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...

Religious Education

...n. Early learning goals that link to RE are: Understanding the World ELG People and Communities Know some similarities and differences between different religious and cultural communities in this country, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class; Explain some similarities ...

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...

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...

Science and Sustainability

Science We recognise the importance of Science in every aspect of daily life. As one of the core subjects taught in Primary Schools, we give the teaching and learning of Science the prominence it requires. Our vision for science is, “to ensure that children are given a science curriculum, which...

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...

Starting Reception in September

...thematics Understanding the World Expressive Arts and Design Our Vision The Early Years at Daubeney will provide an environment that is safe, happy, warm, stimulating, challenging and fun. Our holistic approach ensures children become confident, inspired and independent learners who love to pla...

Year 1

Class Teachers Meet the Teacher Phonics Screener Meeting Pupil Survey Survey Link PE Day - Friday Please ensure your child brings their PE kit and suitable footwear to school every Friday in a bag. At home, please allow your child to practice getting changed by themselves to help them to be able to...

Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development

At Daubeney, the children and their learning are at the very heart of everything we do. Its impact is seen both within and outside of the classroom. We believe strongly in a holistic education for our children, rooted in our conviction that our children will succeed regardless of their background...

Spanish

Pupils at our school learn Spanish and enjoy the benefits of starting to learn a foreign language at an early age. Learning a foreign language provides an opening to other cultures, fosters pupils’ curiosity and deepens their understanding of the world. It helps them to develop communication...

SEND and Our Local Offer

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...

PSHE - Jigsaw

... end of primary: Being Me in My World / Celebrating Differences / Dreams and Goals / Healthy Me / Re......ns): Autumn 1: Being Me In My World Autumn 2: Celebrating Differences Spring 1: Dreams and Goa...

Nursery

... Mathematics Understanding the World Expressive Arts and Design The prime areas begin to develop quickly in response to relationships and experiences, and run through and support learning in all other areas. In addition, there are four specific areas of learning. The specific areas include ess...

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...

Nurture Group - The Nest

The Nest is a place for children to have the opportunity to grow in confidence and become engaged, successful learners in their classrooms and the school community. Nurture is an environment where adults and children work closely together; a place where mistakes and accidents are discussed; where...

About our Curriculum

At The Blossom Federation of Daubeney, Sebright and Lauriston Schools, we shape our curriculum to ensure all pupils have access to a rich, exciting, experiential curriculum, which celebrates the rich diversity of our schools. Drawing on the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage and...

Online Safety

Today’s pupils are growing up in an increasingly complex world, living their lives seamlessly on and offline. This presents many positive and exciting opportunities, but also challenges and risks. We want to equip our pupils with the knowledge needed to make the best use of the internet and...

Literacy

At Daubeney we are committed to raising standards in Literacy and follow the National Curriculum in order maintain accurate coverage across the year. In order to maximise opportunities to develop literacy skills, we make cross curricular links wherever possible. In Early Years we follow the Early...

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

Year 6 - 6M IntoUniversity Week 2020

6M spent a week at IntoUniversity learning all about inclusion and diversity. The week included learning about a range of subjects. On Monday and Tuesday, we looked at inspirational people throughout history such as Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela and Malala Yousafzai. Also, we had an...

Year 2 - World Book Day 2022

Year 3 - 3HC World Book Day 2022

3HC dressed up in their favourite book character! We are celebrating world book day that took place yesterday

Year 4 - 4B World Book Day 2022

4B celebrating how much we love books! Can you guess who we all are?

Nursery - World Book Day 2020

Year 4 - 4S World Book Day 2022

...o see!...

Year 5 - World Book Day 2022

What a fun filled day of dress up and book related activities! We all came in as some of our favourite book characters (whether good or evil) and created a book cover and blurb about them. We spent the afternoon designing our bookmarks that we will use to remind us that reading is fun!

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...

Wow Day in Year 3

...ing 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 Stonehenge. They enjoyed p...

WOW Day in Year 1L

Year 1 had fun making shoebox worlds of their local area for the end of their Cross Curricular topic. They used cardboard boxes, tissue paper and card as well as other materials from home that could be reused for our project! We thought about who and what is in our world, and discussed what...

