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...
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...
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...
School Uniform
Daubeney is a ‘uniform school’ this is supported by the SLT and the Governors. We believe that a school uniform is important: It looks smart Wears well Contributes to a sense of belonging and community Gives a common purpose Makes children feel equal to their peers in terms of appearance Fosters a...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
Humanities - History & Geography
Intent To deliver a broad and balanced curriculum, which includes ensuring children are able to access cross curricular subjects like Geography, History and RE regularly. To have a deeper understanding of the world that we live in by learning in a cross curricular, creative and experiential way. To...
Computing
If you would like to know more about this area of the curriculum, please talk to Joel Power. Computing in EYFS We understand how important it is that children develop their technology skills and we will continue to use a range of technology to support and enhance learning in other areas of the...
Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development
At Daubeney, the children and their learning are at the very heart of everything we do. Its impact is seen both within and outside of the classroom. We believe strongly in a holistic education for our children, rooted in our conviction that our children will succeed regardless of their background...
Spanish
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 -...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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
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 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...
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 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...
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...
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!
Year 3 - Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) – Volcanoes
This half term students in Year 3 have covered volcanoes as part of their Geography curriculum. In our Spanish lessons students have really enjoyed learning about the Canary Islands and its volcanoes. CLIL provides the opportunity to diversify methods of classroom teaching and learning. Students...
Year 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 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...
EBK for Kids: The Beowulf Poem
A Study of the British, Anglo-Saxon, Scottish & Pictish people of Britain. Designed by David Nash Ford for Year 3/4 in UK Schools. Ideal for helping with Key Stage 2 of the History National Curriculum Unit 6B: Why have people invaded and settled in Britain in the past?
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...
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 6 Spanish Champions visit Petchey Academy
Our Spanish Champions from Year 6 visited Petchey Academy and observed a Year 7 Spanish lesson. It was a great opportunity for our Year 6 pupils to get to know what Spanish is like in Secondary school and to work alongside Year 7 pupils. They enjoyed working together and sharing their experiences...
Year 4 - 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Baller Boys Author Visit
To celebrate World Book Day (5th March 2020), Daubeney had a very special visit from Venessa Taylor, author of the book ‘Baller Boys’ which is based on our late Coach Reece and his football team. The children got to learn about the characters, hear an exclusive extract from the story and take part...
Year 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
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
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!
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...
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"
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...
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...
Year 4 - 4S Loves Reading
4S students displaying their love for reading! They have the opportunity to promote and encourage others to read by recommending books to their peers
Year 4 - Reading: Non-Fiction Text About Earthquakes
Today, Wednesday 21st September 2022, the children in Year 4 had the opportunity to read a selection of Non-fiction text about earthquakes. This helped the pupils to gain a further understanding of how earthquakes occur as they will be learning more on this topic in their Geography lesson later...
Year 5 - 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!
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....
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 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 - 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
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...
Year 3 - 3HC Celebrating Differences Day
Today we are having a ‘Celebrating Differences Day’ because we are all different and unique but UNITED we stand together, at Daubeney! Children in 3HC have come into school wearing traditional clothes from where they are from and/or wearing colours of their country flag
Year 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
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
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
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 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...
Rainbow - Constructive Activity
Adults have introduced a new learning opportunity called Constructive Play, where children use stickle bricks to create their own arrangements. This open-ended activity encourages creativity, problem-solving, and spatial awareness. Children explored different ways of connecting and placing the...
Rainbow 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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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 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,...
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,...
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...
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 - 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 - 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...
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 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 (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...
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 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 - 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: 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...
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
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 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 – 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
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 - 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 - 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 –...
Year 5 - Windrush: Understanding Windrush Generation Experiences
...ges of their migration to the United Kingdom....
Year 3 - WOW Day
The children today enjoyed their activities and ended their unit of learning around the Stone Age
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...
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...
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 - 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
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 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
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...
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 - 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
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...
Tenerife Adventures
What a weekend we have had! Friday was an exciting day travelling in which we had the opportunity to get to know a bit better the rest of the group and their adults. On Saturday we had a fantastic day at Las Teresitas beach where we played games and had a swim in the Atlantic sea! Sunday was a...
Rainbow Room - 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...
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...
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...
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 - 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 - 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...
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...
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’,...
Year 3 - Stone Age Cave Paintings
To immerse into the topic of the Stone Age, Year 3 got the opportunity to create their very own cave paintings. Each picture tells a story, can you infer what the story might be? Take a look at the pictures!
