Free School Meals

...more than £16,190) Working Tax Credit run-on Universal Credit, provided you have an annual net ...... the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 Mayor of London Universal free school meals Currently, all pup...

Contact

...nges to picking up children Uniform / PE Kit Free school meals and admissions Phone the Pastoral Care Lead After school clubs Attendance Speak to class teacher before or after school Information about your child Incidents at school Curriculum Your child's progress Changes...

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...

Vacancies

We proud to be part of the Blossom Federation, so you may want to check for vacancies at Lauriston Primary and Sebright Primary to see if there are any opportunities to work at our wonderful partner schools

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 -...

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...

Resources for Parents

Behaviour at Home Hello and welcome to these mini presentations about understanding and managing behaviour at home. These presentations seek to help us to understand where misbehaviour may come from as well as providing us with some practical ways of managing misbehaviour. They also provide us with...

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...

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...

Daubeney Village

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

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...

Starting Reception in September

...terest and secure a place. School Uniform The school Uniform is available from the Trutex shop on Br...... requirements can be found on our Uniform page . Settling into Reception The first day of school for...

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...

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...

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...

School Development

Each year the staff, children and governors review the progress we have made and identify areas of focus for continued Development for the future. This self-review and evaluation is part of our ongoing school Development cycle and helps us to devise the ‘School Development Plan’ or SDP. The SDP...

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...

Ambassadors

Their role is to be helpful, polite, friendly, respectful and caring. They are smartly dressed and support the staff in maintaining discipline. They are responsible for promoting our school values and expectations of behavior, meet and greet visitors and escort them around our school and being a...

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...

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...

School Uniform

...nes the expectations for Uniform. Uniform is on sale within the school but we are also happy for you......t clothing your child wears. Our Uniform Grey trousers Grey skirts White shirt Tie Blazer Black, g......jogging bottoms Black shorts Uniform Price List Book Bag - £4.00 PE T-Shirt £4.00 (Red, ...

SEND and Our Local Offer

...PE, the Hackney Re-engagement Unit (REU), Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Hackney Ark (Child Psychology & Child Development) and the Family Coach Service - to ensure your child has the right team working around them. We have carefully selected experienced and trained staff mem...

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...

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...

Admissions

...and Support Allowance (ESA) Universal Credit, and the household income is £15,400 a year or l......e time as using Tax-Free Childcare or Universal Credit for childcare. If you have a place at the two...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Daubeney Reading Champions

We are the Daubeney Reading Champions! Our role is to promote reading at Daubeney and share our ideas with other schools in Hackney. We had the opportunity to attend the Reading Champions launch at Hackney Town Hall and got to meet Councillor Bramble, the deputy mayor, who presented us with our...

European Day of Languages

This week we are celebrating European Day of Languages. Students in Yr5 and Yr6 have had the opportunity to learn about some loanwords or ‘borrowings’. These are words which are now English words that come from other languages. As well as being a great chance to celebrate the diversity...

Nursery - Jobs and People in Our Community Who Help Us

In Nursery we have been talking about different jobs and the people in our community who help us. Children talked about what they wanted to be when they grow up and took part in imaginative play

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...

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...

Year 2 - 2L Mapping Skills Day

...ng a key. We also painted the United Kingdom and spoke about each of the countries and their capital cities....

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...

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...

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 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 6: Science - Discovering new animals

After completing the recap quiz as a class, we looked through our floorbook to remind ourselves of what we learnt and made last week. Then, we learnt about vertebrates and invertebrates and how they are different. We learnt about specific types of vertebrates and invertebrates and what makes them...

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...

Daubeney Book Corners

The Junior Literacy Team visited all the classes from Nursery to Year 6 to check out everyone's book corners and judge them for the competition. We saw very creative and colourful corners with themes such as space, oceans, jungles and even hot air balloons! We want to show off our book corners so...

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...

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...

Eco Team Trip

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

Year 4M IntoUniversity

...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....

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...

Digital Leader Trip

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

Year 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!

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

Year 6: 6MC Into University

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

Junior Mental Health Team - Anti Bullying Week 2022

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

Year 6 - Spring Term 2 – Spanish

This half term Year 6 students at Daubeney have learnt to talk about holidays – they have learnt how to use the immediate future ‘voy a + infinitive verb’ to talk about when and where they are going to go, how they are going to get there and who they are going to go with. Great...

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 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...

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

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

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 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 - 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 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 - 6MC - IntoUni Week

...We have spent a week with IntoUni! We learned about inspirational people such as Malala Yousafzai an...... Central London and Cambridge University! "It was one of the best into Uni sessions we had and we h......hen we performed at Cambridge University and when we made posters about Malala Yousafzai!" - Katie ...

Year 5 - Maths: Fractions of Quantity

This week in Year 5 has been full of fractions. We've spent time multiply unit and non unit fractions with integers, multiplying mixed numbers with integers and finding the fractions of a quantity. Here is us recapping some work and learning some new things!

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...

Reception - People Who Help Us

This week we have been learning about the people who help us in our community. We have been looking at police officers, fire fighters, carers, recycling collectors, teachers and others. We are looking forward for the police and the fire fighters to come in next week!

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 2 - Computing Autumn 2 Week 2

This week we continued our internet safety topic and learnt about using emails as a way to communicate with other people. We learnt how to reply to a message and send an attachment too!

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...

Golden Achievers for our Teachers

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

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 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

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 4B - Outdoor Learning

Today for Outdoor Learning Day, 4B enjoyed a change of scenery and did our guided reading session in the Hop Garden. Some of us sat on the climbing frame and shared books that we were reading with our classmates and some children even had the opportunity to read with Miss Bennett today

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...

Breathing with our Junior Mental Health Team

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...