Year 1 - 1L World Book Day 2022

Today we had lots of fun dressing up as our favourite characters from some fabulous books. We discussed who we were and explored some of the stories. We made our own bookmarks and designed the front covers of our books!

WOW Day in Year 1TK

Year 1 have been learning about 'Who and what is in my world?'. To end their topic the children had Wow Day! 1TK had lots of fun being creative and making a shoe box world of their local area. They worked in groups to create different parts of their local area. Using a range of materials...

The Junior Art Team

We are very pleased to introduce ourselves to you. We are the Junior Art Team. We are in Years 2 to 6 and are very excited to get under way with lots of plans and projects over the year! We met this week to decide what we want to do and to think about why we do it. We asked ourselves why the arts...

Odd Socks Day 2019

The children have been Celebrating Differences in JIGSAW sessions and discussing that it is ‘Good to be Different!’. On Friday 15 th November we celebrated our Uniqueness with our annual ‘Odd Socks Day’

Year 2 - Geography and IT: Exploring Earth

This week for our Geography lesson we were exploring the Earth! We used atlases and Google Earth to identify the North and South Poles, as well as the equator. We had fun identifying countries around the world and discussing what the climate is like in each place

World Mental Health Day 2022

... Well done children!...

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...

Nursery - World Book Day 2023

Nursery are having an amazing time celebrating world book day today! They came dressed as their favourite book characters, and the children have been so excited to share who they are. We have some superheroes, princesses and even a big scary Gruffalo!

Year 1 - Forest School - 1L World Book Day

...y making Stickman....

World Book Day in Year 2

Year 2 had a great time dressing up as our favourite book characters. We did lots of talking (mostly about different books) and lots of different activities. What a fantastic day!

Year 1 - 1A World Book Day 2022

Year 6 - COP26 Climate Change Summit Workshop

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

Baller Boys Author Visit

...�� Year 6 Teacher...

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...

1L Family Portrait Painting

...ic 'Who and What is in my World?', we spent an afternoon sketching and painting our very own family portraits. We thought about who is in our family and discussed how our families might be the same or might be different. We used sketching pencils and water colours to create our pictures!...

Year 6 WOW Day

...eations....

World Book Day - 2021

Year 4 - Super Hero Day

The children in Year 4 had a fun day dressing up as their favourite hero from around the world to support Red Nose Day

Mental Health - Giving

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

World Teachers' Day 2021

...ney Primary School celebrated World Teachers' Day. The children came to school dressed as our teachers and created cards, poems and gifts for staff to show their appreciation. We had a special staff breakfast and our Junior Mental Health Team created cards and handed out treats to our staff....

Year 5 - RE Day: What Happened to Islam in the Middle Ages?

We learnt all about the Five Pillars of Islam and even discussed what Islam was like during the middle ages. Did you know that they went through a Golden Age, where learning and inventions were thriving in the capital of Baghdad, whilst most of the rest of the world was going through the Dark Ages?...

Reception - Blue Class: World Book Day 2020

Blue class dressed up in their favourite book character today (6th March 2020). It was really nice to see them happy and cheerful. Blue class carefully listened to the stories they bought into school throughout the day inside and out

Year 4 - 4L World Book Day 2023

...we are?...

Year 4 - Countries and Nationalities in Spanish

We have been learning to talk about where we are from and our countries of origin in Spanish. We know the name of many countries in the world in Spanish and we can ask people about their nationality

Year 1 - 1L World Book Day 2020

1L had an amazing time celebrating world book day today! We came dressed as our favourite book characters, we made our own bookmarks and finger puppets as well as designing our own book front covers! We worked together to make a big book themed art piece too!

Year 6 - 6M: ICT and History

...h facts and information about World War 2. They used Purplemash to help them create a News report about the Blitz....

Year 1 - Forest School - 1A Exploring the Woods

...ing the woods and celebrating World Book Day by reading and making Stickman....

Year 1 - Forest School - 1B World Book Day

...y making stickman....

