Support Plans and EHCPs

What is an SEND support plan? At Shoreditch Park when we have concerns about a child's progress we will meet with their parents to create an SEN support plan. Support plans are reviewed at least termly and detail additional interventions and support that we have put in place in order enable a child...

Maths

Intent At Shoreditch Park Primary School, we teach mathematics passionately, instilling the importance of creative thought and fluency using number in all lessons. We intend to provide children with a foundation for understanding number, reasoning, thinking logically and problem solving with...

Meet the Team

Extra Curricular Clubs

Autumn Term 2025 - Extra Curricular Clubs Please see below for our extra curricular activities this term. Please contact the office for any further information. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Club Year Group Club Year Group Club Year Group Club Year Group Club Year Group Gymnastics 1-6...

RSHE

Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) Curriculum Learning about the emotional, social and physical aspects of growing up will give children and young people the information, skills and positive values to have safe, fulfilling relationships and help them take responsibility for their own...

Music

Curriculum Intent At Shoreditch Park Primary School, music teaching helps to develop creativity, imagination, good listening skills and collaboration whilst also giving our children the opportunity and ability to express themselves artistically and personally. Our music curriculum is based on the...

In-year Admissions

In-year admissions are applications made for school places outside the Reception Class intake and Year 6 transfer to secondary school in September each year. To make an in-year admission to Shoreditch Park School parents / carers must complete an in-year transfer and send the completed form to...

Governors Committees

Full Governing Body The full Governing Body meets termly to discuss whole school strategy and developments. As per The Governance Handbook there are 3 core functions to the board: Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction Holding executive leaders to account for the educational...

Speech and Language Support

At Shoreditch Park Primary School we strive to ensure that all of our pupils are able to communicate confidently and effectively. We recognise the vital role that Speech and Language Therapists play in supporting children who have difficulties with language and communication. We have three speech...

History and Geography Curriculum

History At Shoreditch Park Primary School, our intent is to produce a high-quality History education for all learners in order for them to gain the knowledge and cultural capital they need to succeed in life. We aim to inspire pupils’ curiosity to know more about the past and we are passionate that...

SEND Policies

Shoreditch Park Primary School SEND information report 2025-26

Ofsted and School Improvement

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. We are delighted to inform you that following the Ofsted inspection of...

Online Safety

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SEND and Interventions

Parent Workshops

Shoreditch Park Primary School holds regular coffee mornings and workshops around various aspects of the national curriculum that parents and carers are invited to attend throughout the school year. Inclusion Team key dates for parents - 2025-2026 academic year Parent and Carers of children with...

Intervention and Provision

At Shoreditch Park we run a range of interventions to support our pupils to develop new skills and address any gaps in their learning. The interventions change every year, based on the presenting needs of our pupils. Please see the intervention information document for more information about the...

Inclusion Team

The Inclusion Team holds regular pupil welfare meetings to review the support that is in place for pupils with SEND and other vulnerable groups. These meetings help to ensure that any issues which pupils might be facing are quickly addressed. Actions from pupil welfare meetings might include:...

Counselling Service for Children

What is School Counselling? School Counselling offers a confidential space for children to come and explore their thoughts and feelings about worries they might have. These are often worries that make children feel sad, scared, angry or upset. These feelings can affect children’s confidence,...

Library and Reading for Pleasure

Teaching children to read and write independently, as quickly as possible, is one of the core purposes of a primary school. These key skills not only hold the keys to the rest of the curriculum but also have a huge impact on children’s self-esteem and future life chances. Parental Reading Support...

Free School Meals

Free School Meals Primary school children The Mayor of London has introduced universal free school meals for the 2023/2024 academic year for all primary school children regardless of income. However, we still need you to apply for free meals if you are receiving tax credits or benefits. This will...

PE and Sports Premium

The government is providing additional PE & Sport funding to sustain and improve the provision for physical education (PE) and sport in primary schools. This funding - provided jointly by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport – must be used for additional funding on...

ASPIRE Mornings

... classes between 8.45 - 9.00. On their transitiOn up the stairs support staff are present at each st...... stairwell to greet children. Once they come into their room there will be music playing, fruit avai...

Parent Engagement Calendar

Autumn 1 Previous Term

Absence and Attendance

...may be made to Hackney EducatiOn. Once referred, cases become a legal matter and could ultimately le...... absences a referral will be made to Hackney EducatiOn. Once referred, cases become a legal matter a...

Admissions

Art and D&T

Art and Design Curriculum Intent At Shoreditch Park Primary, we offer a creative curriculum which embraces the arts and broadens children’s horizons. Through art and design, we inspire and challenge all children to think innovatively and develop creative understanding. Children are encouraged to...

ASPIRE

Intent ASPIRE is an aspirational curriculum and school vision that empowers children to flourish in their academic, personal and social learning. Within our broad and balanced ASPIRE and PSHE curriculum, we are able to nurture and support the spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development...

Shoreditch Park Family Cycle Training

Book into an exclusive cycle training session with your child, every Saturday. The sessions are run by Cycle Confident who are endorsed by Hackney council (please note this is held on the school grounds but not managed by the school). This is a 2-hour cycle training session to take place in the...

ASPIRE in Spring 2 2019

Spring 2 Focus - Achieving Aisha In Spring 2 we were learning about achievement and having high aspirations. This linked to National Careers Week so we spent time investigating different jobs and the skills you need to do these jobs. Every class had a visitor who came to tell them all about their...

ASPIRE in Summer 1 2019

In Summer term we have been learning all about health, but specifically mental health. This links to our ASPIRE character Inclusive Izeyah. We used resources from Place2Be and Mentally Healthy Schools to explore the idea that physical and mental health are equally important. The pupils thought of...

Playground Upgrade Project

Ethos & Values

Mission Statement Achievement, progress, challenge, inspiration and enjoyment are at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to providing children with the very best education to ensure that each child reaches their maximum potential and develops a lasting love of learning and sense of...

Breakfast and After School Clubs

Breakfast Club Our breakfast club operates from 7:45-8:30am, Monday to Friday. Breakfast includes several options such as a wholemeal bagel, wholemeal cereal or fruit. All options are in line with our Healthy Schools award. Children are given several activities to choose from including: arts and...

Cost of Living Support

We know that times are extremely difficult for many of our families at the moment. If you’re struggling with your finances, please get in touch to let us know, as there may be things we can suggest which will help. Local Help and Support We recommend taking a look at Hackney’s 'Help with the rising...

Calendar and Term Dates

Computing

...Park Primary School we use the Switched On computing and Lego WeDo schemes to teach computing - placing a strOng emphasis On problem solving (debugging) and manipulating systems. Within our computing lessOns we learn about digital literacy (E-Safety), informatiOn technology and computer science. At ...

Contact Us

Contact Us Address: Shoreditch Park Primary School, 113 Bridport Place, London, N1 5JN Telephone: 02077397973 Email: admin@shoreditchpark.hackney.sch.uk Twitter: @Shoreditch_Park Key Contacts Headteacher: Penny Smith SENCo: Miss Deegan - EYFS, Ms Byrne - KS1 and KS2 General Enquiries: Your initial...

Destination Reader

To support children develop their reading skills in a smooth transition from RWI we follow Destination Reader across KS2. It begins in Year 3 and children follow it all the way up to Year 6. This year we even have some whizzes in Year 2 who will be completing RWI during the Spring term and moving...

English

At Shoreditch Park Primary school we teach English writing through ‘The Power of Reading’ which focuses on a range of high-quality texts to allow teachers to plan creative cycles of English with a focus upon a range of outcomes. Through the English curriculum, we help pupils develop the skills and...

Enquiring Ebony Homework

Each half term classes are given Enquiring Ebony homework linked to their Topic or Science focus. Children are tasked with making creative projects that encourage curiosity and foster inquisitive thinking. Look at some recent examples of finished projects! Enquiring Ebony Homework Challenges -...

PE

Curriculum Intent At Shoreditch Park Primary School we aim to provide a PE curriculum that is engaging, enjoyable and appropriately challenging to children which allows them to learn the necessary skills to participate in a wide range of sports. In EYFS and KS1 the focus is to really develop the...

Performance Tables

EYFS 59 pupils School Hackney National Good Level of Development 71% 74% 67% Good Level of Development (PPG) 58% 70% - Good Level of Development (Non-PPG) 82% 77% - Communication and language 85% 81% 80% Literacy 75% 77% 70% Mathematics 83% 81% 77% Phonic Screening Check Year 1: 89% Year 2: 80%...

Transition 2026-27

Year 2

Welcome to the Year 2 page! You can look at the learning and activities we are doing each half term and get any curriculum letters and information you need. You will also find our class timetable. The Year 2 Team Year Group Lead: Ms Hannaford Year 2 HLTA: Ms Twiner Hoffman Class: Ms Carpenter...

Autism Resource Provision

... idea of the ARP envirOnment. On this page you will find some photos of the current ARP classrooms. Many of our pupils with an ARP place spend a cOnsiderable amount of time in their mainstream classes, please see the relevant year groups under the main school heading. We are able to offer tours of ...

School Streets

A School Street is a scheme where the road(s) outside a school is closed to most vehicles during school opening and closing times, helping children walk or cycle to school safely. Shoreditch Park Primary School received a School Street in September 2020 as part of Hackney Council's effort to...

Meet the Governors

Shoreditch Park Governing Body is made up of volunteers who are committed to ensuring that high standards are achieved and maintained throughout the school. The body is made up of parents, members of staff, community representatives and local authority representatives. Their responsibilities...

ASPIRE in Autumn 2 2019

In Autumn 2 we focused on inclusivity through positive relationships and linked this to Anti-Bullying Week. We learnt how to listen to other people and play and work cooperatively both in class and in the playground. We talked about strategies to resolve simple arguments through negotiation. We...

ASPIRE in Autumn 1 2019

In Autumn 1 we focussed on respect and pride. Pupils explored the idea of mutual respect within school and how we can be respectful members of our local and global communities. We made links to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and created rights respecting charters in every classroom....

Britannia Project News

Meeting Minutes 22nd March 2021

Oracy

At Shoreditch Park Primary, ASPIRE oracy plays a prominent role in teaching and learning. We understand that oracy skills are vital to success in school and in life, as they are closely linked to cultural capital. For many children, especially those growing up in poverty, opportunities to develop...

ASPIRE in Spring 1 2019

Spring 1 Focus – Enquiring Ebony In Spring 1 we have been focussing on Enquiring Ebony. We are developing our thinking, reasoning and questioning skills within philosophy lessons. These lessons help students to concentrate, think ‘outside the box’ and share their thoughts and...

ASPIRE Ambassadors

Every year pupils are given the opportunity to apply to be an Aspire Ambassador. In the application they reflect on why they would be a good choice for this role and they explain why Aspire is important to them! They are involved in pupil voice meetings, assemblies, trips and much more! They are...

Seuss Class (ARP)

Timetable Homework in Seuss class Children are provided with homework books to reinforce and recap the learning completed in class each week. They also have access to IXL and Times Tables Rock Stars , which can be used regularly at home to support their learning. Reading homework will be assigned...