Nurture Group - Year 1: Group Music

Today we had the opportunity to have a small group music session with Mr O'Flyn in nurture. "I really enjoyed it" "it was fun"

Mental Health - Giving

The week commencing the 15th March 2021, Daubeney focussed on the word, GIVING. The children discussed the importance of giving and raised money for Comic Relief. The children purchased Red Noses and on Friday 19th March the children donated money and came to school dressed as Superheroes! It was...

Junior Science Team Meeting - March 2021

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

Daubeney's 100 Active Challenge

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

Nurture Group - Painting Freely

Today the children in Nurture had the opportunity to paint freely. More than anything they loved to mixed the paints and make different colours. This also encouraged rich conversations and stimulated an optimistic attitude. "it feels awesome to mix colours" Did you know? Paintings have...

Homerton & Clapton Window Wanderland

This lovely event will be happening around Homerton & Clapton and Hackney between the 13-16th Feb. If you are interested in taking part, please sign up . If would be wonderful to see our community taking part!

Year 4M Class Assembly - 24th November 2020

Today 24 November 2020 the Junior Mental Health Team led our class assembly. They discussed some breathing techniques and the importance of our mental health

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

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 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 4M Class Assembly - 17th November 2020

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

Year 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

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!

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...

Juniper Jupiter

Virtual Assembly - 13th May 2020

Junior Literacy Team

Baller Boys Author Visit

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

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...

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...

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

Year 4M IntoUniversity

...ted to meet the team from IntoUniversity via on online Google Meet session. The children learnt all ......in jobs. They will visit Into University when they are in Year 5 and a whole week in Year 6....

Year 1 - RE Trip to St. Barnabus Church

Year 1 had lots of fun for our RE day trip this half term. We visited St. Barnabus Church in Homerton. Reverend Clive told us all about the church, what happens during a mass, and about the community that visit to pray together

Year 3 - 3HC Dress to Express

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

Year 6 Residential 2022 - Day 3

It’s been another jam packed day hahahahaha. Oh we had jam toast and croissants for breakfast. Inside joke. We’ve been kayaking, canoeing, starting fires, building bridges and climbing unimaginable heights. Last night we also had a Daubeney talent show and it’s safe to say it was VERY entertaining....

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 5 - 5C at IntoUniversity

Do you know what university is about? We have been learning about what life will be like at university by experiencing university course would be like. We learnt about space and created different space homes based on the atmosphere of different planets

Year 5 - 5MC at IntoUniversity

...Waris...

Year 5 - Computing: 3D Modelling Introduction

This week we started our 3D Modelling unit in Computing and we explored a new program called 2Design and Make on Purple Mash. We designed our own houses that we can print the net for to create a 3D model of our houses

Year 5 - 5C at IntoUniversity

...yesterday when we went to IntoUniversity! We discussed areas of University like clubs and societies, accommodation and location of Universities! We are so inspired about Universities now!...

Junior Mental Health Team Place2Be Fundraising

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

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...

Comic Relief 2022

Our Junior Mental Health Team helped raise money for Comic Relief. Our Daubeney children donated £1 and dressed up with the theme of, Make us Laugh! Helping others and helping yourself. It’s good for you! Doing things for other people actually has a beneficial effect on developing our own...

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 - Trip to Science Museum

It was our first trip of Year 5 - can you believe it? We certainly could by the end of the day - we were so tired! We visited the museum as part of our science unit on space but we also so many other amazing things!

Junior Mental Health Team - Compliment Booklet

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

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

Year 6 - 6M IntoUniversity

...vities 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 where they were able to experience how visual i...

The Junior Literacy Team's Top Tips

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

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

School Council - St Joseph's Hospice Rudolph Run

On Wednesday the 8th of December, we participated in St Joseph's Hospice Rudolph Run. The aim was to raise money to help the hospice look after patients. The run started at 9:30 with the receptions and the year 6s ended the run at 10:55. On Tuesday the 14th of December, two children delivered the...

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...

Year 6 - COP26 Climate Change Summit Workshop

Today, 26-11-2021, the Year 6 children had an unique opportunity to meet a special guest, who personally attended the COP26 summit in Glasgow. The children discussed how climate change affects the entire world, how we can play a part to reduce climate change and countries that are looking at new...

Junior Science Team Meeting - November 2021

The Junior Science Team had the opportunity to make circuits and try out motors and bulbs!

Year 3 - Rainforests

Year 3 have been very fortunate today, they listened to a talk from one of our parents all about sustainability in The Rainforest. They also had the opportunity to ask questions

The Junior Literacy Team Visit Everyone's Book Corners

The Junior Literacy Team visited all the classes from Nursery to Year 6 to check out everyone's book corners and judge them for the competition. We saw very creative and colourful corners with themes such as space, oceans, jungles and even hot air balloons! We want to show off our book corners so...

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...

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...

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 - 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

Sav Akyuz Author Visit

KS1 had the amazing opportunity to meet 'Bear Moves' author Sav Akyuz. He ran a fun, interactive workshop with Year 1 and 2 children full of energy and laughs. After giving a brief introduction to his work as a writer, and illustrator, he created an imaginary character with the help of the...

Year 2 - Computing A2W3

This week we continued our Online Safety topic, and were introduced to emails. We discussed how emails can be a quick and easy form of communication, but we have to be aware of who we are talking to and how we conduct ourselves. We used 2email to start a conversation with Barnaby Bear, and were...

Arsenal Social Community Project Year 6

This term, Year 6 have been learning how Arsenal Football Club is helping to protect the environment. We explored how football clubs can be more sustainable by reducing waste, saving energy, and encouraging fans to care for the planet. Well done to Romilly in Toucans for winning the raffle and...

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 - 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...

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...

Junior Road Safety Committee (JRSO)

They presented to Peacock Class, Year 1 on 12.2.26 about Being Bright, Staying in Sight

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 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 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...

KS1 - Lego Club

Children from Reception to Year 2 had a fantastic time at Lego Club, working together in small groups to design 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...

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

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...