Reception - World Book Day 2022

Reception had a lovely day dressed as our favourite book characters!

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

Year 1 - Forest School - World Book Day 2023

Year 2 - WOW Day Autumn 1 2023

Year 2 had so much fun on WOW day for Autumn 1! We recapped all of our learning about the world, and worked as a team to create our own climate scenes. We chose from either a tropical or polar climate, and thought about the plants you'd find there as well as the animals. We used lots of recycled...

Year 4 - 4M World Book Day 2023

Year 3 - Rumpelstiltskin

This week, Year 3 have been exploring the story of Rumpelstiltskin in their literacy lessons through the Power of Play sequence. They've thoroughly enjoyed their first week—acting out scenes, building a fairy tale world, and bringing their imagination and drama skills to life

Year 4 Hornbills - World Book Day

...tting dressed up to celebrate World Book Day. We discussed our favourite characters and why we chose to dress up as them. We then put them in the 'Hot Seat', asking them questions and answering in role of the character. Can you name all the charcters we're dressed as?...

Year 2 - World Book Day

Year 3 Kingfisher - World Book Day

...ch 2025....

Year 3 - Toucan: World Book Day

...up as various book characters....

Reception - World Book Day

...umes!...

Year 5 - World Book Day 2025

...at what we dressed up as this World Book Day! Do you recognise the characters we are dressed up as?...

Year 3 - Natural History Museum Trip

Benjamin took part in his class trip to Natural History Museum. He was eager to explore looking at different animals from around the world, insects, dinosaurs and fossils

Rainbow Room - Caterpillar Painting

Children have been exploring the world of caterpillars and had the opportunity to use wooden pegs to create prints in their paintings, repeating the colors found in our social story, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar. on the caterpillar " They followed the color patterns from the...

Rainbow Room – PSHE: Family Relationships

Children participated in their PHSE session, where they learned about different families and family members. They were introduced to Makaton signs such as "mum," "dad," "family," "brother," and "sister," and did an excellent job repeating these...

Year 2 - World Book Day 2025

Year 2 - World of the Story

We explored the world of the story of ‘The Midnight Fair’ by imagining the setting. We used masking tape to mark out the different areas of the fair, thinking about where rides, food stalls, and games would be relative to each other

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 5 - Wow Day - Tanzania and Mountains

Year 5 had an exciting WOW Day as part of their geography topic exploring Tanzania and mountain environments. The day was packed with fun and learning, helping pupils immerse themselves in the landscapes, culture, and challenges of mountainous regions. One of the highlights of the day was a...

Rainbow Class: Small World - Transports

Straight after the playtime break, some of our pupils noticed train tracks with trains on the table and a rocket set on the floor. They quickly noticed it and decided to play with them, enjoying the activity with lots of excitement

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: Iggy Peck, Architect (Design & Technology)

This week, our pupils enjoyed a story that opened a window into the world of architecture. The pupils explored different types of buildings from around the world and learned about the important work that architects do when designing the places we live, learn, and play in

Year 1 Peacocks - World Book Day 2026

...aracters?...

Year 4 - RE Day 2026

The children in Year 4 enjoyed their RE Day today - 25-03-2026 - learning all about the significance of Easter. They learnt about the events that occurred and how Christians around the world celebrate Easter

Year 3 Language Day

Year 3 Kingfishers speak 13 languages! We celebrated Language Day by talking about all the different languages we speak at home and at school. We shared our languages with pride and learned how to say hello in each one. Everyone enjoyed practising new greetings and discovering how languages help us...

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 4 - RE Day

...e our own class poem 'The World, My World'. Listen to us perform our poem.......class poem 'The World, My World'. Listen to us perform our poem....

Year 5 - Literacy: Midnight Fair Power of Play

During this power of play lesson, we imagined what it would be like to be at the fair. What did the fair look like? How could we describe the world of the book. After, we created a story map of the story from our discussions

Reception - Yellow Class - World Book Day 2023

...ception loved dressing up for World Book Day! Which characters do you recognise?...

Duckling Class - World Book Day 2024

... fun!...

