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...
Home Learning
These home learning resources were published to support children during school closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic. They are no longer being updated. Welcome to the Daubeney School home learning portal! There are links to useful resources, access to online activities and information about what...
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...
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 - Chinese New Year
The children in Rainbow Room had a wonderful learning experience making Chinese New Year arts and crafts. They made lanterns, colourful and creative snakes, blossom trees and a selection of traditional social stories were read to them
Spanish - Dia del libro – World Book Day
...fancy dress and drama events. Traditionally celebrated on 23 rd April, this date was selected to honor the deaths of William Shakespeare and Miguel De Cervantes. It was Miguel de Cervantes who wrote Don Quixote , and students in Yr5 and Yr6 had the opportunity to explore Cervantes’ life and...
Year 2 RE day Autumn 2
For this half terms RE day we focused on Judaism and thought about 'What values does Hanukkah teach us?' We learned about the story of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of light, we explored the Maccabees and why they were brave, and thought about values we could learn from the story. We then...
Year 5 - Chinese New Year
Happy Chinese New Year! Did you know that it is the Year of the Tiger? Year 5s have been learning to write important greetings in Chinese that is traditionally said to others during the New Year to show respect!
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
Year 1 - 1L's Last Day Before Christmas
1L had a fun filled last day of school today! We had some tasty treats, we watched a film and we practised our dance moves! We showed off our traditional clothes too as part of international dress up day! We hope you have a lovely Christmas!
Happy Holidays from Year 4B
For the last day of school, we are celebrating differences and in our class, we speak over 20 different languages at home! We wore traditional outfits or colours from our countries. We were given a small gift from our teacher. We wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year!
1A - Traditional Tales
...ear 1 we have been looking at Traditional Tales. We read the story of The Three Little Pigs and acted it out in groups. We thought about the characters and how they spoke in different voices....
1L Class Update
...t the Gingerbread man for our Traditional Tales topic, we talked about our holidays and shared what a wonderful time we have had. We've been doing some arty pictures in free flow and we're looking forward to the rest of the term!...
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...
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
Christmas fun in 1L
1L have had lots of fun in school recently! We enjoyed Christmas jumper day and shared a lovely Christmas dinner with each other. Today we had lots of fun at our class party sharing our traditional dishes with our friends! Have a lovely Christmas everyone!
Year 6 - Dance and Make Some Noise
Year 6 have been practising for the last 10 weeks and today they performed in front of a packed audience to resounding (and well deserved) applause. They performed dances which featured some traditional moves as well some moves associated with a certain popular video game. They also performed...
Year 3 - Mariachi Workshop
Today (10th June 2019) Year 3 got the fantastic opportunity to experience live music performed by a Mariachi band. They even got do do a bit of traditional dancing. Year 3 have definitely started Hispanic week off with a bang at Daubeney. Watch this space for more updates!
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 2 - 2C Chinese New Year Festivities
Happy Chinese New Year! It’s the year of the Pig in 2019! In 2C we have been celebrating by learning how to write in Chinese and learning about Chinese traditions through colouring. We also watched a video of traditional Chinese lion dances! Take a look at our photos!
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!
2K - 'Me and You' by Anthony Brown
... part of our literacy unit on Traditional Tales, we have been reading the book 'Me and You' by Anthony Brown. We based our assembly on this amazing book and retold the story by creating a short trailer and rehearsed the story line. We had lots of fun practising and trying to portray the two ...
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...
