Daubeney Village
Daubeney Village is an organisation of parents and staff. Its role is to encourage closer links between home and school and organise fundraising events to provide an opportunity for parents, staff and pupils to get together. How is money raised? Daubeney Village raises money through events. They...
Starting Reception in September
Your Teachers The Early Years Curriculum at Daubeney Your child will be learning skills, acquiring new knowledge and demonstrating their understanding through seven areas of learning and development. There are three prime areas that are embedded in everything we do: Communication and Language...
Nursery
EYFS Team Welcome to Daubeney Nursery! In the nursery, we plan exciting activities every week based on our observation of children’s needs, interests, and stages of development across the seven areas of learning to enable the children to achieve and exceed the early learning goals. We hope you...
Religious Education
Intent Across the Blossom Federation, our RE curriculum provides children with an understanding and appreciation for beliefs, cultural practices and values. The Blossom Federation follows The Hackney Education agreed syllabus and lesson plans where available. We hold six designated RE days at the...
Physical Education
Intent The Blossom Federation believes that Physical Education (PE), experienced in a safe and supportive environment, is essential to ensure children attain optimum physical and emotional development and good health. We intend to deliver high-quality teaching and learning opportunities that...
Early Years Foundation Stage
The Early Years (Nursery and Reception classes) will provide an environment that is happy, warm, secure and stimulating. We aim to ensure that all children become confident and independent, and enjoy exploring and learning. We aim to enable children to develop a strong sense of self, while also...
Mental Health
Here at Daubeney, We are very lucky to have a team of people working to support mental health and well-being. This team consists of DHML - Designated Mental Health Lead - Cheryll Gustave CWIS - CAMHS worker in school - Karolina Balciunaite WBF - Wellbeing Framework Partner - Claire Tregear EMHP -...
Humanities - History & Geography
Intent To deliver a broad and balanced curriculum, which includes ensuring children are able to access cross curricular subjects like Geography, History and RE regularly. To have a deeper understanding of the world that we live in by learning in a cross curricular, creative and experiential way. To...
Computing
If you would like to know more about this area of the curriculum, please talk to Joel Power. Computing in EYFS We understand how important it is that children develop their technology skills and we will continue to use a range of technology to support and enhance learning in other areas of the...
Contact
...Executive Head Teacher: Robin Warren Head of School: Gregory Logan Chair of Governors: Will Emms Cha......Mr Logan or Executive Head Mr Warren. Contacting the Special Education Needs Co-ordinator The SENCO ...
Science and Sustainability
...nk about water usage. Close taps when not in use Eco Warriors At Daubeney all children are part of our Eco Team. As the way we live and treat the planet is important for everyone we all take turns in getting involved around the school. Recently some of our junior members helped to plant the new tre...
Mission, Vision and Aims
Mission Statement The Blossom Federation is made up of three primary schools - Daubeney, Sebright and Lauriston Schools - plus Daubeney Child & Family Hub and Sbright Children's Centre. Collectively, we serve over 1,200 Hackney children and families and are proud of our provision in supporting...
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...
Nurture Group - The Nest
The Nest is a place for children to have the opportunity to grow in confidence and become engaged, successful learners in their classrooms and the school community. Nurture is an environment where adults and children work closely together; a place where mistakes and accidents are discussed; where...
Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) regulates and inspects to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. Following a recent visit by Ofsted’s inspectors (October 2023), we are...
SEND and Our Local Offer
Our SENDCO Welcome to the Blossom Federation SEND offer. From the moment I took over as SENDCO at Daubeney, my dedicated team and I have tried to create a personalised experience for you - and bring back, the element of working together to serve your child. Our inclusive curriculum is supported by...
Forest School
..., wellingtons or old pair of trainers Warm socks A Warm coat – preferably waterproof School jumper or fleece School t-shirt Trousers Waterproof over-trousers if possible An extra layer of clothing depending on the weather...
Outdoor Play and Learning (OPAL)
Introduction to OPAL OPAL stands for Outdoor Play and Learning and is a programme endorsed and supported by Sport England . OPAL's mission statement is "To ensure that every schoolchild has an amazing playtime every day with no exceptions." We aim to: improve well-being develop self-regulation...
School Development
Each year the staff, children and governors review the progress we have made and identify areas of focus for continued Development for the future. This self-review and evaluation is part of our ongoing school Development cycle and helps us to devise the ‘School Development Plan’ or SDP. The SDP...
Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development
At Daubeney, the children and their learning are at the very heart of everything we do. Its impact is seen both within and outside of the classroom. We believe strongly in a holistic education for our children, rooted in our conviction that our children will succeed regardless of their background...
Spanish
Pupils at our school learn Spanish and enjoy the benefits of starting to learn a foreign language at an early age. Learning a foreign language provides an opening to other cultures, fosters pupils’ curiosity and deepens their understanding of the world. It helps them to develop communication...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Duckling Class - Discover Children's Story Centre
On Tuesday, Duckling Class enjoyed a trip to Discover Children's Story Centre. We had to get on the bus and travel all the way to Stratford. When we got there, we were told that it was our mission to create a story to save 'Squiddly Diddly World'. In order for us to create a story, we had to warm...
Year 6 - Geography: Physical Geography
We started the lesson by recapping what we learnt last week, first by looking at our floor book and second by completing a recap quiz as a class. We discussed the difference between physical and human geography. We played a game as a class where we had to figure out if the landmark was a physical...
Year 2 - Computing A2W3
This week we continued our Online Safety topic, and were introduced to emails. We discussed how emails can be a quick and easy form of communication, but we have to be aware of who we are talking to and how we conduct ourselves. We used 2email to start a conversation with Barnaby Bear, and were...
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!...
Year 6 - Trip to Museum of London Docklands
...ast End was affected by World War II. We also spent time exploring the rest of the museum, which was about the Docklands....
Year 3 Maths
Today, 7-09-2023 the children in Year 3 Toucan and Kingfisher class enjoyed their introduction to this terms maths objective. They played a game which helped them with learning Place Value and identifying which digit changed when adding and subtracting. We hope the pupils enjoyed playing their...
Film & Video
Discover the powerful link between transport and the growth of London since 1800 at the world’s leading museum of urban transport - an award-winning day out.
Falcon Class at Into Uni!