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....

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 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 - Autumn Tree (Apple Painting)

Pupils were engaged in creating their own unique and colourful autumn trees as the weather shifting between sunny and rainy, days. They explored painting autumn trees with apples—what an exciting new idea! Pupils enjoyed making apple stamps on their trees using red, yellow, and green paint,...

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 - 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...

Arsenal Community Outreach

The children had an amazing time creating they own project about different topics which were Food waste , Anti-racism with inclusion and Promoting technology in education . The social project lasted for six weeks, working with a Arsenal community coach

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 5 - Arsenal Community Outreach - Week 1 2025

Year 5 completed they first lesson with an Arsenal community coach . They actively participating of having ideals to improve they community

Year 4 - Boys Guided Maths Session

The boys had a guided maths session today focussing on numbers up to 10 000. They also had an opportunity to play each other on TTRS

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,...

Rainbow - Self-Portraits Drawings

As part of our learning about ourselves and our peers, we have been exploring self-portraits. This activity has helped us reflect on our individual identities, emotions, and physical features. We looked closely at our faces in mirrors and discussed what makes each of us unique — from the...

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

Year 5 and Year 6 - Movie screening 2025

Our Year 5 and Year 6 children had a fantastic time watching the animated film Vivo. The movie, set in the vibrant Cuba, was a wonderful opportunity for children to explore intercultural understanding through music and storytelling

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,...

Tenerife - Day 4

We had yet another fantastic day in sunny Tenerife! We visited an ecological banana plantation where we had the opportunity to have a tour and learn a range of different things about how they grow bananas! After this, we had a beautiful walk to a park which had fantastic views of the sea and the...

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...

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...

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 - 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...

Happy DLD Awareness Day!

Today, Rainbow Class proudly took part in Developmental Language Disorder Awareness Day. Throughout the day, children enthusiastically took part in a range of engaging activities, including language games, matching pictures and words , creative colourful posters. It was inspiring to see pupils...

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 - PHSE: Recognising Emotions

During our PSHE lesson, pupils were learning to recognise and identify emotions that are familiar to them in order to develop emotional awareness and communication skills. Pupils participated in matching, colouring, and emotion-identification activities, helping them recognise different feelings...

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 - 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 - 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 - 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...

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 - 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 4 - Hornbills at Intouniversity

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

Year 2 - Literacy: All About Me Posters

This year, we have had the amazing opportunity to publish our own book. To inspire us to write, we started the process by creating posters all about us to show people the best parts of ourselves

Rainbow Class: Coreboard Intervention (Pop The Pirate/ Colour Match)

As part of the targeted intervention session, pupils engaged in a small-group activity using the " Pop the Pirate" game, by developing communication, social, and early literacy skills. Pupils took turns inserting coloured swords into the barrel, showing good engagement and anticipation....

Year 4 - WOW Day

The children in Year 4 had a fun Wow Day making Viking shields, Viking Tunics, longships and did an activity using Old Norse Language

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

Rainbow Class - Transports: History

As part of our history learning, our pupils had a great opportunity to learn about different types of transport across land, water, and air. They were able to sort and match transports by gluing and sticking them into the correct categories, for example, a helicopter in the air group, a ship in...

Year 5: History - Windrush

...ng 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 during this time. Drawing on their learning, the children creatively shared their understan...

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...

Language Day at UEL

...yed an inspiring visit to the University of East London, where they explored the campus, discovered the medical facilities, and took part in engaging language sessions. Pupils particularly enjoyed learning new languages including Russian, Romanian, Ewe, and Latin, and exploring potential future care...

Year 3 - Ministry of Stories

Year 3 had the exciting opportunity to work on a 12 week project. Working alongside a professional author, the children first took part in fun drama and oracy activities to spark their imagination, inspired by their history topic on the Stone Age. These creative sessions helped them develop...

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...

Spanish - Transition session 2025

Earlier on this week, a group of Year 10 students from Urswick school visited Year5 classes for a special transition session, focussing on developing dictation and reading aloud skills – key foundations for success in secondary school. A wonderful opportunity to build bridges between KS2 and...

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

Junior Art Team Newspaper - May 2024

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...

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...

Daubeney Library

Look at our amazing brand new library! We are so excited to have our own library at Daubeney. Each class had the opportunity to go and explore the wide range of books. From fiction and poetry to non-fiction topics such as science, history, geography and RE, there is something for everyone. What did...

Year 3 - Literacy: Autumn 2 2024

The children in Year 3 had the opportunity to read a selection of non-chronological reports and critiqued them based on the key features of a non chronological report

Kingfisher at Hackney Personal Best

On Wednesday the 3 July 2024 the children in Kingfisher class had an amazing opportunity to take part in the Hackney Personal Best sports activity day

Year 3 - Spanish: Los volcanes y las Islas Canarias

A few months ago, alongside CC lessons, we learnt about volcanoes - how they are formed, the different parts of a volcano and its different states. We investigated the beautiful landscape of the Canary Islands and pupils had the opportunity to consider the impact of living in La Palma following the...

Daubs on tour '24 - Day 3

Yet more reasons to be proud of our Daubeney children today as they take on challenges and show resilience with tasks that are not easy and in 25 degree weather to boot! After very little sleep Monday night (they must have been excited or something 🤦🏻‍♀️) Tuesday evening was much more settled in...

Year 6 - Eagle Class’ last trip to IntoUniversity

...out....

Year 6 - Trip to V&A Museum

To begin our Japanese textiles topic, we spent the day at the V&A Museum where we learnt about different artefacts that relate to Japanese textiles. We learnt about some heel-less shoes, dyes that are used and materials used for different items of clothing in Japan. Finally, we walked around...

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 –...

