take a look...
Nursery - World Book Day
Nursery had a wonderful time celebrating World Book Day! The children and staff dressed up in their favourite book characters and enjoyed reading and talking about their favourite books. Take a look at our photographs to see all the fantastic costumes
Nursery - Work Week 2019
Nursery enjoyed trying out different jobs in nursery this week! We had vets treating poorly animals, gardeners planting seeds, farmers collecting eggs and chefs making gingerbread! Nursery were lucky to have a chef come in and talk about cooking and the children had the opportunity to eat their...
Nursery - Transport Survey
We went to see some cars parked outside on Daubeney Road. The children enthusiastically counted the number of coloured cars and recorded it on their tally chart
Nursery - The Five Senses
Nursery have been learning all about the five senses this term. After reading the story 'Brown Bear Brown Bear, What Do You See?', they confidently described what they could see around them. They named colours and animals, and identified the first sound in some words. Agnes said, "I...
Nursery - Teddy Bears Picnic
Nursery had a wonderful time having a teddy bears picnic at the park. We sang some songs and spoke about our favourite teddies. The children enjoyed introducing their teddies and eating their snack. Lexie said "My teddy likes eating apples". Sulemane said "My teddy is called...
Nursery - Mothers' Week Tea Party
Thank you to all of the mums who came to our Mothers' Week tea party! It was wonderful to see so many of you there. As you can see from the photos, the children were beaming with pride; they were so excited to show their mums around the nursery and, of course, share delicious food and drink...
Nursery - Chinese New Year
Nursery enjoyed their first week back after half term. We have had fewer tears than usual... which means children are settling in more easily after a break. This week we have been celebrating the Chinese New Year. Children have enjoyed taking part in the activities. They have decorated and painted...
Nursery - Growth and Transformation
This term our topic is 'Growth and Transformation'. We will be looking closely at plants and lifecycles. So far, Nursery have been busy planting seeds, doing observational paintings of flowers and finding minibeasts in our garden. We have also been reading the story 'Jaspers...
Nursery - First Week of the Spring Term 2017
Nursery enjoyed their first week of the new Spring term and indeed it very much felt like Spring! As you can see, they enjoyed the warmer weather and discovering that new flowers had grown in the nursery garden. Rio said, "Look at the daffodils! They smell so nice!" They also enjoyed...
Nursery - First Week of School
Welcome to Our Nursery! A warm welcome to all our new parents, children and carers at Daubeney Nursery. So far, the children have been exploring the nursery and gradually settling in. Take a look at the photographs below to see how the children have enjoyed their first week in Nursery
Nursery - Doctors
We have been busy pretending to be doctors. The children wore the doctors outfits and confidently used the doctors equipment to check their patients. Our patients have been sick with all kinds of illnesses. Courtney said "I've got spots on my face, I think its chicken pox", Sulemane...
Nursery - Christmas Lunch
We had Christmas lunch at Nursery. Full time children enjoyed eating their turkey and roasted vegetables for their main and ice cream for dessert. ‘’It was yummy!’’, said Naomi. They also had to work really hard to open their Christmas crackers! They were delighted to find...
Nursery - Christmas Jumper Day
The Nursery children have been feeling very festive today with their Christmas jumpers and looking at all the different Christmas characters
Nursery - Christmas Jumper Day
Nursery had so much fun on Christmas Jumper Day. The children were excited to come in to school dressed in their special jumpers. This was extra special too as the contributions made are all for a very good cause, to help support the amazing work at Great Ormond Street Hospital
Year 5 - Graphic Novels
This week, the Year 5 children will be studying Graphic novels and will be creating their own version by Friday. The children will look at speech bubbles, actions and creating characters. Today (10th December 2018) we created on our character and a front cover for our comic
Year 5 - Headlines
The children in Year 5 had an interesting literacy session today (16th November 2018) where they created headlines. They used pictures from newspaper articles and their own ideas to come up with catchy and suitable headlines. Encourage your child to read the newspapers over the weekend and watch...
Year 4 - Poetry and Performance
Today (13-11-2020) the children in year 4 were excited to publish their anthology of poems and perform their poems. The children created an acrostic poem, simile poem and kennings poem. They were able to recognise different forms of poetry, read aloud their poems with intonation, volume, tone and...
Year 6 - Mapping Day
For mapping day Year 6 were able to put their mapping skills to the test by taking a trip out to the Olympic Park in Stratford. Before that, they had to use a map and a scale to work out what the distance was from Homerton to Stratford. They also had to find certain points on the map once they...
Year 1 - 1TK Class Assembly: Little Red Riding Hood
1TK have worked really hard on their class assembly this week. Our assembly was about Little Red Riding Hood. We created a short trailer for our assembly using iMovie. We acted out the scenes and then put it into the trailer. We had lots of fun singing 'Stay on the Path'. We hope you...
Year 4 - Cross Curricular Learning: Sketching 'The Great Wave of Kanagawa' by Hokusai
Today (14th October 2019) the children in Year 4 used their Art skills, Topic skills and Literacy skills to sketch 'The Great Wave of Kanagawa' by Hokusai. The children learnt about the famous artist and then looked at some of his famous work, especially the Great Wave and re-created his...
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...
Year 3 - 'I Love Me' Portraits
...t they love about themselves. Their portrait was then passed around to Their peers for them to write comments on what they love about each other....
Year 4 - Publishing 'The Hunter'
The children in Year 4 were excited today when they completed their published story called, 'The Hunter'. The children were proud of their writing as it included many key writing features, descriptive and figurative language
Year 1 - 1L's Class Assembly - October 2019
1L worked so hard for their class assembly today! They retold the story of Little Red Riding Hood and even shared some of their Spanish learning with everyone. We had lots of fun performing together!
Reception - Visit from Perform
Reception were lucky enough to receive a visit from Perform . The children had a wonderful time exploring the theme of Castles, Knights and Princesses and using drama, dance and singing to help develop their confidence, concentration and social skills
Year 4 - RE Day: Hinduism
The children in Year 4 had an exciting day today (31st October 2019) learning all about the Hindu faith. The children studied the main beliefs of Hinduism, the importance of the Mandir (Hindu Temple) and signs and symbols from the religion. They also had an opportunity to create their own art...
Year 5 - Adverts
This week Year 5 have been learning about adverts; their features and their purpose. Today we shared our final adverts about porridge with our peers, discussed the many different features we included and if we would want to buy each others porridge
Year 4 - Our First Published Piece of Work
Today (20th September 2019) the children were excited as they completed their first published piece of work. This week, the children were learning all about leaflets and used the key features to create their own travel leaflet for India
Year 3 - Oracy in RE - Discussions
After finding out about the origin of Sikhism and the life of Guru Nanak, Year 3 had a lot of questions and points to discuss! They wrote their questions down and engaged in several interesting discussions, using oracy sentence starters to help build and structure their arguments. They are on their...
Year 3 - 3P Class Assembly - September 2019
3P confidently performed their class assembly today and enjoyed every minute of it. They have been learning about developing a growth mindset and wanted to share what they learnt with KS2 and the parents. Take a look at their performance. We hope you enjoy it as much as 3P did!
Year 4 - RE Day
Morning Today (19th September 2019) the children in Year 4 explored the faith and beliefs of the Jewish people. They studied the key beliefs in Judaism and looked at the importance of the Torah, synagogue and stories from the Jewish texts. Afternoon The children in Year 4 today (19th September...
Year 4 - Note Taking Skill
Today (18th September 2019) the children in Year 4 developed their knowledge by learning the skill of note taking. They then used the notes to help them create factual sentences for their travel leaflets, which will be published later this week
Year 4 - Spanish
The children in Year 4 were excited today when they began another exciting session in Spanish. Today was extra special when the class chose a Spanish Champion to represent their class
Year 4 - Fractions
This week, the children in Year 4 started their topic on Fractions in their maths lessons. They started with building their own fraction wall and identified fractions that were equivalent
Art and Literature in Year 3
After reading the fable, 'The Lion and the Mouse', Year 3 thought about what characteristics the lion in the story might have. They decided he was majestic and strong, the mighty King of the Jungle. This was reflected in their art, where they created bright, colourful manes for their regal lions....
Year 4 - Collaborative Learning
Today Year 4M and 4K had a Literacy session together, where the children shared their ideas through the use of Oracy. They used their talk partner to help them discuss and share ideas to use notes to write factual sentences
Year 6 Visit to The London Eye
On 26th November Year visited the South Bank acting as investigative journalists. As part of our immersion for The London Eye Mystery they had to visit the last place Salim was seen. They investigated the area and spoke with staff so they can use their quotes in their newspaper articles. They also...
Year 4 - Information Posters
Today (13-12-2019) the children in year used their Science knowledge and their learning from their Science lessons, to help them to create an information poster all about our teeth. They included the key features in their posters and worked with their peers
Year 6 - Tycoon Team in Action
The Year 6 Tycoon Team have been developing a business enterprise in school (change challenge). So far this year, the business enterprise has been a wonderful success. The children are very excited about being part of the business and love to see profits being made, this is helping children with...
