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...
Admissions
Daubeney is moving to a two form entry sized primary school. There are currently two classes of Reception children and this will continue for the academic year 2023 and beyond. It is currently three form entry primary school in Years 5 & 6 although it retains three classes of Year 2 children....
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...
Phonics & Early Reading
At Blossom Federation we have devised our own phonics programme based upon the principles of Letters and Sounds. We use a range of resources and strategies to tailor the phonics provision to meet the needs of our pupils. It aims to build children's speaking and listening skills in their own right...
PE and Sports Premium
Across the Blossom Federation, we have prioritised PE and sport in our budget to enhance children’s participation, involvement, and attainment in PE. We are committed to ensuring our children understand the importance of being active, to have a healthy lifestyle and to enjoy sports and games...
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...
School Council
Daubeney School Council are a hardworking and enthusiastic group of children from years 3-6. They are the voice of their peers. They are elected every academic year by their peers in a democratic fashion of campaign, speech and voting. The School Council is made up of three committees. Admin...
Literacy
...C words Writing captions and simple sentences Using language with increasing confidence and creativity Reading At Daubeney, we ensure that our children are taught to read with fluency, stamina, accuracy and understanding through a variety of discreet and cross-curricular learning opportunities...
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...
Year 5
Class Teachers Residential 2025 Parent Meeting Spelling test Spellings will be handed out on a Friday and the test will be the following Friday. Times tables tests Times tables will be handed out on a Friday and the test will be the following week. This is timed so please try to practice using a...
Daubeney Loves Reading
Reading for Pleasure We have a rich reading culture at Daubeney. We are committed to creating an ethos and an environment that excites, enthuses and inspires children to read for their own enjoyment. We aim to develop a community of readers through high quality reading provision. The children have...
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...
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...
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...
Year 3 - Magnetic Hunt
The children in Kingfisher class had a fun Science Lesson today 2-05-2024 searching for buried treasure using magnets. As part of our Science lesson we are learning about forces and magnets and the children had to identify which objects are magnetic and which are not
Year 2 - Literacy: Extra Yarn
To start off our Summer 2 literacy work, we read the book 'Extra Yarn' as part of our whole school book fortnight. We spent time exploring the narrative by working together to retell the story using the main points. We then imagined what it would be like to be one of the characters, and...
Spanish Champions at Tate Modern
A group of Spanish Champions had the chance to visit the Tate Modern this week, where they explored various works of art by Hispanic artists. Amongst these artists was Doris Salcedo, a Colombian-born visual artist and sculptor. Her work took the form of a long crack in the floor in 2007, and today...
Duckling Class - Forest School: Summer 2024
This week, we enjoyed Forest School with Miss Clare! We made our own bubble wands using sticks and pipe cleaners. We also had our own small sketch books to sketch, paint and collect leaves and flowers. We had so much fun!
Year 2 - Maths: Time
This week we have been focusing on time in our maths lessons. We started by making our own clocks, thinking carefully about where the numbers go and what each hand measures. We then used them to show a range of times including o'clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to
Family Phonics Workshop - Autumn 1 & 2
A big thank you to all the parents that attended the family phonics workshop in Autumn term! We focused on phase 2 phonics, looking at pronunciation of sounds and how words can be segmented and blended. We joined in with a range of phonics games and had fun reading CVC words using our phase 2...
Duckling Class - Chinese New Year
This week, we have been learning about and celebrating Chinese New Year. We have been talking about 'The Great Race' and all the animals involved. We have learnt that this year is 'The Year of the Dragon'. We have been designing and creating our own dragons and fans to celebrate...
Duckling Class - Tangrams and 2D shapes
We have enjoyed learning about Tangrams, 2D shapes and using 2D shapes to create pictures. We looked at the properties of 2D shapes and looked at different ways we could use them to create different pictures
Year 2 - History: Tudor Houses
This week we discussed Tudor houses. We explored how they were made from timber beams that were covered in tar, and then filled with sticks called wattle. They were then covered in daub, which is a mixture of clay, sand and dung! We designed our own Tudor houses both on paper and online using...
Science Exposé
...lly involves a lot of science? Using gravity and fiction is science. Below we have feedback from some of the children: Year 3 - Luca - "I absolutely loved this because we got to explore lots of different science - themed careers!" Year 6 - Sheya - "It was really interesting and my favourite part wa...
Computing fun in Toucan class!
We learned about spreadsheets and had a go at creating our own using Purplemash
Year 6 – DT: Make
Today we recapped what we learned and did last week. We looked at our designs and discussed some of the decisions we made. We then had a serious discussion about using tools such as junior hacksaws and hot glue guns safely. Then we looked at all the different techniques we can use to create a...
Year 2 - Computing Week 2
Our new topic this half term is Questioning. This week we were introduced to binary questions which only allow for 2 answers. We played a game of guess who with our computing avatars, making sure our questions could only have yes or no as answers. Next week we will be using binary questions to...
Digital Leaders trip to Apple
Our Digital Leaders team had lots of fun at the Apple store in Stratford. We had an interactive session all about using GarageBand to make our own theme tune. We thought about the beat we could create, the tempo of the track, the additional instruments we could use and even included special...
Year 2 Maths- Measuring
Today we took our Maths learning outside and used rulers to measure objects from around the classroom and the school. We identified our lengths using centimetres as our standard unit
Year 2 Maths Partition with Bar Models
This week Year 2 have been focusing on partitioning numbers into parts. We split the numbers into either 2, 3 or 4 parts and discussed if we had made equal groups. We identified that two equal groups would show half and that four equal groups would give us quarters
Year 5: Science - Sir David Attenborough
This term for science, Year 5 are focusing on different scientists and inventors. This lesson we focused on the famous British broadcaster and biologist, Sir David Attenborough for his amazing contribution to the world of science. Children first researched and then produced their own documentaries...
Year 6 - Geography: Mapping Skills Day
...tern and Western hemispheres. Using our knowledge, we went on a global treasure hunt Using coordinates to find out where ‘Sally’ went during the half term holidays. Then for our challenge we had the opportunity to create our own global journey! Our next step asked us to recall what longi...
Year 5: Wow Day - Turkey (Spring 2)
...nd sketched Turkish ceramics. Using what they learnt, Year 5 replicated Turkish ceramics Using ideas inspired from previous learning experiences....
Year 4 Spring 2 Wow Day
The children in Year 4 had a fun filled Wow Day. They designed and built settlements along a river they created, using their knowledge from our learning this term
Year 2 - Australia Wow Day
This week we've had lots of fun for our Spring 2 WOW Day. We took a virtual trip to Australia, making sure we had our passports and boarding passes ready! Once on the plane we were ready for take off! In the afternoon we made some delicious fairy bread using colourful sprinkles
Year 2 - plant careers
Last week we explored a range of jobs that involved plants. We discussed farmers, florists, gardeners and botanists. We then had a turn being a botanist by using a microscope to look at our bean plants that have been growing in the classroom!
Year 2 Maths - mass
Today year 2 explored mass using scales. We chose objects from around the classroom, predicting which would be heavier or lighter before using scales to determine if we were correct
Year 2 JIGSAW Spring 2 week 2
Computing This week year 2 were using a search engine to find answers to a range of questions relating to dinosaurs. We discussed our online safety agreement before using Google Chrome to search for our answers. We explored the images tab and also discussed how search engines work by giving us the...
Year 5 and Year 6 - Spanish: Eurocopa 2024
EURO 2024 takes place in Germany between 14th June and 14th July. In our lessons this week, children in Year 5 and Year 6 have revisited topics such as numbers, colours, days of the week and European countries, as well as simple verb forms using EUROS as a stimulus
Year 2 - Compare Numbers
We worked with a partner to compare numbers using the greater than and less than symbols. We were able to identify the number, represent it using dienes and then select the correct symbol to compare them
Year 3 Kingfisher - Aboriginal Art Symbols
The children in kingfisher class today 27-06-2024 looked at symbols in Aboriginal art. They created their own art piece using the symbols
Year 1 - Parrot Class: RE Day - Christmas
During RE day we discussed why Christians celebrate Christmas. We acted out the Christmas story using props and costumes. We also created a lovely advent wreath and discussed what each candle on the wreath represents. Take a look at our lovely work!
Year 5 DT: Moving Dragons
In this lesson, we learnt about levers and what input and outputs are. We created our own moving dragons using card and split pins!
Year 4 - Science - Experimenting with electrical circuits
Year 4 had fun experimenting with electrical circuits in science. We were able to make the bulb light up using foil instead of wires. This is because foil is made of metal which is an insulator
Year 3 Kingfisher - Science - Spring 2025
The children in Kingfisher discussed the terms vertebrates and invertebrates. Their activities allowed them to identify which animals belong to vertebrates and invertebrates. The children also did some research using their Chromebooks to find facts about the topic they are learning
Year 3 Kingfisher - Open and closed questions
The children in Kingfisher explored open and closed questions using the text they are reading in class
Year 3 - Playtime - Using climbing frame
During playtime, Benjamin displayed great confidence as he climbed up and down the climbing frame by demonstrating his independence and growing physical abilities
Kingfisher - Design and Technology
The children worked well today to create a moving linkage using a lever. They made flags that moved when a lever was pulled. The children enjoyed their Design and Technology session and are looking forward to their next session
Year 6 - Day 2 of Into Uni: Eagles Class
Today we had another brilliant day, we created portraits using watercolours and collage. We explored how the time you have to create an image changes the detail and content - what you think is important enough to include. We also continued to learn all about our three famous individuals - Jean-...
Rainbow Room - Letters of name
During phonics activities, children in the Rainbow Room eagerly explored the letters in their names, focusing on identifying each letter individually. They practiced matching the letters in the correct order, reinforcing their understanding of sequencing, and actively listened to the sounds each...
Reception - Spring 1 - Week 3
This week, we have been having lots of fun! We have been fossil hunting in our Investigation Area. We have also been using our fine motor skills to create lovely images using hammers and pins. We have also been reading 'Monkey Puzzle' this week and have been doing fantastic writing, as well...
Year 3 - Design and Technology
The children in Year 3 Kingfisher enjoyed their Design and Technology lesson where they used their knowledge about linkages and levers to make their own example. The children used card and split pins to make a lever which moved a waving hand around a pivot point. Next week they will create another...
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
The children in the Rainbow Room engaged in the "Attention Bucket" activity, focusing on looking at objects from the bucket. They showed great attention as Mr. Namo demonstrated each item, and they eagerly shared their objects with familiar adult and peers. This activity helped support...
Parrot Class Trip - Hackney School of Food
Parrot class went to the Hackney School of Food and we had so much fun making cheese scones and rainbow slaw. We were very confident using all the kitchen equipment and following step by step instructions. Chef Tom was super impressed with us!!
Forest School - Animal Dens
Exploring, making animal dens, using natural resources to make christmas cards and decorations
Year 2 - Now Press Play in Science
Year 2 had lots of fun using the Now>Press>Play headsets last week to learn more about Mary Seacole. We were immersed into life in Jamaica, learning about healing soldiers using herbal remedies. We were taken through the journey of travelling to London to try and support with the help efforts...
Year 5 - RE: Autumn 2 2024
This half term’s RE day was dedicated to Christmas! We learnt about how Christmas is celebrated around the world as well as the different Christmas stories that are told to Christian children everywhere! We ended the day by making Christingle candles using actual oranges!
Year 2 - Week 2 Computing: Online Safety
For this topic we have been learning all about keeping ourselves safe when we are using online devices such as computers, tablets and phones. We discussed how to search and filter information, alongside exploring how Purple Mash is a safe site to search on. We learnt about emails, and how we can...
Year 1 - Parrot Class: The Three Little Pigs
This week we have been reading the story 'The Three Little Pigs'. We've been creating our own story puppets and acting out the story. We've also been describing the characters in the story using adjectives. What words can you use to describe the big bad wolf?
Kingfisher - Explores Using the Inverse Operation
The children in Kingfisher used the inverse operation today to check their calculations
Year 2 Maths - Subtract across 10
This week we have been learning new skills in Maths to help us with our arithmetic. We focused on subtracting across 10 today, identifying how many counters we need to take away to get down to 10, and then working out how many we still needed to subtract, using our number bonds to help us
Year 2 Maths - Addition across 10
This week we have been learning about adding across a multiple of 10. We have been using our number bonds to help us and thinking carefully about the steps we need to take. Ask us how we would work out number sentences such as 35+8!
Year 2 Literacy - Man on the Moon immersion
This week we introduced our new Literacy topic of non-chronological reports. We are going to be focusing on the topic of astronauts and space, and so are using the book 'Man on the Moon, a day in the life of Bob' as our long burst text. We retold the story as a whole class using our...
Reception - Halloween Week
This week, we really enjoyed focusing on 'Batfink' for Drawing Club. We have been enjoying a lot of Halloween activities this week and we are looking forward to dressing up day on Friday!
Year 4 - Autumn Wow Day
Year 4 had a fantastic Wow Day focusing on our geography topic Japan and Earthquakes! We used our arts and crafts skills to create our own Japanese cities using recycled materials. We then destroyed them to show how they would look in the aftermath of an earthquake
Year 5 - Maths: Comparing calculations
We are pretty confident at using greater than, less than and equal to signs but how do we use them when we aren’t comparing numbers but whole calculations? This was the focus of this lesson!
Year 5 - science: how does gravity work?
...ts the environment around us. Using the information they discovered, they produced posters containing facts and amazing designs....
Year 6 - Mapping Day 2024
Year 6 started off their geography learning this year with Mapping Day. They used compass points to create sentences about their playground, created different routes using a local map of the area and finally drew their own maps of Homerton. We had a lot of fun looking at all of the roads and places...