Junior Literacy Team Trip to the Roald Dahl Museum

The Junior Literacy Team had the amazing opportunity to visit the Roald Dahl Museum. We enjoyed looking in the galleries, learning about Roald Dahl's life and doing fun activities. We also explored the village where Roald Dahl lived and saw places that inspired some of his stories

Year 5 - Windrush: Understanding Windrush Generation Experiences

...ges of their migration to the United Kingdom....

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...

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...

Venessa Taylor Author Visit

KS2 had the amazing opportunity to meet 'Baller Boys' author Venessa Taylor. She ran an exciting workshop with each year group which involved fun activities, hearing her read a chapter of the book and answer the children's questions. Some lucky children even got signed copies of the...

Spanish - Dia del libro – World Book Day

World Book Day was first created in 1995 by UNESCO and originally aimed at promoting reading, publishing and copyright. Since then however, it has grown bigger than anyone could ever have hoped for, with over 100 countries now taking part in World Book Day Celebrations that encompass everything...

Year 6 – Eagles Class: Into University

...when we graduate from our IntoUniversity focus week! Friday We’ve graduated! We started off by tr...... off by travelling to Middlesex University and immediately shot off on a tour led by our fantastic s...

Year 6 – DT: Make

Today we recapped what we learned and did last week. We looked at our designs and discussed some of the decisions we made. We then had a serious discussion about using tools such as junior hacksaws and hot glue guns safely. Then we looked at all the different techniques we can use to create a...

Year 6 - Geography: Mapping Skills Day

Lesson 1: For our first lesson this Mapping Day we first recapped all that we have learned before, including the 8 points in a compass to how to read a map. We then looked at globes and how to read globes. On our maps, we identified the 7 continents, lines of latitude such as the Tropics of...

Year 2 Maths- Measuring

Today we took our Maths learning outside and used rulers to measure objects from around the classroom and the school. We identified our lengths using centimetres as our standard unit

Year 6 Hawk Class - Into University Experience

...tion!!!...... Friday On Friday we visited the University of the Courtauld, where we learned about the brief hist...

Falcon Class at Into Uni!

...ly we graduated at Goldsmiths University after touring the buildings and presenting all that we learned this week! Because of this week, some of us are so much more aware of what we want to study and University and even which University we would like to go to!...

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 4 Trip to the Science Museum

Year 4 had a fantastic time in the Power Up gaming exhibition at the Science Museum. We had the opportunity to have a hands-on gaming experience, featuring the very best video games and consoles. We learnt lots of interesting facts about computer games from the past 50 years which links to our DT...

Year 2 - Week 2 Computing: Online Safety

For this topic we have been learning all about keeping ourselves safe when we are using online devices such as computers, tablets and phones. We discussed how to search and filter information, alongside exploring how Purple Mash is a safe site to search on. We learnt about emails, and how we can...

Year 3 - WOW Day

The children today enjoyed their activities and ended their unit of learning around the Stone Age

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 5 - IntoUniversity: What is a University?

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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,...

Year 2 Maths - Measuring: June 2025

Year 2 had fun learning how to measure objects around the classroom and identifying units of measure. Year 2 used scales to measure mass of items around the classroom, identifying the units used

Maths Team Trip to Museum of Brands

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

Year 5 - IntoUniversity: Astronomy

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

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 - Insects Hunt

Children enthusiastically engaged in play with the insects found in the sand, eagerly observing and 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...

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...

Year 6 Hawks - British Science Week Workshop - Dry Ice experiment

The highlight of this spring term was the British Science Week . This year’s theme was ‘Adapt and Change’ the 6 Hawks enjoyed science workshop whereby they learnt about state of matter and even attempted to make ice-cream. The children had the opportunity to explore different hypothesis and the...

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...

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...

School Council off to a Great Start!

The School Council of 2024-25 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...

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 Science - The Human Skeleton: Spring 1 2025

The children in Year 3 studied the human skeleton. They discussed the main parts and the functions of the various bones. They also had an opportunity to make the human skeleton in class

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 - Spring Flowers Painting (Mother's Day)

The children were fully focused on the activity, using forks dipped in vibrant paint to create colorful patterns and lines. With great care, they pressed the forks onto the paper by experimenting with colours and lines formations to represent flower petals and stems. Their concentration was great...

Year 4 Hornbills' Trip to Ministry of Stories

Hornbill Class had an amazing time at the Ministry of Stories. We worked with an author and an illustrator to create the opening of a story as a class. We then had the opportunity to get creative and add our own ideas to finish the story. Our story was published for us to take home. We were so...

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...

Rainbow Room - Number Lines

The children in the Rainbow Room were eagerly engaged in an exciting activity involving numbers on a number line. They had the opportunity to listen carefully as an adult would say a particular number out loud. Their task was to identify the number and then locate it on the number line. To make the...

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 - Valentine's Day Phonics

The children in the Rainbow Room were actively engaged in a fun Valentine's Day Phonics activity, where they focused on learning the sounds of letters in various words featured on Valentine’s Word Hearts. They worked on matching these words with corresponding word puzzles, helping them to...

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...

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...

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 6 - Day 2 of Into Uni: Eagles Class

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

Rainbow Room - Identiplay Learning (Cars & Instruments)

As part of Identiplay, children had the opportunity to engage in interactive play with adults and peers using a variety of objects. They explored musical instruments by mimicking different sounds, to foster auditory skills and musical creativity. Also, children played with cars by demonstrating...

School Council - Interview with Matt Harding by Jago

The School Council are divided into four committees; the Journalist Committee research and write articles about activities scheduled to take place in school, what children do outside of school and anything of interest happening within our community. This is an article written by Jago in 5MC. He...

Year 6 - Visit from Bola Abisogun OBE FRICS

Year 6 were lucky enough to have a visit from Bola Abigosun where he explained to the children what a surveyor does. The children were inspired to hear about someone from Kingsmead Estate who went onto finish university with a first class honours degree and receive an award from Prince Charles. The...

