Can You Help Us Make Play Times Amazing? We are developing our outdoor play and learning, to create exciting play opportunities for the children. We have asked pupils from all classes for their ideas about what they would like to play with. Some of these...
How to Drop Off:When? Any school morning during drop off or afternoon during pick up.
Where? Please place small items in the designated Play Donation Bin located in the Key Stage 1 playground, or leave larger items neatly alongside it.
Safety Notice: Please ensure all donated items are clean, sturdy, free of sharp edges, and completely safe for children to handle. We will, of course, check and risk assess all items before repurposing them.
Every little bit counts and no donation is too small. Thank you in advance for making play time magical!
This week, Year 6 attended the Combined Service at All Saints Church, an annual service for Year 6 pupils from six Hackney primary schools. They celebrated their growth and experiences so far, consider the future and hear from secondary pupils about transition. This is a valuable opportunity for the children to see lots of other children in their year group, ask questions, reduce their worries and
Year 5 enjoyed a trip to The British Library for a fascinating workshop about sound and Year 3 enjoyed a trip to The Natural History Museum to learn about dinosaurs.
Year 1 : Inaya
Year 2 : Ayra
Year 3 : Gianna
Year 4 : Tarelle
Year 5 : Katelyn
Year 6 : Kamil
Congratulations to Nursery for winning this week’s attendance with a fantastic 100%
Reception : 99.6%
Year 3 : 99%
Year 5 : 97%
Year 6 : 95%
Year 2 : 94%
Year 4 : 93%
Year 1 : 93%
Congratulations to the following children, who had 100% attendance:
PunctualityWell done to Nursery, Reception & Year 4 : 0% Lateness
Year 5 & Year 6 : 0.7%
Year 3 : 0.8%
Year 1 : 2.5%
Year 2 : 3.5%
These children were the class champions for each class last week. Look at how many minutes they played for! Well done to:
These children were the overall TIME champions. Well done!:
These pupils had the most correct answers! Well done to:
Well done to all these hard working mathematicians! The overall winners were:
Below you can find links to all of this term’s curriculum newsletters, for Nursery to Year 6. Inside, you will find lots of useful information about the term ahead, including key adults, curriculum content, homework, P.E. days, important dates, and ways in which you can support your child’s learning at home.
A big thank you to class teachers and Ms Mather for their time and effort in compiling all of the information included in the newsletters.
Nursery Curriculum Newsletter, Autumn Term
Reception Curriculum Newsletter, Autumn Term
Year 1 Curriculum Newsletter, Autumn Term
Year 2 Curriculum Newsletter, Autumn Term
Year 3 Curriculum Newsletter, Autumn Term
Year 4 Curriculum Newsletter, Autumn Term
Year 5 Curriculum Newsletter, Autumn Term
Year 6 Curriculum Newsletter, Autumn Term
Looking for a fun, creative club where your child can build confidence, make friends and shine on stage?
Our Drama Club is back this Autumn Term, and we’re excited to be working towards a special end-of-term performance for family and friends to enjoy!
Throughout the term, children will:
– Develop confidence and self-esteem
– Learn acting skills through exciting drama games and activities
– Rehearse as part of a cast and work together as a team
– Build creativity, imagination and communication skills
– Perform in a fantastic showcase at the end of term!
Whether your child already loves performing or is looking to grow in confidence, our welcoming club is the perfect place to develop new skills while having lots of fun.
Places are still open for the Autumn Term!
Existing Members: As our clubs run on a rolling monthly subscription, children who attended last term will automatically continue into the Autumn Term unless we receive written notice that you wish to cancel. If your child is already enrolled, there’s nothing you need to do!
New families can book a place here: https://pbbl.uk/4bkvZER
If you have any questions, please email lauren@thedramacentre.co.uk
We can’t wait to welcome both returning and new members for another fantastic term of drama!
This week in Celebration Assembly, we heard a reading from the winner of this year’s writing competition, who has had her book published! Our fantastic Year 6 author received two copies of her book in assembly and read two chapters to us. We are looking......
Year 5 were fascinated to hear about the experiences of Miss Jean, great grandparent to some of our pupils, during their History lesson this week. Miss Jean migrated to the UK from Dominica in the early 1960s. Like the passengers on the Windrush, Miss Jean......
We were really happy to host the annual Year 6 Combined Service at All Saints Church this week. Pupils from six Hackney primary schools and Urswick secondary school gathered together to consider the theme Becoming Who You Are. We celebrated who we are and considered that......
The babies are exploring minibeasts and insects which live in different habitats. They are having a go at feeling varied textures, such as the grass, leaves and sea moss....
We were delighted to welcome Howard Rose, from Front Row Music, who performed for us on Wednesday during our collective worship. The children absolutely loved singing along to songs played on the ukulele and guitar, including popular chart hits such as Ordinary, and Flowers. Front......
We are having lots of fun pretending to be hairdressers and we are taking turns ‘cutting’ and styling hair, just like real hairdressers! We are combing our clients’ hair and helping to hold the mirror. We are sharing and helping each other while we play.......
This week, we finished reading our core story, Hello Friend. Inspired by the story, we enjoyed little circle-time sessions where we practised making new friends in Nursery by introducing ourselves and asking others for their names. We also learned how to extend our sentences using......
It’s been a brilliant week of exploring the classroom and acting out experiences we heard about in our story ‘Hello Friend’. These included blowing bubbles, taking turns, participating in outside activities (like skipping!) and building with blocks. We also looked at our faces and talked......
Year 3 had an amazing time at the Jurassic Oceans immersive experience at the Natural History Museum! We even saw the fossil Mary Anning discovered, which links to our writing topic. We also saw a T Rex! How many dinosaurs can you name?...
This week in Science, we introduced our new science unit – our five senses. Our learning was centred around naming our body parts and beginning to understand that we use our bodies to learn and discover the world around us. The students loved labelling Ms.......
Today in maths, we made a number line from 0 to 100. We started by placing the numbers that were easiest to find. We placed 0 at the start and 100 at the end. Then, we found 50 because it is the midpoint. Next, we......
In Year 3, we have started a new writing genre – instruction writing. We looked at artefacts related to famous palaeontologist Mary Anning, who discovered an ichthyosaurs fossil in Lyme Regis when she was only 12! Which tools do you think you would need to......
The children have begun exploring the work of Alma Thomas, an influential artist known for her vibrant abstract paintings. In their second lesson, they experimented with colour, pattern and different brushstrokes, creating lines, swirls, circles and repeated marks. They enjoyed exploring how different techniques and......
On Tuesday, Year 5 had an unforgettable trip to the British Library, where they took part in the fantastic ‘Listen Up! Sound Lab’ workshop! They started by getting hands-on with a huge variety of materials – feeling bumpy sandpaper, crinkly foil, smooth plastic, soft fabric......
This week in Writing, Year 6 have been learning about the life of Anne Frank and her family during the Second World War. The children have been exploring what life was like for Anne and the other people living in hiding in the Secret Annex,......