Mental Health

...iOn. WAMHS Parent Workshop On 2nd December our WAMHS link worker, Dr. Zoe Tweedale, led an Online parent workshop focused On supporting children's wellbeing. The workshop explored what anxiety is and tips to support parents to talk to their children about their worries. Zoe also demOnstrated a ra...

School Council

A council is a group of people that meet regularly. They are elected representatives of a group, who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. Shoreditch Park Primary School Council members help to represent children’s voices. They are a team of committed students who wish to help...

Data Protection

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is intended to strengthen rights of all European Union citizens over how organisations use personal data. This is to ensure that sensitive or private information remains safe. We’ve updated our privacy notices which tell you what we do with your...

Year 3

Year 3 Team Year group lead: Ms Byrne King-Smith class Ms Silver Briggs class Mr Kwong Parent Curriculum Meeting Timetables Homework in Year 3 Children are given math (IXL programme) and reading homework assigned each Friday through Google Classroom. Math and reading homework is due each Thursday....

Year 4

Year 4 Team Year group lead: Ms Byrne Almond class Mr Millar Morpurgo class Ms Has Parent Curriculum Meeting Timetables Homework in Year 4 Children are given math (IXL programme and Times Tables Rockstars) and reading homework assigned each Friday through Google Classroom. Math and reading homework...

Year 6

Year 6 Team Year Group Lead: Ms Green Year 6 Teacher: Ms Richards Zephaniah Class: Mr Dent (Teacher) Mrs Oyefusi-Adams (Support) Milligan Class: Ms Brittain (Teacher) Ms Osman (Support) School Uniform Grant at Age 11 Find out more Year 6 Residential Year 6 Transition Curriculum Timetables Secondary...

Year 5

Year 5 Team Year Group Lead: Ms Green Year 5 Teacher: Ms Madan Tan Class: Ms Perritano (Teacher) Mr Bolarinwa (Support) Dahl Class: Ms Carames (Teacher) Mr Innocent (Support) Timetables Parent and Carer Meeting Enquiring Ebony Homework Challenges

Safeguarding

...emes throughout the academic year. Online Safety Shoreditch Park School recognises the benefits and opportunities which new technologies offer to teaching and learning. We encourage the use of technology in order to enhance skills and promote achievement. However, the accessible and global nature o...

Year 1

Welcome to the Year 1 page! You can look at the learning and activities we are doing each half term and get any curriculum letters and information you need. You will also find our class timetable. The Year 1 team Year Group Lead: Ms Hannaford Year 1 HLTA: Ms McGregor Grey Class: Ms Hannaford...

Policies

All policies at Shoreditch Park have been created with the Right of the Child in mind. All policies reflect the articles and rights set out in the Convention of the Rights of the Child. If, as a parent of a pupil attending this school, you require a paper copy of the information on this website, we...

Rights Respecting Steering Group

Steering group is a pupil voice group, which focuses on children's rights. As a gold level Rights Respecting school , this group has a very important role to play. They meet at least once a half term to discuss and decide how to raise awareness around children's rights. When steering group feel...

Parents Information

School Tours

We warmly invite prospective parents and carers to visit Shoreditch Park Primary School and experience our learning community. Our school tours are led by a member of the Senior Leadership Team and provide an opportunity to: See the school in action during the school day Learn about our curriculum...

Nursery Admissions

... to request an emailed copy). Once your applicatiOn has been received, One of the admissiOns team will cOntact you to book a tour , complete the administratiOn and funding process and then schedule the welcome meeting. Nursery Highlights Welcome to Nursery Rosen Class, here you will find highlights...

Uniform

Our Uniform Shoreditch Park blazer* Shoreditch Park book bag Shoreditch Park jumper Shoreditch Park tartan skirt* Shoreditch Park tie* Black shoes/trainers Grey or white tights/socks Grey pinafore Grey trousers and shorts Purple checked summer dress White shirt White polo shirt** For PE lessons and...

Secondary Transfer

... and Cllr Anntoinette Bramble On behalf of the Headteachers, teachers and support staff, we would like to welcome you. Choosing the next step in your child’s educatiOn is a huge respOnsibility for any family. It is important that you examine your preferred schools carefully and cOnsider their admi...

Promoting British Values

The DfE states that schools should promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs. The Government set out its definition of British values in the 2011 Prevent Strategy, and was...

Governors Key Documents

The documents below provide Governors' Information and Duties in line with the constitution of governing bodies of maintained schools statutory guidance. Please see the Committees page for further information such as terms of reference and minutes

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...

Pupil Premium

The Pupil Premium grant is additional funding from the government designed to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils and close the gap between them and their peers. The Funding is allocated to schools for children from Reception to Year 11 who have registered for Free School Meals in the last...

Edenred

Please follow the user guide below to redeem your vouchers. If there are any problems, please contact Edenred using the following contact details: freeschoolmeals@edenred.com or call 0333 400 5932

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....

RE

...o our classes about a particular RE topic. Curriculum Map Online Learning RE Calendar Poster CompetitiOn...

Read Write Inc

...ks we read to the children in the Power of Reading English programme. What happens Once children have learnt to read? Once children have learnt to read independently we cOntinue to teach key reading strategies through the DestinatiOn Reader programme. Children are taught learning behaviours which en...

Rights Respecting School

We are proud to be a Rights Respecting Gold Award school. This means that the school has fully embedded children’s rights throughout the school in its policies, practice and ethos. Rights Respecting is ingrained within our ASPIRE ethos of Respect and Inclusion. Children learn about their rights...

SEND Support for Parents

...0-25 SEND Local Offer website . On this website you can find out what services do, their cOntact and referral details, processes related to SEND including templates and guidance, If you are not digitally cOnfident or can’t find what you are looking for there is a cOntact form available at the top ...

School Meals and Packed Lunches

School Meals and Menu In partnership with Fuel for Learning At Shoreditch Park Primary, we understand the importance of nutritious food in supporting children’s well-being and learning. In partnership with Fuel for Learning, we provide freshly prepared, healthy meals that are inclusive,...

Science

Science Intent and Impact At Shoreditch Park Primary, we provide an inclusive science curriculum that encourages our children to understand, explore and question the natural and humanly constructed world around them. In the EYFS, science is a key part of the specific area ‘Understanding of the...

Vacancies

Current vacancies

Sharratt Class (ARP)

Timetable Homework in Sharratt class Children will receive an Enquiring Ebony homework project linked to their topic of learning. This project should be completed gradually throughout the term and returned to school on the designated date, which will be communicated by teachers. If you would like...

Spanish

At Shoreditch Park Primary School we believe that learning a Modern Foreign Language contributes to children’s learning and development by increasing critical thinking skills, creativity and flexibility of mind in young children. Pupils at Shoreditch Park start learning Spanish in EYFS and continue...

Year 3 - Henry VIII Role Play

During our Power of Reading lesson, the children explored the influential monarch Queen Elizabeth I. The children acted out key aspects of her life such as how she was with her family and her journey to the throne. They worked as a team, projected their voices and had lots of fun!

Roald Dahl Day 2019

This year we watched this video: We then wrote our own descriptive settings of the Chocolate Factory. We couldn't help but get ravenous for chocolate as we wrote them! Have a look at our work which is now on display!

Power of Reading - Leon and The Place Between

We were focusing on the book Leon and the place between by Graham Baker-Smith in which Leon takes his siblings, who are sceptical about magic, to the circus. Whilst at the circus he gets chosen by the enigmatic Abdul-Kazam to participate in a magic trick and suddenly finds himself in the place...

Power of Reading - Wolves

We were focusing on the book wolves by Emily Gravett in which a rabbit checks out a book at their local library all about their old adversary…Wolves. The book unveils facts about wolves, including information on some of the animals they like to eat, including…Rabbits!

Year 2 - Hoffman Class Trip to Museum of London - Fire! Fire!

...gether the events of the fire....

Year 2 - Jeffers Class Trip to Museum of London - London's Burning

This term, Year 2 are learning about the Great Fire of London. We were lucky enough to be able to visit the Museum of London and see and feel an exciting combination of real and replica objects relating to the Great Fire, and learn all about life, homes and firefighting in 1666. Children also...

Year 6 - Gymnastics Lesson with Badu Sports

Today Year 6 had a great gymnastics lesson with Badu Sports. They learnt a complex series of moves and poses such as arches, pikes and tucks which they performed on the floor and on apparatus. Amazing demonstration of control and strength!

ARP - Sharratt Class at the Museum of Childhood

Sharratt class had a fantastic day at the Museum of Childhood quiet day on 15th November. We travelled to Bethnal Green by bus. When we got there we looked around the museum, played with the robot and then went on the rocking horse. Then we had a craft workshop where we made a model of a bedroom....

Art Week in Year 2

This week we have been focussing on art, specifically digital art. We took photos of each other using different shots like long shot, mid shot and close up. We then edited the photos using apps on the iPads. It was so much fun being photographers for the week!

Year 3 - Science Museum Trip

Year 3 had the opportunity to visit ‘The Wonder lab’, an exhibition held by the science museum. The children were able to take part in the chemistry bar, see lightning strike, play with forces on giant slides and even travel through space under a canopy of stars. They really enjoyed the...

ARP - Seuss Class Trip to the Science Museum

...n our story writing at school....

Year 2 and 3 - The Book Hut

Year 2 and 3 have enjoyed choosing books from the book hut over the past few days. Thank you London Children's Book Project

Power of Reading - Biscuit Bear

...e’s a Little Poem book. One of the poem’s we learnt was a Circle of Sun. We used it as inspiratiOn to write our own poem about the sun....

Year 1 - Sorting Materials

This term Year 1 are learning all about materials. This week we have been learning about brick, rock, glass and water. We began our lesson by grouping materials by their properties. We then went around the school on a material hunt. Have a look at how we got on

Year 2 - Big Bang History Lesson: Titanic

Our Big Bang history lesson on the Titanic sparked full engagement from Year 2 this week.The children acted as historians as they asked and answered questions about some artefacts from the Islington Library Service. Key questions included: What is this? Is it from the past, present or future? How...

Year 1 Trip to the Museum of Childhood

Year 1 had a blast today at the Museum of Childhood today. We got to see lots of toys from the Tudor and Victorian times which we have been learning about in our Topic lessons. We even used our knowledge of materials from our science lessons to talk about the different materials the toys were made...

Turning Single-Use Plastic Bottles in into a Vibrant Pencil Pot

Do you know how much plastic ends up in our oceans every year? Do you know what happens to animals when they eat plastic? Do you know ways in which you can reuse single use plastic in order to help protect our environment? Shoreditch Park Primary School children do! This week we have been reading A...

Year 3 - National Story Week

This week we have been reading a story called "A Planet full of Plastic". We completed a range of activities linking to the story and learnt so much about how we can help our planet by reducing the amount of plastic we use. We made our own plastic pen pots by upcycling our old plastic...