Year 3 - Mapping Day
The children in year 3 enjoyed their mapping day where they learnt all about co-ordinates, using a compass for directions, map symbols and they ended their sessions by drawing their own map of our local area
Year 6 - Art WOW Day 2024
We began this week’s lesson by recalling wood blocking techniques and how we would replicate that using polystyrene. We also looked back at our designs for our polystyrene printing pattern. For our WOW day we found out that we were going to do some of the techniques that we had learned about. First...
Year 5 Wow Day: DT
Year 5 enjoyed a whole day dedicated to their topic which was Pulleys, Gears and Levers. The project they were given, was to design a well; it was then brought to life using clay. It was an amazing day of creativeness which they will remember for a lifetime
Duckling Class - Autumn 2 - Week 3
This week, we have been continuing to read 'The Extraordinary Gardener'. We have been using describing words to talk about how Joe is feeling and story sequencing. We have been making our very own flowers with play-doh and gems, we have been finger painting our own gardens and making flower...
Year 2 Maths - Shapes
This week in Maths, Year 2 have been working on naming and identifying a range of 2D and 3D shapes. We then focused on 2D shapes, identifying how many sides and vertices each shape has and using mirrors to find the possible lines of symmetry
Family Phonics Workshop - Session 4
This week we enjoyed singing the Blossom Phonics song. We sang the alphabet song and joined in with the actions. We played a game of 'I spy' and practiced our oral segmenting and blending skills. We then read CVC words using our phase 2 phonics sounds. We look forward to our following...
Year 6 - Spanish - Spring Term 1 2023
Extremely busy term for Year 6 students who have worked really hard at Daubeney. Students have developed the ability to use context and previous knowledge to estimate new words, to identify words in written form through dictation using their phonics knowledge, and to work with a partner in dialogue...
Year 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 4 - Spanish - Spring Term 1 2023
Outstanding effort from our Year 4 students this half term! Students in Year 4 have enjoyed revisiting food items in Spanish and learning how to share their opinions on food. Students can now talk about what food and drinks they like to have, using a range of positive and negative opinion phrases...
Year 2 - Spanish - Spring Term 1 2023
At Daubeney, students in Year 2 learn through songs, games, storytelling and role play. This half term, students have really enjoyed learning the story ‘Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?’ in Spanish. Students can now name a range of animals and describe them using colours, as well as use...
Year 6 - DT: Frames and Structures
As part of their DT unit, Year 6 researched shelters, planned out the materials they would use and annotated their design. They included measurements in order to make the most of the materials they had. They then used their maths skills to measure, and saws to safely cut the wood before putting it...
Year 4 - ICT: Spreadsheets
The children in 4M enjoyed their ICT session today learning all about spreadsheets. They were able to use a spreadsheet and make a pattern that they have programmed to count in various multiples. Next week, we will be looking at creating more patterns and sequences using spreadsheets
Year 5 - DT: Moving Dragons
Did you know that this last weekend was Chinese New Year? It is a celebration that takes place all around the world and celebrates the new year according to the lunar calendar. To celebrate this, we made moving dragons in DT, using cardboard, paper and split pins. It contains a lever and by moving...
Year 2 - Coding Week 4
This week we continued our coding topic and learnt about using a timer to run a block of commands after a delay. We had fun making a magician's rabbit disappear and then reappear!
Year 2 - IT in Cross Curricular: Designing our own Vehicles
Today Year 2 had some fun designing their own vehicles with wheels using Chromebooks, as part of our Design and Technology topic. We thought about the shape of the vehicle and how we could decorate it too. We learnt about the job of engineers to plan, design, test and make various items including...
Year 5 - Spanish - Mi ciudad
This half term our students in Year 5 are learning to describe cities using a range of adjectives and naming their different buildings. These are some pictures of 5C students. Games are always a great way to get students talking in Spanish!
Year 2 - 3D Shapes
This week we made 3D shapes using nets. We had to cut and stick carefully in order to make the correct shape. We then discussed the shape we had made and thought about what 2D shapes we could see on their faces
Family Phonics Workshop - Spring Term 2023
It was so lovely to see parents and carers taking part in our family phonics workshop yesterday. This half term we will be focusing on phase 3 phonics and looking at digraphs and trigraphs. Parents had a wonderful time playing phonics bingo and reading with their child. Take a look to see what fun...
Year 5 - WOW Day: Ancient Greece
We created vases inspired by ancient Greeks using recyclable items. First, we created the base and structure of the vase which was then followed by decorating the vase. This was a great way to end our topic on Ancient Greece where we learnt about how and where they had an influence on modern society
Year 2 - Computing Autumn 2 Week 5
This week we continued with our topic of Spreadsheets. We made a magic square using our coloured cells and identified and used the 'total' buttons this week. We then explored ways in which numbers could be placed inside the square to make the totals the same around the outside
Year 5 - Maths: Perimeter
Today Year 5 had fun with a variety of 2D shapes. The aim of this lesson was to understand what perimeter means, measure accurately using rulers and calculate the total length of the chosen 2D shape
Year 2 - Computing Autumn 2 Week 4
This week we started our new topic of Spreadsheets. We learnt how to colour individual cells in our rows and columns, and also how add an image to a cell. We then explored adding a value to an image, and using the counting tool to say how many items we had in a certain area
Eco Team Waste Audit
We have conducted a waste audit of our school! It was loads of fun and we found out how much we waste as well as if we are using our bins correctly! We can’t wait to share our results next term!
Year 2 - Computing Autumn 2 Week 2
This week we continued our internet safety topic and learnt about using emails as a way to communicate with other people. We learnt how to reply to a message and send an attachment too!
Year 2 - Spanish: Number Knowledge
In Year 2 we have started the week reinforcing our number knowledge and making links between figures and words using a tangram. Students really enjoyed this hands-on activity and the competitive element of it
Year 5 - Persuasive Arguments
Year 5 spent some time using a word processor to type up their persuasive arguments about climate change! This is their final piece of work based on the book the whole school has been reading - Varmints
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 2 Act Out Varmints
This week Year 2 explored our Book Fortnight story, Varmints, by using talk partners and role play. We thought about what the characters may have been feeling at each point in the story and explored the meaning of the book
Year 2 - Computing Autumn 1 Week 7
This week we completed our final lesson in our art topic for computing this half term. We explored surrealism and then used eCollage on Purple Mash to make our own artwork using drawings and clip art
Nursery - Observing the Changes in the Environment
In Nursery we have been observing the changes in the environment using shapes. The children looked through their shaped windows to see what Autumn changes they could observe. "The leaves are falling down" said one child with another commenting "The leaves on the tree are green and...
Nursery - Dressing Up Area
The children in Nursery have LOVED using our new dressing up area! There has been lots of singing, dancing and laughter!
The Secret Life of Reception - Autumn 1 2022
The children of Reception have been given their own camera to capture those moments that we miss... the Secret Life of Reception! Each term, we will upload the next in the series of 'The Secret Life of Reception' and see what fabulous learning has been going on. They have been taking...
Year 1 - 1A Computing: Harvest Festival
This week we've been using the Chromebooks and linking it in with our RE topic - Harvest festival. We used Purple Mash to create a harvest basket, full of delioucious fruits and vegetables. We've been using the programme to drag and drop and select colours on paint
Year 5 - Maths Outdoor Learning
Year 5 improved their mental addition and subtraction in maths by using a range of strategies to answer one step problems. This included compensation, adjustment and finding connections between numbers
Year 4 - Cross Curricular: Rivers
Today, 1-03-2023, the children had a triple cross curricular session using the Chromebook to research information about rivers. This is also our topic in our cross curricular lesson. The children applied their reading skills to locate and record facts about rivers
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 2 Wow day Autumn 2
For this half terms wow day we recapped all of our knowledge from this History topic. We explored the expeditions of Sarah Marquis, Mae Jemison and Captain Robert Falcon Scott. We had fun interviewing explorers and drawing an explorer scene. We had the most fun in the afternoon when we made our...
Year 2 - Art and literacy
Year 2 have been exploring the story of The Magic Bojabi Tree as our long burst writing focus this half term. This week we created scenes from the book using watercolours, thinking about the setting of the story and the animals we would include
Year 1 - Parrot Class visited the Hackney School of Food.
Parrot class visited the Hackney School of Food today. We made rainbow salad and green cheese scones. We had fun practising our knife skills and chopping salad leaves. We also discussed our sense of taste as this relates to our science topic, 'Animals including humans'. We also said that...
Year 2 Science - How to keep our bodies clean
This week we have been learning about ways in which we should keep our bodies clean and healthy, from showering and bathing to using a tissue when we sneeze. We conducted an experiment using water and dried herbs to try and find out why soap is so important to use when you wash your hands. Ask us...
Nursery - Face Shape
Nursery have been using shapes to make their face
Reception - Duckling Class - Week 2
In Week 2, we had a fantastic Road Safety Workshop where a visitor came in to talk to us about how to safely cross the road. We had so much fun and learnt so much! We had a visit from Nova, our federation dog! This is the first time we have met Nova, and look forward to seeing her again next week!...
Exploring numbers
This week we have been focusing on numbers . We also used our number skills when making cookies
Year 4 Autumn 1 Wow Day
Year 4 had an earth shattering Wow Day! We started the day by recapping our learning and answering the big question 'How would you survive an earthquake?' After that, we built cities using recycled materials that we brought in from home. We designed houses, sky scrapers and roads and took a before...
The Nest - This week in Nurture - Autumn Week 6 2023
This week we have been using our fine motor skills,learning number bond, plants,hot seating Rapunzel and the witch, art and much more
Duckling Class - Hello Alan! Welcome to Earth
This week, an Alien named Alan visited us from outer space! We introduced ourselves to Alan and made him feel very welcome! We created space pictures using chalk to make Alan feel at home and showed Alan how to sort items by colour and shape! We're very excited to show Alan the smells and...
Year 2 - Computing week 5
This week year 2 continued their creating pictures topic and learnt about the artwork of Piet Mondrian. We then explored making our own pieces of art on 2paint a picture, and focused on using solid lines and blocks of colour
Year 2 - Comparing numbers
This week in maths we have been comparing and ordering numbers up to 100. We have been using the less than and greater than symbols and using this vocabulary when discussing numbers
Year 4 Trip to the Natural History Museum
Year 4 had a great time at the Natural History Museum on Tuesday 3rd October. We explored the Earthquakes and Volcanoes exhibit and learned lots of interesting facts using the interactive games and activities. We even got to feel what it would be like to experience an earthquake in Japan in the...
Year 6 - Geography: Debate
This lesson started off with us completing the recap quiz about physical geography. Then, we learnt about what land use meant and what this looked like across the UK. After, we learnt about what HS2 was and what were some reasons why it should and shouldn’t be built. As a whole class activity, we...
Year 2 - Computing week 4
This week in our computing lesson we explored pointillism art. We discussed aspects of this theme and looked at lots of example pieces. We then used 2paint a picture to create our own pointillist art pieces using a body outline as a template
Displays at Daubeney - September 2023
We love showcasing our learning at Daubeney and we love using displays to do this! Have a look at our wonderful displays from around the school!
Year 4 - Wow Day
The children in Year 4 had a fun filled Wow Day. They designed and built settlements along a river they created, using their knowledge from our learning this term
Year 2 Mapping Skills Day
We had lots of fun during Mapping Skills Day! We identified points on a compass, and explored giving correct directions. We then used a bird's eye view map of the school to navigate our way around the playgrounds, discussing which direction we had to go. We also identified what a key is on a...
Year 2 Computing Week 3
This week we started our topic for this half term which is 'creating pictures'. We explored impressionist art and then made our own impressionist style painting by using 2 paint a picture
Gardening Afterschool Club
The gardening club began by introducing the important rules to children when it comes to using the school garden, for instance listening to each other, working in teams, being safe when using tools, taking respectful care of plants, fruits and vegetables etc so this was well followed by all the...
Year 4 - Mapping Skills Day
Year 4 had fun learning all about maps on Mapping Skills Day today (12-09-2023). The children started their learning by learning about ordnance survey maps and the different symbols that are used to represent physical and human features. We then looked at grid references and identifying...
Year 3 - ICT
Today - 12-09-2023 the children enjoyed their ICT lesson using Purplemash. They practiced their typing skills and identifying different keys
Year 5 - Art: Final Pieces
Over the last 2 lessons, we have been working on our final pieces of art for the topic inspired by 1960s Popart! To start, we had to sketch our own portraits. We had to decide what part of our faces to begin sketching and work from there. To complete our final art pieces of the topic, we received...
Year 4M IntoUniversity
The children in Year 4M enjoyed their activities with the IntoUniversity team learning all about different careers. They explored careers like product designing, engineering and palaeontology. The children identified the skills they were using in different careers and completed some fun activities
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 6 - Outdoor Descriptive Writing
Today Year 6 enjoyed using the outdoor setting of Daubeney Fields as their inspiration for descriptive writing! We used all 5 senses and figurative language to create descriptive sentences and paragraphs!
Year 5 – Spanish: Eurovision
The international song contest is an engaging and competitive way to get students thinking about how languages relate to one another, as well as a great opportunity to consolidate geographical and of course, language knowledge. Students have enjoyed listening to some of the songs, and giving and...
Year 5 - Science - Life Cycle Wheels
After recapping last week’s lesson on human life stages, we looked more in depth into each of the following areas: physical changes, mental changes and independence. For each of the human life stages, we considered how each of these areas would change. In partners, we took our whole class...
Year 5 - Literacy: Biography research (Computing)
For our literacy topic, we are learning to write biographies. As we are reading Floella Benjamin's Coming to England, we decided to write about her. We did research using a range of sources, such as fact files and the internet
Year 5 – Spanish/Music joint project
As part as a pioneering joint Spanish and Music project, students in Year 5 have revisited vocabulary and structures we originally learnt in the Autumn term. Students are now able to express their musical preferences and justify their opinions using music specific vocabulary, such a timbre ,...