Year 1 - 1A World Book Day 2023

1A had a brilliant day dressing up as our favourite book characters!

Year 5 - World Book Day 2023

Who is your favourite book character? Can you spot them in Year 5? Can you spot any characters you know?

Year 2 - Spring 2 Week 2 Computing

This week we started a new topic, learning about effective searching. We explored the difference between the internet and the world wide web, thought about different browsers that you can use and identified search engines to help us find information we need. We used this knowledge to search for...

Year 1 - 1TK: Where Are We in the World?

Year 1 have been working hard this term learning about where we are in the world. We had lots of fun making this video and presenting our knowledge of countries, continents and oceans to end our topic. We hope you enjoy watching our video as much as we enjoyed making it!

Year 6 - Trip to Museum of London Docklands

... the East End was affected by World War II. We also spent time exploring the rest of the museum, which was about the Docklands....

Duckling Class - Its beginning to look like Christmas

This week, we started our Christmas and seasonal holiday prep. We have been talking about Christmas and Hanukkah - making decorations, writing lists, playing games. We enjoyed playing in the Antarctic small world with the snow and beginning to practice our Nativity

Duckling Class - Discover Children's Story Centre

...tory to save 'Squiddly Diddly World'. In order for us to create a story, we had to warm up our imagination so we were taken to an indoor play area. It was so much fun!...

Year 6 - Geography: Mapping Skills Day

... a Standard Time Zones of the World map to determine the time in other countries compared to the UK. Lesson 4: For todays last lesson we recapped on all the knowledge we gained today, we also thought about things we weren’t sure about and what we definitely want to research when we get home s...

Year 6 – History: Diversity of the Allied forces

... and what 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 a...

Year 6 – History: WOW Day

...nding of just how devastating World War II was. We learnt about the impacts it had on Britain and wr......e in Britain sheltered during World War II. We then went to create our own air raid shelters in smal...

Parrot Class - World Book Day

...s who we've dressed up as for World Book Day?...

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 3 Kingfisher - World Book Day

Robin class - World Book Day 2024

Can you guess who we've dressed up as?

Spanish - Dia del libro – World Book Day

...n about his most famous novel....... countries now taking part in World Book Day Celebrations that encompass everything from reading and...

Year 2 - Literacy: Explore the World

This week we have focused on exploring the world of the story. We began by making collages to explore scenes of London in the past and during the fire. We thought about what London would have been like in 1666, discussing the locations in the story. We used masking tape to map out the setting,...

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 2 - Science in the Hop Garden

We have been learning about habitats all around the world recently, so we decided to take a look in our own garden to see what lives and grows there. We were able to identify a range of plants in our garden habitat, such as clover, ivy, lily pads, carrots and much more! We also saw some common...

Year 2 - World of the Story

As part of our immersion into the story of The Magic Bojabi Tree, we investigated the setting of the book. We thought about where the mountains were located in relation to the trees, and identified where lion's rock would be, given that it was a long journey from the bojabi tree. We mapped it...

Year 5 - RE: Autumn 1 2024

What impact do beliefs have on actions? This is of big question of the year. This half term, we focused on “What inner forces affect how we think and behave?” We explored these topics and stories: temptation, Adam and Eve, Jonah and the Whale, and forces of good in the world

Celebrating Black History Month Through Music

This year at Daubeney, we are thrilled to share a special video highlighting our Black History Month music lessons. With a focus on promoting diversity in the world of classical music, we’ve partnered with the renowned London Symphony Orchestra to bring this vision to life. In the video,...

Year 2 - Week 2 Computing: Online Safety

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

Year 3 - 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 6 - 6S Mental Health Day 2019

In 6S we have been learning about how to take care of our mental health and the mental health of others. We learnt about how words, in the words of Albus Dumbledore, are capable of inflicting pain and remedying it. It was difficult to think about the words that have hurt us, but when we thought...

Year 1 - 1L: Where Are We in the World?

Year 1 have been learning all about continents and oceans this half term. We have explored countries, seasons, geographical features and so much more! We finished our topic by making a video full of facts and information!