Falcon class had a brilliant week with the staff of into university! Our toooc of the week was liberal arts. We learned so much about different universities, university courses, and about people who studied liberal arts. We also went to the Wallace Collection in central London and learned about the...
Duckling Class - Our Ducklings
This week, we have been lucky enough to hatch our own duck eggs! We received the eggs in an incubator to keep them warm whilst the eggs hatched. On Monday and Tuesday, we started to see that cracks on the shells and knew that we would soon have ducklings. When we came back to school on Wednesday,...
Year 5 – Mexican textiles
As we start a new Content and Language Integrated project at Daubeney, children today had the opportunity to revisit their historical, geographical and cultural knowledge of Mexico through a range of different sources. Students were introduced to los rebozos, and a range of different textiles –...
Year 5: Science - Air Resistance
Today for science, Year 5 tested air resistance by making parachutes and then allowing them to free-fall. They observed the parachute as it fell towards the ground. This was followed by, partner talk on why the parachute slowed down
Year 6 – History: WOW Day
...of just how devastating World War II was. We learnt about the impacts it had on Britain and wrote ou......ritain sheltered during World War II. We then went to create our own air raid shelters in small grou...
Year 6 – History: Diversity of the Allied forces
...hat we learnt about how World War II impacted the East End. After that, we reminded ourselves of the Allies and Axis Powers. We then had a discussion about whether we thought Britain fought alone. We found out that because of the British Empire, Britain was able to call on all their colonies around ...
Year 6 – Eagles Class: Into University
Monday We learnt about what liberal arts are and the subjects that make it up. We took part in a carousel activity about psychology, philosophy, classics and social sciences. At each activity, we learnt about what that subject means and then completed an activity that relates to our learning. An...
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...
Mr Logan’s Weekly Update Video - 21st July 2023
Please watch my final video of the year. Wishing everyone a great summer holiday. We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday 6th September
Spring Book Fair 2023
Our Spring Book Fair was another great success! Lots of children came to buy some fantastic books to share with their families at home. Altogether you spent an amazing £1002.88 which equals £601.73 in rewards for us to spend on some great new books for the school. What books would like to see at...
Eco Team Trip
Today we went to the Leaside Trust Center! We learned about the Running Out of Time campaign and we got to meet the runners! The Running Out of Time campaign aims to raise awareness about Climate Change. The runners have been taking part in a relay from Ben Nevis in Scotland to the Big Ben in...
Music - Summer Term 2022
It was a great year of skateboards, ukuleles, djembes, recorders with lots more in between. We enjoyed and celebrated our interschool concert with guest bands from Ickburgh, a local special needs school and also a band from Rushmore. Alongside this we often had our outdoor jam on a Friday lunchtime...
School Council - Meeting with Mr Warren - 8th December 2021
...en.......they wanted to share with Mr. Warren. Here are some of the questions they asked Mr. Warren; What are...... the questions they asked Mr. Warren; What are your plans for the future of Daubeney? How do you see...
Prefects' Morning Out
As a reward for all of their hard work this term, the prefects were treated to a morning at London Fields Park with some sweet treats from Broadway Market. We also had a Christmas sing song on the way home
School Council - St Joseph's Hospice Rudolph Run
On Wednesday the 8th of December, we participated in St Joseph's Hospice Rudolph Run. The aim was to raise money to help the hospice look after patients. The run started at 9:30 with the receptions and the year 6s ended the run at 10:55. On Tuesday the 14th of December, two children delivered the...
Year 6 - 6M: ICT and History
...s and information about World War 2. They used Purplemash to help them create a News report about the Blitz....
Ensemble Development Award
Daubeney has won an Ensemble Development Award from the Mayor of Hackney
Year 6 - 6M: World War 2 Artefact
WHAT A LESSON WE HAD TODAY IN 6M! We were so lucky to have a real life WW2 Bomber jacket from a fighter pilot. Not only did we get to inspect the jacket but it belonged to a great grandfather of one of our pupils in class. In the box, there was also a comic, which was based on a true event of the...
Fitness and Mental Health Assembly
This week is Fitness Week and Year 5 and Year 6 had a special assembly lead by Mr Swarbrick and Mr Shamji. My Swarbrick and Mr Shamji discussed the importance of fitness and how it supports our mental health. What types of fitness do you do?
Year 5 - 5MC at IntoUniversity
...ught us a lot about space." - Waris...
Year 2 - 2P Singing School Trip
On Tuesday Class 2P went on a very exciting singing school trip into central London. We went to a small but very grand church called St Ann and St Agnes . It is in the vicinity of St. Paul’s in the heart of bustling central London. 2P sang their hearts out with a professional ensemble called...
Year 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 - Art WOW Day
WOW! What a day! We wrapped up our Summer 2 half term with a WOW Day dedicated to art inspired by Antony Gormley. More specifically, we created our own art pieces inspired by "Field for the British Isles" which we called "Field for the Year 5 Isles". We even had a Year 5...
Year 5 – Spanish - Antonio Gaudí. Trencadis technique
As part of a series of cross curricular lessons, year 5 have explored the famous Catalan architect Antonio Gaudi’s life and work, and created their own artwork inspired by the architect. Trencadís is an artistic method popularised by Gaudi. It is a mosaic-like effect, achieved by cementing together...
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!
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...
Family Phonics Workshop
A big thank you to parents who attended our first family phonics workshop this half term. It was so lovely to see parents engaging in various phonics activities. We went through all of phase 2 sounds and had an excellent time playing table tennis phonics and snap! We look forward to seeing you...
Autumn Book Fair 2022
We had another fantastic Book Fair at Daubeney last week. It was great to see so many children excited about books. Altogether you spent an amazing £959.26 which equals £479.63 in rewards for us to spend on some great new books for the school. What book did you buy? Would you recommend it? Comment...
Reception - People Who Help Us
This week we have been learning about the people who help us in our community. We have been looking at police officers, fire fighters, carers, recycling collectors, teachers and others. We are looking forward for the police and the fire fighters to come in next week!
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...
School Choir Trip to Homerton Hospital
The school choir, led by the inimitable Kari Stewart, performed in the Foyer of Homerton Hospital spreading joy and Christmas cheer. The children sang their hearts out and did the school proud. Here are some ot the hits we sang:
Year 5 - Literacy: Conscience Alley
Should Harry Potter stay with the Dursley's or go with Hagrid to Hogwarts? What do you think? Would you trust going to a new school with someone you've just met? We debated this by doing a conscience alley and had some amazing arguments!