Year 1 - 1S Jolly Christmas Postman Artwork
In 1S, we have been very busy with all things Christmas and have absolutely loved reading the story of the Jolly Christmas Postman! During Art, we sketched one of our favourite pages from the book - 1S are incredible artists, they were concentrating very hard on their artwork as you can see in this...
Year 4 - Cross Curricular Links in Literacy
Today (9th December 2019) the children in Year 4 began to plan their information posters all about Earthquakes. They used their prior knowledge from their Cross Curricular lessons to help them plan information for their posters
Year 4 - Information Posters
The children in Year 4 are learning all about the features of information posters. Today (5th December 2019) the pupils had to create their own titles, sub-headings, captions and factual information for a poster that they have been reading in class
Year 4 - Earthquake Evacuation Plan
Today (4th December 2019) the children in Year 4M planned their evacuation route for an earthquake. Yesterday they created a list for their survival kit bag and will take this along with them when evacuating using their plan. The children discussed the importance of having an evacuation plan and...
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...
"Clapton's Daubeney Primary school wears pink for breast cancer research" - Hackney Gazette
Clapton's Daubeney Primary school wears pink for breast cancer research - Hackney Gazette Students and staff at Daubeney Primary School swapped their uniforms for pink outfits and wigs to raise money and awareness for charity Breast Cancer Now. Read more
Year 3 - Sharing our Great Learning
Our Year 3 pupil was excited today to share his learning with other classes. The pupil in Year 3 visited Mr Matvad in Year 4 to share their learning. They transformed their bedroom into a chocolate haven filled with adjectives and descriptive language
Year 3 - Using Smarties to Work Out the Fraction of Quantities
Today Year 3 used Smarties to work out the fraction of quantities. They counted all the Smarties from the tube to work out what the denominator was. They then counted how many Smarties there were of each colour and wrote their final answer in fraction form. What a bunch of SMART-ies (get it?)
Year 3 - Designing Rooms for Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory
After finding out about the weird and wonderful world of Willy Wonka, Year 3 designed a room for his chocolate factory. They came up with some imaginative ideas, such as the Trick or Treat Room (chocolate sprouts anyone?), chocolate jacuzzis and waterfalls, and a room with marshmallow trampolines...
Daubeney Awarded Top Award of PSQM Outreach for Science
Last night (13th November 2019) our ex-science lead Mr Swarbrick had the honour of collecting our PSQM Outreach award. He led science for 3 years and this is testament to the incredible science work that happens at Daubeney and it was a pleasure to be a part of the process. At Daubeney we truly...
Year 4 - Young Seismologist
Our young Scientist today were very busy designing and creating their own seismographs. They used the same principles that is used by professional seismographs and made their own. They even got to test the seismograph by creating a mini earthquake in class. The results were amazing!!
Year 4 - Maths: No Pen Wednesday
During our No Pens Day, Year 4 children took an alternative approach to learning their times tables - a relay where they competed between them to test their times table knowledge. Additionally, we worked systematically and deepened our reasoning skills using dominoes. Take a look at our maths...
Year 4 - Diary Entry: The Lion and The Mouse
Today (8th November 2019) the children in Year 4 were writing their final diary entry as the Mouse from our story, 'The Lion and The Mouse'. We used many writing features and skills to create some wonderful diary entries. We included, adverbials of time, powerful adjectives, onomatopoeia,...
Year 4 - Guided Reading
The children in Year 4 enjoyed a free choice reading session today where they selected some of their favourite books to read. Some children read the Harry Potter series which I'm sure Mr Swarbrick would love to read
Year 4 - Concrete Maths
Today (12th September 2019) the children in Year 4 used concrete resources to represent numbers in a place value chart. The children used 5 digit numbers and extended their learning by going up to millions
Reception - Blue Class: Celebrating Differences
Blue class dressed up in their traditional clothes and bought in special traditional dishes to celebrate differences and end to our wonderful autumn term
Year 3 Celebrate Wacky Day
Year 3 donned their most extravagant outfits and dyed their hair (and tongues!) every shade of the rainbow to celebrate all things wacky. They danced to some funky tunes, played on the climbing frame and even had a go at singing some songs themselves in the hop garden! Everybody had a whale of a...
Nursery - Sports Day 2019
Nursery's sports day revealed that we have talented athletes in Daubeney! The children jumped in their sacks, balanced in the egg and spoon race and with a bean bag on their heads and had a raced with each other! Well done to all involved and thank you to the parents for coming to watch
Hispanic Week 2019
Our pupils learnt a lot about the Spanish speaking countries by researching, making presentations, posters, flags, maracas and many more. All staff, parents and especially children had an amazing time. A first-hand experience of the culture of all Spanish speaking countries: we had a Mexican...
Great Daubeney Bake Off 2019
The event was a huge success and in total we have raised £521.47. Thank you to everyone for their support and contribution. We will be announcing the winners soon…so watch this space
Great Daubeney Bake Off 2019
The event was a huge success and in total we have raised £521.47. Thank you to everyone for their support and contribution. We will be announcing the winners soon… so watch this space
Year 5 - 5F Forensics Workshop
On Tuesday (18th July 2019), 5F used their scientific skills to carry out a forensics investigation. They aimed to solve the mystery of a stolen dog and had to analyse fingerprints, ink samples and shoe prints!
Year 5 - The Big Draw 2019
Today, 18th June 2019 the Year 5 children enjoyed spending some time in Daubeney fields studying the landscapes. They looked at the surrounding views from different angles and decided which area they would focus on to draw. They drew the view they saw and used their art skills to include many art...
Federation Spelling Bee
Daubeney hosted the first ever Federation Spelling Bee with Sebright and Lauriston today (14th June) and we came out on top! We won the overall best speller for Year 4, 5 and 6! Well done to Racheal in 4K, Taylor in 5M and Mohamed in 6S and to all the contestants that represented Daubeney – they...
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...
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...
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...
Daubeney Spelling Bee 2019
The Daubeney Spelling Bee has come and gone and it was spectacular! It was close but Joey in 3G, Racheal in 4K, Taylor in 5M and Mohamed in 6S won 1st place for their year. All the winners including 2nd and 3rd place are going to compete in a federation spelling bee against Sebright and Lauriston....
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...
Reception - Growth and Transformation
The children in Yellow Class have been planting cress and mustard seeds. We have also focus on the sunflower and learnt all about the different parts of the plant. The children painted them and can name the parts. We have displayed their fabulous work
Year 2 - Ultimate Times Table Challenge!
Before the half term, Year 2s took part in the ULTIMATE TIMES TABLE CHALLENGE. As it was the KS1 SATS earlier in May, we had to practice our times tables a lot and we took this opportunity to continue it even more after the SATS. We practiced for the whole of Summer 1 and on the last day of the...
Spanish & Art - Our Champions Creating Their Own Paintings
The Spanish champions had a great time painting on canvasses, inspired by the Spanish impressionist artist Joaquin Sorolla. After seeing his exhibition, they learnt about his work and impressionism and this week they used impressionist techniques to create their own artwork. They will now learn to...
Year 5 Residential 2019 - Day 1
[menu name="year5-residential-2019"] Wow! What a start! As first days go this is right up there with the best of them. It was a very excitable coach journey and the children couldn’t wait to get to Youlbury and try out all the activities. We arrived in plenty of time and as usual...
Year 3 Turn Banksy
Year 3 were inspired by the political and cultural messages of the graffiti artist Banksy's work. They found out that Banksy uses stencils to create his art so that he can get away quickly. This is because he is actually anonymous-nobody knows who he is! Year 3 made their own Banksy-style...
Year 3 - Mapping Skills Day
Year 3 immersed themselves into the world of maps. Firstly, they helped some pirates to find their missing treasure by building and then using their knowledge of grid references and coordinates. They then worked together to identify symbols that are used on maps, leading to an interesting...
Year 6 - Ice Skating
It’s getting closer to the final days at Daubeney for Year 6 and to celebrate they went out ice skating. It was a nice break from the heat in the cool ice rink. Lots of fun, laugh and good times. That would also work as a good summary for their time in Daubeney
Year 4 - WOW Day
Today (10th September 2019) the children in Year 4 enjoyed their WOW DAY learning all about the continent of Asia. The children explored many geographical landmarks, foods from the east, facts and information, rivers and studied the various cultures from around Asia
Year 3 - WOW Day 2019
Year 3 had a brilliant start to their new topic - the rainforest - today. They found out about the deforestation that is going on in the Amazon & wrote news reports about the fires that occurred recently, which they thought were devastating. In their reports, they call for action & make...
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...