Year 1 - 1L World Book Day 2019

...ave had a fun day celebrating World Book Day! We loved dressing up as our favourite book characters and we made our own bookmarks and front covers!...

Reception - Red Class World Book Day 2019

Reception - Yellow Class World Book Day 2019

We dressed up as characters from our favourite stories. We had a fabulous, fun day

Red Class - World Book Day 2018

Work Week in Nursery

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

World Book Day - Author Visits

... get them signed!...

World Book Day 2016

...character!...

World Book Day 2018

...tive costumes....

World Book Day 2019

...n, 6F – Literacy Team Leader...

World Book Week in Nursery

... are some of the higlights of World Book Week....

Year 1 - 1P World Book Day 2018

... costumes!...

ORDER, ORDER! The House will hear...

Last Friday, Daubeney's finest school council members were given the marvellous opportunity to attend a visit to The Houses of Parliament in company of Miss Bree, Mr. West and City Year's own Mr. N. The trip allowed for the group to venture into the heart of London, specifically the area of...

Year 1 - 1P World Book Day 2019

...characters....

Year 1 - 1P's Weather Forecast

In Cross Curricular, Year 1 have been learning about the weather. We made our own weather forecast video in 1P, talking about weather all over the world. We had a great time!

Year 1 - 1T's Weather Report

In Cross Curricular, 1T have been learning about the weather. We identified different types of weather, explored weather in the British Isles and looked at weather in different countries around the world. We then made our very own weather report and had lots of fun creating it!

Year 1 - World Book Day 2017

...ING at Daubeney!...

Year 1 - World Maths Day

... and explain our thinking....

Year 2 - 2C World Maths Day 2019

...hs everywhere around us!......us!...

Year 2 - 2K World Maths Day 2019

...s....

Year 2 - Geography: Our Local Area

In Geography, we explored our local area. We had a look at the world map and located the UK and then also has a closer look at a detail map of London to find the borough of Hackney. Later on, we thought about what kind of message we would want to write to put inside a bottle. We talked about our...

Year 2 World Poetry Day

...wing, Poor thing!...

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...

Reception - Minibeasts Workshop

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

Nursery Butterflies

The nursery children watched with fascination as the caterpillars that they nurtured over time formed cocoons and emerged into beautiful butterflies, ready to fly off into the world to explore. Scarlett reported, "today we let the butterflies go. I think they will go looking for flowers."...

Year 3 - Parents Visit Children at School

Year 3 were very lucky to have a parent come into school this morning, and share her knowledge about the rainforest and climate change. Jenny showed the children a slide show showing them what's happening to the worlds rainforests. The children were very happy to share their knowledge and learn...

Blue Class - World Book Day 2018

Blue class are celebrating world book day! they have dressed in their favourite character from their favourite book!

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...

400 years of Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare

On the 23 April many countries across the world celebrated the International Day of the Book, organized by the UNESCO to promote reading and to honour the authors Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare who died on this date. This year, we commemorate 400 years since their death and we...

BBC Breakfast - Meeting Andy Murray

...nvited by the BBC to meet the World No.1 tennis champion – Sir Andrew Murray OBE - at the prestigious Queen’s Club in Earl’s Court, London! Daubeney Primary was the only school in England to be selected for this wonderful opportunity as part of the build up to Wimbledon 2017. Hamna...

Celebrating Differences

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

Nursery - World Book Day 2019

...ing these outfits awesome!...

Centre of the Cell

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

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...

Farewell Ms. Douglas

...so strong. We also sang "World's greatest" by R. Kelly to show how we all feel about Ms. Douglas, the World's greatest Head. Here is a video of the drumming part of the concert. Enjoy!...

Guardian Visits Daubeney

Year 6 were delighted to have been visited by two inspiring members of the Guardian newspaper team and learning about the exciting world of Journalism and the Media. The workshop involved children thinking about what it means to be a journalist and what is involved in getting a newspaper ready each...

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...

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...

Nursery - World Book Day

... a wonderful time celebrating World Book Day! The children and staff dressed up in their favourite book characters and enjoyed reading and talking about their favourite books. Take a look at our photographs to see all the fantastic costumes....

