Mental Health
Mental Health Support At Shoreditch Park we are committed to the early identification of any mental health issues that a young person may be dealing with. This can include low self-esteem, attachment disorders and difficulties regulating emotions. We offer a range of interventions in school that...
Extra Curricular Clubs
... Gymnastics 1-6 Gardening 2-6 Art 2-3 Coding 1-3 Art 4-5 Spanish 1-2 Multi - Sports 1-3 Debating 5 Chess 3-6 Coding 4-6 The Inventors 2-6 Football 1-4 Debating 6 Multi ...
Green Team
The Green Team are a group of pupils who are committed to making our school more environmentally friendly. They follow the eco-schools scheme of learning. Eco-Schools is a global programme engaging millions of children across 67 countries, making it the largest educational programme in the world....
PTA
At Shoreditch Park we are passionate about working together to ensure our children and wider school community get the best possible experiences in life. The PTA aims to work together to: Run events where people can get to know each other and enjoy themselves Raise funds for resources that the...
The Shoreditch Park Scoop - 30th January 2026
We were delighted to receive a letter from His Majesty King Charles III, who shared his interest in our school garden and the work taking place there...
30th January 2026
Reception - Forest School Sessions
Our Reception children continue to enjoy their Forest School sessions each week. As the weather warms, the children have loved engaging with the pond. They learned how to pond dip safely and how to clear out the old leaves and duckweed so that they could see the tiny pond animals. They found shiny...
Year 2 - Summer 2 Home Learning
... topic, ‘The Apprentice Gardener'. Children planted many seeds including lettuce, turnip, chive and bean seeds. Children are now keeping a diary throughout their Gardening challenge to monitor the growth of their plants....
ARP - Gardening - September 2020
First we found out about the life cycle of a sunflower through our own internet research, pictures and videos. Then we identified some sunflowers in the garden. Once we found them we decided what stage of life each sunflower was in. Some were flowing, but some were dying and drooping. We looked in...
Seuss Class - We Are Extraordinary Gardeners!
Seuss class have enjoyed making cress heads. We carried out an experiment in science - testing variables - different conditions for growing plants. We made predictions and recorded our observations
Spring Gardening
Our gardeners have been progressing with various leek harvesting, trimming, runner bean seed harvesting and planting, pea sowing and support stick construction
Year 2 - Learning How to be Confident Gardeners
Children in Year 2 are learning how to be confident gardeners. This week they planted bean seeds in both soil and cotton wool to see which will grow. Children are learning what plants need to survive and how to care for the classroom plants. Children will make scientific observations and record...
Year 1 - Enquiring Ebony Homework and Science Lessons
To prepare for their science lessons this half term, Year 1 were asked to make a plant using mixed media. Enquiring Ebony had set a challenge to research interesting facts about their plant. We then began our first science lesson for the half term by learning all about garden plants. We completed...
Nursery - Exploring and Learning: Animals
In Rosen Class this term, we’ve been exploring the topic of Animals. This week, our learning was inspired by the much-loved story The Very Hungry Caterpillar . Through the story, the children discovered the life cycle of a butterfly, explored ways to care for the environment, and began to...
Green Team - Learning About Sustainability
The Green Team has been learning all about sustainability. They have been working alongside the Aspire ambassadors and Mr Calvin (our resident gardener) to plant and grow more fruit and vegetables in our school grounds
Reception - Outdoor Learning - Autumn 2025
Reception children have been taking part in weekly Forest School sessions, held in the wonderful natural environment of our own school garden! The children experience Forest school on a rotation each term and all children take part in a weekly outdoor session to develop their 'Understanding of the...
Year 1 - Community
...snack in the beautiful Hoxton Garden....
Year 6 - Propaganda
As part of the Year 6 assembly for Autumn 1 the children decided to make their own propaganda film based on the Dig for Victory campaign. The children researched different propaganda films of the time then constructed a list of scenes to film. They wrote a script for the voice over and hired a...
Year 1 - The story of the Secret Sky Garden
...d the story of the Secret Sky Garden. The activity involved placing a cube on their vocabulary mat each time they used one of the core words. The core words are important vocabulary words that the children are encouraged to use in their speaking and writing. This activity is an engaging and interact...
The Secret Sky Garden
...g tale of the 'Secret Sky Garden'....
Gardening Adventures
This week our gardeners had the opportunity to harvest the fruit and vegetables. They found squash, tomatoes and grapes! The children took note of how items in the garden look whilst growing before they are ready to be eaten
Gardening Adventures
This week we have been digging up our pumpkins just in time for Halloween. Despite being frighteningly small, we're they’ll go well in a nice autumnal soup
Reception - Forest School - Autumn 1 2025
The children have had a fantastic time exploring the garden as the season changes. They learned about Autumn and all the different seeds that can be found now in the garden and the park. The children found and felt the shiny, hard conkers and collected tiny alder cones to use to make ink for next...
Year 3 Trip - Olympic Park
This week Year 3 went on a trip to the Olympic Park. It was a beautiful sunny day and we got to sketch in the British garden, have a picnic, take a photo by the Olympic rings and play on an amazing adventure park. It was a lot of fun and we all enjoyed our last trip together
BBC - Gardening - Gardening with children:
Bring the joy of gardening to your children with gardening activities and knowledge
London Children's Flower Society Gold Medal Award
Congratulations to all our gardeners at Shoreditch Park! As well as our gold medal award from the London Children’s Flower Society, the school also won the 1st Time Trophy. Over 130 London schools took part in the scheme and we were one of 20 schools invited to the Guildhall to pick up the...