Hackney Citizen Article - Plastic Pollution

Hackney pupils take on plastic pollution after learning about climate crisis Pupils at a Hackney primary school have been working on ways to tackle plastic pollution after learning about it through geography lessons and by reading the news. After hearing more and more questions from pupils about...

ARP - Seuss Class Celebrate Pancake Day

Today Seuss class celebrated pancake day and the start of our new topic: FOOD! We followed instructions to make pancakes and added sweet and fruity toppings. A special thanks to Cinar who brought in some home made pancakes for everyone to sample. Tomorrow we will write about how we made them and...

Year 1 - Deacon Class Enjoy Their Reading Morning in the New Library

Deacon class had a blast showing their parents and carers around our new library this morning! They explored the different genres available on the shelves and read books from some of their favourite authors. Have a look at how they got on

Year 2 - National Careers Week Visit from Millie

During National Careers week, year two enjoyed a visit from Millie who recently launched her company, Stage Sisters. Millie works with her best friend and designs stage sets. She inspired us with her career history of dance, stilt walking and acting! Millie persevered through challenges and...

Year 5 - Anglo-Saxon Art & Culture Trip

Year 5 went on an Anglo-Saxon Art & Culture trip to the V&A Museum. The children considered what Anglo-Saxon objects tell us about people living in Britain over a thousand years ago. They also explored the design of luxury goods, trade routes and the change from Pagan to Christian society

Year 3 - Apollo5 Workshop

Year 3 had the great opportunity of taking part in a workshop delivered by members of Apollo5. This workshop has helped the children gain confidence in their singing voices. The children start their afternoons with 10 minutes of singing. The children are excited to sing and enjoy it so much. It is...

Year 1 - Enquiring Ebony Projects

Year 1 has been working very hard over the Easter break on their Enquiring Ebony projects and created models of their local area and performed the poem 'When the World Got Turned Upside Down' by Margaret Savage. Have a look at how they got on

Year 6 - Residential 2019 - Day 1

[menu name="year6-residential-2019"] Year 6 today are making their way to Kingswood in Kent for three days of challenges and problem solving designed to test their resilience and build their team work skills. Keep up to date with everything that's happening here and on our Twitter...

Rauf's Poem

...eld. The River's a knight On his horse He challenges dragOns To a fighting course. The River's a filmer Making movie art His project genres Are always a head-start....

Violin Concert - February 2019

Year 6 - Tower of London

Year 6 today (16th September 2019) went to the Tower of London to learn about their topic ‘Crime and Punishment’. We learnt about the history of the Tower and in particular its use as a prison and in keeping people captive since 1100. We also were lucky enough to take part in a workshop...

Year 6 - IntoUniversity: Art History

Milligan started at IntoUniversity today on their course ‘Art History’. We focused on five artists, Utagawa Hiroshige, Artemisia Gentileschi, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Tamara de Lempicks. Today we did researched artists, recreated work from different cultures and created a fact file on...

Year 6 - IntoUniversity at the National Gallery

Today (25th September 2019) Year 6 are taking part in further day of IntoUniversity, deepening their learning around Art History. They have had a fantastic tour learning about the first paintings from Cathedrals in Florence

Year 1 - Setting Description

This week we have been learning how to describe a setting from our current book 'Biscuit Bear'. We recreated the setting of the 'Golden Bun' using story boxes and then used them as inspiration to create a range of interesting vocabulary. Have a look at how we got on

Virtual Open Events

We are delighted to welcome you to Shoreditch Park Primary School. Due to the current unprecedented circumstances, we are unable to welcome prospective parents into our school building. Instead, we are offering virtual open session which will allow you to meet some of our teachers and get more...

Year 4 - Black History Month 2019

To celebrate Black History Month, Year 4 participated in a workshop at Sutton house that explored prominent black figures throughout history. Some pupils were lucky enough to dress in period clothing

Year 6 - Residential 2019 - Day 3

[menu name="year6-residential-2019"] Final day of our amazing trip to Kingswood - not a quiet one though! Jacobs Ladder and Problem solving before a sleep journey back

Year 1 - Adventure Playground Trip

Year 1 had a blast at the adventure playground today! The children worked on their gross motor skills by climbing on the climbing frames and had lots of fun on the zip line and swings. We also got to have a look at how the leaves on the trees are changing now that the seasons are changing. Have a...

Year 2 - Reading Morning

Don't forget to join us in Years 1, 2 and 3 every Friday for Reading Morning. We love having as many parents as possible in our classrooms to promote a love of reading

Art Week - Textiles

This half-term, our Art week focus was Textiles. The children made Soft-Sculpture Cushions by joining materials using glue and sewing techniques such as: running/back/cross/chain and overcast stitch. In addition to this, Years 5 and 6 explored tie-dyeing Calico to add detail to their Soft-Sculpture...

Year 2 - Art Week

Art week was a huge success in Year 2! The theme was soft sculpture so we made frog cushions. First we cut out the frog template. Then we used a running stitch to sew the parts of the frog together. After that we stuffed the frog. Finally we sewed the remaining part of the frog together carefully....

Year 2 - The Great Fire of London

...other people can make me too! Once we had written our first draft for the instructiOns, we had an opportunity to edit our work to correct any errors, add missing words and make our sentences more interesting....

Year 5 - Black History Month: Sutton House

As part of Black History Month teaching and learning, Year 5 visited Sutton House and became historians in order to piece together information about important Black people from history. The children explored objects, source materials and other clues

Year 5 - Musicians Outreach Workshop

Year 5 participated in a Musicians Outreach Workshop led Mr Jonatan Bought. The children listened and appraised music created by the classical guitar and theorbo. The theorbo is a plucked string instrument of the lute family. "When I was listening to the music, I learned that the longer the...

Year 2 - Black History Month 2019

To celebrate Black History Month, Year 2 visited Sutton House where they took part in some fascinating workshops. The children discovered that throughout history, people have not always been treated equally. They learned about the incredible stories and achievements of people from black and ethnic...

Year 1 - Voces8 Foundation Vocal Training

Year 1 children at Shoreditch Park Primary received vocal training via the Voces8 Foundation

Year 1 - Deacon Class Trip to Shoreditch Library

Deacon class really enjoyed their trip to their local library. We had one of our favourite books 'The Rainbow Fish' read to us by the librarian and then made our own books. Have a look at how we got on

Year 5 Easter Enquiring Ebony Homework

ASPIRE in Autumn 1 2018

Autumn 1 Focus - Respectful Rodrick In Autumn 1 we focussed on respect. Pupils explored the idea of mutual respect within school and how we can be respectful members of our local and global communities. We made links to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and created rights respecting...

Year 5 - Black History Month 2020

This week in Year 5, we have had a chance to reflect on all of the fantastic work we have done over Black History Month. Including some pop-art inspired multi-coloured portraits of inspirational journalist, Sir Trevor McDonald (who we also studied) and our Ndebele-style paintings of lightbulbs...

Year 5 - Sir Trevor McDonald Pop Art

This week Year 5 took on an exceptional project in the form of Sir Trevor McDonald pop art! We took in some key elements of the great man's life which include Bafta awards and his trusty microphone then turned the images to create effective pop art in the style of Andy Warhol

Year 3 - 'The Pebble in my Pocket'

This week we have started exploring our new POR text, 'The Pebble in my Pocket'. The children really enjoyed looking for their own pebble and completing observational drawings of the pebbles. We have also created our own free verse poems

Year 2 - Art Week

This week children enjoyed Art Week with a focus on Black History. In the photos below, children are creating patterns which were used in the Lewis Latimer inspired light bulb art. Children looked at a range of Ndebele art for pattern and colour inspiration

Year 2 - Power of Reading

Over the last few weeks we have done a number of practical lessons to inspire our writing. Here are some photos from the lesson when we planted a bean seed to support out Jack and the Beanstalk writing, and from the lesson when we made ball gowns to inspire our Cinderella writing

Year 3 - Rock Detectives

Year 3 have all been rock detectives this term! We have been learning all about the formation of metamorphic rocks, igneous rocks and sedimentary rocks in our science lessons. We all took part in a fun science experiment, where we created our own volcanic eruption using baking powder, vinegar and...

Afternoons in Year 1

Year 1 has really enjoyed our afternoon lessons this half term. We have been learning all about dinosaurs from the past in our Topic lessons. We have been using secondary sources to find out information about these prehistoric creatures and then exploring through carousel based activities. In...

Year 1 - 2D Shapes

Last week, Year 1 learnt all about 2D shapes and have been identifying and describing the properties of 2D shapes. Year 1 were able to apply this knowledge and went on a shape hunt around the school and their classroom

Year 3 - Black History Month

Our focus for this month was the incredible Mary Seacole. In our first Black History month lesson we were focusing on historical research. We researched who Mary Seacole was, where was she from and why she is still significant today. See our amazing work below!

Year 2 - Power of Reading

This half term we have been reading Grace and Family by Mary Hoffman. We learned about The Gambia, the country in Africa that Grace goes to visit, and wrote a diary entry in role as Grace. We wrote a letter to wish Grace good luck on her trip and posted it in our classroom postbox!

Art Week - Autumn 1 2020 - Black History Month

As part of our Black History Month celebrations, we recognised Black British figures and celebrated them through art. The art style that we used is called Pop Art, the movement began in the 1950s. We hope that you like our depictions. You can see more on our Twitter feed

ASPIRE - Autumn 1: Self Awareness and Achievement

In Autumn 1, our focus was Self Awareness and Achievement. We wanted to build self-awareness around the changes to our school routines due to Covid-19 and staying safe and healthy. Within Aspire lessons we created space to discuss our experiences during school closure and our feelings about...

Year 4 - National Poetry Week

...nd class and had so much fun! On MOnday we watched some of our favourite CBBC stars read their favou......oald Dahl and Enid BlytOn. On Wednesday and Thursday we watched Michael Rosen perform his joyful ...

Year 1 - Beegu

There was a crash landing in the Year 1 playground on Monday. Year 1 decided to go outside and investigate! This introduced our new text 'BEEGU'. At the end of the week we designed our own 'missing' poster to find Beegu. We used descriptive vocabulary to describe what kind of alien...

Year 5 - The Viewer by Sean Tan

This week in Year 5, we have been continuing to read The Viewer by Sean Tan. We have been gathering several descriptive phrases and sentences based on the book, building on from our setting description last week and using a range of figurative language techniques, including using similes,...

ASPIRE - Autumn Term: Enquiring Ebony Homework

Below are just a few examples of the fantastic Enquiring Ebony homework that has been received in the Autumn term. Below you can see the Topics of Weather (Y3), Great Fire of London (Y2) and Dinosaurs (Y1)

Year 3 Virtual Trip to the British Museum

Today, we took part in a virtual trip to the British Museum! We met with an archaeologist who showed us different artefacts from Prehistoric Britain. We also took part in a quiz all about the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic eras where we got 9 out of 10! During the trip, we were also...

Year 4 - Home Learning Work

The Year 4 family have adapted admirably to the enforced period of isolation. The children have quickly adjusted to their new routine and the switch from physical in class learning to the Google Classroom. The dedication and enthusiasm to their studies has been inspiring and this has made their...