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

The Junior Mental Health Team wanted to create a video for everyone to share information on how to look after our mental health. The children had a premier where they presented the video to the Senior Leadership Team and it was then presented to the KS2 children in assembly. The children worked...

Top Book Recommendations for KS1

On Wednesday 7th November, The Junior literacy Team led an assembly for KS1. We recommended books we like to read when were younger. Dejunet’s favourite book was ‘Eat Up Gemma!’ by Sarah Huges, which Miss Fergus loved when she was younger too! Kai, leader of the JLT, read a funny extract from his...

Year 2 - Making Jam Sandwiches

In Year 2, we started off our literacy unit on Instructions. We had lots of fun making jam sandwiches with our group. We gave each other instructions on how to make the sandwich while remembering to use imperative verbs and time connectives. We took turns to give each other simple instructions. We...

Year 2 - Black History Month Art

It's been an amazing week! As part of Black History Month, children had an exciting opportunity to participate in the 'Big Draw'. Year 2's Art drawing was an inspiration from Derek Walcott who was an artist, play writer and a poet from the Island of St. Lucia

Year 2 - 2C Work Week 2019

During work week, we learnt about lots of community jobs. We learnt about working at the Royal Mail and how mail gets from one place to another from Lenny the Letter. We had another visitor come visit us, who was a construction worker. He told us all about how his job was about keeping people safe....

Year 1 Trip to Daubeney Fields

Year 1 went on our first trip to Daubeney Fields. We looked at what is in our surrounding area and will be making a map about our local community!

Year 1 - Teddy Bears Picnic in Hackney Marshes

Year 1 had a breezy but lovely Teddy Bears Picnic in Hackney Marshes. We took the opportunity to have a little hunt, looking at what grows. Then we sat down and had a picnic with our teddies and friends!

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...

Work Week in Nursery

Nursery enjoyed finding out about-and trying out- different jobs people do. They pretended they were builders, wearing helmets and high-vis jackets and building with the building blocks. Fawaz said, "builders wear the helmets to protect their heads from the falling bricks! I'm making a...

Welcome

A big welcome to the Daubeney Primary School website. I am the Executive Head Teacher of the Federation of Daubeney, Sebright and Lauriston Schools and Children Centres. These are very exciting schools to be a part of and we hope you enjoy learning about us in these pages and finding out about all...

WE Day 2019

As part of our Safer communities initiative the learning mentors took a group of year 6 children to the SSE arena in Wembley for the WE Day event. There were 12,000 people in attendance at WE Day to celebrate all young people who are socially active, locally and globally and want to see change....

Ukulele At Daubeney

Many children at Daubeney, from Reception to Year 6 are getting a chance to learn to play the ukulele. Recently we went on a trip to Springfield Community Primary School to play at the annual schools ukulele concert. As you can see from our photos and video we had a whale of a time!

Top Book Recommendations for KS2

On Monday 10 th December, the Junior Literacy Team hosted another amazing assembly; this time for KS2. We recommended some fun and interesting books for children in Year 3 – 6. Here are some of our recommendations: Dork Diaries by Rachel Renee Russell The Boy in The Dress by David Walliams Tom...

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...

Year 2 - The Geffrye Museum

Year 2 visited the Geffrye Museum this week for our topic on The Great Fire of London. We looked at different artefacts from 1660’s and we had the opportunity to dress up in some costumes from the period. We also had the chance to write using a quill and ink just as Samuel Pepys did when...

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

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...

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...

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...

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 - Work Week 2019: Red Class visit the Fire Station

Red Class had a brilliant time at the Homerton Fire Station. We looked at the fire engine and the fire fighters uniform. The children really enjoyed using the hose to squirt water. We also learnt about the importance of having a fire alarm at home and what to do in an event of a fire. Red class...

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 - 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

Reception - Minibeasts Workshop

Reception have taken part in a great minibeast workshop! Miss Lillian from the ZooLab brought us great fun and surprises. The children got the opportunity to meet minibeasts from around the world. We met Fire the Millipede from Africa, Mr slimey the African land snail. We even met a cockroach from...

Reception - Make Your Own Sock Puppet Workshop

Parents and children made an Alien Sock Puppet together. Parents learnt about what we will be doing in Reception this year to help with developing language and communication. The children and parent created wonderful puppets. Have a look

Reception - LaunchPad for Language Sock Puppet Workshop

Thank you for attending our LaunchPad for Language, sock puppet Workshop 28th November 2017 Some comments from our parents: Thank you so much for the workshop, I really enjoyed it. If you have more workshops that would be great. So much fun! Thanks. Thanks for a brilliant Alan the Alien puppet...

Year 2 - Opera in 2G

2G have had a very exciting morning as they have had a visit from two opera singers. They were able to listen to the beautiful voices of the two very talented ladies, and also take part in a workshop. The children were really focused by what was a unique experience for them

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!

Professor Brainwave visits Daubeney

Professor Brainwave visited Daubeney Primary School on Tuesday, 26th April, Thursday, 28th April & Friday, 29th April. Children were taken on a mathematical journey of attempting to find a solution where deep learning occurs as the sole focus is not on the answer. The focus was Geometry....

Year 4 - IntoUniversity Workshop

...special workshop from the IntoUniversity team. The children were engaged in various activities, like......chance to go to the 'Into University' building to explore more activities and learning....

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 - 5MC IntoUniversity

...ebruary 2019) 5MC visited IntoUniversity to learn about University life. During the workshop, 5MC learned about degrees, accommodation, University locations and clubs and societies. Would you like to go to University? What degree would you study? Why?...

Year 5 - 5M IntoUniversity: Engineering and Design

... our whole day session at IntoUniversity. The children had a whole day focused on engineering and designing activities and participated in many hands on activities....

Year 5 - 5M IntoUniversity

...y (6th March 2019) at the IntoUniversity office in Clapton. The pupils were introduced to the courses on offer at University, social clubs, living arrangements and degrees on offer. They took part in various activities which gave them a better insight into attending a University....