Year 4 – El Loro Tico Tango
Fantastic start of the term for Year 4 students at Daubeney. Students will be learning to express opinions using ‘ me gusta’ and ‘ me gustan’ this half term. We will be reading the story of a parrot called Tico Tango together, and discovering different animals and fruits...
Rainbow Room - PE: Throwing & Catching Ball
As part of the PE session, children were participating in activities to develop their throwing and catching skills using a ball
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Rainbow Room - Number Day (Part 1)
Today, children had a fantastic time participating in a fun and engaging learning activity that was all about numbers. The activity was designed around Valentine's Day, using heart-themed cards to make it even more exciting! They explored different quantities of hearts on each card, and their...
Year 4 Hornbill - Geography
The children in Hornbills had an exciting lesson using their ICT skills to locate and retrieve facts about the River Thames. They used the information to complete their learning
Year 2 - Great Fire of London Trip
We were lucky enough to do a workshop with some amazing story tellers from Temple Bar. We got to handle objects, draw using a quill, dress up and even go on a walk to see the locations of the great fire
Rainbow Class - Using Coins
As part of mathematics learning, pupils took part in practical activities to explore the use and value of coins, helping to develop their understanding of money. Pupils used concrete resources, including coins and numericons, to support counting skills and reinforce number recognition from 1 to 20....
Rainbow Class - Literacy Focus
In literacy, pupils enjoyed listening to the story “We Can’t Take an Elephant on the Bus”, where they learned about different types of transport and their uses. Pupils listened carefully to the story and were able to recall key events by identifying the characters (animals) and...
Rainbow Class - Seasons Arts & Crafts
As part of a combined Arts & Crafts and Science activity, our pupils explored the topic of seasons. Pupils created colourful paintings to represent the different seasons, using vibrant paint colours to express seasonal changes. Also, they took part in a sticking and gluing activity to explore...
Rainbow Class - Interventions Focus
As part of our Colourful Semantics intervention, pupils listened attentively as adults modelled and recalled simple sentences using the sentence structure such as " Who"/ 'What doing"/ etc. Pupils were supported to identify and understand each part of the sentence through visual...
Year 3 - Volcanoes Wow Day
Year 3 had an exciting WOW Day all about volcanoes! The children loved experimenting with watercolours to create vibrant volcano artwork, using straws to blow the paint and make dramatic lava‑splash effects. They also had great fun building their own mini volcano models and watching them erupt with...
Year 4 Wow Day 2026
The children enjoyed their Wow Day demonstrating all their knowledge about our topic - Rivers. They completed their assessment and created an information poster all about rivers using their facts and knowledge. They drew rivers and created different types of settlements around the river
Rainbow Room - Planting
We have been learning about the life cycle of plants, focusing on beans and cress. As part of our sensory learning, the children planted their own seeds using soil, pots and water, exploring the different textures and steps involved when it comes to planting. Over the next few days, we will be...
Year 3 - Geography - Earth's Layers
...they differ from one another. Using coloured card, labels, and a split pin, we had fun building a layered wheel that revealed each part of the Earth as it turned. This helped us clearly visualise the Earth’s structure from the crust all the way to the inner core....
Year 5 - Science - Spherical Bodies
... and the possibility of life. Using this understanding, the children developed unique planets with detailed explanations of their characteristics. It was a fun and creative way for them to apply their learning about space while showing off their scientific thinking....
Year 5 - Mapping Day 2026
...ities, and physical features. Using what they learned, they then created their own maps of Turkey, carefully plotting key places, landforms, and important physical features. It was a great opportunity for them to build their geographical skills and show their understanding through creative map-makin...
Rainbow Room - Monkey Puzzle Story
Children enjoyed listening to the story “Puzzle Monkey” and learning about the different jungle animals and their habitats. With adult support, they matched each animal to its name and recognised the story characters, using sounds like e for elephant and m for monkey. The activity was...
Rainbow Room - Maths (Measure)
...standard units of measurement...
Year 5 - Wow Day - Spring 2026
...their own mechanical systems. Using their knowledge, they created pulley systems with the goal of cleaning the ocean. Their creativity shone through in both their ideas and the thoughtful way they brought them to life. It was wonderful to see their imaginations turn into real, working models!...
Year 2 - Maths: Finding thirds
Now that we know what a third looks like in shapes, we learnt how to find a third of a number using counters
Year 3 - DT
Year 3 demonstrated creativity and engineering skills as they constructed their own catapults using lolly sticks. They used their Design and Technology learning on linkages and levers to explain how the mechanical element created movement. A fun combination of problem‑solving, teamwork, and...
Rainbow Room - Teddy Bear Maths
...bers through hands-on activities. Using concrete objects such as teddy bears, the pupils developed their counting skills and deepened their understanding of number representation. They practised adding numbers within 5 and 10 number bonds, carefully grouping and counting the teddy bears to find tota...
Creative Hub - Spring Displays 2026
Take a look at our wonderful displays that showcase our learning from Reception all the way up to Year 6. We love using displays as a way to show off our learning and to help us whilst learning. We enjoy being creative so display boards are a great way to get creative with our learning!
Rainbow Room - Art from 1970s
As part of our Arts Curriculum, pupils engaged in creating fantastic artwork by exploring and experimenting with a range of art materials. They demonstrated creativity, curiosity, and confidence as they used different techniques and resources to produce imaginative pieces. Pupils have learned about...
Year 4 - Outdoor Maths 2026
The children in Year 4 enjoyed their outdoor math lesson today where they measured and converted using cm and mm
Rainbow Room - Exploring and Learning about Materials
Our pupils have been diving deeper into their science learning this week as they explored a variety of living materials in our investigation tray. The pupils were encouraged to observe, touch and discuss both familiar and unfamiliar items, allowing their natural curiosity to guide their...
Rainbow Class - Shaped Rockets
🚀Zoom Zoom Rockets! 🚀 This week, our pupils were fully engaged in exploring rockets — wow! It has been an exciting journey of discovery, imagination, and hands‑on learning. In our school library, children enjoyed looking through books about spaceships and rockets. They focused on the...
Parent Communication - 16th January 2026
This half-term we are focusing our learning on Design and Technology under the banner of, 'Beautiful or Useful?'.
16th January 2026
Year 1 Peacocks - Naming our shapes!
In Maths, we have been recapping our learning from Reception and have been naming shapes. We have been using these shapes to make other things
Year 3 - Stone Age
Year 3 have been exploring life from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, learning about where people lived, what they ate, and the tools they used. In one of our lessons, we created our own spears using clay and sticks to recreate a Stone Age hunting tool
Year 4 Hornbills - ICT Logo
The children in Hornbills had a fun but challenging lesson today using Logo. They had to programme their Logo to navigate through a maze avoiding the mighty Minotaur
Rainbow - Autumn Tree (Apple Painting)
Pupils were engaged in creating their own unique and colourful autumn trees as the weather shifting between sunny and rainy, days. They explored painting autumn trees with apples—what an exciting new idea! Pupils enjoyed making apple stamps on their trees using red, yellow, and green paint,...
Year 2 - Maths: Column Method Addition
To introduce ourselves to the idea of column method addition, we spent the lesson representing this using our dienes and working in pairs. We are beginning to look at what column method means
Year 2 - Literacy: Vlad and the Great Fire of London setting
We explored the setting of London in 1666 by using masking tape to create the world. We described the setting and even used our senses to imagine what it would have been like
Year 2 - Maths: Measuring in CM
We use rulers all the time to underline the date but do you know how to measure in centimetres? We went around the classroom to measure a variety of objects (and people) using our rulers
Reception Classes - Spanish: Colours and Fruits
Learning colours through stories and play! Our children in Ducklings and Cygnet Classes explored words for colours and fruits in Spanish by using paints and real fruits — a fun way to connect language and creativity!
Rainbow Class: SEND PE
As part of SEND PE, pupils were engaged in developing their balance, coordination and gross motor skills. They practiced walking along the bench, standing on agility tables and safely jumping down using both feet. Pupils also enjoyed jumping on the trampoline, demonstrating increasing confidence,...
Year 6 - Division
The pupils in Year 6 today worked really well to solve division problems using both of our methods. We practiced the short efficient method and used long division
Rainbow Class - RE day - Exploring Christianity & Church
...ted with the Christian faith. Using worksheets , pupils explored key vocabulary such as church, cross, Bible, and prayer etc . The activities supported the development of communication skills, reading, writing, and understanding of different beliefs and traditions. Designing Church As part of our ...
Rainbow Class: PSHE: Emotions Monsters
... 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 Monsters. Each monster was uniquely decorated to reflect different feelings and emotional ex...
Rainbow Class: Maths (Shapes)
As part of our Maths learning, pupils explored a variety of 2D shapes through engaging shape-identification worksheets and matching activities. Pupils practised recognising, naming, and colouring different shapes using a colour code, including circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, pentagons, and...
Rainbow Class - Geography: Exploring Places
Our learners were a great explores as they were learning about community and places as part of their geography learning, and by using symbols, pictures, and matching activities, pupils identified a variety of important places including shops, schools, post offices, police stations, parks, and...
Rainbow Class - Geography
...a creative geography project. Using their knowledge of local landmarks, community spaces, transport links, parks, and places they enjoy, pupils designed their own unique Hackney logos....
Rainbow Class - Geography (My Local Area)
...n 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 key places such as the school, local shops, bakery, park, and homes, making links between pictu...
Rainbow Class - Planting Fun & Plants Life Cycle (Science)
...; flower → new seeds. Using visual pictures and sequencing activities, the children worked hard to put the stages of the plant life cycle in the correct order. This helped them understand how a tiny seed grows into a healthy plant. The pupil then took part in a cress planting . They caref...
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 - Exploring Plants & Tress (Science)
...engaging learning activities. Using pictures and matching activities, children explored the different parts of plants and trees by matching, labelling, or writing the names of each part on their worksheets. They also learned about what plants and trees need to survive and grow, including water, soil...
Rainbow Class - Exploring Subtraction (Maths)
Pupils were able to explore simple subtraction problem-solving activities by counting objects, crossing out the required number, and identifying how many remained by using a house-themed. They were able to select and match the correct numeral on the door, window, roof and other parts of the house...
Rainbow Class - Learning Subtraction
...tical subtraction activities. Using counters and number worksheets, the children explored how numbers become smaller when objects are taken away....
Rainbow Class: Three Three Little Pigs Literacy
...luding straw, wood and brick. Using visual prompts, they successfully matched each material to the correct house, showing good understanding of the story's content and key vocabulary....
Rainbow Room - Maths: Adding & Subtracting Coins
Our pupils were fully engaged in exploring different ways of using 1p coins as part of their learning about money. Through a range of practical, hands-on activities, they were encouraged to recognise, count, and manipulate coins in meaningful and purposeful contexts. They demonstrated growing...
Year 2 - Maths: Multiplication arrays
We have been learning about multiplying! To help us understand what this means, we built arrays using counters to solve multiplication questions
Rainbow Class: Coreboard Intervention (Pop The Pirate/ Colour Match)
As part of the targeted intervention session, pupils engaged in a small-group activity using the " Pop the Pirate" game, by developing communication, social, and early literacy skills. Pupils took turns inserting coloured swords into the barrel, showing good engagement and anticipation....
Rainbow Room - Mehdi Hanna Design ( RE )
As part of the RE learning, our pupils began exploring Islam through a creative and engaging art and crafts activity. They designed their own Mehndi (henna) patterns, using chalk dipped in a mixture of powder and water to create vibrant designs on their hands. Pupils thoroughly enjoyed...
Rainbow Class - Human Life Cycle & Needs / Human Body
As part of Science and PSHE, pupils learned to identify and name parts of the human body. They were able to find, match, and write body part names on worksheets using a labelled human body diagram. Pupils demonstrated understanding by pointing to and naming most body parts independently. In...
Year 5: Wow Day - Windrush
Year 5 had an exciting WOW Day learning all about the Windrush generation as part of their History topic! During one of the activities, the children explored the work of a famous artist linked to Caribbean culture and created their own vibrant artwork, using bold colours and patterns to reflect the...
Rainbow Class: Colorful Hands
We had so much fun creating colourful hands! Pupils explored making their own handprints on a range of different textures, using both primary and secondary colours. They enjoyed experimenting with colour mixing, discovering how new colours can be created by mixing colours together. The activity...
Rainbow Class: Big Draw Day
Our pupils enjoyed a fun and engaging Big Draw Day! Pupils were able to express their artistic skills using crayons and felt tips by creating expressive mark-making drawings. Even, pupils explored different patterns, lines, and shapes by showing creativity and confidence in their artwork
Rainbow Room: Human Body Learning
As part of our Science and PSHE learning, pupils explored the human body, beginning with singing their favourite song “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” with actions to support identifying the names of different body parts. Then, pupils were using an interactive board to match facial and...
Rainbow Class: Fun Learning
Our pupils were well engaged in the fun learning environment. Some pupils explored the safari animals and enjoyed the soft texture of the sand in the sandpit, supporting their sensory development. Other pupils were engaged in intensive interaction, demonstrating strong eye coordination and focus as...
Rainbow Class: Body X-Ray Art Fun
As part of our Science and PSHE learning, pupils explored the human body using simple, visual books showing body parts and organs. This was supported by looking at X-ray images of hands, arms and feet, helping pupils understand what is inside the body. Adults used clear language, repetition and...
Lego Club - Farm & Countryside
In the Lego Club, children were engaged working in small groups by making their farms and countryside using lego
Year 4 - WOW Day
The children in Year 4 had a fun Wow Day making Viking shields, Viking Tunics, longships and did an activity using Old Norse Language
Year 4 - Maths with Money
The children today had the opportunity to buy a selection of items and find the correct change. They used their problem solving skills and found the change showing the amount using the money resources
Year 2 - Science: Reusing
What does it mean to reuse? We learnt about this and did a fun activity where we reused scrap paper to making origami jumping frogs!