Nursery - World Book Day 2017

...heir favourite characters for World Book Day. They enjoyed spotting their characters in books and read even more than they usually do. Hao-di said, "I am a very scary pirate! There are lots of books about me! Let's find them all!" Take a look at the photos and see if you can guess...

Nursery - World Book Day 2018

Nursery had a blast dressing as characters from their favourite books on Friday. The nursery was awash with a range of characters, from dinosaurs to farmers to the ever-elusive Wally. The children also had ample time to explore stories; they acted them out, snuggled up in the book corner with a...

Year 3 - KidZania

Yesterday (28th March 2019) Year 3 were incredibly lucky to visit KidZania. They got the opportunity to independently wonder and roam around the safe and secure indoor city run by kids. In KidZania, the children were able to get a fun and realistic insight into the adult world by taking part in a...

Year 3 - The Big Draw

Year 3 created a masterpiece inspired by the art of Michael Craig Martin. "The colours are so vibrant" - Riya "I love that he creates items from the everyday world" - Gabriel

Year 4 - 4M Non Fiction Session

Today (8th November 2019) the children in 4M explored many different non-fiction texts. During our guided reading session, each group read a selection of non-fiction books and recorded key facts and information they learnt. It was fun reading non-fiction books, we learnt many new facts about...

Year 6 - 6M: Inspiring People Around the World

6M have been learning all about inspiring people around the world through research. We have decided to research people that inspire us and make a difference to the world. This information will then help us to write our own biography on our chosen person. We found that many of the people we...

Year 6 - Air Raid in 6S!

...S we have 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 h...

Year 6 - Into University

...tivities focused on our topic World War 2, including a visit to Churchill War Rooms and HMS Belfast.......h about Winston Churchill and World War 2.' - Jahmiah, 6F 'It felt like a real gradua...

Eco Team Meet The Senior Team

Today the Eco team met with Mr Logan, Mr Dharma, Ms Gustave, Ms Cenac and Ms Bibi to discuss all the great work they have been doing over the year. They also discussed future plans for the school and what they'd like to see happen. The children inspired the adults with their enthusiasm and...

Year 6 - 6F IntoUniversity

6F had the amazing opportunity to spend an entire week with the IntoUniversity team. The focus for the week’s learning was diversity and inclusion. On Monday and Tuesday we looked at inspiring people throughout history such as Emmeline Pankhurst, Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela and...

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’,...

Capital Kids Cricket Festival

...ally designed for the Cricket World Cup in England and Wales 2019....

Year 3 - 3T Get Arty in the Park

Today (21st June 2019) 3T took time to really appreciate the beauty of nature. They closely observed leaves, trees, even single strands of grass, before sketching whatever captured their imagination. Orson commented, "There are so many cool patterns and different shades of green on this one leaf!"...

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 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 2 - Daubeney Fields Trip

...worms to collect for our Worm World! We discussed the habitats they live in and what they will need....

Year 3 - 'I Love Me' Portraits

As yesterday was world mental health day Year 3 have been thinking about their emotions and their self worth. With the theme of ‘I love me’ the children drew a self portrait and wrote what they love about themselves. Their portrait was then passed around to their peers for them to write...

World Mental Health Day - 10th October 2019

...es to celebrate the fantastic World Mental Health Day. This year our focus was ‘I Love Me’. Children discussed the importance of being unique and participated in activities celebrating what they loved about themselves. We had an amazing turn out for our parent workshop. The Junior Mental...

Year 2 - 2C Researching the World Around Us

Today (1st November 2019), we used the iPads to research different parts of London and Hackney. On Google Maps, we looked for places like the Hackney Empire, Homerton Hospital and the London Eye. Take a look at our photos!

Year 6 - 6M IntoUniversity

Last week, (Monday 28th January – Friday 1st February) 6M has the exciting opportunity to go to Into University. Each day brought new and exciting learning. On Monday, we learnt all about the theme of the week which was diversity and inclusion. Following on from this, we learnt all about...