Year 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...
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 - 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 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...
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...
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
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...
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!
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....
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...
World Book Day - Author Visits
To celebrate World Book Day, Daubeney were visited by authors Tolulope Ogunmefun, Karen McCombie and Andrew Weale. The children enjoyed a very entertaining performance of Tolulope's book 'The Frog and His Dancing Shoes', an interactive workshop with Andrew Weale and an inspirational talk about how...
Year 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!
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 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 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 - 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...
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 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 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 - 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 3 - Cave Paintings
To immerse into the topic of the Stone Age, Year 3 got the opportunity to create their very own Cave paintings. Each picture tells a story, can you infer what the story might be? Take a look at the pictures!
Year 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 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
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 - 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...
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...
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...
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
Year 5 - Celebrating World Maths Day
...skills and knowledge. 'Uniting the world in numbers'...
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...
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...
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...
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!...
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...
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
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?...
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...
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...
WEA online
As we all adjust to saying safe at home due to Coronavirus, we have found our normal day to day routine has changed quickly. Despite the challenges this may bring, this also presents a unique opportunity to stay better connected with others like your family, friends, colleagues and your local community. The WEA would like to offer you the opportunity to socialise online through a range of activities and courses from the comfort of your own home. Find out more below.
National Literacy Trust
We are an independent charity working with schools and communities to give disadvantaged children the literacy skills to succeed in life.
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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 - 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,...
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...
Newsletter - 22nd July 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, It has been another amazing year here at Daubeney, with an exceptionally eventful and enjoyable last half term! Our children have been able to achieve great results for all of their tests in Year 1, Year 2 and significantly in Year 6 with the new assessment criteria. We...
22nd July 2016
Newsletter - 27th January 2017
Dear Parents and Carers, It is with great pleasure that I yet again have the opportunity to celebrate the incredible teaching and learning that takes place here at Daubeney on a daily basis! As you read this edition of our fortnightly newsletter you will see a snapshot of the plethora of...
27th January 2017
Newsletter - 13th January 2017
Dear Parents and Carers, Firstly, I would like to say an official happy New Year to you all and welcome back. I hope that you had a peaceful holiday and are looking forward to the year ahead. 2017 here at Daubeney has got off to an absolutely fantastic start! As many of you will know we were...
13th January 2017
Newsletter - 25th November 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, Here at Daubeney we pride ourselves on providing memorable and magical learning opportunities for our students, and it fills me with great pleasure to share in this edition of our newsletter SOME of the wonderful activities our students have partak-en in over the last...
25th November 2016
Newsletter - 11th November 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, Unsurprisingly, our Autumn 2 half-term has got off to a wonderful start! As per usual, there were lots of activities for our children to develop their knowledge and skills, notably our various Black History Month activities in our first week back. I was really impressed by...
11th November 2016
Newsletter - 14th October 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, As we rapidly approach the end of our first half-term I am truly inspired by the growth and development that I have seen in our children over the last six weeks. One example of that growth you too will bear witness to, when you read the articles written by the members of...
14th October 2016
Newsletter - 16th September 2016
...lls to discover the four coun-tries 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... The children in 5O, 5C and 5M have been enjoying reading in their creative-...
16th September 2016
Newsletter - 8th July 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, What an eventful half-term it has been thus far! We have enjoyed our: spelling bee competition; Year 4 swimming lessons; Year 5 and 6 residential; Sports days; Seaside trips and of course our Summer Fair. Thank you to all of those that have supported us by either attending...
8th July 2016
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!
Newsletter - 27th May 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, Half term is here and there are only 7 school weeks until will finish for the Summer. We have lots of exciting events planned for our final half term, ending with a grand finale carnival on 21st July. Our Summer Fair is on Saturday 25th June and will be a fantastic event as...
27th May 2016
Newsletter - 16th May 2016
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16th May 2016
Newsletter - 29th April 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, I hope everyone is impressed with the improvements we have made to our school over the past few years. Our playgrounds are looking great and today we opened the KS1 section. The children have been waiting patiently and have been very excited. At Daubeney, we appreciate that...
29th April 2016
Newsletter - 24th March 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, Spring term has come to an end and the holidays are upon us. I would like to congratulate Ms Douglas on her appointment as Headteacher at another school and wish her all the best for the future. Mr Logan will become the new Head of School from May half term. We are looking...