Year 3 - 3T Get Arty in the Park
Today (21st June 2019) 3T took time to really appreciate the beauty of nature. They closely observed leaves, trees, even single strands of grass, before sketching whatever captured their imagination. Orson commented, "There are so many cool patterns and different shades of green on this one leaf!"...
Year 3 Recreate 'Alone in a Crowd'
After finding out about the artist Julian Opie, Year 3 created their own piece of art inspired by his work. It was interesting to see how one piece of art inspired so many different styles. It seems that the children are really developing their own unique artistic voice!
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 - Transition Week 5F to 6S
It’s been an absolutely fantastic week for the new 6S and an incredibly busy one too. In just one week the children have: completed a piece of writing, published it and begun their writing folders for Year 6; taken part in school council elections; practised their dancing for the end of year...
Year 3 - 3T Explore Emotions
Everyone experiences an enormous variety of emotions-from excitement to fear to rage-and sometimes all of them in one day! It's perfectly normal. Today in 3T we explored different emotions, identifying their purpose and speaking about situations in which we have felt a particular way. We then...
Year 5 Residential 2019 - Day 3
[menu name="year5-residential-2019"] Day 3 and things are not slowing down. And wait for it... IT DIDN’T RAIN! The sun even poked its head through the clouds for a few glorious seconds. What a time to be alive. The children finished yesterday with fried chicken and chips and...
Boys Book Club - 2nd July 2019
Today (2nd July 2019) the boys in the reading club decided to sit in front of the classroom fan and relax while reading a selection of thriller stories. The children enjoyed reading the stories which made them use their prediction skills to predict the ending and in addition they enjoyed the...
Year 3 - First Day in 3T
...n the style of those artists. Their pictures definitely show how creative they are! They also made Their very own bookmarks with inspirational messages which they can keep with them throughout the year. They will come in very handy as they start to read longer chapter books! We also played the times...
Year 4 - Swimming Course at the London Aquatic Centre
Year 4 classes completed a 10 day course at London Aquatic Centre, also known as the Olympic Swimming Pool, in Stratford. The children had a great time challenging themselves and facing their fears and even got to have a fun day at the end as a result of their amazing dedication. Well done all of...
KS1 Sports Day 2019
On this beautiful day, KS1 had their sports day at Daubeney Fields. It was a joyous day as pupils participated in different activities and parents rushed from one year group to another to cheer on siblings. 2K enjoyed tag of war, the sack race, egg on a spoon race, mini javelin, relay and many...
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...
Year 3 - Outdoor Reading
Year 3 enjoyed a fun afternoon reading their favourite books in the Hop Garden. They found a cosy spot, got comfortable, and delved into their books. "Reading outside is so relaxing, I felt so refreshed" - Hussein "It's just a different feeling reading outside in the fresh air, I...
Year 2 - 2C Sports Day
What a wonderful day to be out in the sun and have some friendly competitions! From three legged races to javelin throws, 2C gave it their all in everything we did today! We even ended the day by participating and watching the races! Take a look at our highlights! What was your favourite part of...
Year 6 - 6S Send Fan Mail to Year 5
6S were so impressed with Year 5s pantomime performance , we decided to send them some fan mail. We snuck into their classrooms at break time and delivered their letters so they would be surprised when they returned from break. We hope they liked the cards because we certainly loved their...
2K - Making Christmas Cards
It’s a Christmassy feel! Children designed and created cards for their families and loved ones. Merry Christmas from all of us in 2K
'It Takes a Village' Holiday Activities
As part of Daubeney's 'It Takes a Village' project, we would like to celebrate fathers and male role models and the positive impact they have on our children. As such, we are running two competitions for the children over the half term and would like your support in encouraging the...
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...
Ms Shaikh's Banana Bread Recipe
Hello everyone! I hope you are having a wonderful time playing, learning and creating at home! In my spare time I love to cook, so today I wanted to share one of my favourite recipes with you: banana bread! Hopefully my video will make it super easy to make some banana bread of your own, showing...
Year 4 - Spelling Test - 27th March 2020
Hi Daubeney and particularly Year 4. I hope everyone is safe and happy during lockdown. I know Year 4 have been looking forward to their spelling test all week, so without further ado here it is!! Do your best as always and ask someone at home to check your spelling!
TTRS Weekly Update - 27th March 2020
Hello everyone! What a week it’s been on TTRS. We’ve had some super close battles and some absolute rock stars doing brilliantly with their times tables. Please watch the announcement and listen out for some names! You’re all doing fantastic but let’s see if we can get...
Year 5 and 6 Residential 2020 - Day 5
[menu name="year5-6-residential-2020"] 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...
Times Tables Rock Stars
Daubeney is truly rocking with their times tables! There are too many rock heroes to count. A huge congratulations to 3T as they are on top of the league table this week. Good luck in the battles everyone. Please visit the website every Friday for an update on the league table and information on...
Nursery - Let's go to space
We really enjoyed reading the story 'What ever next!' Written by Jill Murphy. Nursery created their very own rockets to travel to space
Year 5 and 6 Residential 2020 - Day 1
[menu name="year5-6-residential-2020"] Wow! What a start! What do you get when you’ve got 70 super excited, amazing pupils rearing to take over Youlbury Scout Centre? You get the Daubeney residential team! It was a very excitable coach journey with us arriving in plenty of time for...
Huge TTRS Announcement
Hi everyone! Please watch the video for a HUGE TTRS announcement. Have you watched it? Good. IT. IS. ON! Teachers v Children. Daubeney v Sebright v Lauriston What an Easter holiday this is turning out to be on times tables rockstars! And well done to 6S for climbing their way back to the top of the...
British Science Week 2020
The pupils and staff of Daubeney primary school drew the curtains to a close on an awesome British Science Week. Parents spent the afternoon in school educating and motivating pupils on a wide range of stem related jobs, from building their own animation into a film, taking fantastic photos when...
Year 5 Wow Day: Design and Technology
Year 5 took part in their Wow Day this week focussing on Design and Technology. The children were challenged to make a well which had a pulley in it. The children were asked to be innovative in their designs and succeed with flying colours!
Year 4 - Young Scientist
Today (13th March 2020) the Year 4 children dressed up as their favourite scientist to celebrate our Science Week in Daubeney. The children were excited to explain who they came dressed up as and why. The children have enjoyed our Science Week and will be very excited to welcome our next science...
Year 4 - Money
...d opened Their shop in class. Their role was to sell items from Their shop, collect payment and give the correct change to Their customers. To challenge Their skills, the children purposely gave the wrong change sometimes to see if they could accurately check whether the change was correct....
Spanish Champions & Mental Health Week
We celebrated Mental Health Week discussing what is being brave in Spanish (ser valiente). Our Spanish champions shared their views and created their own be brave self-portrait, describing what being brave means to them both in English & Spanish
Year 1 - Design and Technology: How do you make a structure strong?
1L had fun making their own chairs as part of our Design and Technology topic thinking about "How do you make a structure strong?" We used lots of materials to make the seat, legs and back of our chairs. Some of us even made arms!
Reception - Blue Class: World Book Day 2020
Blue class dressed up in their favourite book character today (6th March 2020). It was really nice to see them happy and cheerful. Blue class carefully listened to the stories they bought into school throughout the day inside and out
BADU Support Line
BADU Community is an organisation that uses sport as the driving force to empower, educate and uplift young people and their families in the local community. We focus on giving people in the local area activities and opportunities to bring about positive outcomes. We have close relationships with...
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...
Reception - Yellow Class: Birds and What They Eat
The children in reception had lots of fun learning outdoors in the hop garden. They talked about different types of birds and what birds eat. They made their own bird feeders using apples, seeds, string and sticks. The children were so excited to take their bird feeders home to hang
Spanish - KS1: My name, Parts of the day and Greetings
Pupils in KS1 have been learning how to introduce themselves in Spanish. They can ask other people their names and say who they are. They have also been learning the parts of the day and greetings in Spanish. They really enjoyed learning through songs and games
Year 3 - BFG
In 3G we are reading the BFG as our class reader. The children are reading aloud to the class this is helping with their confidence and fluency. They are using the Daubeney reading stems to explain their understanding of the story.
Year 3 - 3G: Poetry
In 3G today the children published and performed their poems. All of the poems were inspired by the book Look Up! Look Up! The children have been learning about features of poems this week and have included some of them in their work
Year 3 - RE Day
What can we learn from the Bible? In Year 3 we learnt about two parables from the Bible. The Good Samaritan and The Prodigal son. We also learnt about The Ten Commandments and the children wrote some of their own. The children designed their own stain glass window, that included a message of peace....
Year 5 - Life Cycles
This afternoon Year 5 were displaying their knowledge of life cycles by creating POSTERS! What life cycles do you know?
WOW Day in Year 4
On Thursday, 22 October 2020, the children in Year 4 had their Wow Day based around our Topic - Nepal. The children created a survival guide to climb mount Everest, drew different pieces of art from Nepal, studied a special festival celebrated in Nepal and created their very own Nepalese necklace
Year 3 WOW Day - Should we worry about our rainforests?