Year 5 Meet Mr Saunders

...ar 5 have been learning about World War 2 over this half term and had the chance to visit the renown......e were lucky enough to have a World War 2 survivor names Mr Saunders come to visit us at school! Mr ...

Year 3 - Work Week

This week, year 3 are learning all about how money is dealt with in the adult world. Today (27th March 2019) we brought Hackney's Mare Street into our classroom! The High street included a Cinema, Post Office, Bank and a Supermarket! Pupils all got their own wallet which included some money,...

Year 4 - World Book Day 2018

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Year 3 - Work Week 2017

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

Year 3 - World Book Day 2019

...ear 3 had a blast celebrating World Book Day. Take a look at their amazing costumes below!...

Year 3 - World Maths Day 2019

...lve the problems....

Year 3 / 4 - Spanish in the World and Geography in Spanish

This week, Year 3 & Year 4 are learning about Spanish in the world and Geography in Spanish! They can find Spain in a map, they can name all the continents, the most important Spanish cities and the Spanish speaking countries in Spanish. They also learnt the history behind how Spanish spread...

Year 3 Celebrate World Book Day 2019

... favourite books to celebrate World Book Day. Can you guess who they are?...

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 visit the Cutty Sark

As part of Year 3’s topic on Pirates, they went on aboard the legendary sailing ship, at the Cutty Sark Greenwich. The Cutty Sark is the world’s sole surviving tea clipper, the fastest ship of her time. They were taken back in time during 1869, where the Captain told them about the life...

Year 4 - Designing Bridges

Year 4 have been learning about how maths and literacy are important in the world of work. In maths this week, Year 4 were designing their very own bridge, just as an architect would! They then used their design to create a model of it. Mikey said "I loved building the model, it was so much...

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 - World Book Day 2017

...it our book corner!...

Year 4 - World Book Day 2019

Year 5 - World Book Day 2019

The children had so much fun today (8th March 2019) dressing up as their favourite book characters. There were many amazing costumes and the children celebrated the day by reading some of their favourite books and talking to their peers about books that they recommended

Year 5 - Author Karen McCombie Visits for World Book Day

...e children are enjoying their World Book week....

Year 5 - Celebrating Diversity

The children in Year 5 used their creative skills today (29-10-2018) to design a poster celebrating diversity. The class, in their SEAL session, discussed the importance of diversity and generated ideas to create a poster to celebrate how diverse our world is. We hope to use all the work from the...

Year 5 - Celebrating World Maths Day

...ils 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 skills and knowledge. 'Uniting the...

Year 5 - Drama Workshop

Year 5 learned about creativity in drama today. The students had to create magic worlds, draw them, make sounds for them and act them out. It was a very fun workshop!

Year 5 - ecoACTIVE Bugs

Year 5M had an amazing activity today exploring the world of compost and the bugs responsible for helping to break down our food. They learnt aboutthe process and even got to hold worms, larvae, beetles, woodlouse and earwigs. A special thanks to ecoACTIVE team who came to Daubeney and allowed our...

Year 5 - Imaginary Worlds and Words

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Year 5 - Imperial War Museum

... to deepen their knowledge on World War 2. They thoroughly enjoyed the clips that they saw in the museum and were astounded by the artefacts. "I found the museum very interesting and I learnt about the disastrous bombs that landed in different places around the World" - Akin 5C ...

Year 5 - We Designed Our Own Zoo!

As part of our literacy topic, 'balanced arguments', we discussed the impact of a zoo and debated whether we should or should not have a zoo. We decided today (16th January 2019) to design our own zoo to allow animals to live in a safe environment which is similar to their natural habitat....

Year 5 - World Book Day

5M had a wonderful day dressing up as our favourite book characters, even our teacher came as ZORRO. We enjoyed reading stories and creating our own stories, where we rediscovered our love for books

Year 5 - World Book Day 2018

...ic time today dressing up for World Book Day. There were some amazing costumes, even Mr Matvad and Mr Martykan came dressed up! Check the cool invisible man in our photos....

Year 2 - World Book Day 2026

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