Year 2 - Maths: Partitioning 2026
As we start our fractions topic, we remind ourselves of how to partition but this time we do it using a bar model
Year 1 Peacocks - Subtraction
We have been learning different ways to work out subtraction. We have used cubes, our fingers, pictures and drawings. Next week, we will be using number lines to help us!
Year 2 - PSHE: Celebrating differences (Stereotypes)
We learnt about stereotypes in this PSHE lesson and we considered and discussed common stereotypes that people have of girls and boys. We even linked our learning to Oracy by using our hand signals to show how we felt about each statement
Year 2 - Computing in DT
We spent time this week using Purple Mash designing our very own cars. We thought about where we wanted to place the wheels, the shape of the chassis and the colour or pattern of the body. We had lots of fun being creative with our designs!
Year 5 - Geography: Mapping Skills Day
Today is Mapping Skills Day! We utilised our wonderful library to immerse ourselves into our topic - learning all about Turkey through maps and atlases. After that, we learnt about thematic maps and what the purpose of them is. In our third lesson, we created our own map of Turkey and included...
Year 3 – Toucan: Shadow Puppet Show
...ches and other light sources. Using cut-out shapes, we put on a puppet show featuring moving shadows. During the show, we experimented with the size and angles of the shadows to observe their effects....
Year 3 - Volcano Eruptions!
Year 3 is using 360-degree video to explore volcanic eruptions as part of our CC lesson on volcanoes
Rainbow Room - Easter Chicks
The children from the Rainbow Room coloured an Easter chick using pastel crayons. Next, they used pastels and felt-tip pens to decorate their Easter eggs, creating a variety of marks, such as lines, dots, and other patterns, based on their personal choices
Year 5 - British Science Week Workshop
We learnt about the states of matter through fun experiments during British Science Week! We had fun learning using dry ice! We even attempted to make our own ice cream!
Year 3 Kingfisher - Shadow puppets
The children in Year 3 enjoyed their Science lesson today using torches to make a shadow theatre. They had so much fun
Year 5 - Cardinal Pole Visit
We visited the secondary school Cardinal Pole and took part in an experiment using a bunsen burner and different metals!
Rainbow Room - Spring Books
Children explored the vibrant season of spring through two delightful books: "Hooray for Hoppy! " and " Five Little Ducks". Both stories brought the joys of spring to life, focusing on farm animals and changing weather. Hooray for Hoppy! by Linda L. Harkins follows a playful...
Rainbow Room - Dino Pegs Counting
The children had a wonderful and engaging math session, where they had fun learning by using Dino Number Cards and pegs for counting. In this activity, they observed the numbers on the Dino cards and then counted out the corresponding number of pegs to match the number on each card. This...
Rainbow Room- Old McDonald Song
As part of the Singing Group Intervention, children from the Rainbow Room participated in an interactive session centered around their favorite song, "Old McDonald Had a Farm," using farm animals to make the activity more engaging. The adult sang a line of the song and paused, allowing...
Rainbow Room - Spring Hyacinth
Mr. Patryk has recently noticed that spring is beginning to appear in his garden and during his visits to the local park. However, there was one particular flower that caught his attention. Which flower is it? It's the wonderful Spring Hyacinth, which the children in the Rainbow Room were...
Rainbow Room - Spring Flowers Painting (Mother's Day)
The children were fully focused on the activity, using forks dipped in vibrant paint to create colorful patterns and lines. With great care, they pressed the forks onto the paper by experimenting with colours and lines formations to represent flower petals and stems. Their concentration was great...
Rainbow Room - Money (Coins)
The children were engaged in a hands-on math activity exploring money, focusing on 1p coins. They independently counted the coins from 1p to 10p and placed them into money bags, reinforcing their counting and money use skills in a practical context
Rainbow Room - Blocks Play
Ayyad and Benjamin were having an absolute fun as they transformed the room into a colourful and exciting mess, using blocks to build towers of all shapes and sizes. Each tower was uniquely crafted with different colored blocks, making every creation stand out even more. It was a joy to witness...
Rainbow Room - Garden
Today, children from the Rainbow Room explored flowers, vegetables, and herbs in the garden. They were also engaged in observing different types of flowers and trees, focusing on their appearance and texture. The children enjoyed using garden tools, such as rakes, to tend to the soil. Some children...
Year 5 - Computing Workshop
Today, Mr Power from Sebright taught us about coding by using these mini computers called microbits! We learnt how to set them up and made our microbits show our name and even sing us a song!
Rainbow Room - SEND PE: Throwing & Catching Bean Bags
...owing and catching skills. Using soft bean bags, children practiced various techniques, improving their hand-eye coordination and motor skills....
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
Year 2 - DT Wow Day
Year 2 had such a fun filled day for our Spring 1 Wow Day! We have been learning all about vehicles with wheels and axles, so what better than to make our own car prototype! We made our basic shape using a chassis, 2 axles and 4 wheels. We then thought back to our design from the week before and...
Year 2 - Division
Today we began thinking about using division and how this means we are sharing out items equally between groups. We were able to identify how many groups we would need, as well as how many cubes we needed to share out. We double checked our answers by counting each group and making sure they were...
Year 5 - Literacy Power of Play immersion lesson
Today we used drama to re tell the beginning of the story 'The Black Hole'. We practised moving and manipulating our bodies into shapes and characters before making freeze frames of the story, focusing on the mood and emotions of the character
Rainbow Room - Dots Heart Painting
We've been exploring various art techniques, and our focus has been on dot painting. We painted hearts using cotton buds and purple and pink colors. Additionally, we explored different patterns within dot painting to enhance the creativity
Year 3 - Kahoot in ICT
The children had a fun session today in their ICT lesson using Kahoot and answering questions based on our Science topic - Animals and Humans
Spanish Champions at the BFI
Yesterday a group of Spanish Champions was at the BFI Southbank for the day. In the morning the presenter took our pupils on an exciting journey to practice Spanish in a fun and interactive way using short films, and in the afternoon, we got to enjoy a film in Spanish
Rainbow Room - Big and Small Hearts Stamping
The children in the Rainbow Room have been exploring different sizes of hearts, creating colorful heart stamps using heart-shaped cutters. They’ve enjoyed experimenting with various sizes to see how each heart looks by adding a fun and creative twist to their stamping activity
Rainbow Room - Heart Tree
The children in the Rainbow Room have excitedly designed their very own Valentine's Heart Tree, engaging in a creative activity that involved using a variety of textured papers. They explored different types of paper, including both hard and soft textures, to give their artwork an added sensory...
Rainbow Room: Speech & Language Intervention
Today, children in the Rainbow Room were visited by Hannah (SLT), who conducted an intervention using Click Clack to support the development of requesting skills. This was done through the use of a core board and picture exchange books
Year 2 - RE Day - Spring 2025
This half term’s RE day was focussed on forgiveness. Our question was ‘What does it mean to say sorry?’. We spent time identifying why it might by difficult to say sorry and thought about other ways we could we were sorry. We discussed religious views on being honest, truthful and...
Year 2 - Exploring Money
To start our new maths topic of money, we spent some time identifying coins and notes. We discussed their values and compared their worth. We also began adding some coin values together using our addition skills to help us
Rainbow Room - Easter Bunnies
Today, the children created their own Easter bunnies using paper plates and cotton. They explored the texture of the cotton by touching it with their hands. They also used black paper to make whiskers, googly eyes for the eyes, and pink paper to create ears
Year 4 – Science
Year 4 Hornbills made telephones using paper cups and they could hear their peers speaking through the telephones. We had lots of fun in Science today
Rainbow - Letters, Fingers Writing and CVC Learning
We had so much fun exploring literacy in our learning! The children enjoyed using the colorful sequence mats to create various marks and letters with their fingers, helping to develop early mark-making, letter formation, and fine motor skills. Also, were also fully engaged in practicing how to...
Year 4 Hornbills - ICT lesson
The children in Hornbills had their first ICT/ Computing lesson today where they discussed Online Safety. They had a few task to complete using Purplemash which taught them how to stay safe when using the internet
Rainbow - Maths Learning
Wow! Our pupils are awesome mathematician because they were exploring mathematics in many and fun ways. Children were able to use numbers puzzles by placing them in the correct order from 1- 10 by following the number sequences and they counted animals that was representing each of the numbers....
Year 3 - WOW Day - Autumn 1 2025
Year 3 had a fantastic Wow Day to wrap our learning about the Amazon Rainforest. We created vibrant dioramas of the rainforest using paints, leaves, twigs and lots of different recycled materials to bring our vision to life! Watch the videos to see what geographical features we included
Year 1 Parrot Class - Rapunzel
Parrot class have been reading the story Rapunzel by Bethan Woolvin. We have been acting out the story using lots of story props. We also created a wanted poster for the wicked witch to try and find her. We've also been busy thinking of adjectives to describe Rapunzel. What words can you think...
Year 2 - Maths: Add by making 10
In today's practical lesson, we practised adding single digit numbers by using tens frames to make a 10 so it would be easier for us to find the answer
Rainbow Room - Autumn Art
As part of our seasonal learning journey, pupils have been engaging in fantastic activities to explore the beauty of Autumn through art. Pumpkins Art: Pupils painted their own representations of pumpkins using water colours and cotton buds, adding texture and vibrancy with orange tissue paper....
Year 4 Hornbills - ICT
The children in Hornbill class discussed their responsibilities when using online activities. As part of their lesson they discussed SMART targets which identifies how to be safe online. Next term they will explore Logo using PurpleMash
Rainbow Room - Autumn Maths Learning
...s through careful tracing. Using markers and pencils, pupils traced numbers in order from 1 to 10. As they counted aloud while tracing, they built confidence in number sequencing and early counting skills. One of the most exciting parts of the session was the challenge of Using large buttons t...
Year 4 Boys - PurpleMash
The boys in Year 4 today had a fun maths session using PurpleMash to consolidate their learning around rounding. They can log on at anytime from home to practice their math skills
Rainbow - Fun Attention Activity
Our pupils had a magical learning experience that captured their attention and fostered teamwork. Sitting eagerly on their chairs, they worked together to guess sensory toys that were shown to them from the attention bucket. Each toy sparked curiosity and excitement while helping the children...
Year 1 - Peacocks: Autumn learning so far!
Have a look at what Peacock Class have been learning about so far. We have been reading Rapunzel. We looked at characters and setting. We have also done some acting and using adjectives. In Math's, we have been practicing our counting!
Year 5 - Mapping Day
Year 5 recently took part in a fantastic full-day workshop focused on developing their mapping skills. The children explored a wide range of maps and learned how to read them using keys, symbols, and directional language. They were fascinated to discover how maps can tell stories and help us...
Year 2 - Computing: Exploring Purple Mash
For our first computing lesson in Year 2, we spent the lesson learning how to log in to Purple Mash and exploring the website. We will be using Purple Mash for almost all of our computing learning from now all the way up to Year 6!
Rainbow - Self-Portraits Drawings
...hairstyles and skin tones. Using a variety of materials such oil pastels, markers and tissue paper to create the colorful portraits....
Year 3 Toucan - WOW Day 2025
The Year 3 Toucan class had an inspiring Wow Day, drawing creativity from the artist Andy Goldsworthy. They ventured into the playground to craft natural sculptures using leaves, twigs, and other found materials. Back in the classroom, they painted tree-themed canvases in an artistic style inspired...
Rainbow Room - Chalk Butterflies Drawing
As part of our captivating social story, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," children immersed themselves in a artistic experience. They enthusiastically engaged in colouring and drawing their own spring butterflies, using chalks. With each stroke, they brought their imaginations to life, crafting...
Year 3 - Angles
This week, we began learning about angles by using maps and toy animals, giving directions using degrees and compass points. In our maths lesson, we also created origami to explore different types of angles, as well as shapes, edges, and vertices—setting the stage for our upcoming sequence on...
Rainbow Room- Weather Patterns
Children participated in learning about various weather phenomena they encounter in their daily lives, such as sunshine, rain, and clouds. They had a great time using colorful lollipop sticks to match different colours to weather cards. This activity helped them visualize and demonstrate different...
Rainbow Room - Weather learning
Children were matching the names of the weather using weather cards and word cards. Some children were able to recognize the weather names by saying them or pointing to them with an adult
Rainbow Room - Sun Catchers & Rainbow Clouds
We have been exploring the different types of weather we experience during our outdoor playtime, particularly in the playground where we have noticed changes in the weather while playing. The children had a wonderful time creating sun catchers using paper plates and triangles from orange paper ....
Rainbow Room- Patterns Arrangements
We had an amazing time exploring different pattern arrangements using colorful lollipop sticks. There was an opportunity for us to challenged ourselves to try memorize the colours sequences as we carefully placed the lollipop s sticks on the paper, matching each stick to its corresponding colour in...
Year 3 - Creating Drawings using Chalk
In today’s lesson, we took our learning outdoors and used chalk to create drawings on the KS2 playground. Around our artwork, we wrote adjectives inspired by our fortnightly focus book, Chalk
Year 3 - Kingfisher: Chalk Art
The children in Kingfisher had fun today using chalk to draw images from our text
Rainbow Room - Chalk Drawing
...ing their own chalk drawings. Using a variety of chalk colour and the space available at the playground to create own chalk drawing. The children enjoyed drawing houses, rainbows, happy faces, trees, and much more by expressing their creativity and ideas....
Rainbow Room- Attention Bucket ( Glitter Fun ) )
The children had a great time using paper cups as shakers to sprinkle different colors of glitter onto large sheets of paper. After that, the children used cotton buds to create mark-making with the glitter on the paper
Rainbow Room: Buttons Maths
Children were actively engaged in a math activity that involved using buttons for counting. They placed the buttons on circles numbered from 1 to 10 and then recalled the names of the numbers. Additionally, the children used a whiteboard to practice simple addition. They placed buttons under the...