Year 3 concluded their geography unit by creating placards and delivering persuasive speeches about deforestation and what could be done to preserve The Amazon Rainforest
Spanish - Language Diversity: European Day of Languages
This month schools from all countries in Europe celebrated the European Day of Languages. Daubeney took part in this event celebrating our diversity in languages and culture. KS2 pupils learnt important facts about Europe and shared their passion for languages. We discussed why it is so important...
BBC Bitesize - KS2
Fun activities to support KS2 children to practice their Literacy skills at home
Year 3 - Maths: Multiplication
Today in maths Year 3 have been learning about multiplication. We started by using repeated addition. The children used place value counters and charts to show their work
Spanish - KS2: All About Me
KS2 pupils know how to say all about themselves in Spanish. They had a great time creating their "All about me" cards, sharing things about themselves with their classmates in writing and making a self-protrait
Nurture Group - Year 2: Science
In science we have also been learning about the weather so we decided to go and have a look at the clouds and learn their different names. We used a creative lesson to recreate them
Year 1 - Science in 1S
Last week, 1S ventured into the hop garden to investigate our topic: 'nature around us' We loved being outdoors, looking at (and listening to) all that was around us. We loved the tomato and raspberry plant, carefully observing that different stages of the growth cycle - we especially liked...
Year 5 - Setting the Scene
This week Year 5 have been retelling the story of the Three Little Pigs but with a twist! They have been retelling it from the perspective of the innocent wolf! Today Year 5 drew a scene from their version of the Three Little Pigs. What would you change about the Three Little Pigs in your version?
Year 4 - Literacy: 3 Little Pigs
Today the children in Year 4 were focused when they completed their stories. The children re-told the story of the 3 Little Pigs but created their own alternative ending. The children focused on using varied sentence starters, powerful adjectives, speech, editing and improving their presentation
Junior Literacy Team 2020/2021
I am excited to introduce the new members 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!
Boys Book Club - 2nd March 2020
Today (2nd March 2020) the boys enjoyed a clam and relaxing reading session. They listened to soothing music while reading their favourite book. We also had the opportunity to discuss the book by Vanessa Taylor called 'Baller Boys', which was dedicated to Mr Reece, who was and will always be part...
Year 4 - Arabic Calligraphy
Today (27-02-2020) the children in year 4 studied the Islamic Faith. They used Arabic style calligraphy writing to write their own name and used many patterns to beautify their work
2K - Rocking on Timetable Rockstar!
Practice makes perfect! The children enjoyed and are still enjoying the challenges, learning and practicing their times tables on Times Table Rockstar. Most of all, they are always very proud of their hard earned coins. Such an incentive!
Boys Book Club - 13th January 2019
Today (13th January 2020) the Boys Book Club members met for the first session in Spring term. The boys read their favourite genre, Comic books and next week during our book club meeting (every Monday afternoon) we will be creating our own comic books
Counting in Nursery
In Numeracy we are learning to recite numbers up to 10 and beyond and we are continuing to develop skills to count using one to one correspondence. This week children created their own trains and counted how many carriages their train has. We made sure used our pointy finger and we counted slowly
Year 5 - Greek Clay Pots
For cross curricular, Year 5 made their very own clay pots. They had the option of creating a pinch pot or a coiled pot. They then scored the outside of the clay to make interesting Greek patterns!
Year 4 - Sound Investigation
Today (22-01-2020) the children in Year 4 experimented with sound waves and vibrations. They used a drum and rice to notice the different vibrations and the reactions. The children carried out a fair test and recorded their results
Year 4 - Distributive Law
Today (21st January 2020) the children in Year 4 used the distributive law to solve their multiplication examples. The children used a game sheet, where they had to choose their own 2-digit numbers and multiply it by a single digit. Then, using the distributive law when they found the answer they...
Boys Book Club - 20th January 2020
Last week, the Boys Book Club met and read a selection of their favourite cartoons . Today (20th January 2020) the BBC had a variety of cartoons with no speech. They had the opportunity to use the pictures and create their own speech for the cartoons. They made sure they added some onomatopoeia and...
Year 3 - Stone Age Cave Paintings
To immerse into the topic of the Stone Age, Year 3 got the opportunity to create their very own cave paintings. Each picture tells a story, can you infer what the story might be? Take a look at the pictures!
Year 4 - RE Day
The children in Year 4 studied Christianity as part of their Religious Education session. The children read stories from the Bible, identified key features of a church, Stain glass art work and understood the main teaching from the Bible
WOW Day in Year 1TK
Year 1 have been learning about 'Who and what is in my world?'. To end their topic the children had Wow Day! 1TK had lots of fun being creative and making a shoe box world of their local area. They worked in groups to create different parts of their local area. Using a range of materials...
RE Day in Year 3
Today was RE day at Daubeney and year 3 were learning all about Judaism. They learnt what the main beliefs of Judaism are, their place of worship and the festivals that are celebrated. In the afternoon, they created their very own Judaism inspired masterpieces. In the pictures below, you will see...
RE Day in Year 2
Today we learnt all about Christianity and why churches are important to Christians. We started by looking at symbols and new ones that represent us. We then looked at Christian symbols and what they mean. Next we learnt about churches and their features. Finally we learnt about Christenings and...
The Junior Art Team
We are very pleased to introduce ourselves 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...
History Projects
What inspiring children we have at Daubeney! Over the holidays whilst most of us were feasting and relaxing, our children set about independently researching their history topic for the Spring term. They presented their findings in the most creative ways, from sculptures and painting to computer...
Spanish - Español: Autumn Term Summary.
“FELIZ NAVIDAD Y PRÓSPERO AÑO NUEVO! = Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! -Y4 & Y2 worked on using more Spanish with their teachers and their classmates to follow instructions and to talk to each other. They had a great time playing bingo and many other games. - Y4 learnt...
Jigsaw in Autumn 2 2019 - Celebrating Differences
Last half term, we ended our JIGSAW theme ‘Celebrating Differences’ with a BANG! We came to school wearing traditional clothes and families made special traditional food that was shared with their class. Children and staff enjoyed showing off their traditional clothes expressing...
Year 2 - 2K Acrostic Poem Presentation
Pupil in 2K had an amazing time sharing their acrostic poem with their peers in class. They also supported and encouraged each other as talking in front of an audience can be a bit intimidating. Enjoy some of our amazing poems
Nursery Love to Dress Up!
Daubeney nursery dressing up everyday, children can choose accessories to match their outfits. We have been role playing and retelling stories using masks and props. If you look carefully you will see even Spiderman loves a good book!
Wow Day in Year 3
Year 3 have been learning all about the Prehistoric World, and in particular from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. They discovered that even though there are no written documents left about this period of time, there are plenty of clues that tell us what their life was like. One of these clues is...
Year 4 - Battleships Co-ordinates
Today (26-02-2020) in Maths, the children in year 4 played a game called Battleships. They had to guess the co-ordinates selected by their peers and see how many they could get
Reception - Yellow Class: Our Body Belongs to Us
In Yellow class the children have been talking about their bodies and that our body belongs to us. They discussed no means no, it’s ok to talk about secrets that upset you and speak up, someone can help. Children then designed their own PANTS! Take a look at some of our designs
Year 3 - Stone Age workshop at the Hackney Museum
Year 3 have been learning all about the Stone Age this term. During their visit to the Hackney museum, they got an insight into how Hackney was during the Stone Age era. They were able to have a touch of a range of artefact replicas including animal fur, flint tools and fossilised poop; they were...
Reception - Blue Class's Parent Phonic Lunch
Lots of parents came to take part in Daubeney's parent phonic lunch today (25th February 2020) which was awesome. Parents were happy observing phonic sessions and enjoying a tasty meal with their children. Of course children were extremely happy to see their parent in the middle of the school...
Year 4 - Blogging
Today (24-02-2020) the children in Year 4 discussed Blogs and identified the features of a blog. They were given various Blogs to read and identified the features while working with their partners. This week we hope to create and write our own blogs
Climate Learning Week - Jules Kirby from Friends of the Earth
As part of Climate Learning Week the Key Stage 2 children were lucky enough to have Jules Kirby from Friends of the Earth (and Daubeney dad!) come in to talk about our Planet and how we can all help to look after it. The children discussed possible ways that they could make a difference. Children...
Boys Book Club - 24th February 2029
Today (24th February 2029) the Boys Book Club met and read the story 'Cool Clive' by Michaela Morgan. The boys were very interested in the story and especially fascinated to see how the character wanted to be as cool as his friends. They then created their own 'COOL' front cover for a story they...
1L's Class Assembly
1L had so much fun in their assembly this afternoon! They retold the story of Monkey Puzzle and told us lots of interesting facts about the body as we have been learning about animals including humans in Science! They worked really hard, well done 1L!