Daubs on tour ‘24 - Day 2
Day 2 was a scorcher! Cloud cover intermittently helped us out a little though. The children awoke at sunrise after a pretty late night but were surprisingly still full of energy We got straight into activities and the children were amazing. They tried things they'd never done before and really had...
Year 5 - Art: Evaluation (Outdoor Lesson)
...0s and even investigated Andy Warhol’s art. We talked about what similarities and differences we noticed about a style of art called pop art. As a class, we evaluated a piece of art together. We discussed the colours, subject, brightness and style of the art. Then, we moved our lesson outdoors...
Year 4 Outdoor Art
The children in Year 4 had a wonderful art lesson outside today. They used our outdoor area to inspire them to use black and white tones. The children enjoyed learning outdoors and are looking forward to more outdoor lessons
Daubs on tour ‘24 - Day 1
After a delayed start (excuse you coach company) we arrived to blue skies and sunshine. After a quick lunch we went straight into activities. Everyone had a go, got stuck and enjoyed themselves. We are looking forward to festival night later and please leave comments!
Daubs on tour '24 - Day 3
Yet more reasons to be proud of our Daubeney children today as they take on challenges and show resilience with tasks that are not easy and in 25 degree weather to boot! After very little sleep Monday night (they must have been excited or something 🤦🏻♀️) Tuesday evening was much more settled in...
Rainbow Class: Magical Music Session
As we know, SEND Music Sessions with Mr O’Flynn are always fun and magical. It was a wonderful experience for our pupils to explore musical instruments such as the triangle, tambourine, and ukulele. Mr O’Flynn was truly amazed by how beautifully the children shared the instruments,...
Whole School Art Exhibition - May 2025
On Monday and Tuesday, we held our Whole School Art Exhibition where we celebrated the art of all the children at Daubeney. Each year group were given an artist as inspiration and were asked to create a self-portrait based on this artist. The results were amazing! If you would like to purchase your...
Team Point Winners!
In Daubeney Primary School, students are awarded points for working as a team, meeting the Golden Expectations and always aspiring to achieve their best. This year, YELLOW TEAM amassed the most points. On Wednesday 25th June 2025, Reception and KS1 Yellow team will be spending the day at Adventure...
ArtBytes Celebration Event 2025
Three Year 5 children had the wonderful opportunity to attend a celebration event of Art at Saatchi Gallery. The three children were voted the top 3 winners of the school in our ArtBytes competition. After accepting their awards, we were lucky enough to have a guided tour around the exhibitions. We...
Year 6 Residential - Survive and Thrive
If the start of the day is a sign for the rest of the week, we are in for a spectacular time! The coach was right time, right place and to top it off there was no traffic on the way. We arrived around half 11 which means there was plenty of time for everyone to settle into their cabins, unpack,...
Rainbow Room - 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 - Exploring Autumn in Hop Garden
As the weather turned warm and sunny, pupils enjoyed exploring autumn in the school garden—collecting colourful leaves and even spotting a snail! This outdoor learning has inspired staff to plan exciting new activities for next week. Can our pupils guess what the next topic will be?
Rainbow - Constructive Activity
Adults have introduced a new learning opportunity called Constructive Play, where children use stickle bricks to create their own arrangements. This open-ended activity encourages creativity, problem-solving, and spatial awareness. Children explored different ways of connecting and placing the...
Year 4 PSHE - Anti Bullying Week
The children in Year 4 had a special PSHE lesson today as a whole year group. They were told a story of a beautiful soul who was bullied and the effects it had on him. The children understood the big message today and completed a task to make them aware of the negative effects of bullying
School Council Meeting - January 2026
...Council recently met with Mr. Warren to share updates on their committees’ work since being el......unity to learn more about Mr. Warren’s experiences growing up, his journey to becoming an Exec......or the School Council. Mr. Warren also agreed for the School Council to collaborate with the OPAL...
Rainbow Class - Learning Showcase
This week, some of our pupils had so much fun during their engaged learning sessions. They used magnetic letters to place them in alphabetical order, helping them develop letter awareness, understand spacing, and even form new words. Our trains and tracks was a big success too! The children loved...
Rainbow Room - Playdough Caterpillars
The children were remembering the numbers on the caterpillar cards and used green playdough to position it on the caterpillar to represent numbers when counting from 1 to 10 by counting both forwards and backwards
Year 2 - Tagalog taster session
Our Year 2 pupils enjoyed an exciting Tagalog taster session last week! They learned greetings in Tagalog and explored a little about Filipino culture. A wonderful way to celebrate languages and broaden global awareness!
Rainbow Class- Jungle Animals
As part of our Science topic "Animals Including Humans" , pupils took part in a hands‐on exploration of animals and their habitats. They listened to the story “Monkey Puzzle”, which helped introduce different jungle animals and their characteristics. Afterwards, pupils created...
TTRS AWARD for Year 4 Pupil
The whole year 4 group were so excited when a star pupil received the GONE GREEN TTRS award. This means that all their answers on TTRS were completed in under 4 seconds. Well done to our young superstar. We are so proud of your achievements
Tenerife - Day 2
We have had a fantastic day in Tenerife! This morning, we visited the local schools to see their day to day, and to see how it differed from ours. After lunch, we headed to the pools! We have had so much fun and looking forward to tomorrow!
Rainbow Class: RE - Learning about Islam
As part of our RE learning, pupils have been exploring Islam. They were actively engaged in matching key vocabulary words with corresponding images, such as mosque, hijab, prayer mat, Ramadan etc . This supported their understanding of important religious concepts and symbols. Pupils explored the...
Year 2 - Art: Exploring Pop Art
...ut the famous pop artist Andy Warhol. This week, we learn about some pop art features and created ar...... created art inspired by Andy Warhol’s pop art pieces. We also saw how pop art is very differe...
Rainbow Class: SEND PE
As part of SEND PE, pupils were engaged in developing their balance, coordination and gross motor skills. They practiced walking along the bench, standing on agility tables and safely jumping down using both feet. Pupils also enjoyed jumping on the trampoline, demonstrating increasing confidence,...
Rainbow Room - PHSE: Recognising Emotions
During our PSHE lesson, pupils were learning to recognise and identify emotions that are familiar to them in order to develop emotional awareness and communication skills. Pupils participated in matching, colouring, and emotion-identification activities, helping them recognise different feelings...