Year 2 - Mapping Day
Year 2 enjoyed Mapping Day to start our Geography learning. We had lots of fun looking at maps, globes and using compasses to understand directions. We identified features of maps and made a plan view map of our playground, before making a 3D version from corrugated card
Spanish - Eurovision Inspired Language Learning!
Today, in our Spanish lessons we have used the excitement of Eurovision as a fun and engaging context for language learning. Students practiced using numbers in context, casting their own votes and expressed opinions about some of the performances. They enjoyed listening to songs in a range of...
Rainbow Room – PHSE: Family & Friendships
Children drew pictures of their families using simple shapes. Some children said, "I am drawing my mummy," or pointed and said, "Look at my dad," to identify their family members. Therefore, some children used family names like mum, dad, brother, or sister. In addition children...
Rainbow Room- Requesting with Coreboard
Children in the Rainbow Room participated in a requesting and sharing intervention using click-clack cars. They were also supported in their communication with a core board during this activity. In this session, children used pictures on the cardboard to request an object or action from an adult....
Year 4 - Number Day (Part 1)
Today, Mete and Anas had a fantastic time participating in a fun and engaging learning activity that was all about numbers. The activity was designed around Valentine's Day, using heart-themed cards to make it even more exciting! They explored different quantities of hearts on each card, and their...
Year 2 - Computing Autumn 1 Week 2
This week we discussed our online safety agreement, talking about how to keep ourselves safe when using a device and who we should ask for help. We practised logging in to the chromebooks using our individual usernames and passwords, and then logged in to LGFL to access Purple Mash. We then had...
Year 3 - Computing - Coding
Year 3 have started learning about coding this term in Computing. They have now learnt what an algorithm is and how to make virtual objects move using the coding symbols and instructions. They are super excited about computing lessons and always look forward to it each week!
Year 4 - World Book Day 2017
As part of World Book Day, the children in 4S wrote their own short stories for others to read. The children then illustrated their stories using watercolours. All the stories have been displayed in a big book. Please have a read of our great stories when you next visit our book corner!
Year 5 - Inspired by Anthony Gormley
The children in year 5 have been studying the work of Anthony Gormley and the use of squared objects and designs. He also enjoys using the human form to create art pieces. The children had fun today creating and designing their own art piece based on the human form
Year 5 - Finding a Fraction of an Amount
Today (11th February 2019) the Year 5 children had an exciting maths lesson using concrete and visual resources to help them find a fraction of an amount. The children watched a video prepared by the teachers, then used the concrete materials to help them solve the calculations. After, they used...
Year 5 - Fashion Show
This week, Year 5 had to design and create fashion items using recycled clothes and materials as part of Work Week. They also showed off their modelling skill on the cat walk! Well done for all the hard work Year 5! What was your favourite part of the fashion show? What company's products would...
Year 5 - Drama Workshop
Year 5 had an amazing drama workshop today. Some of this involved using simple objects to create performances which were funny and moving!
Year 5 - Chalk Art
The children in Year 5 had a wonderful time today using chalk to show their creativity. They used various techniques like rubbing, line work, colours, varied shading and images to design their own master piece. This was part of our Topic lesson this term, where our focusis on art and the work of...
Year 5 - Celebrating World Maths Day
Today (12th March 2019) the Year 5 pupils were excited to celebrate World Maths Day by solving a range of puzzles and problems. The children formed groups and partners to help each other solve the puzzles and problems. The class had so much fun, solving the maths puzzles using their mathematical...
Year 5 - 5MC Big Draw Vincent Van Gogh
Today, Year 5 worked hard to create our Vincent Van Gogh landscape inspired artwork. We created our bespoke art pieces using oil pastel and sheer imagination. You can come to our school exhibition to see our artwork on the following dates: 4 th December – Nursery, Reception, Year 1 5 th December –...
Year 5 - 5M Full STEAM Ahead
The children in Year 5M were delighted today (26th February 2019) to have a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics workshop. The children played many different games looking at various occupations and their meanings and designed a floating boat using only limited resources
Year 5 - 5M Friendship Week Posters
Today (12th November 2018) the children in Year 5M made posters to celebrate their friendships and used vocabulary to describe what makes a good friend. They created word posters using a style and technique
Year 5 - 5M Developing Mathematical Skills Using IXL
The children enjoyed their session today when they used online learning tool to develop their mathematical skills. The children logged on to IXL and practised the objectives that we visited in Autumn Term. Children are encouraged to keep practising their maths skills at home using IXL
Year 5 - 3D Nets
The children in Year 5 today (20-11-2018) had a practical maths lesson where they constructed 3D shapes using nets. The children then made their 3D shapes and listed the properties of the 3D shapes
Year 4's Maths Tricks
In Year 4 we have been using our 'tricks' to help us work out challenging problems! Have a look at some of the examples where the children used their knowledge of patterns to extend their learning. "For 375 + 200. My trick is that if I know 3+2=5, then I also know that 300+200=500....
Year 4 - 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 5 - LEXIA Superstars
The children in Year 5 have been developing their learning today (3rd April 2019) using a programme called Lexia, which enables pupils to build on their knowledge and skills in reading and writing. The pupils have been working to improve their sentence structures and vocabulary
Year 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 - Maths: Graffiti Art
Year 4 had a fun maths lesson creating graffiti art. Each table had a different reasoning problem and the children worked in groups to find a solution using numbers and drawings
Year 4 - Hackney Museum: Travels with my Suitcase
Year 4 visited Hackney Museum where we had a workshop called 'Travels with my suitcase'. The children discovered how the local area has changed through the stories and suitcases of people who have travelled to Hackney from all over the world and throughout history. Year 4 children became...
Year 4 - BIG Draw
Year 4 looked at Pablo Picasso's art work and tried to recreate some of his famous pieces using a range of materials to create a 2D/3D graphic relief. We had a lot of fun being hands on and getting messy
Year 3 Numeracy - Autumn 2015
In numeracy we have been focusing on subtraction and addition via column method, partitioning, and using a number-line. We have also been doing weekly multiplication test and mental maths test to improve our at home learning
Year 3 Literacy - Gregory Cool
We have been focusing on the text Gregory Cool. The book is about a young boy who travels to the Caribbean island of Tobago, to spend the summer with his grandparents. Upon his arrival he realizes, the lifestyle in Tobago is much different from the lifestyle in London. We are using this book to...
Year 3 Cross-Curricular Autumn 2015
In Cross-Curricular we have been focusing on volcanoes, earthquakes, rocks, and the seven continents of the world. It was really interesting comparing the climate, living conditions, and food supply, in Haiti and London. We learned that we have a lot to be thankful for
Year 3 and 5 - Magic Maths
This morning (19th October 2018) 5M were pleasantly surprised when a young mathematician from 3G paid them a visit. The young maths master showed the class a range of math tricks, math magic and number patterns using his times tables knowledge and calculator skills. The entire class in 5M were...
Year 3 - Weather Presenters
3G have spent the afternoon being weather presenters. They were learning about the difference between weather and climate.The children had to research their facts using fact cards and atlases. They worked with a partner sharing information
Year 3 - Solving Addition Problems using Partitioning
In Year 3 this morning (21st January 2019) we have been solving addition problems using partitioning. We proved that although we were working on the same problems using the same method, we were able to use different resources to check our work
Year 3 - Roman Battle
Today Year 3 took part in an enormous battle against the Celts! Their stamping feet and mighty roars could be heard miles away. The Romans protected themselves using battle formations such as the tortoise and ultimately beat the Celts. Long live the Romans!
Year 3 - Plasticine Stonehenge
Year 3 explored and investigated the mysteries of the great Stone Age wonder of Stonehenge. We discussed and debated how and why it was made. We then built our own using Plasticine and learn the stages in which it was built
Year 3 - Marlon's Lego Model of The Windrush
Marlon in 3G made a Lego model of The Windrush. He researched The Windrush using photos on the internet. Marlon was able to correctly name all the parts of the ship. He has also researched the history of the The Windrush as part of his home learning. He shared his knowledge in a question and answer...
Year 5 - Lego Time
The children in year 5 were pleasantly surprised today to be part of a Lego workshop organised by City Year for them. They enjoyed building, designing various Lego structures and included using a pulley drive to make the car move. Mr Fahy was super excited and jumped in to play with the Lego
Year 5 - Light and Dark Tones
In art, the year 5 children were using light and dark tones to create an effect in their art work. They used various methods to obtain light and dark tones, for example rubbing, smudging and using a tissue to spread the shade of black
Year 3 - Internet Safety Day
Year 3 had several very interesting discussions about how to stay safe when using the Internet. They demonstrated their knowledge in posters that they made encouraging others to be safe when using the Internet, completed Internet safety crosswords and answered comprehension questions about the...
Year 5 Are Learning Spanish
The Year 5 classes changed all their display boards to show their learning in Spanish. They have been focusing on developing their vocabulary and using short sentences in class
Newsletter - 13th November 2015
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13th November 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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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 on Team Building
As the sun graced us with its presence we decided to head outside and practice our teamwork skills. We had to build a tower using nothing but tape and paper. The winning team's tower was nearly as tall as Mr Ricardo
Year 6 Express Their Creative Talent
Shifting their energy from arduous revision for the end of year tests; Year 6 took to our local environment to create amazing landscape masterpieces using a range of Art media including water colours, oil pastels and charcoal. No doubt, room needs to be made in some eminent galleries across the...
Year 6 - 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 - Cultural Cooking
Year 6 were inspired by the book ‘Oranges in No Man’s Land’ by Elizabeth Laird and went on to study and explore various aspects of Lebanese culture. The following pictures show the children using their culinary skills to make hummus
Year 6 - Constructing Balanced Mobile Structures Using Wire
As part of our cross curricular topic Year 6 have been constructing balanced mobile structures using wire. The wire structures are inspired by Alexander Calder who was hugely influenced by an artist called Miro. Whilst building our structures we had to keep in mind some key factors: the structure...
Year 6 - 6S Mental Health Week
As this week is Mental Health Week, 6S have been focusing on ways we can look after our mental health and well-being. We have had some insightful conversations surrounding what mental health is and we designed posters to help educate people on how they can take care of their own mental health....
Year 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 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 Residential 2018 - Day 3
Day 3 and things are not slowing down. The children finished yesterday with pasta bake and hot cocoa. The tiredness had set in and it was a very quiet night in the cabin. After an energising sleep, the children were woken up to the smell of fresh pastries baking in the oven. They had enough choice...
Year 5 - Young Authors Publishing Session
5M today (Tuesday 2nd October 2018) were extremely focused and engaged in their publishing session. Excited, they all prepared their pages with pictures from the story in order to publish their own version of the story. The children cannot wait for the whole story to be published and ready for our...
Year 5 - Money, money, money!
The Year 5 children enjoyed their practical maths lesson today, where they used coins and notes to make various amounts. The children added different amounts, found the change and also used different coins to make different amounts. Children should encourage parents to allow them with their next...
Year 5 - The Friction Test
Today in science (23rd April 2019) the Year 5 children tested the different effects of friction, using four different surfaces. The children build a ramp and with a toy car measured the distance the car travelled on different surfaces, testing the effects of friction
Year 5 - The Bar Model
The Year 5 children have been using the bar model to help them visual the real life word-problems. The bar model has helped them to better understand the problem, choose the operation and solve the calculations
Year 5 - Telling The Time
Today (4th March 2019) the children in Year 5 were using clocks to help them tell the time. Then they used blank clock faces to show the time then read the time that was shown on their clock faces. The Year 5 pupils have been encouraged to practice telling time and using time word problems on IXL...
Year 5 - Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPAG)
Today (25th April 2019) the Year 5 children were focusing on their Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPAG) objectives and looked at combining sentences using connectives. They were given a range of sentences and had to connect them using suitable connectives. Can you spot any connectives in your...
Year 5 - Solving Word Problems Using Fractions
Today, Thursday 9th November 2017, the children in Year 5 applied their skills and knowledge to solve word problems involving fractions. they used the steps to success and followed each step to help them solve larger fraction calculations. They worked in pairs, supporting each other and ensured...
Year 5 - Short Stories
Today (3rd April 2019) the Year 5 children were excited to write their own short stories using a cliff-hanger. The children used their own imagination and creative skills to design, plan and write their own short stories with the key features included
Year 5 - Seperating Mixture Experiment
The children in year 5 today (1st April 2019) were very busy this afternoon in their science lesson. the task was to use various mixtures; sand and iron, sand and plastic, flour and lentils, sand and water and with resources they had to separate the mixtures using their scientific knowledge
Year 5 - Role Play: Understanding a Story
Today the children in Year 5 had a fun session using role play to extend their understanding of a story. The children has a chance to play different characters and say what the characters might be saying and even thinking
Year 5 - Publishing Our Biographies
The year 5 pupils were focused while they published their biographies. They used their drafts in their books, along with notes they made and began to publish the biography. On Thursday the children will do their 'Hot Task', where they will write a biography on a different person using notes...
Year 5 - Publishing Diaries
Today (11th February 2019) the Year 5 children published their diary entries that they wrote last week. The children focused on including the features of a diary and using emotive language
Year 5 - Poems in the Hop-garden
The children in Year 5 had an amazing time in the Hop-garden where they performed their poems. This week the children had been reading a selection of poems and developing their skills to perform the poems. Next week, they will write their own poems using a range of different techniques
Year 5 - Online SPAG
The children in year 5M enjoyed their first session using the online Spelling, punctuation and Grammar activity. Each child was given a unique password and username, which will help them to log on at home in order to complete the weekly activities, which are set by the teachers. The online program...
Year 5 - Morning Meditation
This morning (24th April 2019) 5Mc started their day with a calm and relaxing session using meditating. The children were relaxed and ready to start their music session feeling awake and refreshed. Even Mr O'flynn joined in the meditating session and felt calm and relaxed
Year 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 - George's Marvellous Medicine
Year 3 had a very exciting lesson as they were introduced to the story of George’s Marvellous Medicine. The class had to make a medicine to turn Grandma into something evil! They wrote a set of instructions to make their medicine using ingredients that George used around his house. When they...