Year 5 - 5F Trip to IntoUniversity

...icipated 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 4 Visit Hackney Museum

Year 4 visited the Hackney Museum to learn more about migration and how the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings settled into Hackney. The children were fascinated by all the amazing migration facts and stories. Year 4 got the opportunity to look through real artifacts of migrants from Hackney which dated back...

Year 4 Ballet at the Royal Opera House

What an amazing opportunity it was for Year 4 to enjoy a wonderful and inspiring ballet performance of ‘Rhapsody’ and ‘Two Pigeons’ at the prodigious Royal Opera House. The children were pleasantly surprised and sat mesmerised throughout the electrifying performances. As the...

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

As part of our science topic, we were very lucky to take part in the workshops held by the Woodberry Wetlands centre. We got the opportunity to go and look for creatures in the wildlife and observe and classify what they were using the classification key. We also got to go pond dipping where we...

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 - Mummifying

Year 4 had an exciting this week as they had the opportunity to experience what it was like to be an embalmer. Instead of a real human (of course), they mummified oranges!

Year 4 - IntoUniversity Careers Workshop

...ow!......y workshop about careers. IntoUniversity helped teach the children about skills needed for different...

Year 3 - Creating Christmas Cards with the Metropolitan Police

On 2nd December the Met Police held an engaging lesson with the Year 3 children for an hour. The children had fun creating Christmas cards. At the end of the lesson the panel of judges deliberated and finally a winner was chosen. The winner of the competition was presented with a certificate from...

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 - 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 - 4C Work Week 2019

4C had the opportunity to visit Pizza East in Kentish Town to learn about Literacy and Numeracy in the workplace. They learnt about all the different skills needed for doing different jobs and even had a go making some pizzas and mocktails! "This is the best trip we've had so far!" -...

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 and 4 - Frinton-on-Sea

Year 3 and 4 had a wonderful time yesterday at Frinton-on-Sea. They got the opportunity to splash about in the sea, play with the sand and enjoy a delicious picnic. Take a look at the pictures!

Year 3 - Work Week 2017

As part of Work Week, Year 3 experienced the world of work at KidZania. We could not hide the excitement as we explored more than 60 unique and exciting professions through real-life role play adventures in a fun and safe environment. We were cashiers, doctors, firefighters, bakers, journalists...

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 - Visit from an Archaeologist

... life archaeologist from UCL (University College London)! She brought with her a variety of stones from the different stages of the Stone Age. We got to touch them and we guessed what they were used for. "Some of the stones were used as axes or to chop crops" - Riya "I can't b...

Year 3 - Science Week 2019

As part of science week, Year 3 used their engineering skills and creativity to create 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...

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 - 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...

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

ParentMail

As part of our ongoing effort to link school and home we have decided to introduce ParentMail , a quick and easy way to communicate with parents through online letters, a texting service and allowing parents to pay for dinner money, trips and other events online! We appreciate many people now pay...

Year 5 - British Science Week 2019

Today (12th March 2019) the children in Year 5 used their engineering skills and creativity to design a product as part 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...

4G Making a Collaborative Collage of the UK

...ver 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 when you see us!...

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 Can Sing!

It was a pleasure to have our boys take part in the third annual 'Boys Can Sing' event at City Academy. As per usual our students made us very proud, and they had the chance to sing with winner of the 'Voice' 2014 Jermaine Jackman. All credit to Mr O'Flynn for his on-going hard...

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...

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...

BBC Breakfast - Meeting Andy Murray

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

Autumn Book Fortnight

Our Autumn Book Fortnight was a great success! The whole school focused on the book ‘Welcome’ by Barroux. The children enjoyed the story and discussed issues such as global warming and immigration. Each class from reception to Year 6 had the opportunity to do a range of activities including art and...

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...

6D - Globe Theatre

...n .......Graduation at the prestigious University of East London ....

5O - IntoUniversity

...0 had a wonderful time at IntoUniversity, where they learnt about courses offered at University, places to stay, clubs and societies that are available to join. next term they will return to the workshop for a whole day, where they will study a subject in more detail....

5C - IntoUniversity Workshop

...ted 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 London....

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...

2K - 'Me and You' by Anthony Brown

As 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...

Centre of the Cell

...n centre based at Queen Mary, University of London. It is the first science education centre in the world to be located within working biomedical research laboratories. Year 6 were amazed to be part of an high-tech interactive experience on cell biology....

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

1FA - Autumn in the School Garden

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

1D Visit Sainsbury's in Stratford

On Wednesday 1D went on a lovely trip to Sainsbury's in Stratford. We were learning about different skills needed in different jobs and had an opportunity to practice some skills in a real work environment. We had a go on the checkout, did a treasure hunt in the aisles, had a tour of the stock...

1D Assembly - Parts of the UK

...bly on different parts of the United Kingdom with two explorers. Can you remember any facts on different parts of the UK?...

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...

1A Visit Sainsbury's in Camden

1A went on a trip to Sainsbury's in Camden. We were learning about different skills needed in different jobs and had an opportunity to practice some skills in a real work environment. We had a go on the checkout, did a treasure hunt in the aisles and filled jam doughnuts in the bakery. We had...

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...

Celebrating Differences

In Autumn 2, Daubeney have been ‘Celebrating Differences’ in Jigsaw . The children have been discussing how it is ok to be different. Nobody in the WORLD looks the same thinks the same feels the same believes the same behaves the same YOU are UNIQUE! Take a look at our video #itisokto

Concert at the Hackney Music Service Festival

On Monday 3rd July our school band performed at the Hackney Music Service Festival. We performed in front of ten other schools and an audience of over 100 parents. Thank you to all the parents who made it to this event to bare witness to how great our band sounded. This is the last big hurrah for...

ORDER, ORDER! The House will hear...