Happy DLD Awareness Day!
Today, Rainbow Class proudly took part in Developmental Language Disorder Awareness Day. Throughout the day, children enthusiastically took part in a range of engaging activities, including language games, matching pictures and words , creative colourful posters. It was inspiring to see pupils...
Lego visitors
Representatives from LEGO recently visited us, working with our Y4/5 and our Y3 classes. Children enjoyed a hands-on experience that encouraged creativity, imagination and problem-solving. Through play, pupils explored the many exciting opportunities LEGO offers, developing teamwork, communication...
Rainbow Class - RE day - Exploring Christianity & Church
As part of our RE Day, our pupils were engaged in learning about Christianity and explored some of the important symbols associated with this faith. As a creative activity, the children carefully designed and decorated colourful crosses using tissue paper, helping them to deepen their understanding...
Year 3 - Science
As part of our science learning, Year 3 have been exploring what plants need to grow and stay healthy. The children planted their own cress seeds and discussed the importance of water, light, warmth, and nutrients for plant growth. They then observed changes in their plants as they grew
Rainbow Class - Attention Bucket & Singing
Pupils maintained their attention well during Attention Bucket activities, showing curiosity as they explored new and exciting items. They enjoyed choosing songs and demonstrated good listening skills by responding immediately with actions and movements linked to the music. The session supported...
Parent Art Workshop - REC/KS1
On Wednesday, we hosted an Art Parent Workshop for our Reception and KS1 cohorts. The children and their carers enjoyed taking part in a range of different art activities including bracelet making, collaging, painting, air dry clay and making paper plate fish! We look forward for our next workshop!
Year 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 2 - Sports Day
Year 2 had lots of fun taking part in our annual sports day this year. We took part in a sack race, egg and spoon race, obstacle course and tug of war!
Mental Health Awareness Week 2021 - Nature
During the week commencing the 10th May, Daubeney celebrated Mental Health Awareness Week by discussing how nature is important for our Mental Health. The children loved participating in activities outdoors
Year 5 - Reading for Pleasure
We love reading in Year 5! We enjoy building positive habits of reading and we always look forward to when we get to do this in and out of school!
International School Partnership
A very exciting partnership project has just started between Daubeney and C.E.I.P. Cesar Manrique in Tenerife, Spain. We have had the chance to visit their facilities, meet up with staff and children, and we are looking forward to exchange Christmas cards very soon!
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!
Portuguese Spotlight Prize Winners
Last June, Maielly and Sueni were entered into a Portuguese Spotlight competition organised by Stephen Spender Trust. They translated a poem from Portuguese into English together, and individually created a visual representation of the poem. At Daubeney, we are delighted to announce that they are...
Year 5 – Partner school in Spain. Christmas cards
Last week, in our Spanish lessons, pupils from Kiwis and Robins classes created Christmas cards for our partner school in Tenerife, Spain. All pupils have written individual bilingual messages to wish them Feliz Navidad . A small group of children will be visiting the school next year, so they also...
Rainbow Room - Autism Awareness Week Celebration
In celebration of Autism Awareness Week at our school, the pupils in the Rainbow Room participated in meaningful and enriching activities with great enthusiasm. A highlight of the week was the creation of their unique "Autism Puzzle." Each pupil carefully selected tissue paper colours...
Rainbow Room - PE Session
As part of the SEN PE sessions, the children engaged in an activity where they practiced walking on a beach by making choices about their directions as well they developed their physical skills such as coordination, balance, and body awareness
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
Excellence in Music Award 2025
The Daubeney Music Department and our star pupil, Noah, have just received a prestigious award from the Mayor of Hackney, Caroline Woodley. On Tuesday night, Mr. Logan, Mr. Brian, and Noah attended a ceremony at the Hackney Empire to accept our certificate and a bursary worth £2,700. So, how did we...
Rainbow Room: Shapes Learning
Today, the children learned about 2D shapes by drawing them on the whiteboard, which helped develop their fine motor skills and ability to form shapes through drawing. Afterward, they played a shape-matching game, naming familiar shapes like circles, triangles, and squares
Rainbow Room - Attention Bucket with Maths
As part of the Attention Bucket, the children had the opportunity to engage in a creative activity where they used 2D shapes to design and create their own shape stamps. Children worked together to figure out how to combine and position different shapes so this helped them practice spatial...
Year 2 - The Midnight Fair Characters
Today we took on the role of one of the characters in ‘The Midnight Fair’. We thought about the way they would stand, the way they would move and the way they would talk. We imagined something they would say and then stood in a circle facing outwards to deliver the line with emotion and...
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 - Valentine's Day Phonics
The children in the Rainbow Room were actively engaged in a fun Valentine's Day Phonics activity, where they focused on learning the sounds of letters in various words featured on Valentine’s Word Hearts. They worked on matching these words with corresponding word puzzles, helping them to...
Rainbow Room: Surprise Day
As part of our wonderful learning journey, we were pleasantly surprised with a special treat! We were given colouring sheets and stickers as a reward for our incredible determination and effort in our learning. It was such a fun and exciting way to celebrate our hard work!
Year 5 - Literacy: Power of Play (Harry Potter)
Should Harry go to Hogwarts? To help us write a balanced argument formal letter, we took part in some drama activities that got us thinking about why Harry should or shouldn’t go to Hogwarts
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...
Year 2 - Eid Cards
Today, Ayyad spent his time creating Eid Mubarak cards, pouring his creativity into each design with vibrant colors and imaginative details. Filled with excitement for the upcoming celebration, he also wrote heartfelt messages inside, sharing his warm wishes with his family
School Council off to a Great Start!
...hool Council had great fun when they met with Mr. Warren recently. It helped them to relate to Mr. W...... Warren recently. It helped them to relate to Mr. Warren and learn more about him as a person, not j...
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
Learning Mentors Excellence Award - Autumn Term 2020
6S Winners Has won the award for working extremely hard to turn his behaviour around and being a positive influence and example in his year group. Has won the award for improving her behaviour over a long period of time and maintaining a high standard, by following the golden expectations at all...
Year 4 - 4S Mental Health Awareness
For PHSE, 4S went into the Hop Garden and meditated to observe the natural sounds around them which links to what they are currently learning in science. They were able to draw, say and write why it is important to take care of your mental health through regular walks, meditation and turning off...