Year 4 - Find Your Brave
In Year 4 we have been discussing people and superheroes who have gone over and beyond to help mankind, especially for no other reasons but finding their own inner qualities. We discussed what it means to 'Find Your Brave' and how this can help us to never give up and achieve our goals. The...
Year 2 - 2P Great Fire of London Assembly
2P wrote and preformed their assembly on The Great Fire of London. We were fantastic and thank you to all the parents and carers who came!
Year 4 - Wow Day: Ancient Egypt
Today (23-01-2020) the children enjoyed their WOW day with a variety of fun activities around our topic Ancient Egypt. The children created their own Ancient Egyptian town, then made a funeral mask for the Great Tutankhamun, answered a quiz about ancient civilization and enjoyed answering their Big...
Year 6 Spanish Champions visit Petchey Academy
Our Spanish Champions from Year 6 visited Petchey Academy and observed a Year 7 Spanish lesson. It was a great opportunity for our Year 6 pupils to get to know what Spanish is like in Secondary school and to work alongside Year 7 pupils. They enjoyed working together and sharing their experiences...
Year 4 - Graphic Novels
Today (4th February 2020) the children enjoyed reading a selection of comics and discussed what they liked about comics. They also discussed what makes a comic interesting and identified the features of a comic. As part of our genre, this week children will be looking at comics and next week will...
Year 4 - Science Investigation
The children in Year 4 carried out a very interesting science experiment to understand how sound travels through vibrations. They used a coat hanger, string and ties the string to each end. Then wrapping the string around their index fingers, placing it in their ear openings and hitting the hanger...
Trees for Cities Planting Workshop
We were very lucky to be part of the Trees for Cities workshop to plant more trees in Hackney Marshes. Children planted young trees to add to an existing woodland area to create more space for wildlife and for the local residents to enjoy. They learnt about different types of trees in the area,...
Boys Book Club - 27th January 2020
Today (27th January 2020) the boys book club watched and read a story from the myths and legends website , which is a free website with many interesting myths and legends. Every session before the boys book club start we read a story and have fun discussing it. Today the boys selected their...
WOW Day in Year 1L
Year 1 had fun making shoebox worlds of their local area for the end of their Cross Curricular topic. They used cardboard boxes, tissue paper and card as well as other materials from home that could be reused for our project! We thought about who and what is in our world, and discussed what...
Year 5 - Wow Day
Year 5 finished off their learning about Ancient Greece in style! They gathered interesting information about the Olympics in ancient times. As well as this, they finished off their Greek pots and painted them
Reception - Red Class Sharing Assembly
Red class performed brilliantly last Thursday (16th May 2019) and they enjoyed singing some of their favourite songs. It was a spectacular performance!
Reception - Blue Class Sharing Assembly
Blue Class had their last sharing assembly in Reception on Thursday (16th May 2019)! They delivered a fantastic performance, ukuleles and all! Most of the lines were written by the children themselves, there was even some improvising thrown in! Enjoy watching :)
Year 5 - Human Form Inspired by Anthony Gormley
The children in Year 5 used ideas from Antony Gormley to design and create their own human form. They used wooden squares and rectangles to form the human outline. The children had fun making different forms and shapes of the human body - just like Antony Gormley's work
Year 5 - Solving Word Problems Using Fractions
Today, Thursday 9th November 2017, the children in Year 5 applied their skills and knowledge to solve word problems involving fractions. they used the steps to success and followed each step to help them solve larger fraction calculations. They worked in pairs, supporting each other and ensured...
Year 5 - The BIG Draw
Today (13th March 2019) the Year 5 pupils were excited to start and complete their Big Draw project. We looked at an artist, Andy Warhol, and studied his printing designs. The children chose the theme of food and fruits to use as their stimulus and along with their creative skills painted some...
Year 5 - The Big Draw
Today (26th March 2019) the Year 5 pupils completed their BIG DRAW project and placed all their printings on a canvas, ready to be displayed. The amazing design, filled with colour, tone and creative ideas, is a true representation of the children in Year 5
Year 5 - Telling The Time
Today (4th March 2019) the children in Year 5 were using clocks to help them tell the time. Then they used blank clock faces to show the time then read the time that was shown on their clock faces. The Year 5 pupils have been encouraged to practice telling time and using time word problems on IXL...
Year 5 - Study Star Number Challenge
...0-2018) with a number puzzle. Their task was to use all the digits, from 1-9 with any of the four operations to make a total of 100. If you would like to try different combinations of making the number 100 see transum.org to play the game at home with your child....
Year 5 - Story Time in 5M
The children were excited today to begin writing their own story based on the book we are reading in class. The children used many features of writing today like; similes, personification, fronted adverbials and varied sentence starters. Each day this week the children will be writing a part of...
Year 5 - Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPAG)
Today (25th April 2019) the Year 5 children were focusing on their Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPAG) objectives and looked at combining sentences using connectives. They were given a range of sentences and had to connect them using suitable connectives. Can you spot any connectives in your...
Year 5 - Solving Word Problems
Today (17th January 2019) the Year 5 children worked in pairs and groups to solve a variety of mathematical word problems. They used their efficient methods and skills to help them solve the calculations. The Year 5 children are now encouraged to use their IXL maths program to continue practising...
Year 5 - The Caterpillars Are Growing
The year 5 children are super excited to see their baby caterpillars growing and becoming ready for their next stage. Soon, they will enter the chrysalis stage where they will begin the amazing process of metamorphosis. Once they have changed into butterflies, we will update you and we hope to...
Year 5 - Sliding
The year 5 children enjoyed a fun filled activity today. They used the mats and their body movements to help them slide across the floor
Year 5 - Short Stories
Today (3rd April 2019) the Year 5 children were excited to write their own short stories using a cliff-hanger. The children used their own imagination and creative skills to design, plan and write their own short stories with the key features included
Year 5 - Seperating Mixture Experiment
The children in year 5 today (1st April 2019) were very busy this afternoon in their science lesson. the task was to use various mixtures; sand and iron, sand and plastic, flour and lentils, sand and water and with resources they had to separate the mixtures using their scientific knowledge
Year 5 - Self Assessment: Fractions, Decimal, Percentages
Today (15th February 2019) all the Year 5 pupils revisited their learning in our Fraction, Decimal and Percentage (FDP) unit. The children identified where and when they were successful and what they needed to do in order to further develop their learning. They carefully looked at each objective...
Year 5 - Self and Peer Assessment
Today (1st February 2019) the Year 5 used their learning in our Balanced Argument unit and assessed their work. They first started with self-assessment, where they identified their strengths and what they did well in the unit. Each pupil then paired up with a friend to peer-assess their learning....
Year 5 - Science and Maths
Today (30th April 2019) the Year 5 pupils used their science and maths skills (cross curricular links) to draw a bar graph in order to present their data from the friction fair test carried out last week. The children used their data, and constructed a bar graph to show the effects of friction on...
Year 5 - Role Play: Understanding a Story
Today the children in Year 5 had a fun session using role play to extend their understanding of a story. The children has a chance to play different characters and say what the characters might be saying and even thinking
Year 5 - The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Today (26th April 2019) the children in year completed their published story based on the Aesop tale, 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf'. The children used the ideas from the story and write their own version from the view of the main character - the boy. The pupils, in addition to the story added in...
Year 5 - The Caterpillars Are HERE!
The children in 5M are super excited as their caterpillars have arrived. Almost everyone in class commented," They so CUTE". We will be monitoring the growth of the caterpillar and carefully watch as it becomes a pupa and enters its chrysalis. We have a special net to keep the pupa in...
Year 5 - Reasoning
The children in Year 5 worked hard today (11th October 2018) to use their reasoning skills in order to solve one and two step word problems. They used their efficient methods and showed all the working steps
Year 5 - World Book Day 2019
The children had so much fun today (8th March 2019) dressing up as their favourite book characters. There were many amazing costumes and the children celebrated the day by reading some of their favourite books and talking to their peers about books that they recommended
Year 5 Maths Workshop
Year 5 took part in a maths workshop last week where they had the opportunity to use their problem solving skills to solve real life problems!
Year 5 Are Learning Spanish
The Year 5 classes changed all their display boards to show their learning in Spanish. They have been focusing on developing their vocabulary and using short sentences in class
Year 5 and Year 4 Peer Assessment
The children in 5M welcomed the children from 4Z this morning (18th October 2018) and assistant them with their next steps and achieving their writing fundamental targets. It was nice to see the Year 5 children helping and supporting the Year 4 children. We hope to do more cross year group peer...
Year 5 - Young Scientist
The Year 5 children enjoyed their scientific investigation in class. They made predictions before carrying out the test. They mixed oil and water and observed what would happen. They were excited to see that the oil and the water did not mix - I WONDER WHY? Encourage your child if they are in Year...