Get Growing | TVOKids.com
Plant a garden and watch it grow!
BADU/Refugee Week
As part of Refugee Week Shoreditch Park Primary School are supporting Badu and the soul garden's project in Bulgaria. They will be visiting Bulgaria in August and volunteering at an orphanage. During refugee week children had the opportunity to donate to this. This money went towards essential...
Deacon Class Visit Spitalfields City Farm
This week Deacon Class went to Spitalfields City Farm. We saw and fed many different farm animals such as goats, pigs and chickens. We discussed what each animal likes to eat and if they are a mammal or a bird. We picked vegetables from the garden to feed to the cow and grass to feed to the sheep!
Donaldson Class - Spring has Sprung
This week, Donaldson Class have been doing some planting with our school gardener, Calvin! The children took part in some circle games, acting out the life of a seed, before planting some lettuce leaves. We can't wait to taste them after Easter! The children were full of enquiry, just like...
Eco-Active Workshop: Week 1
...ll be meeting with Calvin the Gardener and deciding where and when to plant the seed bombs in our school Garden....
Food Revolution Day
For Whitmore's Food Revolution Day Key Stage 1 got busy in the garden with Calvin, each child was able to plant their very own plant. The whole school also entered into a competition, where everyone designed their own healthy smoothie recipe. The winning entry will get the opportunity to create...
Gardening at Shoreditch Park
Well done to all of our gardeners this year, a new wild flower meadow, a great crop and a recognition of all of the children's hard work by the London Children's Flower society. The judges awarded our school Gold standard in their summer competition. Congratulations!
Gardening With Mr Calvin
Today we were very lucky to learn about our new garden patch in the EYFS playground. We are growing a range of vegetables from tomatoes to runner beans. We really enjoyed learning about how to look after our vegetable patch. Thank you Mr Calvin!
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
...The Little Cottage Goldilocks Gardens in the Forest Dear Goldilocks, Thank you for your letter. I re......The Little Cottage Goldilocks Gardens in the forest Dear Goldilocks, Thank you for the letter and fi......The Little cottage Goldilocks Garden in the forest Dear Goldilocks. Thank you for saying sorry and i...
Shoreditch Park Garden
We've been busy in the school garden! We've been laying the foundations for our new greenhouse and harvesting this year's crop
Year 2 - Super Gardeners
Three lucky children from Year 2 have been helping Calvin in the garden! Josephine, Deniz and Rebekah have been planting, watering and taking care of plants in the school garden. You can see them here eating some peas and planting tomatoes. They are becoming super gardeners!
Traction Man
Script Writing By Adam F, Grey Class Traction Man and Scrubbing Brush are lying on the deep blue see. The Evil Scissor Shark is trying to attack them into little pieces. TM: What a lovely day! I’m so proud of my good job. (Lying on the beach). SB: Look out Scissor Shark is coming closer and...
Year 1 - 'Life in a Kenyan Village' Non-Chronological Reports
This week year 1 have been writing non-chronological reports on 'Life in a Kenyan Village'. To prepare for this, we have been collecting research from many different sources (video, booklets and images). After we redrafted our reports, we took them outside to our garden to report 'live...
Year 1 - Plant Detectives
Year 1 have been enjoying their Science lessons this term. We have been plant detectives! The children have been learning all about garden plants and wild plants. We have been using magnifiers to examine plants closely. We have also been exploring our local area to find what plants are growing in...
Year 1 - Science Trip to Clissold Park
Year 1 have been studying plants all half term in Science Lessons. This week we went on a trip to Clissold Park.The children looked at deciduous and coniferous trees and spotted the roots of trees. They then went on a nature hunt, collecting small samples of wild plants and identifying different...
Year 1 Trip to St Mary's Secret Garden
... week to St Mary's Secret Garden in Hoxton. In Topic we are learning about plants and insects so we had lots of fun discovering different insects and plants at the Garden.We discovered lots of different vegetables growing in the Garden and found many mini-beasts crawling in the soil and compost!...
Year 2 - Exploring Habitats
This week Year 2 started to explore habitats around the school during science lessons. We looked for things that were living, once lived or have never lived in different habitats. We looked in the playground and the school garden. You can see they found snails who were alive, feathers from birds...
Year 2 - Museum of Transport
...Museum of Transport in Covent Garden. We got the 76 bus all the way there; it was a cold day so we were very wrapped up! When we arrived we had a chance to look around the museum and complete a transport hunt! We had to follow a trail and get stamps on a card to show we had looked at and learnt abou...
Year 2 - Science: Growing Seeds
Year 2 have been learning all about gardening in Science this half term. We have discovered the different tools a gardener would need and we have also examined lots of different seeds and beans. We have carried out experiments and investigations to see what seeds need to grow, and if it matters...
Year 2 - St Mary's Secret Garden
... trip to St Mary's Secret Garden! We walked there, it is near Hoxton Station, so it did not take us long. Our topic is 'Plants and Rainforests' so we learnt about how plants grow and different seeds. We planed some beans, peas and seeds and had a look around the Garden. There was a worme...
Year 2 - Exploring animal habitats
Year 2 had a fantastic time exploring animal habitats in the school garden. They searched for habitats and microhabitats, discovering a variety of animals and plants along the way. The children loved investigating outdoors and were excited to see what they could find!
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