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...
SATs Saturday School
Well done to all the children that came to our first SATs Saturday School of the year. The children all enjoyed themselves having the entire school to themselves and not having to wear school uniform - they even saw the teachers wearing jeans! They also enjoyed flapjacks, biscuits and a juice for...
School Council Elections
We are preparing to elect our school council for the 2016/17 school year. As part of the process children will complete speeches in class next week. The subejct is: "Why I should be chosen for Daubeney School Council". Once the class has selected the 4 members they will be putting forward...
Science Club
The children in science club today (17-10-2018) run by Mr Dan and Mr Ricardo, was a super excited and fun filled session. The children used ingredients to make their own slime, which turned out to be AMAZING! The children look forward to the next session, after half-term, where they will be making...
Ukulele Trip to Gainsborough
Daubeney recently performed at an interschool ukulele event at a nearby school. It was an event organised by Mr. O Flynn and Ms. Fort from Gainsborough Primary School and eight primary schools took part in total. We had a fantastic time and we dressed up in a Hawaiian theme as that is where the...
WE Day 2019
As part of our Safer communities initiative the learning mentors took a group of year 6 children to the SSE arena in Wembley for the WE Day event. There were 12,000 people in attendance at WE Day to celebrate all young people who are socially active, locally and globally and want to see change....
Welcome
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Year 1 - Spaceship in the Hop Garden
A spaceship has landed in the Hop Garden! We went to the scene of the crime to investigate! "We saw hot metal. Maybe a spaceship was hot and some bits came off." "We think an alien was in the spaceship. Maybe he went into London. How is he going to get home?" "Maybe the...
Year 2 - Visit to the Gurdwara in Bow
The children in year 2 visited the Gurdwara in Bow on Wednesday. The children and adults were asked to remove their shoes and socks and cover their heads with a scarf. They were warmly welcomed into the Gurdwara and shown to the prayer room. A lady explained what Sikhs believe in and how they...
Year 2 World Poetry Day
To celebrate World Poetry Day 2FA performed the poem 'The North Wind Doth Blow'. We memorized the verses and added some movement to our performance. The North Wind Doth Blow (Anonymous) The north wind doth blow And we shall have snow And what will the robin do then, Poor thing? He'll...
Year 3 - 3T's Climate Change Speeches
Inspired by the story 'Welcome', in which a polar bear's icy habitat melts, 3T decided to write speeches persuading people to do something about global warming. Take a listen!
Year 3 - Forces and Magnets
Year 3's science topic for this term is forces and magnets. After creating mind maps to think about what questions we had about this area, we then took part in a game of tug of war! We discovered the the team who used the most force (pulling) would win. If we used equal force then the rope did...
Year 3 - Forces and Magnets
Year 3 explored the topic of forces and magnets. They experimented with magnets and iron filings, made posters about what they already know and what they would like to find out and finished off the session with a tug of war to explore forces! Who do you think won? "Did you know that the whole...
Year 3 - George's Marvellous Medicine
Year 3 had a very exciting lesson as they were introduced to the story of George’s Marvellous Medicine. The class had to make a medicine to turn Grandma into something evil! They wrote a set of instructions to make their medicine using ingredients that George used around his house. When they...
Year 3 - Making Roman Shields
Year 3 are soon to be members of a Roman army! Today they took their first step towards that goal by making their very own Roman shields, which will be put to the test tomorrow in a battle with the Celts! Who do you think will win?
Nursery - First Week of the Spring Term 2017
Nursery enjoyed their first week of the new Spring term and indeed it very much felt like Spring! As you can see, they enjoyed the warmer weather and discovering that new flowers had grown in the nursery garden. Rio said, "Look at the daffodils! They smell so nice!" They also enjoyed...
Year 3 - Remembrance Day 2018
Year 3 explored Remembrance Day and discussed why it is important. They read and thought about the WW1 poem 'In Flanders Fields' and listened to music inspired by it. They also made their very own poppies and collectively decided that they wanted to observe a two-minute silence to remember...
Year 3 - Things We Learnt This Term
To start our term with a bang, we had wow day on Monday which was full of exciting activities all about Pirates. We came to school dressed up as pirates and even kept a pirate name to start the day. First of all, we learnt about some famous pirates such as Blackbeard. Did you know he used to walk...
Year 3 - What We're Learning in Spring 2 2017
Year 3 are learning about Light and the Romans this half-term. In Science, we have investigated light and discovered that visible light contains 3 different colours! In history, we have learned about life in the Roman army. We made our own shields and practised our battle formation following Latin...
Year 3 - Windrush Generation
Year 3 have had a brilliant afternoon learning about the Windrush. The Windrush generation refers to the immigrants who were invited to the UK between 1948 and 1971 from Caribbean countries such as Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados to help rebuild Britain post-war. The name comes from the...
Year 4 - IntoUniversity Workshop
Year 4P who are now the new Year 5M enjoyed a special workshop from the IntoUniversity team. The children were engaged in various activities, like creativity by designing their own trainer, being an archaeologist and having a go at being a road and town planner. The children are now looking forward...
Year 4 - Viking Helmets
This week, Year 4 were creating Viking helmets to help them understand life during that era. They were able to identify the key features of a Viking hat, along with discussing where the Vikings conquered between AD793 to 1066. They had a great time and are looking forward to learning more about...
Year 4 Return to School 2017
Year 4 have had a great return to school. The children are bursting with energy and ready for all challenges thrown at them this year. 'I feel great being back at school. I look forward to doing tests and seeing my results.' Brian - 4C 'I'm happy to be back because I like Year 4....
Year 5 - Imperial War Museum
...5M......epen their knowledge on World War 2. They thoroughly enjoyed the clips that they saw in the museum a...
Year 5 - RE Day: Sikhism
The children in year 5 had their RE day today (10th January 2019) and studied the beliefs and values of the Sikh faith and community. They took part in a range of activities; designed a Gurdwara, create a poster for Vaisakhi, learnt about the Golden temple and studied the importance and...
Year 5 - Scientific Experiment
Today (5th March 2019) the Year 5 children carried out a fair test to investigate the affects of different water temperatures on sugar. The children used hot, warm and cold water to test whether the sugar will dissolve at different times. They used different water temperatures but ensured...