Year 5 - Young Engineers
Miss Calsite set up a wonderful activity for the year 5 children, where they designed and created their own moving mechanism. The children used their own creative ideas, resources from school and made their very own moving piece of engineering. 50 shared their designs with the other year 5 classes...
Year 5 - Young Authors Publishing Session
5M today (Tuesday 2nd October 2018) were extremely focused and engaged in their publishing session. Excited, they all prepared their pages with pictures from the story in order to publish their own version of the story. The children cannot wait for the whole story to be published and ready for our...
Year 5 - Work Week Fashion Workshop
Today (26th March 2019) the year 5 children had an interesting visitor to their class. A professional fashion designer cam to see them to help with creating ideas for their fashion show this Friday (29-03-2019). they used a mixture of collage and patterns to create their own unique style and...
Year 5 - The Tansformation Has Begun!
The children in 5M are so excited as our caterpillars have started their transformation and are entering the chrysalis stage. Soon the pupa will go through metamorphosis and our beautiful butterflies will appear. We can’t wait to see this process happen right in front of our very eyes
Year 5 - Whole School Focus: Art
The children in Year 5 were truly inspired by the work of Kadinsky, and used his style and themes to create their own art pieces. They used lines, shapes, colours, thickness and even different designs to create their own master pieces which will be displayed in our very own art gallery
Year 5 - We Made Our Own Planets
The children in Year 5 had an extra amazing afternoon session today (31st January 2018), when they painted their own planets. We used polystyrene balls and paint to create our planets. Next week, we will attach our planets to our non-chronological report and our work will be displayed on our...
Year 5 - We Made Our Own Catapult
The Year 5 children were very excited today when they made their own catapult. Our topic this term is all about forces, mechanism, gears, levers and pulleys. we hope to design, create and build more items as the term progresses
Year 5 - We Designed Our Own Zoo!
As part of our literacy topic, 'balanced arguments', we discussed the impact of a zoo and debated whether we should or should not have a zoo. We decided today (16th January 2019) to design our own zoo to allow animals to live in a safe environment which is similar to their natural habitat....
Year 5 - We are FREE
We are FREE Thursday we celebrated National Poetry day and our theme was FREEDOM. So the children in 5M decided it was the perfect opportunity to release our butterflies, who had grown so huge, into the wild to allow them to taste their FREEDOM. Fly little butterfly Roam the skies Enjoy life...
Year 5 - Time Problems
The children in Year 5 today (18th October 2018) worked together in pairs to solve time problems based on a TV guide and its timings. Ask the children at home to create a time table for their daily routines and make up some questions
Year 5 - Time Capsule - Back to the Future Part 2
Today (25th April 2019) the children in 5M were super excited to be a part of our time capsule project. In 2002, Mr Dave, our building manager, buried a time capsule containing wonderful photos of staff and children, pupils learning and messages in the playground. This week after renovations took...
Year 5 - Religious Education Day
Today (28th February 2019) the Year 5 children studied the beliefs of the Jewish faith. We learnt about their values, beliefs, festivals and the history the of Jewish people in Ancient Egypt and during the Holocaust
Year 5 - RE Day: Sikhism
The children in year 5 had their RE day today (10th January 2019) and studied the beliefs and values of the Sikh faith and community. They took part in a range of activities; designed a Gurdwara, create a poster for Vaisakhi, learnt about the Golden temple and studied the importance and...
Year 5 Residential 2017 - Day 3
It's been another fantastic day on the residential! We started the day with cereal, juice and a huge selection of pastries! We read out all the parents, families and friends comments whilst the children ate. The comments really helped the children get motivated for another fun filled day of...
Year 5 - Leaflets
The Year 5 children were busy today (18th October 2018) publishing their leaflets. They used the key features of a leaflet and their frame, along with their information in their books, which they were writing this week. Ask your children over the half-term holiday to create a leaflet on any topic...
Year 5 - Making Chocolate Cornflake Cakes
Our Year 5's used and applied their knowledge of measurement by cooking cakes and creating playdough! Here we have our young chefs concentrating on the tough task at hand... And yes the cakes were as yummy as they looked. Why not make some chocolate cornflakes cakes at home? Ingredients For 6...
Year 5 - Literacy Unit
Year 5 had an exciting week back in school. They started their Literacy unit this term and are learning all about travel leaflets. The children will be creating their own travel leaflet based on their topic - North America. The children are excited to learn all about North America, the culture,...
Year 5 - Literacy and Art
... story with Their own ending. Their dragons designs were amazing....
Year 5 - Literacy and Art
The children in Year 5 were pleasantly surprised today (20th September 2019) when they were told that their Literacy lesson was actually an Art lesson. The children have been reading 'The Colour of Home' by Mary Hoffman, and have used the village image as their stimulus for today. They used various...
Year 5 - Light and Dark Tones
In art, the year 5 children were using light and dark tones to create an effect in their art work. They used various methods to obtain light and dark tones, for example rubbing, smudging and using a tissue to spread the shade of black
Year 5 - LEXIA Superstars
The children in Year 5 have been developing their learning today (3rd April 2019) using a programme called Lexia, which enables pupils to build on their knowledge and skills in reading and writing. The pupils have been working to improve their sentence structures and vocabulary
Year 5 - Junior Scientist
...m create a scientific poster. Their posters included the different phases of the moon and many relevant facts about the moon. This helped the Year 5 children understand the importance of sharing and publishing scientific findings....
Year 5 - Mexican Carnival
The children in Year 5 had a fun time this afternoon (4th October 2018) creating and designing different carnival head pieces. They were inspired by our topic -North America and we studied the different carnivals, celebrations that happen every year. The children used a range of materials to design...
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 - IntoUniversity 2017
The children in 5M were excited today to attend their IntoUniversity workshop, where they spent a lot of time discussing what a university is what courses are offered there. The children also looked at clubs and societies and possible places they could stay if they attended a university out of...
Year 5 - IntoUniversity
Year 5 went on a whole day trip to 'IntoUniversity' where their stereotypes and prior knowledge was challenged. They were inspired by the fact that anyone can attend University and how it did not have an age limit! Year 5 took part in a range of activities and put a lot of effort into their...
Year 5 - Instructional Text
The Year 5 children had a pleasant surprise today, when they played Draughts/checkers for their Literacy lesson. The class studied the instructions, evaluated them by identifying the key features and then used their knowledge to play the game. They also wrote their own instructions for a different...
Year 5 - Inspired by Anthony Gormley
The children in year 5 have been studying the work of Anthony Gormley and the use of squared objects and designs. He also enjoys using the human form to create art pieces. The children had fun today creating and designing their own art piece based on the human form
Year 5 - Inspire Work Week
The children in Year 5 were extremely busy today designing and making their fashion products. The class made their own handbags, bags and we were even lucky enough to have some Tie Dye T-shirts, ready for our fashion show on Friday 23rd March 2018, in front of three judges
Year 5 - Imperial War Museum
Year 5 visited the Imperial War Museum where they had to chance to deepen their knowledge on World War 2. They thoroughly enjoyed the clips that they saw in the museum and were astounded by the artefacts. "I found the museum very interesting and I learnt about the disastrous bombs that landed...
Year 5 - Measure and Mass
Today (10th December 2018) the children used scales to measure the actual weight of everyday items around the classroom. They had to first estimate the weight, then measure their items. The children measured some interesting items
Year 5 - Money, money, money!
The Year 5 children enjoyed their practical maths lesson today, where they used coins and notes to make various amounts. The children added different amounts, found the change and also used different coins to make different amounts. Children should encourage parents to allow them with their next...
Year 5 - RE Day: Christian Values
The Year 5 children were engaged today in our RE day, where we explored Christian Values and learnt about parables and their meanings
Year 5 - Planting Bean Plants
The children in Year 5 enjoyed planting their own bean plant and will be looking after the plant throughout the weeks to come. We hope to grow the plant till it is ready for us to plant in our Hop garden
Year 5 - Publishing Our Biographies
The year 5 pupils were focused while they published their biographies. They used their drafts in their books, along with notes they made and began to publish the biography. On Thursday the children will do their 'Hot Task', where they will write a biography on a different person using notes...
Year 5 - Publishing Diaries
Today (11th February 2019) the Year 5 children published their diary entries that they wrote last week. The children focused on including the features of a diary and using emotive language
Year 5 - Publishing Balanced Arguments
The Year 5 children were focused today (30th January 2019) during their literacy session where they were publishing their balanced arguments. They included the features, points for and against, evidence and a detailed explanations of their points
Year 5 - Published!
The children in Year 5M were extremely excited today (4th October 2018) when they published their first piece of work - a narrative story, which focused on our unit 'Stories from other cultures'. The children adapted the story and write their own version including descriptive settings and...
Year 5 - Professional Authors
The children in Year 5 were totally focused today when they began to publish the very first story in Year 5. This term, the children have been reading a story and used the ideas from the story to create their own narrative with an interesting ending. All published work will be available on parents...