Newsletter - 4th March 2016
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4th March 2016
Geography in Year 2
This term in Geography, we have been learning about the weather in the UK. We enjoyed using green screen and role playing as weather forecasters. Watch our videos to find out what we have been learning about
Photoshoot
Some Daubeney children were lucky enough to take part in a photo shoot with professional photographer Muir Vidler. The children created costumes using duct tape. We had a butterfly, a sailor, a doctor, Wonderwoman, a bumblebee, a tiger and a NYPD police officer! The children had a great time and...
Nursery Reads 'Whatever Next' by Jill Murphy
This week nursery have been reading the book 'Whatever Next' by Jill Murphy. We have enjoyed acting out the story and using a range of story props. We also received an invitation from Owl to join Baby Bear for a picnic on the moon. So........... nursery made some jam sandwiches for our...
Nursery - The Three Little Pigs
In nursery the children have been reading the story The Three Little Pigs. They acted out the story in small groups, remembering lots of the words from the story. They drew pictures of the story ending and talked about what happened at the end of the story. Other activities included making the 3...
Nursery - Makaton Sing and Sign
The nursery children have been enjoying using Makaton sing and sign. They have been singing 'Hey diddle, diddle' and 'Old Macdonald had a farm' and have been able to learn and use lots of the signs when singing. They have been lucky enough to have Jenny Ray the Speech and Language...
Nursery - Gingerbread Men
The Nursery children enjoyed making Gingerbread men. They looked at the recipe, talked about the ingredients and then worked together to mix, roll and cut them out. After much anticipation they were cooked in the oven and the children then decorated them using different coloured icing. Luckily our...
Nursery - Baby Clinic
Nursery have enjoyed using their new role play area which has been turned into a baby clinic. They have been weighing the babies, dressing, feeding, bathing and doing check ups. They have even learn how to put a nappy on the baby!
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...
Motivational Boys Group Black History Month Assembly
Our Motivational Boys Group demonstrated many qualities today (15th October 2018) when they lead an assembly prepared by them, on inspirational figures throughout history, focusing on people from Black and African heritage. The boys used their skills and lead the assembly discussing many...
Maths Week in Nursery
The children in Nursery have been very busy this week using and applying their maths skills. We have been creating beautiful pattern necklaces and 2d shapes out of straw!! The children also went on a number hunt and buried through the sand pit to find them
Making Music in Nursery
The nursery children have enjoyed using the instruments to create different sounds, to "make some music!" as Levi put it. They shook, twisted and jingled their way through several tunes with Mr. O'Flynn to great effect, as you can hear in the video clip. The nursery may just have to...
Literacy Parent Workshop - January 2019
The parents and children thoroughly enjoyed our January workshop which was led by Phil McDermott, the amazing story teller. They were enthralled listening to Phil tell an entertaining story then they had the opportunity to work in pairs to create their own stories. The parents learnt about the...
Junior Maths Team - Multiplication and Division Facts
The Junior Maths Team are currently tutoring the multiplication and division facts across the school. The tutors are using games and ICT equipment to help their 'tutees' to mastery their multiplication and division facts. If you would like to become a tutor or tutee then please speak to a...
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...
Discussing Sustainable Modes of Transport in Spanish
Linking with our efforts to promote sustainable modes of transports lead by Ms Cherid, Year 5 and some Spanish champions had a travel survey and discussed the transports they prefer using and why in Spanish. Pupils also shared the way they travel to school and their reasons
Reception - Homerton Fire Station
We went to Homerton Fire Station and had such a good time. We all had a turn on the fire hose and got inside the Fire Engine. We watched the Fire Fighters slide down the pole. Thank you to all the parents who accompanied us on the trip. Yellow Class at Homerton Fire Station. Jaziah is having a go...
Developing Writing in Year 2 and Year 5
It was exciting today (25th January 2019) to welcome the Year 2 writers to Year 5 where they were supported to develop and extend their learning. The children in Year 5 helped the Year 2 writers to extend their sentences using relative clauses
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...
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...
6S - Spanish Dictionary Challenge
This week, 6S took on a new challenge on their Spanish learning by using a Spanish online dictionary and translation websites to be able to understand and independently translate a text. They used their expertise in dealing with the Spanish alphabetical order confidently to be able to look up...
6S - Re-Creating London Skyline
In year 6 we have started a new book called 'The London Eye Mystery'. To immerse ourselves in the story, we have re-created the London skyline using our artistic skills. Have a look at some of the magnificent pieces of artwork we created. Mr Swarbrick even had a go
6DM - Art Workshop
We had a visitor from an art gallery who taught us all about a French artist named Monet. All of his paintings were based on nature and truly inspiring. He used four colours to make a range of different colours. Also, we learnt that he was an impressionist artist and painted using small brush...
5M - The Big Draw
Today, Year 5 worked hard to create our Vincent Van Gogh landscape inspired artwork. We created our bespoke art pieces using oil pastel and sheer imagination. Even Mr Matvad joined in to create his own drawing
5M - The Big Draw
5M started their BIG DRAW project today when they studied the art work from an artist called' Sonia Delaunay'. Her work includes normal art, abstract art and art using a focused shape. Today we used a dominant shape to create our own masterpiece
5M - Nelson Mandela Biographies
5M were busy last week publishing their biographies based on Nelson Mandela. The children worked extremely hard to create notes, then turn them into factual sentences, using formal language. Next they drafted a copy, edited it then prepared their biography for publishing. We are all proud of their...
5M - Inspire Work Week Project
The children in 5M were excited to create their own fashion T-shirts, using tie dye for our Inspire Work Week project. They enjoyed making and mixing colours to make their products colourful and amazing. Watch this space to see our finished product, which will appear very soon. Their fashion show...
1P Class Update
What a fantastic few weeks we have had in 1P! Lots of writing and maths. We have been continuing with free flow time but focusing on writing about the gingerbread man in literacy and odd and even numbers in maths
World War Two - BBC Teach
Using archive video and images from the Imperial War Museum, as well as first-person testimony from veterans and eye-witnesses, this series of short films offers a comprehensive overview of World War Two for primary schools.
Thinkuknow
Guide to internet safety and safe surfing for young people from Think U Know. Learn about online safety when using blogs, chatting, online gaming, P2P and other forms of technology like mobiles.
Reception - Creating Patterns
In Red Class we have been busy exploring our senses. We have been looking at different kinds of patterns and creating patterns using two and three colours. We also made delicious jam sandwiches and invited Mr Teddy to our picnic. We've also experimented with smelling different items such as...
Reception - Red Class Visit Discover Story Centre
Red class had a wonderful time at the Discover Story Centre. We carefully listened to the story 'The Tiger Who Came to Tea' and went on a very exciting story trail. The children loved acting out the story and using lots of story props. Take a look to see what fun we had!
Year 3 - First Week Back At School
In Maths, we have been looking at place value and representing numbers using dienes and counters. We have also started to add on 1, 10 and 100 onto different numbers using our knowledge of place value so far. In Literacy, we have been recounting our summer holidays and we are preparing to create...
Year 2 - 2C Easter Bonnet Parade
Happy Easter! For our Easter Bonnet Parade, we decorated cards using felt tips, glitter and bow with rabbits and Easter eggs! We had a lot of fun designing them and we chose the song Firework by Katy Perry to dance to during the parade! Take a look at our photos! Which bonnet catches your eye?
Year 3 - Exploring Stone, Bronze and Iron age Burials using Augmented Reality
Year 3 were exploring Stone, Bronze and Iron age burials this week using augmented reality on the iPads. We uncovered the graves and their remains using AR in our classroom! We then drew and designed our own barrow or cist!
Year 3 - Estimating in Maths
In Year 3 today the children have been using resources to learn about estimating in maths. The children had to make reasonable estimates of the amount of objects their partner was holding. They then had to check their estimates accurately to find out how close they were
Year 3 - Designing Chocolate Factories
After finding out about Willy Wonka's weird and wonderful culinary creations, Year 3 decided to design confectionery rooms of their own. Some of their ideas would give Mr Wonka himself a run for his money! One child created 'Everest Room', which contains a life sized version of the...
Year 3 - Christmas Party Day in 3T
3T have had a fun-filled day of festive frivolities! In the morning, they enjoyed creative activities, board games, word searches (including one in Spanish!) and they even got a visit from the one and only Santa! Later, they played a game called 'minute to win it' in which they had to...
Year 2/5 - Developing Literacy Skills Using Brackets
It was a very special morning today, Friday 8th December 2017, for two special young stars from 2K, who came to 5M to enhance their learning. In the session, our two young stars developed their literacy skills by using brackets, to add more details about their subject. In maths they answered Next...
Year 2 visits Year 1 - Science Week Experiments
As part of Science Week, class 2F came to class 1D to do some challenging experiments! They investigated on how to build the strongest and tallest tower using spaghetti and marshmallows (which we're very tempting to nibble on!)
Year 2 - Venn Diagrams Using Materials
Today (14th January 2019) while looking at what materials everyday objects were made of, we learnt about Venn diagrams because objects like scissors and computers are made of plastic AND metal! We used a Venn diagram to show that objects can be part of 2 categories. A lot of everyday materials are...
Year 2 - Time
The children in 2K had a fun lesson learning all about time. They learnt how to identify, quarter past, half past, quarter to and on the clock. We then extended our learning by using other time intervals
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...
Year 2 - Subtracting Using Dienes
In 2G today we have been learning to subtract using dienes. This was a practical lesson where the children had to find the correct amount of tens and ones for the amount that they were subtracting from. They then had to subtract the amount of dienes in the number sentence. The children were able to...
Year 2 - Maths: Adding Using the Column Method
It's been a fabulous week of learning in Maths. Year 2 have been learning how to add using the column method; regrouping in ones. They practiced with dienes where they learnt how to 'Stop and Swap' moving the 1 ten in the tens column
Year 2 - Making Toy Cars
In D&T we have been designing and making our own toy car. We first designed our car and made our body using cardboard. We then attached the axle to the wheels. We had a class race when we finished constructing our car. It was fun! Can you guess who won?
Year 2 - Giving Intructions Using Imperative Verbs
In literacy we this week, Year 2 have been learning how to give intructions using imperative verbs. As part of a practical lesson, the children gave each other instructions using imperative verbs while making a jam sandwich
Year 1 - Goldilocks
In Literacy we have been reading the story of Goldilocks and the three bears. We sequenced the pictures of the story talking about what happened at the beginning, in the middle and at the end of the story trying to use descriptive words. We also had fun acting out the story in small groups using...
Reception - Red Class: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Red class really enjoyed reading the story 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears'. We have been using props and resources to retell and explore the story further. We loved using different voices to retell the story. We used a deep loud voice for daddy bear, a squeaky voice for mummy bear and a...
Year 1 - Work Week Trip to Marks and Spencer
Year 1T went on a trip to Marks & Spencer in Hackney. We had a go at visual merchandising and at using the tills. We also walked around the shop floor to have a look at all the different departments and had a go at finding items from a shopping list. Finally, we went on a tour of the stockroom....
Walking Map Zone
Recently, students went walking around our local area to create a Walking Map Zone and compiled the data for Hackney Council. The council have now got back to us with an official map for students to use to plan their journey to school using sustainable travel methods. Think about how you travel to...
Transforming our School Gates
...ing screen printing workshop. Using pictures of local Hackney landscapes the children got stuck in t......create their chosen building. Using their designs they used a screen printing technique to print ont...
This Week in 1S
1S have settled into Year 1 super quickly! They have been playing and writing, drawing and running! This week we have been drawing our own maps and writing our own sentences using colourful semantics. We even know all about odd and even numbers! We can't wait to learn even more :)
Science Club - Circuits
Science club had lots of fun today learning about different types of circuits! The children tried to get a motor, a buzzer and a switch to work all at the same time using a parallel circuit
Red Class - Journey to Africa
Red Class have been on a journey to Africa! We have enjoyed reading the story Handa’s Surprise and acting out the story. We have also been looking at African art and prints in textiles. We then created a patterned scarf for Handa using shapes. Red class also loved writing postcards pretending...
Red Class - African Art
We have been very busy creating some African art. We've been mixing colours to make orange and blending water colours such yellow and red to create a sunset effect. We have also been using our cutting skills to create a silhouette picture. Take a look at our lovely work. Which animals can you spot?
Reception Invitation - Stories
We invited Reception class to come and listen to our stories! We read our published story to them using our best voices. Reception children asked us questions about our stories and we answered them articulately
Reception - Yellow Class: The Three Little Pigs
Yellow Class did a book focus on the well known story 'The Three Little Pigs'. The children enjoyed role playing the story, making the 3D houses and trees and painting the pigs for our display. They did some really good writing around the story. This was focusing on the how the characters...
Reception - Yellow Class: 'Whatever Next' by Jill Murphy
We had a fabulous week focusing on the story 'Whatever Next' by Jill Murphy. The children learnt all about onomatopoeia words. We pointed out many of them in the story and we thought of some of our own onomatopoeia words, which we then put into our literacy writing. As part of the...
Reception - Yellow Class Meet 'The Rainbow Fish'
Yellow have gone a journey through the sea and met 'The Rainbow Fish'. We have been learning all about what it is to be a good friend and treat others kindly. The children wrote about this as art of a literacy focus. Yellow Class have enjoyed taking part in creative activities drawing and...
Reception - Yellow Class Learn About 2D Shapes
Yellow Class have been learning all about shapes. We have learnt the names of 2D shapes and talked about the properties of these shapes. We did lots of activities around shape such as making pictures using shaped collage. We even made shapes with our bodies. We have learnt a new song about shape...
Reception - Work Week 2019: Red Class visit the Fire Station
Red Class had a brilliant time at the Homerton Fire Station. We looked at the fire engine and the fire fighters uniform. The children really enjoyed using the hose to squirt water. We also learnt about the importance of having a fire alarm at home and what to do in an event of a fire. Red class...