Year 5 - Study Star Number Challenge
The children in Year 5 were challenged today (9-10-2018) with a number puzzle. Their task was to use all the digits, from 1-9 with any of the four operations to make a total of 100. If you would like to try different combinations of making the number 100 see transum.org to play the game at home...
Year 5 - The BIG Draw
... We looked at an artist, Andy Warhol, and studied his printing designs. The children chose the theme of food and fruits to use as their stimulus and along with their creative skills painted some interesting pieces of art work. In the very near future, their completed work will be displayed in our ha...
Year 5 Meet Mr Saunders
...ave been learning about World War 2 over this half term and had the chance to visit the renowned Imp......o visit the renowned Imperial War Museum . As if this wasn't exciting enough, we were lucky enou...... lucky enough to have a World War 2 survivor names Mr Saunders come to visit us at school! Mr Saunde...
Nursery Trip to Paradise Wildlife Park
Nursery enjoyed encountering lots of new animals on their big day out to Paradise Wildlife Park. They were mesmerised by the elegant white tiger, in awe of the enormous anaconda and surprised by the emus, who they thought looked very funny. Inigo commented, "I've never seen anything that...
Nursery - First Week of School
Welcome to Our Nursery! A warm welcome to all our new parents, children and carers at Daubeney Nursery. So far, the children have been exploring the nursery and gradually settling in. Take a look at the photographs below to see how the children have enjoyed their first week in Nursery
Year 5 Residential 2017 - Day 4
It's our last full day on the residential and it's been another inspiring one! At breakfast we had cereal and juice for starters and then beans on toast, vegetarian sausages and saute potatoes. Yum! We read some more of the messages from families and friends whilst the children ate. We have...
April Book Fair
We had another very successful Book Fair at Daubeney! There was a fantastic selection of books and they were all half price! If you missed it, you missed out! The children bought lots of books to read at home and enjoy with their families. Well done to Queenie in 6F who helped to run the Book Fair...
HMS Belfast | Imperial War Museums
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Letters and sounds
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Net aware
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Oxford Owl
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Reading games
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Share Aware: help your child stay safe on social networks | NSPCC
Children are told it's good to share, but sharing too much online can be dangerous; we've got simple advice on keeping children safe on social networks.
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.
1B's trip to Sainsbury's
For our exciting 'Work Week' topic this week, 1B went on a trip to Sainsbury's in Dalston. This was an opportunity for them to experience the roles and responsibilities of some of the people that worked there. They all got to decorate their own gingerbread man and of course eat it...
1L Class Update
It's a great start to the year in 1L. We've been writing about the Gingerbread man for our Traditional Tales topic, we talked about our holidays and shared what a wonderful time we have had. We've been doing some arty pictures in free flow and we're looking forward to the rest of...
1P - Work Week
For Work Week, 1P went on a trip to John Lewis in Stratford. We decorated biscuits in the catering department, had a tour of the warehouse and then had a go at visual merchandising. We had a great time!
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
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...
Mr Young's Visit to Daubeney Primary to see Year 6
Year 6 were enthralled by a visit from Mr Young (Osceola’s dad) who inspired all the children and adults in the art of writing newspaper reports. Mr Young shared his valuable insights into the world of Journalism and shared some invaluable tips to help Year 6 write newspaper reports. Mr Young...
Black History Month 2016
At Daubeney we celebrated Black History Month and many students were enthused enough to carry out their own research. Mr Logan was impressed by the quality of the research and the passion for History shown by the children here at Daubeney. We look forward to an even bigger Black History Month next...
Blue Class Sharing Assembly
Blue Class had their very first assembly on Thursday! They worked incredibly hard, scripting their own lines and being super brave! We loved sharing all our many talents with key stage 1 and look forward to showing lots more!
Chain Reaction Workshop
Years 4 - 6 were delighted to be part of a rapturous workshop delivered by Chain Reaction – an orgaisation that specializes in working with children to develop vital tools and techniques to achieve successful conflict resolution - whilst keeping it fun and involved in ‘real life’....
Christmas Number 1
Tell your Ma, tell your Pa, tell the whole wide world….we at Daubeney are proud to make an attempt at a Christmas number 1 single. The epic tale began last Christmas when two young girls, Iris Roberts and Mia Kaur came forward with their own stellar composition for our Christmas carol...
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...
Daubeney on BBC Breakfast - Terrific Scientific Launch
Daubeney is very proud to be working with the BBC on this very exciting opportunity to develop scientists of the future with a cutting edge programme such as Terrific Scientific . We encourage all parents to ensure they watch the programme with their children and enjoy the potential and...
EcoACTIVE Awards
Eco-Team went to the Science Museum for the EcoACTIVE Awards. We had a really exciting day and our project scrapbook won £100 pounds to help our school become more Eco-friendly! Thank you to all who supported the team with all their hard work so far this year!
First Week in Year 3
Take a look at what Year 3 have been getting up to in their Maths and Literacy lessons this week: In one of their Literacy lessons, Year 3 got to know the story of The Gingerbread Man in preparation for a writing task later this week. In groups, they created freeze frames of different scenes from...
First Week of Nursery
The children have had a wonderful first week at nursery. They've painted, practised writing their letters and numbers, built tall towers, played instruments and sung as loudly as they can. And that was just on their first day! Don't forget to check our class page for weekly updates. We look...
KS1 - SATs Advice Parental Meeting
Today we held a meeting for the parents and pupils in year two sharing information concerning the KS1 tests which will begin on May 1st. This presentation gives you an idea of some of the information discussed. Teacher assessment exemplification : end of key stage 1 - English writing Working at the...
Maths Junior Team Coding Club
At Daubeney the Maths Junior Team have been having a fantastic time engaging in a Coding Club. This is held every Friday morning and facilitated by two of our very enthusiastic parents. The pupils are fully engaged during these sessions and looking forward to creating their own amazing projects...
Maths Times Table Challenge
Children from Year 3 to Year 6 participated in a times table challenge. The children were extremely excited and enthusiastic to take part and pit their speed and accuracy skills against their peers. The children received team points, certificates and mathematical games and puzzles as reward for...
Most improved music curriculum!
While fireworks were exploding overhead, a very proud Mr. Clarke, Miss Douglas and Mr. O‘Flynn went to the Hackney Empire to attend the Hackney Music Service Annual Gala. Mr O’Flynn was tipped off that there might be an award for Daubeney and sure enough Daubeney received a special acknowledgement...