Year 5 - Poets
The Year 5 children had an amazing week of poetry. They developed their skills in writing different types of poetry and ended the week with an amazing poems called, My Gift To You... which they presented to their families. I hope all the mums, dads, brothers, sisters and grandparents enjoyed the...
Year 5 - Poems in the Hop-garden
The children in Year 5 had an amazing time in the Hop-garden where they performed their poems. This week the children had been reading a selection of poems and developing their skills to perform the poems. Next week, they will write their own poems using a range of different techniques
Year 5 - Percentages
The children in Year 5 today (13-11-2018) worked extremely well, developing their learning to find different percentages of amounts. We first found 10% then used this to find other amounts, like 5%, 20% and 25%. Encourage your child at home to practice finding different percentages of amounts and...
Year 5 - Morning Fitness
What a great way to start the morning with a fitness game -dodge-ball. The children in Year 5M have been enjoying their second PE sessions every Tuesday mornings, where they play invasion games to help promote a healthy start to the day
Year 5 - Our Very Own Kandinsky
On Thursday, 23 March 2017 the Year 5 children truly enjoyed their Cross Curricular maths lesson, where they experimented with shapes, angles, lines, art and religious studies. The children looked at different religious symbols and works of art which uses shapes. A child from 5M created a wonderful...
Year 5 - Our Planets
...a wonderful display in class. Their learning saw how they used Their Literacy skills and Science skills, combining them to create a wonderful display....
Year 5 - Online SPAG
The children in year 5M enjoyed their first session using the online Spelling, punctuation and Grammar activity. Each child was given a unique password and username, which will help them to log on at home in order to complete the weekly activities, which are set by the teachers. The online program...
Year 5 - Online Safety
The children in Year 5 completed their amazing online safety posters today (15th February 2019). They added in information and ideas to help young people stay safe online
Year 5 - Number and Place Value
The 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 5 - North America Topic
The children in Year 5 enjoyed their afternoon session today (20th September 2018) where they used their factual notes they researched and created a poster about North America. The children demonstrated a wealth of knowledge around the topic, even though we have only been studying the topic for the...
Year 5 - Morning Meditation
This morning (24th April 2019) 5Mc started their day with a calm and relaxing session using meditating. The children were relaxed and ready to start their music session feeling awake and refreshed. Even Mr O'flynn joined in the meditating session and felt calm and relaxed
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...
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...
Year 2 - 2B Car Race
2B designed and created their own car in Design and Technology lesson! Who do you think won the car race?
Newsletter - 24th March 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, Spring term has come to an end and the holidays are upon us. I would like to congratulate Ms Douglas on her appointment as Headteacher at another school and wish her all the best for the future. Mr Logan will become the new Head of School from May half term. We are looking...
24th March 2016
Newsletter - 22nd July 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, It has been another amazing year here at Daubeney, with an exceptionally eventful and enjoyable last half term! Our children have been able to achieve great results for all of their tests in Year 1, Year 2 and significantly in Year 6 with the new assessment criteria. We...
22nd July 2016
Newsletter - 8th July 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, What an eventful half-term it has been thus far! We have enjoyed our: spelling bee competition; Year 4 swimming lessons; Year 5 and 6 residential; Sports days; Seaside trips and of course our Summer Fair. Thank you to all of those that have supported us by either attending...
8th July 2016
Newsletter - 17th June 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, I would like to say a big thank you to all of you that have said such kind, positive and inspiring words to me since my appointment as Head of School; I will endeavour to live up to your high expectations. Now that the final half-term is now upon us please join us at the...
17th June 2016
Newsletter - 27th May 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, Half term is here and there are only 7 school weeks until will finish for the Summer. We have lots of exciting events planned for our final half term, ending with a grand finale carnival on 21st July. Our Summer Fair is on Saturday 25th June and will be a fantastic event as...
27th May 2016
Newsletter - 16th May 2016
...g connections between 2D and 3D shapes. Their mantra was that there are no wrong answers, only pathways of learning. This idea was used right from the beginning as we gave the children problems to solve without giving them rules. This encouraged the children to try new ideas of Their own without the...
16th May 2016
Newsletter - 29th April 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, I hope everyone is impressed with the improvements we have made to our school over the past few years. Our playgrounds are looking great and today we opened the KS1 section. The children have been waiting patiently and have been very excited. At Daubeney, we appreciate that...
29th April 2016
Newsletter - 4th March 2016
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4th March 2016
Newsletter - 16th September 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, Welcome to another exciting year at Daubeney! We trust that you have all enjoyed a great summer and are now looking forward to the many magical moments planned for the year ahead. It has been a great start to the year, with the children returning to school looking extremely...
16th September 2016
Newsletter - 12th February 2016
...r 1 went on a trip to Homerton Library. Their literacy focus has been based on a story by Anthony Browne called 'Into the Forest' so the librarians read them some other stories written by him. The children really enjoyed meeting Morgan and Myrna who made the stories really enjoyable for them. 'It he...
12th February 2016
Newsletter - 29th January 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, January draws to a close and is usually a dull month but not at Daubeney! Lots of exciting trips and events have taken place. The trip to The Royal Ballet was extra special and the visit to the Ministry of Stories was inspirational. In school we have had an African story...
29th January 2016
Children's Disability Forum
Coffee and chat: An opportunity to meet other parents of children with disabilities living in Hackney. An informal drop in just to chat. Get to know others in a safe environment with no stigma. Where: The Huddleston Centre. 30 Powell Road, E5 8DJ When: 9th February 2016: 12:30-2.30pm Coffee/tea and...
28th January 2016
Newsletter - 15th January 2016
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15th January 2016
Newsletter - 18th December 2015
Dear Parents and Carers, The last day of term has finally arrived and what a busy term it has been. Daubeney has truly celebrated Christmas this year and we hope you have en-joyed the array of performances and events. We always welcome your feedback and look to improve what we do. Enjoy the festive...
18th December 2015
Newsletter - 13th November 2015
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13th November 2015
Newsletter - 23rd October 2015
Dear Parents and Carers, Half term already and a well deserved holiday for all. It was great to have an ex-pupil in school from 1953 and for him to share his experience with the chil-dren. I would just like to remind all parents that when in school they are role models and as such should be-have in...
23rd October 2015
Rec/Yr1/Yr2 - Maths Parent Workshop
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14th September 2016
Newsletter - 30th September 2016
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30th September 2016
Newsletter - 18th September 2015
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18th September 2015
Year 6 - 6F Time Capsule
6F were amazed at how Daubeney was in 2002! Many of the children from then had shared their experiences and daily activities by filling a time capsule with many newspapers, drawings and even a Harry Potter stationery set! The 17 year old capsule was found by the builders buried under the ground in...
Boys Book Club - 14th May 2019
Today (14th May 2019) the boys in the book club had a rather relaxed and quiet session where they each found a book they liked and read. The boys discussed the books with each other and asked their friends what they thought they liked/disliked the book
Year 5 - IntoUniversity Centre
The children in 5M, 5F and 5Mc had a wonderful time exploring engineering at the 'IntoUniversity Centre' in Clapton. The three classes went on different days but all had the opportunity to use their designing and engineering skills to create a solution for a problem that was posed by the...
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...
Boys Book Club - 7th May 2019
Today (7th May 2019) the boys book club discussed the importance of having a good front cover. So we decided to use this session to use our art skills to design and draw our own front cover. The boys had fun designing their front covers and coming up with amazing titles for their books
Year 5 - Catapults
Today (3rd May 2019) the Year 5 children made their very own catapults in the topic lesson as part of our forces lessons. The children designed their catapults then measured the force applied by the elastic bands to help them make their catapult stronger and more effective
Nursery - Messy Play Day
Nursery had their first Messy play day. The children had so much fun exploring many different messy activities. We had cornflour, cutting spaghetti, cars in paint, shaving foam and lots more. One child said 'Miss this is the best day ever!' and another said 'I am having so much fun...
Year 4 - Sustainability Presentations
...ubeney community effectively. Their presenting skills were very impressive!...
Newsletter - 14th October 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, As we rapidly approach the end of our first half-term I am truly inspired by the growth and development that I have seen in our children over the last six weeks. One example of that growth you too will bear witness to, when you read the articles written by the members of...
14th October 2016
Year 6 - Motivational Poems
Year 6 is an important year and the children wanted to share some advice that has helped them develop their attitude. These poems are truly inspiring and if you listen carefully you may learn some important lessons not just about school but about life
Maths Family Workshop
This workshop had a focus of using stories to teach mathematics and helping children develop mastery. The parents had the opportunity to learn strategies to help with the mastery of concept: everything from basic counting to doing algebra. The book we focused on was "One is a snail, ten is a...