...ur government operates in the United Kingdom, especially for our country to run successfully. Our enthusiastic tour guides took us through the historical structure as we learnt about the Palace of Westminster and the work of Parliament today. The visit included the students being able to see The Sov...

Literacy September Parent Workshop

We had a great turn out for our first literacy parent workshop of the term. KS1 parents had the opportunity to learn some fun ways to support their children with reading at home. Their children also attended and it was great to see parents and children enjoying reading together by discussing the...

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 - Going Global and Journeys

Our topic for Spring term is 'Going Global and Journeys'. Nursery will be learning about 'Transports' this half term and covering topics such as 'transports on land', 'transports on water' and 'transports in the air'. So far ..... the children have enjoyed...

Nursery - Cars

Daubeney Nursery had the opportunity to visit two cars, Mrs Hussein's car and Mrs Afsars car. The children had the opportunity to explore the different parts of a car we talked about how the parts work and whys its important to have the lights, mirrors, windscreen wipers and seatbelts

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...

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...

Maths Family Workshop KS1

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

Mapping Out a Walking Zone

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

Make a Noise

What an amazing, fun packed fortnight Daubeney had ‘Making a Noise’ about bullying. Children from Nursery to Year 6 participated in concerts, assemblies, workshops, activities in class and ended with a BIG ‘Make a Noise’ non uniform day. Take a look at some of the wonderful...

Make a Noise

What an amazing, fun packed fortnight Daubeney had ‘Making a Noise’ about bullying. Children from Nursery to Year 6 participated in concerts,assemblies, workshops, activities in class and ended with a BIG ‘Make a Noise’ non uniform day. Take a look at some of the wonderful...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Junior Literacy Team Meet SLT

On Thursday 7th March, the Junior Literacy Team were invited to meet with Mr Logan, Mr Dharma, Ms Lucey, Ms Gustave, Ms Bibi, Ms Corpe and Ms Cenac (Senior Leadership Team). We discussed ways to encourage reading and writing throughout the school – even in Nursery! It was a great opportunity to...

IntoUni Graduation

...on.......Graduation at the prestigious University of East London....

IntoUni

...on.......Graduation at the prestigious University of East London....

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...

Hackney Junior Citizenship

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

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

Daubeney Science Juniors

Today a few of the scientists from the Daubeney Science Juniors got some time on the bus to experiment with a non-Newtonian fluid. Not sure what that is? Ask one of the science juniors, they'd be happy to explain. If you want to try this at home, try adding some corn flour to water and seeing...

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...

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...

Year 5 - Brain Workshop

... neurologist from the Birbeck University. The children enjoyed learning about the brain, the different parts and how our brains work. We were also treated to some interesting images to identify how our brain thinks and notices images....

Year 5 - Celebrating World Maths Day

...skills and knowledge. 'Uniting the world in numbers'...

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...

The Junior Creativity Team

The Junior Creativity Team have been busy. As well as our club every week where we work towards gaining the Explore Arts Award, we attending a morning SLT meeting. We talked about how art inspires us and what we want to do for the school. On the same day we took KS1 Assembly and taught everyone...

It Takes a Village...

This half-term we having been holding a series of events every Wednesday (5pm-7pm) under the banner of, ‘It Takes a Village...’. We have been blessed to have had the opportunity to host some world class speakers such as: Gary Younge, Patricia Lamour MBE, ‘Lt. Stitchie’,...

Daubeney Student Wins The Leaders Award

...opportUnity to visit Kingston University to accept her award for her entry in The Leaders Award competition. She was one of two Year 3 winners out of a total of 48,000 entries. She acted as a superb representative of Daubeney on the day and even said her cheeks were hurting from smiling so much. The...

Junior Literacy Team visit the Nursery

On Tuesday 18th June, the Junior Literacy Team visited the Nursery to read stories to the children. The team sat in the 'Reading Jungle', the Nursery's book corner and read books including Curious George and even a book by Mo Farah called 'Ready Steady Mo'. The children loved...

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 - 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!

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 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...

Nursery - Maths Junior Team

The members of the Maths Junior Team visited the Nursery to interact with the younger pupils and help them gain an understanding of Maths. Each member planned what activities they thought would be most engaging for the children. The time passed quickly and soon it was time to leave but not before...

Spring Big Draw Exhibition

We had our exhibition to show the art work we did for our Spring Big Draw. Thank you to everyone who came along and shared our achievement with us. A big thank you to the staff who supported and the Junior Art Team who helped out and spoke so articulately about the art and who inspired it!

'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 - IntoUniversity Centre

...g 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 adults in the centre. The children worked in groups, used their...

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...

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 4 - Sustainability Presentations

Last term, Year 4's created a presentation on sustainability. This was to help their understanding of the environment and how we could look after the Daubeney community effectively. Their presenting skills were very impressive!

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...

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 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 4 - Mummification!

Wow, what an interesting afternoon (12-02-2020) in 4M, we have finally unveiled our mummies, which we made during our Ancient Egyptian unit. The children mummified an orange, taking out all its 'organs', then filling it with salt to preserve the skin. We then wrapped it in masking tape and...

Anti-idling Awareness

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

Year 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 6 - 6M IntoUniversity Week 2020

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Family Matters Workshop - Dreams and Goals

"Have a vision, it is the ability to see the invisible. If you can see the invisible, you can achieve the impossible" (Walt Disney) Our dreams and Goals, a truly fun filled and creative workshop were the invisible became a visible by creating a vision. We had some lovely feedback from...

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!

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...

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...

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...

Odd Socks Day 2019

... November we celebrated our Uniqueness with our annual ‘Odd Socks Day’....

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 - Map Day

...The children also studied the United Kingdom and the countries which make up the UK. Our final activity was to use Google maps and study our local areas and surroundings. The children then drew a map of our school and the local area....