Year 5 - Vikings

This week in Year 5, we have been learning all about the vikings, and King Ethelred's ineffective strategies of fighting them off by trying to pay them silver! We have been reciting and performing some viking poetry this week based on the poems. Mr Holland's maths class also started looking...

Year 6 - Schools Across the Ocean project

This year, Year 6 took part in the British Council Schools Across the Ocean project, collaborating with partner schools in Brazil as part of a global initiative supporting COP 2026. Through the project, pupils explored the interconnectedness of ocean ecosystems and developed a deeper understanding...

Year 6 - Lego Wedo 2.0 Coding

Our enthusiastic Year 6 continued their coding learning this afternoon with the fantastic Lego Wedo 2.0 coding - building models and then programming them to move! We will be continuing to make models of increasing difficulty over the half term, keep coming back to check in with how we are doing!

Year 5 - Design and Technology Week 2020

This week in Year 5, we have been working really hard on our assessments in writing, reading and maths and Dahl class have worked especially hard when creating, rehearsing and performing their class assembly that incorporated our topic work and performance poetry. This week has also been our design...

ASPIRE - Autumn 2 - Inclusivity and Self Awareness

In Autumn 2 our focus was Inclusive Izeyah and Self Aware Samuel. In KS2 we were focusing on resilience. The children know that resilience is a skill that can be developed to help us cope with challenging times or circumstances. We have all shown resilience in our community and school during the...

Year 5 - Learning

In PoR, we explored our core text: Varmints by Helen Ward. We used story mapping to organise the key events in the story. Subsequently, we learnt how to box up details to plan a retell by organising ideas into key paragraphs; including a range of vocabulary from the text; and adding a variation of...

ARP - Topic: Natural Disasters - October 2020

First we watched videos and did some research about six natural disasters: flood, hurricane, volcano, earthquake, heatwave and tsunami. The we worked in pairs to build a house out of different materials: lego, playdoe, cream crackers and jenga blocks. We shook the tables to simulate an earthquake...

Year 2 - Poems About the Dark

Children in Year 2 have been reading The Dark by Lemony Snickett. To explore this learning further, we read poems about the dark and created a performance poetry piece for our families

Year 1 - Enquiring Ebony Work

Our new science topic for this half term will be 'Animal Antics'. To prepare for this, Year 1 were asked to create their own model of a minibeast using a range of materials. The children have been very busy researching interesting facts about their minibeasts and a minibeast hotel has even...

Year 1 - Home Learning

Year 1 has been getting quite creative with their home learning. Last week we were learning how to write a set of instructions. We created our own instructions on how to make a witch's potion. Some of us even had a go at making our own potion. Have a look at how we got on

Year 5 - Home Learning

Year 3 - Home Learning - Week Beginning 11th May 2020

Year 3 have been working hard this week, look at their great work! Character Description Liyah Maths Work

Year 1 - Planting Seeds

This week Y1 have been busy planting seeds and keeping a journal of the growth their plants make. Year 1 also had fun getting creative with their maths reasoning lesson on Monday. They had to work out different ways to make certain numbers and did a great job of doing so!

Year 4 - Home Learning - Week Beginning 18th May 2020

Year 4 continues to show us all that they are resilient and adaptable learners . Here is an example of some of the excellent work that has been completed from the past week

Groove Into the Woods: A Video Storybook

For children aged 3-7 Welcome to the deep, dark woods - full of all sorts of magic and creatures up to no good... Join three friends on their quest to save their grownups from some horrible trolls. Singing, dancing and adventure await you on this mysterious journey. Designed for children aged 3 - 7...

Year 5 - Home Learning - Week 5

Adam N - The Last Wild illustration Angel S - Change the Simile to a Metaphor Anis - Fox Friday Create it task Shayden Leggett - Converting Improper Fractions to Mixed Numbers

Year 2 - Summer 2 Home Learning

The Year 2 Half Term Homework Challenge was linked to their new 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

Year 6 - Excellent Examples of Work

500 word story - Jalvin About Electricity - Oscar T Big Revenge - Oscar T Chelsie - Planning for write Chelsie - Taking Flight End of Unit Electricity Alex Jaqueline - Street Child Lesson 3 Nicole A - Setting Description - Paris Nicole D - long write Preciosas Story Shackletons Journey- Alex...

Year 4 - Half Term Enquiring Ebony Homework

Year 3 - Enquiry Ebony Home Work Challenge

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ARP - Gardening - September 2020

...ome 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 the head of the sunflower and found the seeds. We tasted some sunflower seeds (from the shop) and make a picture using the seeds fro...

Year 5 - Half Term Enquiring Ebony Homework - Art, Science and History

Year 1 - First Week Back (Summer 2 Week 1)

Year 1 has been very busy during our first week back this term. We have been finding fractions of shapes and quantities in maths, writing letters to Rapunzel in POR, learning about Ibn Battuta in topic and observing root systems in science. Here are some of the amazing examples of our work

Year 1 - Summer 2 Week 2 Home Learning

This week Year 1 have been busy looking at fact families and the inverse in maths and they have been exploring the book Anna Hibiscus through talk, illustration and writing

Incoming Reception 2020/21

Browne Class Transition Booklet Donaldson Class Transition Booklet Welcome to Reception Enquiry Ebony’s Homework All About Me Message from NHS City and Hackney CCG We want to reassure parents that all GP surgeries in City and Hackney are open, safe and available for all of our patients....

Year 6 - Paired Reading in Destination Reader

Here are some excellent examples of paired reading in Destination Reader

Year 6 - Science: Experiment with Different Forces

In science we experimented with different forces, here we are testing objects with different surface areas and how air resistance acts on them

Year 5 - Writing Setting Descriptions Based Upon 'The Varmints'

This week Year 5 began their return to school writing setting descriptions based upon our new text 'The Varmints'. We spent the week discussing the text and building vocabulary banks in order to be able to write with exceptional descriptive devices. Have a read of some of our incredible...

Year 5 - Anglo-Saxon Invasion in Britannia

This week in Year 5, we have been learning about the Anglo-Saxon invasion in Britannia. We have used dramatic techniques to order key events and explore key figures during the year AD 410

ASPIRE in Autumn 2 2018

Autumn 2 Focus - Self Aware Samuel This half term we are thinking about self awareness. Specifically, we will be developing self awareness in our learning dispositions. In class we are reading books such as My Fantastic Elastic Brain, The Dot and Beautiful Oops. These books explore the concept...

Year 2 - Enquiring Ebony Homework - The Titanic

Over the Christmas holiday, Year 2 worked hard on their Enquiring Ebony projects. Children researched what happened to the ship and created their own models

Year 6 - Mastery in Maths

Year 6 have been developing mastery within their knowledge of calculation specifically focussing upon their written methods. They Were solving missing number problems and creating their own steps for learning

Year 6 - Forest School Team Building

Year 6 today attended a forest school team building session in Hackney. We undertook activities to build dens with tarp and had to use our cooperative schools to work together towards a goal. We built bases, rafts and competed to try and build different things. A fantastic day!

Year 6 - Graduation 2019

As we prepare to say goodbye to our wonderful Year 6's, we celebrated their time at Shoreditch Park this week with a beautiful graduation ceremony. Throughout the 90 minute celebration we sang songs, read poems and performed to a room of very proud parents and teachers. We move into our final...

Year 6 - Hollywood Bowl

Year 6 today celebrated the end of year with a trip to Hollywood Bowl, Surrey Quays. We had an amazing time - one of the children even managed to get three strikes! Our final trip tomorrow to kayaking will be our last together as a year group

Year 6 - InTo University National Gallery Visit

Year 6 today went to the National Gallery as part of their InTo University projecting looking at Art and Photography. As our study focus today, we learnt to read art by understanding stories being told through image. We got some great ideas for our own projects and can’t wait to share!

Year 6 - IntoUniversity

Year 6 today started working with IntoUniversity to prepare for their move into secondary school by working with into university to look at timetables, subjects and planning towards the future. Next half term we will be working closely with into university for 2 weeks to look at possible...

Year 6 - Kayaking

Year 6 today started a six week course In Kayaking at the Laburnum boat club, Haggerston. The weather was absolutely beautiful and the children tried out their kayaking skills for the first time. An unlucky few fell in but for the most part, they're naturals!

Year 6 - Kayaking

Year 6 went kayaking today for the first of six sessions over the next half term. Today we learnt to use our kayaks and some learnt that you need serious balance... unless you like swimming in the canal! Keep an eye out for the progress we make over the next term!

Year 6 - Kayaking

Year 6 today started kayaking lessons - something that both classes will do over the next six weeks. Zephaniah today learnt how to get into and control their kayaks... something more than a few of them failed to do resulting in very wet clothes. Keep checking our progress as we progress towards...

Year 6 - Launch Week

Year 6 children enjoyed working alongside 'The Rig' to explore sound that was made from up-cycled materials

Year 6 - Magic V's

Year 6 today completed a reasoning challenge - Magic V's. In this challenge we explored the relationships between numbers and how we could create v's which add up to the same amount. To do this we had to work collaboratively and play with number to seek out patterns. Try it, what can you...

Year 6 - Maths Reasoning Work

Year 6 today worked on reasoning work as collaborative groups. We had to problem solve how to plan a school trip using both relevant and irrelevant information and data. Working as organisers, recorders, coordinators and planners we worked together to calculate data and write a letter to explain...

Year 6 - Antartic Scene Settings

Year 6 have begun their new Topic and immersed themselves within the depths of Antarctica through the eyes of intrepid explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. The wrote descriptive scene settings about the character first arriving in the Antarctic!

Year 6 - Natural History Museum

Year 6 went to the Natural History Museum this week to learn about evolution, fossils and how teeth differ in a range of animals. We explored the museum all day - looking at the huge whale skeleton, the dinosaur exhibition and exhibitions about insects

Year 6 - Partner Reading

In Destination Reader lesson children are encouraged to discuss ideas with their partner respectfully whilst applying one of the key skills; predicting, summarising, clarifying, making connections, evaluating, asking questions and inferring. Here are some examples of year 6 children doing this in...

Year 6 - Practical Division

Year 6 have been solving practical division questions using conkers to answer missing number questions. Some children are such experts that they were able to teach their peers!

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 6 - Rose Blanche Storyboards

Year 6, linked their Power of Reading focus book Rose Blanche to many elements of their Topic, this week they were beginning to wrap it all by learning about VE Day. They made some exceptional story boards to summarise the events

Year 6 - Royal Opera House

Year 6 today went to the Royal Opera House to see a stunning performance of Hansel and Gretel. We were lucky enough to sit in the stalls and hear the sensational orchestra play throughout a 2 hour show. Unfortunately we couldn’t take any pictures (Mr Scott even got in trouble!) but it was a...