24th March 2016
Newsletter - 4th March 2016
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4th March 2016
Newsletter - 12th February 2016
...specting School This means we place the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) at the heart of everything we do and it is evident within the school commUnity. As a school we promote children's rights and empower them to become global citizens. The UNCRC recogn...
12th February 2016
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 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...
Children's Disability Forum
Coffee and chat: An opportunity to meet other parents of children with disabilities living in Hackney. An informal drop in just to chat. Get to know others in a safe environment with no stigma. Where: The Huddleston Centre. 30 Powell Road, E5 8DJ When: 9th February 2016: 12:30-2.30pm Coffee/tea and...
28th January 2016
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 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 6 - WOW Day
This really was a day that made you say, “WOW!” We started the day off with a delicious taste tour of the UK. We had Scottish shortbread, Welsh cake, Irish Boxty and English scones. We had to rate what we tasted and describe the taste and texture. Then we picked a landmark and had to...
Year 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....
Year 5 - IntoUniversity Centre
The children in 5M, 5F and 5Mc had a wonderful time exploring engineering at the 'IntoUniversity Centre' in Clapton. The three classes went on different days but all had the opportunity to use their designing and engineering skills to create a solution for a problem that was posed by the...
Grand Mosque - Abu Dhabi - 360° virtual reality tour and panoramic view.
Take the 360 degree virtual reality tour of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The largest mosque in the country.
Daubeney Student Wins The Leaders Award
We are super proud of this student, who had the incredible 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...
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!
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...
'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...
Newsletter - 29th January 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, January draws to a close and is usually a dull month but not at Daubeney! Lots of exciting trips and events have taken place. The trip to The Royal Ballet was extra special and the visit to the Ministry of Stories was inspirational. In school we have had an African story...
29th January 2016
Newsletter - 15th January 2016
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15th January 2016
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 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 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
6F had the amazing opportunity to spend an entire week with the IntoUniversity team. The focus for the week’s learning was diversity and inclusion. On Monday and Tuesday we looked at inspiring people throughout history such as Emmeline Pankhurst, Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela and...
Year 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 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 - 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 6 - 6M IntoUniversity
Last week, (Monday 28th January – Friday 1st February) 6M has the exciting opportunity to go to Into University. Each day brought new and exciting learning. On Monday, we learnt all about the theme of the week which was diversity and inclusion. Following on from this, we learnt all about...
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 Assessment: Fractions, Decimal, Percentages
Today (15th February 2019) all the Year 5 pupils revisited their learning in our Fraction, Decimal and Percentage (FDP) unit. The children identified where and when they were successful and what they needed to do in order to further develop their learning. They carefully looked at each objective...
Year 5 - Self and Peer Assessment
Today (1st February 2019) the Year 5 used their learning in our Balanced Argument unit and assessed their work. They first started with self-assessment, where they identified their strengths and what they did well in the unit. Each pupil then paired up with a friend to peer-assess their learning....
Year 5 - 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 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...
Newsletter - 13th November 2015
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13th November 2015
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
Newsletter - 23rd October 2015
Dear Parents and Carers, Half term already and a well deserved holiday for all. It was great to have an ex-pupil in school from 1953 and for him to share his experience with the chil-dren. I would just like to remind all parents that when in school they are role models and as such should be-have in...
23rd October 2015
Newsletter - 2nd October 2015
Dear Parents and Carers, The term is well and truly underway. As the weeks move on, each year group will go on more trips and take part in workshops. Your £10 contributions to the cost are vital to our funding of this important part of the curriculum. Please, if you have not done so already make...
2nd October 2015
Newsletter - 18th September 2015
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18th September 2015
Newsletter - 26th June 2015
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26th June 2015
Newsletter - 12th June 2015
Dear Parents and Carers, Last half term was very busy with many exciting trips, poetry workshops and ending with a spectacular Foundation Stage Performance. It was a delight to see our young children confidently talk aloud and perform some amazing songs and dances from around the world. We have a...
12th June 2015
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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 6S Into University
6S had the amazing opportunity to spend an entire week with the Into University team learning all about diversity and inclusion. On Monday and Tuesday we looked at inspiring people throughout history including: Emmeline Pankhurst; Martin Luther King Jr; Nelson Mandela and Malala Yousafzai. We also...
Year 6 - 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....
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