Year 5 Residential 2017 - Day 3
It's been another fantastic day on the residential! We started the day with cereal, juice and a huge selection of pastries! We read out all the parents, families and friends comments whilst the children ate. The comments really helped the children get motivated for another fun filled day of...
Year 5 Residential 2018 - Day 1
What a fantastic first day. It was a very excitable coach journey and the children couldn’t wait to get to Yulebury and try out all the activities. A mere 30 minutes after arrival the games began! We had children streaming down the Zip Wire at crazy speeds! Facing their fears on the dreaded...
Year 4 - 4M: Peer Tutor Award
In 4M today. 14 - 05- 2021. our young peer tutor received a personalized award for supporting and developing Maths with his peers. Our young peer tutor worked hard to help his peers develop their arithmetic skills and Maths knowledge. Well done to our young STAR!
Hackney Star Life Time Achievement Award
On Thursday 12th March, our very own Miss Mary attended the Hackney Stars Award event at the Hackney Town Hall. Ms Mary was nominated as one of the nominees for the Hackney Stars Life Time Achievement Award. There were five nominees, but there was only going to be one winner – our Miss Mary....
Year 3 - First Day in 3T
Although new experiences can be really scary and nerve-wracking, the new 3T have shown that they are real troopers and have settled into Year 3 life wonderfully! In 3T, the tables are named after famous artists, such as Picasso and Frida Kahlo. After finding out a little about each artist, 3T...
Year 2 - Graduation Class Of 2019
With much fanfare our Year2’s graduated from KS1 to KS2 on 17.7.19. The teachers were proud, but not as much as the parents! As for the children they were filled with pride as the received their certificates, sang their celebratory songs and had nominated class individuals read their...
Daubeney Receive MBQMA Award
The Majorie Boxall Quality Mark was awarded to us in April 2019. We are very proud to receive this award as it recognises the hard work of pupils and staff. It demonstrates how dedicated Daubeney is to Nurture and supporting children's well being
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 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...
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 4 - Guided Reading
The children in Year 4 enjoyed a free choice reading session today where they selected some of their favourite books to read. Some children read the Harry Potter series which I'm sure Mr Swarbrick would love to read
Year 2 - Take a breath...
This week in literacy we have been looking at what the benefits of breathing are. We started every lesson by doing some breathing activities and talked about how that made us feel. Afterwards, we made posters about what breathing is, why we should do it and when we can do it. We made these posters...
"Clapton's Daubeney Primary school wears pink for breast cancer research" - Hackney Gazette
Clapton's Daubeney Primary school wears pink for breast cancer research - Hackney Gazette Students and staff at Daubeney Primary School swapped their uniforms for pink outfits and wigs to raise money and awareness for charity Breast Cancer Now. Read more
Daubeney Awarded Top Award of PSQM Outreach for Science
Last night (13th November 2019) our ex-science lead Mr Swarbrick had the honour of collecting our PSQM Outreach award. He led science for 3 years and this is testament to the incredible science work that happens at Daubeney and it was a pleasure to be a part of the process. At Daubeney we truly...
Year 6 - Visit from Bola Abisogun OBE FRICS
Year 6 were lucky enough to have a visit from Bola Abigosun where he explained to the children what a surveyor does. The children were inspired to hear about someone from Kingsmead Estate who went onto finish university with a first class honours degree and receive an award from Prince Charles. The...
Miss Nadia on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour
Miss Nadia featured in BBC Radio 4 show, Woman’s Hour ; to raise awareness of period poverty and the important of all schools signing up for the governments scheme to provide sanitary products for all girls in education; which will rolled out in January 2020.
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 5 and 6 Residential 2020 - Day 4
[menu name="year5-6-residential-2020"] It’s Day 4 and you’d have thought the tiredness would have set in by now... well it has for the adults! The children are just as energised as ever. After a hearty breakfast, they were pasting their way down, by now, a well trodden and...
Year 4 - Spelling Test - 27th March 2020
Hi Daubeney and particularly Year 4. I hope everyone is safe and happy during lockdown. I know Year 4 have been looking forward to their spelling test all week, so without further ado here it is!! Do your best as always and ask someone at home to check your spelling!
Ms Khatun's Banana Pancake Recipe
Ingredients 1 cup self raising flour 1 cup milk 2 tablespoons sugar pinch of salt 2 ripe bananas 2 large eggs 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 3 tablespoon butter Steps: In a medium bowl, mash the bananas until almost smooth. Add the eggs. Whisk with a fork to combine. Add the melted butter. In another...
Year 6 - Spelling Test and Easter Home Learning
Hi Year 6 Here’s this weeks spelling test but please watch the whole video and see where you can access some different resources over the Easter holiday. There will also be battles on TTRS, activities on busy things and of course all the amazing and fun things we will add to the website over...
Virtual Assembly - 2nd July 2020
Transition Week - What are you looking forward to?
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...
Find Help - For Parents
Parenting isn’t always easy. Although it’s often amazing and rewarding to watch your children grow, and to help them learn to be independent, it can also be really hard work.
Year 6 WOW Day
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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
National Autism Awareness Week 2021
29th March to 4th April is National Autism Awareness Week
Year 2 - Mapping Skills Day
We had a fantastic day learning about maps! We learnt about positional language and played a game with our friends then we went on a treasure hunt around the school. Afterwards, we created our own maps of the classroom and we ended the day by creating an art piece of the map of the UK!
KS1 Sports Day 2019
On this beautiful day, KS1 had their sports day at Daubeney Fields. It was a joyous day as pupils participated in different activities and parents rushed from one year group to another to cheer on siblings. 2K enjoyed tag of war, the sack race, egg on a spoon race, mini javelin, relay and many...
It Takes a Village...
This half-term we having been holding a series of events every Wednesday (5pm-7pm) under the banner of, ‘It Takes a Village...’. We have been blessed to have had the opportunity to host some world class speakers such as: Gary Younge, Patricia Lamour MBE, ‘Lt. Stitchie’,...
Year 5 Residential 2018 - Day 2
Today was an absolute scorcher! It reached the dizzying highs of 28 degrees in Youlbury (thank you for Miss Fergus for noticing my spelling mistake in the last post). The children are adapting to independent life and have had to learn to get themselves ready for bed, keep their living areas tidy...