Year 6 - SATs Week Celebrations

Year 6 this afternoon celebrated completing their SATs week with rounders on the park and ice cream - the whole school would like to get every single child a huge CONGRATULATIONS on completing their tests and working incredibly hard in preparation

Year 6 - Saying Their Birthday In Spanish

This term Year 6 have been learning to say when their birthdays are in Spanish. Fantastic speaking skills, well done Year 6

Year 6 - Science Museum: Wonderlab

Today (27th November 2017) Year 6 were lucky enough to experience a trip to the Science Museum, so far we have been exploring the Wonderlab and taking part in an amazing Fire and explosion show!

Year 6 - Exploring Properties of 3D Shapes

Year 6 have been exploring the properties of 3D shape and have been studying the relationship between the total amount of faces and vertices and how this compares to the total amount of edges for any 3D shape. We have made some fantastic challenge investigations for other children to try and solve...

Year 6 - Anne Frank Exhibition

Year 6 children visit the Anne Frank exhibition at the Mile End Arts Pavillion. We began our journey investigating the migration stories of people in the East End throughout history. We then explored the incredible story of Anne Frank, learning all about her life though images

Year 6 - Science: Environment

In science, Milligan today had an interactive lesson with our environment. While continuing to learn about classifying animals we took our search to the school grounds to search for vertebrates such as amphibians and invertebrates such as arthtopods. We explored the school grounds finding animals...

Year 5 Designing Their New Book Corner

Year 5 enjoyed having the artists and architects back in school again to work on our the designs for our new book corner. It was really exciting to see the final design!

Year 5 - Performance Poetry

Year 5 have been focusing on poetry. This lesson we worked in groups to perform a poem. Our checklist for performing included tone, volume, expression, actions and teamwork. Click an image to watch the video

Year 5 - Poems Through the use of Drama and Performance

Year 5 have spent the last three weeks focusing on poetry. We explored poems through the use of drama and performance. We ensured our poems contained figurative language. After our first draft, we peer assessed each other's poems and then published a final draft in a class book of poetry

Year 5 - Power of Reading News Reports

Year 5 turned into news reporters during their Power of Reading lesson. Play Play Play Play Play Play

Reception Daily Update - Monday 2nd November 2026

Today’s focus: Literacy Today we started our new Topic ‘People who help us’ - we read our focus story ‘Emergency’ by Margaret Mayo and discussed all the different people that help to keep us safe. Our EYFS focus: Understanding the World; Physical Development; Personal, Social and Emotional...

Year 5 - Power of Reading: Spy Gadgets

In Year 5 we have been writing instructions on how to use spy gadgets

Year 5 - Refugee Week Assembly 2019

Year 5 have been focusing on poetry linked to refugee week. Some children wrote their own poetry and some children performed a poem that a poet had written. Our oracy focus was use of body language and gestures to portray meaning. We really enjoyed the assembly!

Year 5 - Spanish Lesson from Shoreditch Park Secondary School Students

Students from Shoreditch Park Secondary School came to school today to deliver a Spanish lesson to Year 5 children. Year 5 were extremely impressed with the children's vocabulary in secondary schools, which has inspired our pupils to keep practising

Year 5 - The London Eye Mystery

Year 5 have been enjoying there new book 'The London Eye Mystery', which they are studying using the Power of Reading Sequence. Salim has just gone missing... here is some role play in character as Salim's two cousins Kat and Ted just after his strange disappearance

Year 5 Become News Reporters

Year 5 have been focusing on writing newspaper reports in Power of Reading. We have be focusing on a book called 'The London Eye Mystery'. The book is all about solving the mystery of a boy called Salim disappearing from the London Eye. In this lesson we reported live at the scene of the...

Year 5 Descriptive Work

Year 5 have been studying the book Clockwork by Philip Pullman. The wrote descriptive paragraphs from the character Fritz's perspective as he arrived in the town of Glockenheim. We focused upon figurative language to describe the town as well as the characters sensory reactions

Year 5 Maths Reasoning

Year 5 spent their maths lesson on Friday completing place value problems. They work with their partner and resources to investigate place value. They then had to explain what they had done and why it must be true

Year 6 - 'A Midsummer Nights Dream' Freeze Frames

Year 6 are currently learning about Shakespeare, and in particular this week 'A Midsummer Nights Dream'. To help us learn about the play, the Year 6 children are recreating prominent scenes within the play by creating freeze frames. More to come soon - along with an exciting announcement of...

Year 5 Say Goodbye To The Chicks

Year 5 bid farewell to their chicks this week. They're moving to a new life in the rolling hills and pastures of Devon. They will be missed, but they've promised to Skype

Year 5 Science - Animal Reproduction

Year 5 have been learning about animal reproduction in Science. This lesson we were focusing on amphibians and insects. We carried out research and presented our findings to the rest of the class

Year 5 Trip to Hackney Museum

Tan Class enjoyed their trip to Hackney Museum. We really enjoyed learning about all the different people who have lived in Hackney in the past. We looked at clues in suitcases to try and guess who they belonged to. We even got to try some of the hats and clothes on!

Year 5 Trip to Hackney Museum

This half term Year 5 have been learning about the History of their local area. We went on a trip to Hackney museum to find out more about the different people who have lived in Hackney, even as far back as the Saxons. We had the opportunity to look through the suitcases and try and predict who the...

Year 5 Visit St Paul's

Year 5 visited St Paul's Cathedral on Monday. We made our own organ and sang to the public!

Year 5 visit to Hackney New School

Year 5 went to visit Hackney New School for a workshop on how to use Garageband. We created our own dance tracks

Year 5's London Eye Trip

Year 5 had a wonderful adventure and rose high over the buildings of London on their London Eye Trip. The went to experience first hand how Salim may have dissapeared from their current PoR book: The London Eye Mysteries. It was a fabulous trip and the views were enjoyed by all

Year 5's trip to St Paul's Cathedral

Year 5 had a fantastic trip to St Paul's Cathedral. We had the opportunity to have a go on an organ, understand how an organ works and we even got to sing under the dome in the Cathedral

Year 6 - Science: Blood

Today, Zephaniah Class focused their learning on blood. They learnt about the importance of the different parts of blood and the jobs they do in the body. We discussed in length Blood donation, what that means and why we need to have this to help one another. To finish the lesson we made 'Blood...

Year 6 - Secondary School Preparation

Year 6 today started working with into university to prepare for their move into secondary school by working with into university to look at timetables, subjects and planning towards the future. Next half term we will be working closely with into university for 2 weeks to look at possible...

Year 6 Graduation 2026

Maths Homework

Maths homework is given weekly using the website IXL . Each child (Years 1 -6) is given a unique log in so that they can access IXL both at home and at school. IXL is a fantastic tool to support your child in learning their maths; when children get questions wrong the program supports your child by...

Year 3 - Power of Reading: Narratives

Year 3 have been using the story of Jemmy Button to re tell and write their own narratives. This week they have been looking at using speech marks for direct speech. As part of this, they role played a conversation between Jemmy and his parents about going away with some visitors to the Island to...

Year 2 - Opera Workshop

This week Year 2 were lucky enough to have a music workshop all about opera! We have looked at many genres of music this year, but opera was new to many of the children. The children listened to a performance by a professional opera singer called Katie. Then they took part in a vocal warm up. They...

Year 4 - Renewable and Non-renewable Power Sources

In Year 4 we have begun to learn about electricity. This week we have been discussing renewable and non-renewable power sources. Have a listen to our presentations!

Eco-Active Workshop: Week 2

Action plan and Making paper. How to make recycled paper

Eco-Active Workshop: Week 3

ON THE 12/10/18, GREEN TEAM MADE THEIR OWN POSTERS WITH THEIR RECYCLED PAPER THEY MADE THE WEEK BEFORE . They wrote to persuade more children to recycle more. Also, they wrote what people should recycle. THEY ALSO WROTE IT TO PUT AROUND THEIR CLASSROOMS! After that, they wrote on a piece of...

Year 6 - Shakespeare Rocks Preview

Next week (Thursday 29th) year 6 will perform Shakespeare Rocks - a musical based on the life of William Shakespeare. Here's a sneak peak of the song Montagues and Capulets

Year 6 Graduation 2017

Year 6 - STEM Day

Some lucky Year 6 children today took part in a STEM day in central London. Children had to work together with other schools to build a miniature masterpiece. We looked at the importance of technology in the world and used our engineering skills and team work abilities to create a structure. To...

Year 6 - Stop-Frame Animation

Year 6 have been learning how to create stop-frame animation this half term. This week, they used their story boards to make models out of clay and record a short film - experimenting with shapes of clay. Watch this video for a short taster! Claymation Dena and Binta Abdullah, Alex & Jami Noah...

Year 6 - The Blitz

Year 6 this week in topic have been learning about The Blitz and have researched about what the blitz was and who it affected. Can you find out about the blitz using kidrex.org ? Here are some questions Year 6 have for you: What was the Blitz? Which areas were bombed? What happened to children...

Year 6 - The Empire Windrush Freeze Frames

Year 6 continued their week of exploration in Drama workshops. Here are some of the fabulous freeze frames they created about saying goodbye to loved ones on 'The Empire Windrush'

Year 6 - The United Nations Convention on The Rights of the Child

Year 6 children have been learning about The United Nations Convention on The Rights of the Child and creating videos using a green screen to share their message about why they think that these rights are important. The backgrounds and scripts were created entirely by the children!

Year 6 - World War 1

Year 6 today learnt about the causes of World War 1 and the complex alliances involved in the outbreak of war. We did freeze frames showing the reasons behind the war, particularly highlighting the alliances between Russia, Germany, Britain and France

Year 6 - World War 2

Over the last term, we have been learning about World War 2 through the books Rose Blanche and Maus. More recently we have been learning about the Holocaust and have this week been lucky enough to have Karen Van Coevorden from the Holocaust Memorial Trust and Hedi Argent, who came to England as a...

Year 6 Computing - Stop Frame Animation

Year 6 today used their computing and design skills to create stop frame animation Christmas videos. We had to create a story board, design our props and used an iPad to carefully record a Christmas message. Keep a look out over the next week as the videos come onto the website!

Year 6 Go Bowling

Year 6 went on a team building day to Rowans bowling as a reward for their hard work and dedication to learning throughout the first half of the year. The children were incredibly supportive of each other and showed fantastic bowling skills over the two hours spent at Rowans. More to come once we...

Year 6 Graduation 2016

Watch as Year 6 receive their graduation certificates and remember their time at Whitmore

Year 6 Graduation 2018

Year 6 visit to Chessington World of Adventures

Year 6 today went to Chessington World of Adventures as a reward for their hard work throughout their time at Whitmore. We got wet on water rides, saw a variety animals and were completely scared (as the photo of Alicien and Fareed shows!) on rollercoasters. More pictures to follow soon!

Year 6 Investigate Electricity

Yea 6 today started investigating the properties of electricity in groups by creating circuits and exploring the properties of different conducive circuits such as tin foil. By the end of an investigative afternoon, all Year 6 children were able to create a circuit with a cell, lamp and a piece of...

Year 6 Kayaking

Year 6 today (26th May 2016) went Kayaking for the first time at the Laburnum Boat Club. All children did incredibly well in the team building exercises and were excellent representatives of Whitmore Primary. We are all really looking forward to our next session!