Newsletter - 15th January 2016
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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
Year 4 Timetables Club - 5th October 2022
The children in Year 4 enjoyed their first Timetables club today, 5-10-2022, where they practiced their times tables and their fluency. Every week they will be practicing and each week will assess their learning using the assessment tool on their Purplemash program
Nurture Group - Year 1 - Literacy: Handa's Surprise
We made puppets and retold the story using characters from the story Handa's surprise
Year 5 - Outdoor Learning: Learning About Place Value
As part of our outdoor learning this week, Year 5 went to Daubeney Fields to learn about place value. We used different natural resources such as leaves, sticks, stones along with string to make place value charts. We then used these resources to make number representations all the way up to...
Year 5 Mapping Skills Day
To start our Geography topic off, we refreshed our memories of geographical skills we learnt in previous years and built onto our own knowledge by learning some new skills. We looked at 8 point compasses, 4 figure coordinates, aerial photographs and even thematic maps! To end our day we went on an...
Robotic Arm Science Team Meeting
One of our science team members kindly brought in a robotic arm and expertly explained how it worked to the rest of the group. Everyone then had a go at using it and we tried to pick up different objects using the claw and suction cup!
Nursery - Trees in the Garden
The tree in our nursery garden fascinates Daubeney children. The children are often observed using all their muscles to help them climb the tree. Children enjoy sitting in the tree, looking for bugs and collecting rainwater
4S Art & DT: To Create Patterns on Textile
4S focusing on different patterns used on Indian textiles. They used these patterns and added their own designs to create wonderful pieces of work!
Reception - This Week in Red Class - 23rd June 2021
This week, we have been doings lots of fun learning! We have been learning about 'The Rainbow Fish' and what makes a good friend. We have created rainbow fish using craft materials, we have created friendship cards and fish using play-doh. We have also been learning about money this week,...
Mental Health Awareness Week Nature Competition
The Junior Mental Health Team organised a competition asking children to create an art piece of why nature is important for our mental health. The JMHT chose their winners and took them on a trip to Daubeney Fields. The children had a special picnic and had fun being creative using natural resources
Year 4B - The Dot - Pointillism
As part of immersion week in Literacy, we have been reading The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds. We learnt about Pointillism and using a computer, we created Art with a variety of dots in different colours and sizes to produce a bigger picture
Year 1 - 1A Maths: Using Positional Language
1A had a really fun superhero maths lesson today. We went outside to find our superhero friends. They were hiding in our playground. We had to use positional language to describe where they were hiding. Take a look at what fun we had!
Year 1A - Geography WOW Day!
For Geography WOW day we have been using lots of recyclable materials to create different landmarks in London. Can you guess what they are? We have been learning about the four different countries in the UK and naming capital cities. We also looked at their flags and named the seas surrounding the...
Year 5 - Wow Day - 27th May 2021
Year 5 had an amazing Wow Day! We made volcanoes from scratch and painted them. We presented the volcanoes using technical vocabulary. Finally, we're went outside to make the volcanoes erupt!
Boys Book Club - 24th May 2021
Today, 24-05-2021, the Boys Book Club enjoyed a session of poetry. We read a poem called, 'I cannot go to school today' by Shel Silverstein and enjoyed the poem. The boys then decided to create their own poem using ideas from the poem they have read. Here is our example created by the Boys Book...
Year 4M - ICT and Geography
Today, 20-5-2021, the children in 4M used their ICT skills to research information about Mt Fuji and create a non-chronological report. The children were able to use their literacy knowledge and ICT skills to create a factual report about Japans famous mountain. The children enjoyed using their...
Boys Book Club - 10th May 2021
Today, 10-5-2021, the Boys Book Club enjoyed using their iPad to read an online story, which then generated comprehension questions for them. They enjoyed reading the stories and answering the questions
Nursery - Spooky Dress Up Day
Nursery has had a fantastic day with our 'Spooky Dress Up' day. The children listened to the story 'Pumpkin Soup' and explored the inside of a pumpkin using spoons, and wooden sticks. They each had a turn to talk about the texture, colour and talked about what they could smell. They...
Year 4 - Atlas
The children in Year 4 today 5-5-2021 enjoyed their Geography session as they had an opportunity to study our Junior School Atlas books. The children were able to transfer their knowledge when using keys to read a map, identifying lakes, rivers, mountainous areas, deserts and main roads. They also...
Nurture Group - Number Formation
In maths we were writing our numbers and practising number formation using paint. We finished the session by mixing the colours together to see what other colours we can make. 'This feels great!'
Year 3 - Mapping Skills Day
During mapping skills day in Year 3 the children learnt how to use map coordinates. They also completed a task using map symbols. Next they looked at compasses and had to label the compass points. Their final task was to sketch a map of the playground and add a key using their own symbols
Year 4 - Mapping Day
The children today, 20th April 2021, had a fun day of learning all about mapping. The children started by identifying continents, oceans, cities and various landmarks and features on a map. Then the children placed key features on a map while planning a local route using a local map of our area....
Art Team Easter Competition
Take part in this years Young Artists Summer Show, presented by the Royal Academy of Arts. Submit a piece of artwork based on any theme, using any materials to admin@daubeney.hackney.sch.uk by the 21st April for submission into the competition. For more information, visit the Royal Academy website
Boys Book Club - 22nd March 2021
Today 22 March 2021 the Boys Book Club enjoyed a session reading a text then answering questions online. Next week they are looking forward to continuing using the online text and questions to develop their comprehension skills
Reception - Journey through African
We have had a fantastic first week back! This week, reception have been taking a Journey through Africa, learning about the countries, animals and landmarks! We have been making African inspired masks, African patterns using 2D and 3D shapes and bright colours. We have also enjoyed playing in the...
Year 1 - 1L Maths: First Week Back
1L had lots of fun playing maths games and practising addition and subtraction during our first week back together! We focused on working together with a partner and using mathematical language to explain our work!
Year 4 - British Science Week 2021
Today 9th March 2021 the children enjoyed making their own lava lamps using simple ingredients and apparatus. They had loads of fun during our afternoon of science
Nurture Group - Painting Freely
... Expressing emotions Using senses Hand eye coordination Promotes stress relief Enhances problem solving and motor skills....
Nurture Group - Creative Bird Feeders
Last week we made bird feeders using Cheerios. We then hung them in our hop garden. "The birds are going to enjoy it" Try having a go!!
Boys Book Club - 30th November 2020
Today 30 November 2020 the boys discussed our story and started to answer the comprehension questions about the story. They focused on using the text to support their answers
1L Maths
In Year 1 we have been exploring the part-part-whole model recently. We have used it to help us add numbers and subtract numbers. We worked hard to complete whole fact families using the model!
Eco Team Waste Audit
This afternoon Daubeney's Eco Team conducted a waste audit with Hackney environment. We found many ways were we are not using our bins correctly but we also found many ways that we are! We can’t wait to begin making changes at our school and help everyone get rid of their waste correctly!
Year 1 - 1L Take Maths Outdoors
Today 1L went to the Hop Garden to practise our addition skills using the part-whole model. We used hoops to create the part-whole diagram, and then chose leaves from around the garden to help us count!
Reception - Diwali
This week in Reception, we have been learning about Diwali. We have been learning about why people celebrate Diwali and what activities we can take part in. We have been making Diva Lamps using clay, sequins and beads. We have also been designing Rangoli Patterns both inside and outside the...
Year 5 - Maths: Drawing Lines and Angles
Today in maths, we put our knowledge of angles into use and drew angles using a protractor and ruler
Year 2 - Computing Autumn 1 Week 4
This week Year 2 learnt about pointillism art and how it is different from last weeks art technique. We explored some art work from Georges Seurat and Paul Signac before we created our own masterpieces using the chromebooks
Year 2 - Art in Literacy
This week we have been focusing on the book 'The Magic Bojabi Tree' in Literacy. We have had lots of fun using role play and oracy to understand the story, and today we used water colours to paint a scene from the book
Year 2 - Computing Autumn 1 Week 3
This week we used 2Paint on Purple Mash to create a piece of art using impressionism as our theme. We created our own individual paintings and explored the way they made us feel
The Literacy Shed
A website for teachers filled with ideas for literacy teaching using visual resources such as film, animation, photographs and picture books.
Year 2 - 2L Mapping Skills Day
For mapping skills day, we had lots of fun learning about directions and following maps. We explored maps that used a bird's eye view and practiced drawing our classroom using a key. We also painted the United Kingdom and spoke about each of the countries and their capital cities
Year 4 - 4M: ICT Online Safety
On Monday (5-09-2022) the children in 4M had their first computing session and focussed on online safety. They completed a few activities using PurpleMash and answered a quiz all about online safety
Year 1 - Computing - Week 5
This week Year 1 have been practicing their coding skills using 2Go on Purple Mash. They thought about which direction they wanted the object or person to move and could press the correct button using a range of different backgrounds and paths
Year 5 - Maths: Measurement
Year 5 displayed their measurement knowledge today until identifying mm and cm in rulers and comparing measurements. They also looked at objects in our class and decided if they should be measured using kilograms or grams!
Year 1 - Computing - Week 4
This week Year 1 have been using the mouse bots to practice giving precise instructions when they are coding. They thought about the route the mouse had to take in order to get to the cheese and avoid any obstacles in the way. They also had to debug the mouse if any of the instructions were wrong!
Reception - Trip to Hackney School of Food
On Monday, we visited the Hackney School of Food. We made pizza by making our dough and adding tomato paste, cheese and oregano to match the colours of the Italian flag. We also made fruit kebabs, using bananas, pears, blueberries and raspberries. After we made our food, we enjoyed eating it in the...
Year 5 - Literacy: Presentations
We have been researching lots about the artist we are focusing on during this half term's art topic, Antony Gormley. So we spent the morning creating posters using everything that we have learnt and presented them to the class afterwards
Year 5 - Computing: Game Design
This week we spent time really focusing on our game design skills by using 2DIY3D on Purple Mash once again. We spent time adding more levels to our games as well!
Year 2 - Computing: Searching the Internet
This week 2KF have been learning about searching the internet. They had lots of fun trying to find answers about dinosaurs using a search engine called Google. When they finished, they tested their knowledge of dinosaurs by completing a quiz on Purple Mash
Year 1 - 1A DT: Making a Chair
For DT we have been designing and creating our own chairs. We have been looking at how to make a structure strong. We discussed using stronger materials such as card and cardboard and resources to connect pieces together. The outcome was amazing and most of our chairs were strong and sturdy. Take a...
Year 1 - 1S Outdoor Learning
Today, 1S took their learning outside! We did some part whole maths in the hop garden, using autumn leaves to help us add with hoops!
Year 5 - Science: Air Resistance
This week in science, we have been learning about air resistance and friction. To test this out, we made our own parachutes using tissue paper and string and tied different weighted objects to it to see how that affects the speed of falling
Nurture Group - Cross Curricular: Making a Chair Using Cardboard
Today we made a chair using cardboard. We worked as a team to make the legs, seat, back and spindle. We managed to make it stand for our teddy to sit on, unfortunately it did not stay standing when a child sat on it
Nurture Group - Maths: Adding
We did adding using hoops, cubes and number cards! We also had sums with missing numbers
Year 5 - Computing: Spreadsheets
We have started a new computing topic and it is Spreadsheets! We are learning about formulas and how to make our lives easier when we are adding and subtracting by using a spreadsheet. This week, we learnt how to make a spreadsheet that converts metres to centimetres and centimetres to metres!
Year 1 - 1L Numbers to 50
We have been exploring numbers to 50 in our maths lessons recently. We thought about how many tens and ones each number has, as well as how we could show the number using dienes. We also identified what is one more and one less than a given number
Year 1 - 1L Monkey Puzzle
We have been reading the story of Monkey Puzzle in Year 1. We used role play to explore the characters and the plot of the story. We then discussed the setting and recreated Henri Rousseau's ‘Tiger in a Tropical Storm’, using oil pastels
Year 5 - Science: Separating Materials
We explored how we can separate different materials. We had to separate metal from sand using magnetism. We then investigated how different liquids can separate depending on their density. We also mixed some salt into some water and we will be observing it over the next few weeks to see if the salt...
Year 4 - Outdoor Lesson: PHSE
In our outdoor lesson, we learnt about resilience. We created dens, structure and art using natural materials. Then certain children were chosen to destroy them which helped us to understand what is resilience and how can we overcome when we are hurt
Year 3 WOW Day - Building Stonehenge
As part of Year 3's WOW day the children built Stonehenge's using cream cheese and biscuits!
Year 5 WOW Day - Ancient Greeks
To celebrate the end of our History topic on Ancient Greeks, we created, designed and painted our own Greek inspired vases using salt dough. Have a look at our fun day!
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 1 - 1A Senses Experiment
1A have been doing an experiment this week using our senses. We explored what our senses can do! We had fun hearing different musical instruments, using telescopes to see, smelling and tasting different food items. Take a look to see what fun we had!
Year 1 - 1L One Kind Word
1L spent time this week thinking about how we can be kind to others both inside and outside the classroom. We drew pictures showing us being kind and using kind words and then shared them with each other
Year 3 - BFG
In 3G we are reading the BFG as our class reader. The children are reading aloud to the class this is helping with their confidence and fluency. They are using the Daubeney reading stems to explain their understanding of the story.
1A RE Day - How and why do Christians celebrate Christmas?
Last week in RE Year 1 explored the big question, how and why do Christians celebrate Christmas? We read the Christmas story and acted out the story using props. We discussed how the birth of Jesus was a significant event. We also discussed how Christmas is celebrated all over the world. We...
Newsletter - 16th September 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, Welcome to another exciting year at Daubeney! We trust that you have all enjoyed a great summer and are now looking forward to the many magical moments planned for the year ahead. It has been a great start to the year, with the children returning to school looking extremely...