Carnival 2018
This year, our carnival was in the theme of musicals. The staff and children had lots of fun dancing to different songs. We had Year 1 dressed as bears dancing to Bear Necessities, Year 5 dancing to Thriller and even the Reception children gave a great performance to the song Fame. Thank you to all...
Newsletter - 27th January 2017
Dear Parents and Carers, It is with great pleasure that I yet again have the opportunity to celebrate the incredible teaching and learning that takes place here at Daubeney on a daily basis! As you read this edition of our fortnightly newsletter you will see a snapshot of the plethora of...
27th January 2017
Newsletter - 13th January 2017
Dear Parents and Carers, Firstly, I would like to say an official happy New Year to you all and welcome back. I hope that you had a peaceful holiday and are looking forward to the year ahead. 2017 here at Daubeney has got off to an absolutely fantastic start! As many of you will know we were...
13th January 2017
Newsletter - 25th November 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, Here at Daubeney we pride ourselves on providing memorable and magical learning opportunities for our students, and it fills me with great pleasure to share in this edition of our newsletter SOME of the wonderful activities our students have partak-en in over the last...
25th November 2016
Newsletter - 11th November 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, Unsurprisingly, our Autumn 2 half-term has got off to a wonderful start! As per usual, there were lots of activities for our children to develop their knowledge and skills, notably our various Black History Month activities in our first week back. I was really impressed by...
11th November 2016
Newsletter - 2nd October 2015
Dear Parents and Carers, The term is well and truly underway. As the weeks move on, each year group will go on more trips and take part in workshops. Your £10 contributions to the cost are vital to our funding of this important part of the curriculum. Please, if you have not done so already make...
2nd October 2015
Newsletter - 17th July 2015
Dear Parents and Carers, It has been a wonderful and eventful year with many successes. Yet again we have secured excellent results in Early Years, Year 1, 2 and of course Year 6. We wish those children leaving us the very best for their future careers at their chosen secondary schools. I know they...
17th July 2015
Year 5 Residential 2018 - Day 1
What a fantastic first day. It was a very excitable coach journey and the children couldn’t wait to get to Yulebury and try out all the activities. A mere 30 minutes after arrival the games began! We had children streaming down the Zip Wire at crazy speeds! Facing their fears on the dreaded...
Year 6 - 6F Work Week 2019
For Work Week, 6F 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 - Daubeney Alumni
On Monday 8 th October some past pupils from Daubeney, who are now Year 7s at Cardinal Pole, visited Year 6 to discuss life at secondary school. They talked about their timetable, uniform, homework and gave us advice on how to prepare for secondary school. We were told that the expectations in Year...
Year 6 - Cultural Cooking
Year 6 were inspired by the book ‘Oranges in No Man’s Land’ by Elizabeth Laird and went on to study and explore various aspects of Lebanese culture. The following pictures show the children using their culinary skills to make hummus
Year 6 - Business Enterprise
Year 6 have been developing a business enterprise in school. So far this year the business enterprise has been a tremendous success. The children are very excited about being part of the business and love to see profits being made, this is helping children with their maths skills in the playground...
Year 6 - Art: Malevich
The children in Year 6 were truly inspired by the work of Malevich, and used lines, shapes, colours, thickness and even different designs to create their own Malevich inspired master pieces
Year 6 - Air Raid in 6S!
In 6S we have been learning about World War II. So far we have learned about the outbreak of the war and we are reading Goodnight Mister Tom to immerse ourselves into the topic. One of the things we learnt about was air raid drills. There would be a very loud siren and everyone in school would have...
Year 6 - 6S Mental Health Week
As this week is Mental Health Week, 6S have been focusing on ways we can look after our mental health and well-being. We have had some insightful conversations surrounding what mental health is and we designed posters to help educate people on how they can take care of their own mental health....
Year 5M - Young Teachers
The children in Year 1L were super excited when the 5M came to their class and supported them with their next steps. The Year 5 children helped the Year 1 children to extend their knowledge about money, and modelled to them ordering different amounts. We are so proud of our young teachers who are...
Year 6 - Learning Brilliantly
Year 6 exhibit the Daubeney Golden Expectations during all lessons, showing their high standards and a fantastic attitude towards their education
Year 5M - Adventure Playground
On the 19th March 2019 Year 5M had a wonderful opportunity to visit the Adventure Playground in Homerton as part of our Physical Education Programme. A big thank you to Mr Simon who organised the trip, especially focusing on getting children more active here at Daubeney. The pupils had loads of fun...
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 Visit to Our Lady's Secondary School
Some Year 5 girls had the opportunity to visit Our Lady's secondary school in Stamford Hill where they were able to experience life as a secondary school student. The girls had a French lesson where the teacher was VERY impressed by how quickly they were able to pick up conversational French....
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 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 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 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 6 - End of Year Production
Year 6 have been working hard on creating an exciting end of year production. They have been developing their talents of acting, signing and dancing. Also, they have been working creatively to make back drops and props for the production
Year 6 - Making Easter Bonnets
Year 6 got to flex their creative muscles today and got to making their bonnets for tomorrow’s Easter Bonnet parade. The children really enjoyed working together to make some original, creative ideas and they can’t wait to show them off tomorrow!
Newsletter - 26th June 2015
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26th June 2015
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...
Newsletter - 12th June 2015
Dear Parents and Carers, Last half term was very busy with many exciting trips, poetry workshops and ending with a spectacular Foundation Stage Performance. It was a delight to see our young children confidently talk aloud and perform some amazing songs and dances from around the world. We have a...
12th June 2015
Young Hackney Dance
On the 27th of March, two groups of children from Daubeney took part in a dance competition arranged by Young Hackney. The children choreographed their own routines and as you can see for yourselves from the brilliant performances, they did a magnificent job! Judging by the third video, Mr Simon,...
Year 6 Work Week
During Work Week, Year 6 had a wonderful opportunity to design an invention that would make Dyson and Apple pay attention and pitch their designs to 'Dragons' who were looking for an exciting investment opportunity. The Dragons, professionals from eminent corporations from the city,...
Year 6 Tycoons
An ambitious group of our Year 6 children have decided to show off their entrepreneurial skills by setting up a tuck shop at break time. They are in charge of keeping stock, calculating finance and ensuring they make a profit. In addition, the food that they're selling is all fresh, nutritional...
Year 6 Spanish Champions Visit The Urswick School
Our Year 6 Spanish champions visited a Spanish Year 7 class at The Urswick School on Tuesday. It was a fantastic opportunity for them to know what Spanish is like in KS3, to see Spanish textbooks and to work with Year 7 children, helping each other and sharing their experiences and impressions
Year 6 Express Their Creative Talent
Shifting their energy from arduous revision for the end of year tests; Year 6 took to our local environment to create amazing landscape masterpieces using a range of Art media including water colours, oil pastels and charcoal. No doubt, room needs to be made in some eminent galleries across the...
Year 6 Continue Being Mindful
Some of the children in year 6 finished off the week continuing their goal to become more relaxed and mindful. They completed some beautifully intricate patterns, some of which contained inspiring messages of hope and peace
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 - Making Shapes
Today (04.04.19) Year 6 completed their week of learning about shapes by getting creative and making some. They have been revising properties of shapes this week - making sure they know about faces, edges, vertices, volume and shape names
Year 6 - Volcano Models
Year 6 had the opportunity to demonstrate their artistic and geographical skills in Cross Curricular by making some model volcanoes. It was explosive fun
Year 6 - The Boy Who Cried Wolf
It’s the first day 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 6 - Romeo and Juliet Workshop
As part of our Literacy learning, children in Year 6 studied Shakespeare's infamous play, Romeo and Juliet. To enrich their learning, Year 6 had the pleasure of a drama session, led by veteran soldiers, who brought Romeo and Juliet to a highly engaging level
Year 6 - Researching with Spanish Dictionaries
This week Year 6 learnt how to use a Spanish paper dictionary to research on words about food. They used their Spanish alphabet skills to independently learn food names and whether they were masculine or feminine
Year 6 - Publishing Short Stories
Today (04.04.19) year 6 published the short stories they have been writing over the last few days. They used the corrections and improvements made by themselves and their peers to produce a top quality piece of writing. They will be sharing them by reading them out loud tomorrow
Year 6 - Prefects
The Year 6 prefects have settled into their new roles brilliantly and are acting as inspirational role models to the rest of the school. It has been good to see the children rise to the responsibility of their duties. Here the prefects are seen sharing their inspiration in a special Prefects...
Year 6 - Pen Pals in New York, USA
In February, we received an email from a teacher from a school called Laddie A Decker Sound Beach School in Miller Place in New York asking if we would like be their pen pals. We jumped at the opportunity and got our pens and paper out. It has been so much fun writing letters and receiving them all...
Year 6 - Wow Day - City of London
The children today had loads of fun making and re-creating the city of London. As part of our Cross Curricular topic 'The United Kingdom', the children made different physical and human geography and then put all their models together to create the City of London
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