Year 6 Meet Holocaust Survivor Ruth Barnett

Year 6, were lucky enough to meet Ruth Barnett, a Holocaust survivor. She told us all about her insightful story and answered questions all about her experiences

Year 6 Midsummer Nights Dream Performance

Year 6 continued rehearsing their Midsummer Nights Dream performance today with actor Tom Davey. In today's session, children looked at the lines of the fairies within the play and explored different emotions when reading lines. Not long until the performance and the children are doing...

Year 6 Midsummer Nights Dream Rehearsals

Year 6 today did their rehearsals for midsummer nights dream in its entirety on stage. The children have learnt all their lines and we are anticipating a sensational performance on Friday evening. Don't forget that the performance will start promptly at 430 at Whitmore THIS FRIDAY!

Year 6 Production Preview - Act 3 Scene 1

Year 6 are continuing working hard for their production next Friday. Here is a sneak peak of Act 3 Scene 1! Make sure you keep your diary free for the production next week, Friday 8th July, 4:30-5:30

Year 6 Sculptures

Year 6 have been working with visiting artist, Sandy Goddard, to create sculptures of London landmarks for their book corners. They used card, newspaper and paint to create these stunning sculptures. Before starting they also got a chance to work investigate the shapes of building by creating...

Year 6 Sports Day 2016

Year 6 took part in their final sports day at Whitmore, a ferocious battle against both the sun and each other! The children participated in events such as Javelin, Shot-putt and 100m sprints. Results will be announced on Friday - may the best team win!

Year 6 Trip - Churchill War Museum

Year 6 today went to the Churchill War Museum to learn about the life of Winston Churchill and the impact that the bombing of London had on every day life. We learnt about how the blitz affected day to day life for millions of Londoners and the the reasons behind Churchill and his cabinet working...

Year 6 Trip - Imperial War Museum

Year 6 this week went on a trip to the Imperial War Museum to learn about the causes of World War 1 and to experience what life was like in World War 2. We explored trenches, dressed up as soldiers to experience the weight and inconvenience of their uniform and tried to comprehend the huge numbers...

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!

Year 4 - Can you guess the subject of these Kenning Poems?

The Year 4 family have transitioned seamlessly to the switch back to Google Classroom. The commitment and quality of work on display so far has been inspiring. In literacy we have been creating our own poems. Here are some fine examples. Can you guess what the subject of each poem is?

Shoreditch Park - Year 6 Graduation 2025

Year 3 - Briggs Class Trip to the Science Museum

This half term, Briggs class went to the Wonderlab section of the Science Museum. We had so much fun exploring all the immersive activities and developing our Scientific skills. Some of our favourite sections were the dark room, the friction slide and the gravity testing ball game

Reception - Spring 1 2023 - Animals!

This half term we are learning all about animals! We have had a great time exploring the jungle safari and tending to sick animals in the vets' surgery. We are learning about animals across countries and the different habitats they live in

Reception - Lunar New Year

This week in Reception, we have learned about the Lunar New Year and the different ways people celebrate it. We thoroughly enjoyed getting ready to welcome the year of the Rabbit!

Reception - Browne Class Trip to Spitalfields City Farm

Browne class had a wonderful trip to Spitalfields City Farm. The children enjoyed looking at a range of farm animals and learnt about how they are looked after. We even got to see a bug hotel! The animals were very friendly and some children had the opportunity to stroke them

Reception - Donaldson Class Visit to Spitalfields Farm

This week, Donaldson class visited Spitalfields Farm as part of their Animals topic. They had a wonderful time meeting the different animals and even stroking them! The children learned about the different animals living on the farm and how they are cared for

Reception - Donaldson Class trip to Shoreditch Fire Station

As part of our current topic 'People who help us', we visited Shoreditch Fire Station to see firefighters in action! We had a great time trying on real firefighter uniforms, watching a fire pole demonstration and learning about the emergency systems

Year 1 - Story Time Session at Shoreditch Library

The children were absolutely thrilled with the story time session at Shoreditch Library. They were completely engaged and thoroughly enjoyed listening to the exciting new book that was read to them. They also had the opportunity to explore the library's impressive collection of books. We want...

Year 4 - Bank of England Museum

Year 4 attended the Bank of England Museum and took part in a presentation where they explored what banks do and what the Bank of England does. They looked at how to spot fake money, different payment methods and jobs in the financial sector and at the Bank of England. The children loved holding...

School Council Update - Spring 1 2023

Hello we are the school council and in this update we will be talking about pupil voice groups and what they have done this half term. Hello! I'm here to talk about the Rights Respecting Steering Group. This half term, they have led an assembly on different things to do with your mental health. Our...

World Book Day 2023

Shoreditch Park celebrated World Book Day in style! It was wonderful to see the children dressed up in their favourite book character costumes, and the love of reading was evident throughout the day. As part of our World Book Day celebrations, we have collected money to donate to Book Aid...

ARP - Seuss Class - New Obstacle Course

In Seuss class we enjoyed playing on the new obstacle course in Shoreditch Park. We had fun playing and building our resilience by challenging ourselves to overcome our fear of heights. We are superstars!

The Necklace of Raindrops

Year 2 have enjoyed reading our recent focus text 'The Necklace of Raindrops' by Joan Aiken. During this unit of learning, we discussed the story's introduction and how it is written to hook the reader. We began by thinking about the mood of the story's introduction, and the characters in it, then...

ARP - Seuss Class - Suleymaniye Mosque

...eligious educatiOn at mosques....

Year 1 - Community

In year one, children have been learning about their local community and communities around the world. They have been exploring the importance of community spaces, such as the doctor surgery and the local vet. As part of this learning, the children took a local area walk to identify and observe...

Year 1 - Design & Technology

Design and technology (DT) in year 1 is all about helping children to develop their creativity and problem-solving skills through designing and making their own products. DT encourages children to explore and experiment with materials, tools and techniques to create models, structures and objects....

Reception - Browne Class Trip to Shoreditch Fire Station

As part of our current topic 'People who help us', we visited Shoreditch Fire Station to see firefighters in action! We had a great time trying on real firefighter uniforms, watching a fire pole demonstration and learning about fire safety

'Astro Girl' in Reception

Our topic in Reception this half term is 'People Who Help Us'. This week, our core text is 'Astro Girl' by Ken Wilson- Max. The children will be learning to love the story all week. Here are some of the activities the children will be doing! Practicing scissor skills: making space...

Year 2 - Spitalfields City Farm

Year 2 visited Spitalfields City Farm for a guided tour to learn all about life on a farm as a city farm animal. The children got to interact with the animals by stroking and feeding them. The leaders of the farm shared amazing facts about the lives of each animal and answered our many questions....

Year 1 - Deacon Class - Woodberry Wetlands Trip

A highlight of this year was the Woodberry Wetland trip. Deacon class had a great time exploring the great outdoors at the wetland. They went minibeast hunting, pond dipping and observed the local wildlife

KS1 Reading Morning - May 2022

The KS1 reading morning was a huge success, and it was wonderful to welcome parents back into classes to share a love of reading. At Shoreditch Park Primary, we value reading for pleasure as it helps children develop their fluency, vocabulary and develops their understanding of the world. Reading...

New Starters Reception and Nursery - September 2022

We are delighted to welcome new starters to Reception and Nursery in September. We would love to welcome you into school for a New Starters Open Evening on Tuesday 28th June between 5pm and 6pm. Please find some useful information below. We are looking forward to welcoming your child into our...

Year 1 - Grey Class Trip to Woodberry Wetlands

Grey class had a great time exploring the great outdoors at the wetland. They went minibeast hunting, pond dipping and observed the local wildlife

Year 4 - Khalsa Jatha Gurdwara

The Year 4 children had a wonderful time at the Khalsa Jatha Gurdwara. They learned more about the Sikh faith, they were shown the religious holy book and had a vegetarian meal (Langar). It was amazing to see how beautiful and respected their holy place of worship is. They were shown how Sikhs...

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

Rights Respecting Steering Group - Governor Link Visit

Members of the RRSG met with one of the school governors to discuss their impact on the school

School Council - Working with Hackney Council

The School Council have been working with Hackney Council to design some information plaques that will go into Shoreditch Park once the new development has been completed. The first session was spent in the park learning about what will be in the new design of the park. Then the second session was...

Year 1 Visit the Library

Year 1 had a fantastic time this week visiting Shoreditch library. They explored its wonderful children's section, listened to a story and chose books to read themselves. It was lovely to see the children's engagement and love of reading shine through!

Year 2 - Great Fire of London Workshop

This week Year 2 had a special visitor from the Museum of London who came to deliver a fantastic Great Fire of London workshop! We learnt all about the events that led to the fire, and had fun acting out the flames as well as the people who tried to extinguish them

Inclusive School Award

Shoreditch Park have achieved the Inclusive School Award with Flagship status for the second time. "Upon entering Shoreditch Park Primary School, their vision, values, and commitment to promoting an inclusive environment is evidenced through displays of ASPIRE characters and their characteristics....

National Poetry Day 2022

National Poetry Day is the annual mass celebration on the first Thursday of October that encourages everyone to make, experience and share poetry with family and friends. Each year we come together because voices, words and stories help to bridge understanding in our community. This year we...

Year 2 - National Poetry Day

To celebrate National Poetry Day, we were lucky enough to have a workshop with poet Steve Tasane. Steve read some of his fantastic poems to us. We loved how interactive his poems were and enjoyed joining in. At the end of the workshop, some of us stood to share our own poems with Steve and the rest...

Visit from Banji Alexander

Thank you to Banji Alexander , who visited Shoreditch Park Primary to inspire our budding authors. We value reading for pleasure, and meeting an author in person is a truly remarkable experience. What will you be reading next, Shoreditch Park?

Seuss Class - Black History Month

During October Seuss class (ARP) have been celebrating Black History Month. Pupils learnt about Hackney carnival by dancing to Socca Music and making carnival masks. Children in Seuss class love crafts and are very creative. Their masks are now proudly displayed in the classroom. During our weekly...

PTA - Thank You

The PTA would like to say a big thank you to those who donated cakes, bought cakes and volunteered! It was lovely to see the children’s excited faces! We managed to raise an amazing amount of £292.54 and we couldn’t have done it without the support from the parents and carers. Hope everyone has a...

Reception Parent Morning - Developing Fine Motor Skills

This week saw the first of our parent mornings focussing on developing fine motor skills. The children and parents had a lot of fun working together at the different activities. We are looking forward to many more sessions like this!

Year 1 - The story of the Secret Sky Garden

During the year 1 oracy session this week, the children retold 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...

Reception - Learning About Eid

In Reception, we have learned about Eid and the different ways people celebrate it. We thoroughly enjoyed taking part in Eid celebrations

Year 5 - Music Mission Company Enrichment

...flectiOn of the enrichment: "On April 27th 2022, years 3,4 and 5 participated in a drumming workshop. In the workshop we learnt about different rhythms and some child volunteers even got to play the drums. Within the workshop, there was a mini history lessOn about the history of the snare drum that...