16th September 2016
Year 3 - Mapping Skills Day
Year 3 immersed themselves into the world of maps. Firstly, they helped some pirates to find their missing treasure by building and then using their knowledge of grid references and coordinates. They then worked together to identify symbols that are used on maps, leading to an interesting...
Year 3 - Designing Rooms for Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory
After finding out about the weird and wonderful world of Willy Wonka, Year 3 designed a room for his chocolate factory. They came up with some imaginative ideas, such as the Trick or Treat Room (chocolate sprouts anyone?), chocolate jacuzzis and waterfalls, and a room with marshmallow trampolines...
Year 4 - Maths: No Pen Wednesday
During our No Pens Day, Year 4 children took an alternative approach to learning their times tables - a relay where they competed between them to test their times table knowledge. Additionally, we worked systematically and deepened our reasoning skills using dominoes. Take a look at our maths...
Year 2 - No Pen Day in 2P
We had a fun day today! We read our favourite books, played lots of different maths games and using our amazing vocabulary to describe different landmarks in the UK. At first, some of us weren’t sure how we’d be able to do anything without using pens but we soon realised that there are...
Year 2 - No Pen Day in 2C
Have you ever not used pens in school? That’s what we did today! We spent a whole day doing learning without using pens! We did lots of things we enjoy like reading books, learn about landmarks in the UK by playing a game and we even played games in maths that made us think a lot! Are you...
Year 2 - 2C WOW Day
WOW! What a day its been! During our WOW day, we learnt about some landmarks in the UK and we spent the day using different materials to design and create some of these landmarks. Can you tell which is the: St Pauls Cathedral, Clifton Suspension Bridge, Hadrian's Wall and Westminster Abbey?
Year 1 - 1TK Class Assembly: Little Red Riding Hood
1TK have worked really hard on their class assembly this week. Our assembly was about Little Red Riding Hood. We created a short trailer for our assembly using iMovie. We acted out the scenes and then put it into the trailer. We had lots of fun singing 'Stay on the Path'. We hope you...
Reception - Red Class - Our Body
Red Class have had a wonderful week learning about our bodies. We have been naming and labelling different parts of the body. We also spoke about what is inside our body. The children came up with lot of interesting facts. Sky said “our heart pumps blood to the rest of our body”....
Year 4 - 4M Selfie Workshop
The children in Year 4M had an amazing Selfie Photo Workshop today (27th September 2019). The children took some awesome photographs using professional equipment
Reception - Visit from Perform
Reception were lucky enough to receive a visit from Perform . The children had a wonderful time exploring the theme of Castles, Knights and Princesses and using drama, dance and singing to help develop their confidence, concentration and social skills
Year 3 - Oracy in RE - Discussions
After finding out about the origin of Sikhism and the life of Guru Nanak, Year 3 had a lot of questions and points to discuss! They wrote their questions down and engaged in several interesting discussions, using oracy sentence starters to help build and structure their arguments. They are on their...
Year 2 - RE Day
Did you know that Hindus believe that there is one God that takes on many different forms? Some have many arms and legs, some don't look like humans! We learnt a lot of new things from where they pray and worship to what festivals they celebrate. The day ended with us designing our own hennas...
Reception - Yellow Class Maths Activities
Yellow class have really enjoyed doing lots of maths activities this week. They enjoyed exploring 2d shapes and creating shape pictures, matching numbers to quantities and creating patterns using different colours
Year 1 - Favourite Places
This week in Year 1 we talked about our local area. Firstly, we talked about our favourite places in our local area, then we sketched a picture of our favourite place using pencils and finally we finished our pictures with oil pastels. We shared our pictures with the rest of the class. Watch our...
Year 1 - Mapping Day
Year 1 had a great time learning all about maps! We learnt about direction and using a map of the school grounds, guided our partners around the school using 'forward/up', 'backwards/down', 'left' and 'right'. Finally, we created amazing 3D maps of the KS1...
Reception - Red Class: The Naughty Bus
Red class have been writing about the story 'The Naughty Bus'. We have been using positional language in our writing to explain where the bus is. We also enjoyed going on the bus in our playground and pretended to be the drivers. Red Class also made buses using junk box modelling and...
WOW Walk to School Challenge
For the second year running, Daubeney has decided to take part in the WOW walk to school challenge! WOW is a pupil-led initiative where children self-report how they come to school everyday. If they travel sustainably (walk, cycle, scoot, hop off the bus early and walk the rest of the way) a few...
Year 5 - WOW Day
Year 5 had an amazing day immersing ourselves in the topic of North America which has a focus on sources of water. We looked at how we might clean dirty water. Also, we were creative and produced famous landmarks in North America using card and colours
Year 3 - WOW Day 2019
Year 3 had a brilliant start to their new topic - the rainforest - today. They found out about the deforestation that is going on in the Amazon & wrote news reports about the fires that occurred recently, which they thought were devastating. In their reports, they call for action & make...
Year 2 - Mapping Skills Day
We had a great day today, starting our Cross Curricular topic with mapping skills. We played a game where we had to direct our friend who was blindfolded using words like left, right, north and south. We sketched a hot climate. focusing on straight and curved lines and shading. We followed a map to...
Year 5 Residential 2019 - Day 3
[menu name="year5-residential-2019"] Day 3 and things are not slowing down. And wait for it... IT DIDN’T RAIN! The sun even poked its head through the clouds for a few glorious seconds. What a time to be alive. The children finished yesterday with fried chicken and chips and...
Year 1 - Science Fun
Year 1 had fun this morning taking part in a Science experiment! We have been learning all about Mae Jemison who was the first black female to go into space, and today we discovered how a rocket blasts off. We made our own mini rockets using film canisters and effervescent tablets! We had so much...
Year 3 - 3T's Costa Rica Presentation
As part of Hispanic Week, 3T researched the Spanish speaking country of Costa Rica. Demonstrating their impressive capacity for teamwork, they focused on different areas, such as the animals, food and geography of Costa Rica, and created very informative posters. They then presented their findings...
Boys Book Club - 21st May 2019
Today (21st May 2019) the Boys in the book club were treated to a selection of myths and legends, stories with witches, dragons, wizards and adventures. After reading some stories we got a chance to watch a myth using the Myths and legends website, which is free and has loads of amazing myths to...
Year 1 - 1P Shadows
In 1P we have been learning about shadows. We discussed how shadows move depending on where the light is and how close it is. We made shadow puppets using card and lolly sticks. We turned off the lights and used a torch to try and make shadows using the puppets. We discussed what happens when you...
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...
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
Year 3 - Using Smarties to Work Out the Fraction of Quantities
Today Year 3 used Smarties to work out the fraction of quantities. They counted all the Smarties from the tube to work out what the denominator was. They then counted how many Smarties there were of each colour and wrote their final answer in fraction form. What a bunch of SMART-ies (get it?)
Year 2 - Mabley Green Transport Survey
Year 2 went over to Mabley Green to do a transport survey. We recorded the number of cars, bikes, buses and other vehicles that we saw using tallies! We will use this information to create a tally chart tomorrow! What a great start to the day
WOW Day in 1L
1L had lots of fun for Wow Day! We started by practising following directions - left, right, forwards, backwards. We loved playing Simon Says! Then we went for a walk around the school using a map to guide us. We thought about the direction we had to turn to find the next place on the map, and...
Reading Skills
Reading Skills At Daubeney we develop our love of reading and comprehension by using the 7 reading skills: predicting, inferring, clarifying, summarising, making connections, evaluating and asking questions. You learnt how to use these in in your reading sessions with your teacher and have them...
Year 3 - Maths: Multiplication
Today in maths Year 3 have been learning about multiplication. We started by using repeated addition. The children used place value counters and charts to show their work
Year 3 - Maths Word Problems
In maths, Year 3 have been solving word problems using the addition and subtraction skills they have been learning
Nursery - We Have Been Learning About the Sense of Sight
We have been learning about ours senses. We have been learning about how we use our eyes to investigate the world. We read ‘Brown Bear, Brown Bear what do you see?’ We even made our very own binoculars. We loved using them outside
Nursery - We Have Been Learning About the Sense of Hearing
We have been learning about ours senses. We have been learning about how we use our ears to investigate the world. We read ‘Polar Bear, Polar Bear what do you hear?’ We even made our very own giant listening ears. We loved using them everywhere
Nursery - We Have Been Learning About Shapes
We have been learning about shapes. We can name the different shapes we have used. We have been using shapes to make everyday objects. Can you tell what we have made?
Nursery - LOVE playing outside
Nursery love playing outside, they love dancing with ribbon sticks, playing with instruments, using bats and balls. Nursery children riding scooters and bikes all day long
Nurture Group - Year 2: Seasons
We have been learning about our seasons in year 2. We recreated the seasons using oil pastels
Nurture Group - Adding Using Cubes
We have been adding this week using our cubes, we can write a number sentence
Year 1 - Science in 1S
Last week, 1S ventured into the hop garden to investigate our topic: 'nature around us' We loved being outdoors, looking at (and listening to) all that was around us. We loved the tomato and raspberry plant, carefully observing that different stages of the growth cycle - we especially liked...
Year 1 - Maths in 1L
We have been practising our counting and exploring place value to 10. We have been using concrete materials such as cubes, counters and numicon to help us count accurately and represent numbers in a range of ways
Year 3 - Place Value Superstars
In Year 3, we have been using dice to generate 3 digit numbers and practice adding 1, 10 and 100. We have been place value superstars and used diennes to represent different numbers
Year 4 - Literacy: 3 Little Pigs
Today the children in Year 4 were focused when they completed their stories. The children re-told the story of the 3 Little Pigs but created their own alternative ending. The children focused on using varied sentence starters, powerful adjectives, speech, editing and improving their presentation
First Week in Year 6 - Autumn 2020
The children have all settled in fantastically to their new classrooms. We have already begun working on maths, spelling & handwriting and literacy. We have started our class reader 'Under the Lights' so make sure to ask the children what is happening in the story when they get home....
Baller Boys Author Visit
To celebrate World Book Day (5th March 2020), Daubeney had a very special visit from Venessa Taylor, author of the book ‘Baller Boys’ which is based on our late Coach Reece and his football team. The children got to learn about the characters, hear an exclusive extract from the story and take part...
Year 4 - Earthquake Evacuation Plan
Today (4th December 2019) the children in Year 4M planned their evacuation route for an earthquake. Yesterday they created a list for their survival kit bag and will take this along with them when evacuating using their plan. The children discussed the importance of having an evacuation plan and...
TTRS Weekly Update - 27th March 2020
Hello everyone! What a week it’s been on TTRS. We’ve had some super close battles and some absolute rock stars doing brilliantly with their times tables. Please watch the announcement and listen out for some names! You’re all doing fantastic but let’s see if we can get...
Science and Art in Year 2
Did you know it’s science week? We started our new science topic by doing some art! We are learning about plants this half term. We looked at pictures of different types of plants and talked about similarities and differences of it. Then, we painted them using bright colours! Have a look at our...
Year 2 - Making a Vehicle
This half term our cross curricular topic is DT. We have been learning all about how things can move using wheels and axles. To end our topic, we made our own vehicles and even created fun designs for it. We had lots of fun learning and making our vehicles!
Year 6 - Healthy Mind, Healthy Me
During our SEAL lessons, 6F have been focusing on taking care of our mental health and well being. As we are getting closer to the SATs and beginning to think about moving on to secondary school, we discussed the different ways we can stay calm and manage our worries. Here 6F’s top tips to a...
Year 5 Opens Shop
Today Year 5 opened many shops such as Desco Supermarket, Dercy Dingles, JDaubeney Sports and many more. We bought and sold many products practicing money skills such as adding amounts mentally, giving the correct change and even using a bank! Year 5, what was your favourite experience when...
Reception - Yellow Class: Birds and What They Eat
The children in reception had lots of fun learning outdoors in the hop garden. They talked about different types of birds and what birds eat. They made their own bird feeders using apples, seeds, string and sticks. The children were so excited to take their bird feeders home to hang
Wow Day in Year 3
Year 3 have been learning all about the Prehistoric World, and in particular from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. They discovered that even though there are no written documents left about this period of time, there are plenty of clues that tell us what their life was like. One of these clues is...
WOW Day in Year 1TK
...nt parts of their local area. Using a range of materials they were able to create the sky, clouds, trees, houses and some children even made the canal with a bridge. Year 1 worked really hard and are very proud of their masterpiece!...
Nursery Love to Dress Up!
Daubeney nursery dressing up everyday, children can choose accessories to match their outfits. We have been role playing and retelling stories using masks and props. If you look carefully you will see even Spiderman loves a good book!
Counting in Nursery
In Numeracy we are learning to recite numbers up to 10 and beyond and we are continuing to develop skills to count using one to one correspondence. This week children created their own trains and counted how many carriages their train has. We made sure used our pointy finger and we counted slowly
Year 4 - Distributive Law
Today (21st January 2020) the children in Year 4 used the distributive law to solve their multiplication examples. The children used a game sheet, where they had to choose their own 2-digit numbers and multiply it by a single digit. Then, using the distributive law when they found the answer they...
The Junior Art Team
...htful and articulate ideas: Using these ideas we came up with what our vision is: We will inspire the school community to be creative and have fun. We want everyone to feel relaxed and happy. To express their feelings through a world of art and become bold and brave artists. We feel that the arts...
Spanish - Español: Autumn Term Summary.
“FELIZ NAVIDAD Y PRÓSPERO AÑO NUEVO! = Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! -Y4 & Y2 worked on using more Spanish with their teachers and their classmates to follow instructions and to talk to each other. They had a great time playing bingo and many other games. - Y4 learnt...
Year 1 Peacocks - Science: Seedbombs
In science this term, we have been learning about plants. In this lesson, we learnt all about wildflowers and how they grow. We made our own seed bombs using compost, flour, seeds and water
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