"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 4 - Role-Play: Lion and the Mouse

The children had an amazing and fun time in class today (29th October 2019) when they were reading the 'Lion and the Mouse'. The children used the images and scenes to allow opportunities for them to role-play scenes, use freeze frames and had a fun time playing characters from the story

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...

World Mental Health Day - 10th October 2019

Throughout the week, Daubeney participated in assemblies, parent workshops and class activities to celebrate the fantastic World Mental Health Day. This year our focus was ‘I Love Me’. Children discussed the importance of being unique and participated in activities celebrating what they...

Junior Road Safety Officers Training

The Junior Road Safety Officers attended training organised by Hackney Council, along with other primary school JRSOs from Hackney at the Round Chapel on 25th September 2019. It was a successful day filled with activities allowing our JRSOs an opportunity to learn new things and take away exciting...

Year 6 - 6S Photography Workshop

Strike a pose! 6S really enjoyed having the opportunity to take part in a professional photography workshop. They even had the chance to operate the camera themselves! The children are really excited to see the results

Year 5 - Learning About University

Year 5 enjoyed a grown-up day learning all about what it's like to go to university! They heard about important facts such as the age they needed to be to attend as well as taking part in activities relating to accommodation, clubs and societies

Year 4 - 4M IntoUniversity Workshop

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

Junior Literacy Team 2019/20

Meet the Daubeney Junior Literacy Team - An enthusiastic group of children in KS2 with a love of reading and passion for writing! They will be supporting Miss Fergus in promoting Literacy across the school through assemblies, events and competitions. They will also be in charge of keeping all book...

Year 6 - WOW Day

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

10xGreener Daubeney Road

10xGreener is a community project in Hackney with the ambitious and brilliant aim to make a street (and now a whole neighbourhood) 10 x greener

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 - 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 6 - 6F Visit Sky Studios

6F were lucky enough to have the exciting opportunity to visit the Sky Skills Studio in the O2. They got to experience reading the news from a teleprompter and took fun photos with celebrities and film characters using a green screen. They even got to try out virtual reality which was like being...

Year 6 - 6F IntoUniversity

...d an entire week with the IntoUniversity team. The focus for the week’s learning was diversity......ad our graduation at Birkbeck University in Stratford. What an inspiring week!...

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 Work Week

Year 5 had a brilliant start to the Spring 2 term with an enjoyable work week! They had the opportunity to meet a creative director that works in the fashion industry and learn and experience what it is like to work in an ethical clothing company. 'Work week showed me how to work well under...

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 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 Planting Trees on Mabley Green

Year 5 children were excited and thrilled to have been invited to Mabley Green to plant 12 trees as part of our ECO project and also be a part of helping our local community become green. The children in pairs were each given a tree to plant and were taught skills like how to dig, levelling the...

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 - 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 - 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 - The Night Sky

Year 5 had the opportunity to have a parent in to teach them about Art. Children were able to create a backdrop of the night sky from an image from our theme book - The heart and the bottle. We used paint and various different materials to create our own star to put in the night sky. We hope to...

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 6 - 6M IntoUniversity

...ing opportUnity to go to Into University. Each day brought new and exciting learning. On Monday, we ......onderful King’s College University....

Year 5 - Role Play: 'Welcome' by Barroux

The children in 5M were excited today (1st November 2018) when we read the story 'Welcome' by Barroux, a great book discussing issues of migration and kindness. The children got the opportunity to role play scenes from the story and then we put all the scenes together to make the story come...

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 - 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 - 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 - London Buddhist Centre

The children were delighted to visit the London Buddhist centre and had the opportunity to explore the beliefs and teachings of Buddhist. They we excited to see the two shrine rooms and were amazed at the decor and artefacts

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 - Junior Scientist

Today (5h February 2019) the Year 5 children used their moon phase home learning to help them 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...

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: Space

The children in Year 5M had a wonderful session at INTO UNIVERSITY, where they studied the planets, the galaxy and outer space. The children were also treated to a Scientist, who had a rather strange piece of equipment, who taught them even more about our solar system. The activities and the...

Year 5 - IntoUniversity 2017

...ted 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 London....

Year 5 - IntoUniversity

... a whole day trip to 'IntoUniversity' where their stereotypes and prior knowledge was challe......e fact that anyone can attend University and how it did not have an age limit! Year 5 took part in a...

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 - 6M Visit Sky Studios

Today (22nd November 2018) 6M had the exciting opportunity of visiting The Sky Studios in the O2 arena. Through this unique experience, we have definitely spotted some upcoming TV stars. There is a plethora of activities and we would recommend anyone to go along to enjoy reading the news; the...

Year 6 - 6M Work Week 2019

This week, 6M had a unique learning experience this week, we had to create an invention to begin a business enterprise. To do this we had to think about our profit and how much it would cost us to produce our item. We used our numeracy skills to come up with a useful business plan. Following on...

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 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 - 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 - 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 - Reading

Year 6 are avid readers and read at every opportunity they have. Why don’t you comment with your favourite author or a book recommendation?

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 - Natural History Museum

Year 6 had an inspiring and educational day out to the Natural History Museum. As part of our Cross Curricular topic, we have been looking at the cause and effects of volcanoes. We had the amazing opportunity to explore the colossal halls of the museum and visit its engaging exhibitions

Year 6 - Monet Workshop

Year 6 had the amazing opportunity to take part in a four-hour workshop where we focused on the work of Claude Monet. We learned that he was inspired by nature and enjoyed experimenting with light and colour. We had to create colour wheels using only the primary colours and white. We then used...

Year 6 - Into University

...ne, 6F...... Friday we visited Goldsmiths University. We had a tour of the campus, learnt about University life,...

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 - 6S Into University

... an entire week with the Into University team learning all about diversity and inclusion. On Monday ......prestigious London South Bank University. We had an amazing week: comment below which Univserity you...

Year 6 - Wow Day - City of London

...r 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....