Year 1 trip to the Natural History Museum

Year 1 children enjoyed an exciting trip to the Natural History Museum to further explore their dinosaur topic. First, we caught the bus to Monument and then took the underground all the way to South Kensington. The station was very busy, but we were so excited to get to the museum. Upon arrival,...

Year 5 - London Zoo

We had the incredible opportunity to visit the amazing London Zoo to enrich our understanding of our Animals Including Humans topic in Science. It was a beautiful autumnal day and we had the zoo virtually to ourselves, allowing us to observe and study all manner of rich and varied wildlife,...

Year 5 - Hoxton Street Monster Supplies

We have attended the Hoxton Street Monster Supplies, and found our way into the Ministry of Stories. We had the opportunity to practice our creative writing through comic books. We made our own characters, named them and started making our own stories with them

Mathstatic Activities - 2nd February 2024

...ed lessOns around measurement....

Reading Morning - 2024

Thank you to all the parents and carers who attended another successful reading morning this morning. Reading remains a priority at Shoreditch Park, as we know the positive impact reading has on the children. Not only does reading support academic success, but it also enhances children's social...

Reception - Curriculum

Welcome to our Reception Navigate the page using the buttons below. Meet the Team Timetable Curriculum Highlights ​​​​​​​ Teaching and Learning in Reception Starting Reception Starting Reception is a big step for children and their families, from those first days of settling in, making new friends...

Spring Celebration - 19th April 2024

Debate Club - Final Competition at Mission 44

This week, the SPPS debate club held their final end-of-term competition at Mission 44, a charity founded by Sir Lewis Hamilton. Our pupils kicked off with 2-minute presentations showcasing their public speaking skills, followed by a main debate on the motion, 'all decisions about young people...

Year 1 - Exploring Family History

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Winter Festival

What an incredible time we all had at Winterfest! Father Christmas took time out of his busy pre-Christmas schedule to visit all the children at Shoreditch Park. The wonderful news is that all Shoreditch Park children are officially on the nice list. Father Christmas brought two of his reindeer for...

Year 2 Christmas Production 2024

Year 6 University Week

Year 6 have really enjoyed working with Into University for the past week. They've had a chance to take part in an exciting range of activities; they've completed science experiments, acted like journalists and interviewed some famous figures in STEM and they've had the chance to visit...

EYFS Christmas Singing Assembly 2024

Nursery - Forest Schools

Our nursery children have been exploring the outdoor classroom during their Forest Schools session

Year 3 Briggs - Ministry of Stories

Year 3 had the opportunity to go to The Ministry of Stories in Hoxton. The children were able to develop their confidence,imagination and potential through the power of writing. The children completed their own comic strips and were able to take home their own pieces of work

School Council - Looking at the information plaques

Last year's school council went to visit the plaques they created with Hackney Council last year. We found all 5 plaques in Shoreditch Park and were very pleased with them

Parent Election - Summer 2023

Two vacancies for the role of parent governor on our governing board are available from September 2023. The role of the governing board The school’s governing board is responsible for providing confident and strategic leadership, and creating robust accountability, oversight and assurance for the...

Nursery - Summer Term 1

Positional Language Gruffalo Cafe Little Cloud Lucy Ladybird Seasons Red Nose Day Tiny Seed Very Hungry Caterpillar World Book Day Space Cafe We're Going on a Bear Hunt Snail and the Whale Cutting Skills Making a Jam Sandwich RWI in nursery Pancake Day Progress Party Earth Day

Year 1 - Hackney Museum Trip

Year 1 had a wonderful time on their trip to the Hackney Museum as part of their People and their Communities topic. During the trip, the children had the opportunity to learn about the changes in Hackney over time and explore the stories of different people who have moved there. They were...

Year 1 - Learning to Multiply

Year 1 has been learning to multiply! We began by teaching the children how to make equal groups, then worked on adding equal groups through repeated addition. We also explored solving multiplication problems by using arrays in a partner game. The children loved using this method, and it really...

The Secret Sky Garden

Through an excellent oracy education, children learn not only how to talk but also how to learn through talk. In the classroom, children have the opportunity to develop and enhance their understanding through structured and planned talk activities. This enables them to acquire the skill to...

Year 2 - Visit to St Paul's Cathedral

Year 2 had a wonderful opportunity this week to visit St Paul's Cathedral to enrich their 'Our Wonderful World' topic. St Paul's is a remarkable place that stimulates the minds of children of all ages. The trip provided an interactive history session that allowed pupils to delve...

Donaldson class go to Forest School

Donaldson class had their first Forest School lesson today! The children were very excited to explore the area and participate in a variety of wonderful activities. They created nests for birds, fishing rods for the pond and stick men from one of their favourite stories. All of the children are...

Browne class first Forest School lesson.

Browne class enjoyed our first Forest School lesson. The children took part in a variety of wonderful activities. They assembled and made their own bird nests, they created amazing leaf prints and their own stick men based on one of our favorite stories. We are looking forward to our next Forest...

Year 2 - Hampstead Heath Trip

Year 2 visited Hampstead Heath Education Centre to have a fun and inspiring outdoor learning experience. We connected with nature and ignited our curiosity through pond dipping, bug hunting and exploring habitats. It was a fantastic opportunity to share what we have learned about habitats in our...

Hackney Reading Champions

... for achieving the Gold Award....

Year 3 Briggs - Hackney School of Food

This week, Year 3 had the opportunity to take a lesson on food education at Hackney School of Food. The children were able to learn about where food is grown and how to cook their own seasonal dishes (bread and a vegetable soup) from highly skilled food educators. This links well with our Healthy...

Year 2 - Outdoor Learning at Hampstead Heath

Year 2 enjoyed a wonderful day of outdoor learning at Hampstead Heath, engaging in pond dipping and minibeast hunting as part of their science curriculum. Equipped with nets, magnifying glasses, and an abundance of curiosity, the children uncovered a variety of fascinating creatures from wriggling...

Reception - Back to School

Browne Class arebusy learning new skills already! Donaldson class have had so much fun exploring their new school environments and making new friends

Year 1 - Reading the Mini Grey text Biscuit Bear

...rs to help with spelling....... using some of the key parts. One of our favorite moments was when BOngo almost ate all the biscuits...

Reception - Exploring and Learning

Year 2 – Natural History Museum

Year 2 children enjoyed an exciting pond dipping trip to the Natural History Museum. During the visit, they collected pond animals from the museum's wildlife pond and took part in activities designed to develop their observational and classification skills. The children also observed feeding...

PTA Coffee Morning 2023

The PTA held their first coffee morning of the academic year. It was great to have so many reception parents join the discussion on proposed plans for this year. The focus was the upcoming events and KS1 playground. The Annual General Meeting will be held on the 7th of November at 9am at the...

Pupil Voice

The pupil voice team met with Ms Caton and Ms MacCourt to finalise the school lunch menu. We discussed elements that had to be included such as food standards, and initiatives that previous pupil voice groups had implemented such as Planet friendly Mondays. They discussed ways in which the pupil...

Year 2 - Great Fire workshop

During the Year 2's online workshop hosted by the Museum of London, the staff on the live stream discussed the events surrounding the Great Fire of London. They shared fascinating insights into how the fire started and how it eventually came to an end. Additionally, they highlighted various...

Year 5 - Raise Tower Bridge

Year 5 participated in a virtual coding workshop via Zoom meeting to learn about Tower Bridge and then apply STEM knowledge and skills to 'RAISE TOWER BRIDGE'. This is what a Year 5 child said: "During the Tower Bridge workshop, we used our STEM, in particular- programming skills, to animate Tower...

Year 1 - Building Igloos for Emperor Penguins

Year 1 are really immersed in their new topic of 'Animals and their habitats'. Today they constructed their own igloos for an Emperor penguin living in Antarctica

Year 6 - Anderson Shelter

As part of the History unit on World War II, the children were given the Enquiring Ebony task to research and create their own model of an Anderson Shelter

Year 5 - Home Learning - Week Beginning 22nd February 2021

This week in Year 5, we have started looking at our new book, David Almond's Skellig, we have written setting descriptions based on the shed from the book which have been fantastic and full of descriptive language. We have also started our new forces topic in science and our new biomes topic in our...

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

ASPIRE Summer 1 2021 - Pride

In Summer 1 we have been focussing on the disposition of Pride in relation to ourselves as unique individuals, our learning and diversity. We read the books 'We all Belong' and 'The Proudest Blue' and explored all the wonderful things that make us unique. We learned about...

Art Week in Year 5

This week we have been focusing on art, specifically digital art. We started the week by evaluating and analysing creative works using the language of art and discussed 'how does the artwork make you feel and why do you think that might be?' Through discussion, we were able to make a connection...

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 3 - Maths: Statistics

Year 3 have been learning all about statistics this week in their maths lessons. They really enjoyed collecting their own data using a tally chart and presenting the information they had collected on a bar chart

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...

Reception - Starting in September 2021

We are delighted to welcome new starters to Reception in September. We have some useful information for parents / carers and children... Forms Please complete the following forms before 18th June 2021 : Pupil Registration Photo Consent Social Media Consent Free School Meals Eloise Erwin Early Years...

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...

Year 3 - Geography: Earthquakes

Year 3 have done an amazing job at researching all about earthquakes for their geography unit. They have conducted some research and created their own artwork representing the aftermath of an earthquake

Year 2 - Design and Technology Week 2021

This week, we celebrated Design and Technology week via Food Technology. In Year 2, we were challenged to make a healthy snack. We started the week by taste-testing various fruits and vegetables before deciding what to use in our healthy snack. We then created a set of instructions to ensure our...

Reception - Exploring and Learning: Around the World

This half term, the children have enjoyed exploring different countries and landscapes through our Around the World topic. Using a range of core texts and engaging activities, they have learned about a variety of religious and cultural celebrations, including Easter, Eid and Passover. The children...

Year 6 - DT Week 2021

During DT week in Year 6, the children were tasked with creating a product and brand for a new smoothie product which had to be healthy and nutritious. Over the week we created digital adverts and logos on iPads, an advertising campaign, designs for bottle labels and presented our product to our...

Year 5 - National Storytelling Week

Last week, for National Storytelling Week, Year 5 explored a book called window. We looked, in depth, at the characters and theme running through the book through asking questions and a hot seating activity. Towards the end of the week we described what was happening in the picture using a variety...

Year 3 - Spelling Bee

Year 3 have been learning the Year 3 and 4 common exception words in preparation for our end of year spelling bee. We all enjoyed taking part! Well done to our two spelling bee champions!

Year 6 - Goodbye for Now

Today we say 'Goodbye for Now' to our wonderful Year 6's who will be starting an exciting new chapter in their secondary schools from September. We could not be prouder of the young adults that they are becoming and everything they have achieved during their time at Shoreditch Park. We had a...

Reception - Easter and passover activities

Year 5 - Trip to East London Mosque

Year 4 - Tetractys Poems

...and exciting first week back. One of our superstars Naima was chosen to appear On televisiOn show 'Good Morning Britain' to give her opiniOn On the prospect of summer schools taking place. She was able to showcase her superior oracy skills to a natiOnal audience and articulate her viewpoint clearly....