Newsletter - 24th March 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, Spring term has come to an end and the holidays are upon us. I would like to congratulate Ms Douglas on her appointment as Headteacher at another school and wish her all the best for the future. Mr Logan will become the new Head of School from May half term. We are looking...
24th March 2016
Year 5 Residential 2018 - Day 3
Day 3 and things are not slowing down. The children finished yesterday with pasta bake and hot cocoa. The tiredness had set in and it was a very quiet night in the cabin. After an energising sleep, the children were woken up to the smell of fresh pastries baking in the oven. They had enough choice...
Year 5 Residential 2018 - Day 4
It’s day 4 and you’d have thought the tiredness would have set in by now... well it has with the teachers. The children are just as energised as ever. They finished last night with wider games which incorporated orienteering with a quiz. Of course, Mr Swarbrick’s group emerged...
Year 5 Visit to Our Lady's Secondary School
Some Year 5 girls had the opportunity to visit Our Lady's secondary school in Stamford Hill where they were able to experience life as a secondary school student. The girls had a French lesson where the teacher was VERY impressed by how quickly they were able to pick up conversational French....
Year 6 - Air Raid in 6S!
...ave been learning about World War II. So far we have learned about the outbreak of the War and we are reading Goodnight Mister Tom to immerse ourselves into the topic. One of the things we learnt about was air raid drills. There would be a very loud siren and everyone in school would have to hide un...
Year 6 - Into University
...es focused on our topic World War 2, including a visit to Churchill War Rooms and HMS Belfast. On th......ncluding a visit to Churchill War Rooms and HMS Belfast. On the Friday we visited Goldsmiths Univers......t Winston Churchill and World War 2.' - Jahmiah, 6F 'It felt like a real graduation. ...
Year 6 - Learning Brilliantly
Year 6 exhibit the Daubeney Golden Expectations during all lessons, showing their high standards and a fantastic attitude towards their education
Newsletter - 17th July 2015
Dear Parents and Carers, It has been a wonderful and eventful year with many successes. Yet again we have secured excellent results in Early Years, Year 1, 2 and of course Year 6. We wish those children leaving us the very best for their future careers at their chosen secondary schools. I know they...
17th July 2015
Newsletter - 18th September 2015
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Newsletter - 13th November 2015
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13th November 2015
Newsletter - 27th November 2015
Dear Parents and Carers, As you will see from our newsletter, we had a fun time 'Making a Noise' about bullying through a variety of workshops, concerts and lessons. It has been a very successful fortnight for raising our children's awareness of how we need to treat everyone with respect and be...
27th November 2015
Newsletter - 18th December 2015
Dear Parents and Carers, The last day of term has finally arrived and what a busy term it has been. Daubeney has truly celebrated Christmas this year and we hope you have en-joyed the array of performances and events. We always welcome your feedback and look to improve what we do. Enjoy the festive...
18th December 2015
Newsletter - 15th January 2016
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Newsletter - 4th March 2016
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4th March 2016
Newsletter - 29th April 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, I hope everyone is impressed with the improvements we have made to our school over the past few years. Our playgrounds are looking great and today we opened the KS1 section. The children have been waiting patiently and have been very excited. At Daubeney, we appreciate that...
29th April 2016
Daubeney Student Wins The Leaders Award
We are super proud of this student, who had the incredible opportunity to visit Kingston University to accept her award for her entry in The Leaders Award competition. She was one of two Year 3 winners out of a total of 48,000 entries. She acted as a superb representative of Daubeney on the day and...
Newsletter - 27th May 2016
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27th May 2016
Newsletter - 17th June 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, I would like to say a big thank you to all of you that have said such kind, positive and inspiring words to me since my appointment as Head of School; I will endeavour to live up to your high expectations. Now that the final half-term is now upon us please join us at the...
17th June 2016
Newsletter - 8th July 2016
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8th July 2016
Newsletter - 22nd July 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, It has been another amazing year here at Daubeney, with an exceptionally eventful and enjoyable last half term! Our children have been able to achieve great results for all of their tests in Year 1, Year 2 and significantly in Year 6 with the new assessment criteria. We...
22nd July 2016
Newsletter - 16th September 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, Welcome to another exciting year at Daubeney! We trust that you have all enjoyed a great summer and are now looking forward to the many magical moments planned for the year ahead. It has been a great start to the year, with the children returning to school looking extremely...
16th September 2016
Newsletter - 11th November 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, Unsurprisingly, our Autumn 2 half-term has got off to a wonderful start! As per usual, there were lots of activities for our children to develop their knowledge and skills, notably our various Black History Month activities in our first week back. I was really impressed by...
11th November 2016
Newsletter - 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 - 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
Summer Project 2018
To keep your brains ticking over the Summer holidays, here are some fun and creative activities for you to sink your teeth into. There are maths, literacy, creative and science activities for Key Stage 1 and 2. We look forward to seeing your amazing home learning in September! Creative KS1 KS2...
Carnival 2018
This year, our carnival was in the theme of musicals. The staff and children had lots of fun dancing to different songs. We had Year 1 dressed as bears dancing to Bear Necessities, Year 5 dancing to Thriller and even the Reception children gave a great performance to the song Fame. Thank you to all...
The Junior Creativity Team
The Junior Creativity Team have been busy. As well as our club every week where we work towards gaining the Explore Arts Award, we attending a morning SLT meeting. We talked about how art inspires us and what we want to do for the school. On the same day we took KS1 Assembly and taught everyone...
'It Takes a Village' Holiday Activities
As part of Daubeney's 'It Takes a Village' project, we would like to celebrate fathers and male role models and the positive impact they have on our children. As such, we are running two competitions for the children over the half term and would like your support in encouraging the...
Federation Spelling Bee
Daubeney hosted the first ever Federation Spelling Bee with Sebright and Lauriston today (14th June) and we came out on top! We won the overall best speller for Year 4, 5 and 6! Well done to Racheal in 4K, Taylor in 5M and Mohamed in 6S and to all the contestants that represented Daubeney – they...
Year 1 - Warhol Art
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Rainbow Class: RE Day - Lego Church
As part of our Religious Education learning about Christianity, pupils explored the significance of the Christian cross through a hands-on block-building activity. Using colourful blocks, the children carefully designed and created their own cross while developing their problem-solving, creativity,...
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