Year 1 - Enquiring Ebony Half Term Project - Poetry

In Year 1 the Enquiring Ebony Half term project was focused on poetry. Children have made their own wonderful and creative poetry collages using a range of resources available at home

Reception - Trip to the farm

Year 3 - Baking Challenge

In Year 3 we love a challenge, especially when it helps us to learn new skills! This week we were challenged to make a Victoria Sponge cake! We tried very hard and they turned out incredible! They tasted amazing too!

Year 5 - Poetry Artwork

This week in Year 5, we have been looking at poetry in our Power of Reading lesson. This began with us looking at some poems and their features, and has culminated in us creating our own poems, as well as our own expressive artwork based on what we have sounds we could hear. It has been fantastic...

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...

Year 3 - Maths Exploration: Volume and Capacity

This week we have been learning about volume and capacity. We have been looking at the capacity of different items in our house and comparing them! We have also been looking at litres and millimetres as a form of unit of measurement. We had a lot of fun this week in our maths lessons!

Year 4 - Tetractys Poems

The Year 4 family have had another wonderful week on google classroom and have produced some excellent work. The children are continuing to show great enthusiasm in their learning. In Power of Reading, we are continuing with poems but this week the focus was Tetractys poems. Here are some excellent...

Year 5 - Home Learning - Week Beginning 11th January 2021

This week in Year 5, we have been working really hard to perfect our poetry. We have continued to look at the features of poems we have studied, we have written our own poems and have also had the chance to take part in a class debate and perform our poems in front of the rest of the year group. In...

Nursery - Animal Workshop

This term, our topic has been Animals, and we were excited to welcome a special ZooLab workshop. The children had the opportunity to meet a variety of fascinating creatures, including a snake, frog, and even a tarantula. With gentle guidance, they were able to carefully stroke and, in some cases,...

Year 1 - Home Learning - Week Beginning 18th January 2021

Year 1 have had a very productive week. In POR, we have been focusing on poetry and have taken part in performances of poetry and have learnt to use descriptive language and rhyming words in our writing. In science this week, we have been looking at food chains and polar habitats

Year 3 - Performance Poetry

Performance poetry has been one of our highlights this week in Year 3 , with children using actions, tone and intonation successfully. It has been amazing to see all the children applying their learning and understanding of poetic devices when they wrote their own version of Please Mrs Butler

Year 4 - Free Verse Poems

We finished our poetry module in Year 4 this week by creating our very own free verse poems. We spent the week securing our knowledge on poetic devices and reading poems from Michael Rosen, Valerie Bloom, Karl Nova and even our own class teacher, among many others! We then channelled all of this...

Year 5 - Poetry Skills

This week in Year 5, we have been working again to perfect our poetry skills, this week building on the skills we learned last week to write poetry about different aspects of nature. We have written a range of different styles of poems now that incorporate a range of different structures and...

Year 4 - Discussion Texts

Year 6 - Non-Chronological Reports About Antarctic Creatures & Frozen Planet

Year 5 - Home Learning - Week Beginning 25th January 2021

This week in Year 5, we have started a new book, Alex Rider: Stormbreaker! We have had the opportunity to listen to the first few chapters and imagine that we are Alex Rider himself and have written a list of instructions for our first top-secret mission. We have also been looking at fractions in...

Year 1 - Home Learning - Week Beginning 25th January 2021

This week in year 1, we started our new text 'Traction Man' by MinI Grey. Children were given the opportunity to make predictions, explore the text and complete a retell of the story. In maths we were learning to identify and sort shapes. We went on a 3D shape hunt around our homes and sorted 2D...

Year 2 - Writing and Performing Poetry

Year 6 - Poetry Inspired by Shackleton's Journey to Antarctica

Year 2 - The Dark by Lemony Snicket

Year 2 has loved exploring Lemony Snicket's text, The Dark. First, we recreated the illustrations, changing the mood from frightened to cheerful. We then wrote letters of advice to Laszlo advising how he could overcome his fear of the dark. We had some brilliant ideas and really hope we were able...

Year 5 - Home Learning - Week Beginning 1st February 2021

This week in Year 5, we have continued looking at our book, Alex Rider: Stormbreaker! This week we have been focusing on gadgets! We have looked at the gadgets featured in Stormbreaker and have also had the opportunity to look at some other gadgets and create our own. Specifically, a teacher...

Year 6 - Our Science Work on the Circulatory System

Year 4 - Mouse, Bird, Snake, Wolf

In Year 4 this week, we finished our exciting book 'Mouse, Bird, Snake, Wolf'. The children created excellent storyboards to retell the story and added lots of fantastic drawings with colour. It was a great way to talk through the best parts of the book and give our opinions about the storyline....

Year 5 - Home Learning - Week Beginning 8th February 2021

This week in Year 5, we have finished our explanation texts and have created our own inventions with multiple different features that we have designed throughout the week. We have continued looking at Earth & Space in our science lesson and slums in our topic lessons. We have completed...

Year 4 - Trip to Hoxton Church

Year 4 classes Morpurgo and Almond, visited St Anne’s Hoxton Church as part of their RE learning about Christianity. The children explored the church, learning about its features and significance. They also had an engaging talk with the vicar, who answered their questions and shared insights....

Reception - Trip to Shoreditch Library

Year 1 - Enquiring Ebony Projects Summer Term 1

Year 1 have created wonderful enquiring ebony projects based on our current topic 'Animals and their habitats'. They have created a poster with facts all on their favourite animal

Year 2 - Exploring Different Emotions

In Year 2, we understand having a healthy mind is just as important as having a healthy body! This week we were lucky enough to have a drama company visit us to help us explore different emotions through an interactive workshop. In small groups, we created a scene through a Freeze Frame (a still...

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...

Exploring and Learning in Reception - Autumn 1

Our first half term in Reception has been an exciting start to the children’s learning journey in the Early Years Foundation Stage. The children have settled beautifully into their new environment, building friendships, developing routines, and beginning to explore all areas of learning through...

Science in Year 1

Year 1's have been really enjoying their science lessons this term. They have really immersed themselves in the different experiments we have performed and have worked collaboratively to showcase their new understanding of different animal groups. This week, we had lots of fun learning about...

Reception - Browne Class Nature Walk

This morning Browne Class left school for their first ever trip! We went on a nature walk through Shoreditch Park. We collected lots of leaves and used a 'autumn leaf information sheet' to find out which trees they came from. We learned the names of lots of trees in our local area. It was...

Year 2 - Jeffers Class Hackney Museum Workshop

In Jeffers Class we enjoyed a workshop with the Hackney Museum about African Communities living in Hackney. We learned about the lives of people who had moved to Hackney from different African countries, including a man that set up a fabric shop selling Kente cloth. We then painted different...

Year 2 - Read and Tell

Each Friday in Year 2 we have the opportunity to do Read and Tell, where we can bring in a book that we love, to show and describe to our friends! Here we are, reading some of our favourite pages and showing off beautiful illustrations

Design and Technology (D&T) Week - Autumn 2021

In the Autumn term, Shoreditch Park Primary held a design and technology week. Year 1-6 children examined and explored the process of manipulating the medium of air dry clay. The children incorporated creativity and history as they developed their own ideas and created a sculptural,...

Enquiry Ebony Family Science Project

In preparation for British Science Week 2022, Shoreditch Park Primary children researched a scientist as part of the half-term Enquiry Ebony Family Project

Nursery - Bonfire Night 2025

We had a wonderful time this term celebrating Bonfire Night with a variety of fun, creative and fine motor activities. We made fireworks using tissue paper and cardboard tubes, which we then used to dance along to different types of music. As the tempo increased, we jumped up like fireworks and...

Reception - Start of the New Lunar Year

Ni Hao! Reception are getting ready to celebrate the start of the new Lunar Year!

Reception - Donaldson Class Trip to the Farm

Today Donaldson Class visited Spitalfield's City Farm as part of their topic on animals. All of the children had so much fun meeting the different animals and learning about how they are looked after. The animals were feeling particularly friendly and the children were even lucky enough to...

Reception - Browne Class Farm Trip

The children were SUPERSTARS today on our trip to Spitalfields City Farm. It was the first time we had got a bus together and they did so well. We had a lovely time looking at all of the farm animals and finished the trip with a picnic in the farm's yurt!

Year 1 - Grey Class Trip to Shoreditch Park

Grey class had an amazing time exploring Shoreditch Park. We hunted for different materials and put our observation skills to the test spotting different items in the park

Year 1 - Deacon Class trip to Shoreditch Park

Deacon class had an amazing time exploring Shoreditch park. We discussed what we noticed and observed with our partners and hunted for different materials

ARP Trip to the Library - World Book Day

The ARP pupils had a blast at Shoreditch library today! We gathered around the library book corner to enjoy a reading of the text 'Quick Quack Quentin' by Kes Gray. We then became book illustrators and illustrated our own books. To end our library session we explored the texts available in the...

World Book Day 2022

Shoreditch Park celebrated the 25th anniversary of World Book Day - with the message for all children ‘you are a reader‘! Today gave us an opportunity to remind ourselves how important reading is with lots of exciting, celebratory ways to promote reading for pleasure on World Book Day, and all-year...

Year 2 Library Visit

We love reading in Year 2 and have recently enjoyed a fantastic visit to Hoxton Library. After an exciting storytime with the librarian, we browsed the shelves to find a book to read with a friend or grown up. Before we went back to school, we were allowed to choose a world book day book to take...

Year 5 - Hackney School of Food

Year 5 had a fantastic school trip to the Hackney School of Food, where they learned new skills and worked together to make delicious Moroccan kofta. They learned how to be safe in the kitchen, chop and dice vegetables, and the science behind making food taste great. They carefully chopped...

Year 1 - Deacon Class Trip to Hackney Museum

A highlight of Spring 2 was our trip to Hackney Museum. Deacon class had an amazing time exploring different suitcases which belonged to people who live in Hackney. We were able to learn about different and diverse communities of people who migrated to the UK and lived in Hackney

Science in Seuss Class

In Seuss class we have enjoyed learning about the planets in the solar system in science. We learnt lots of interesting facts such as, earth takes 1 year to orbit the sun, giving us seasons and that earth spins on its axis every 24 hours giving us day and night. We also learnt that moons orbit...

Reception - Trip to Little Angels Theatre

Reception - Holi

Last week, children in Reception learned about the Hindu festival of Holi, the festival of colour. The children enjoyed taking part in a range of activities exploring colour, including creative art and sensory experiences inspired by the celebrations. We hope all of our families who celebrated had...

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...

Reception - Firefighter Visit

Reception trip to the Farm - Spring 1

Reception enjoyed an exciting visit to Spitalfields City Farm this half term. Despite the rainy weather, the children arrived full of enthusiasm and ready for adventure! This term in Reception, we have been learning all about animals and their habitats as part of our topic work, alongside exploring...

Settling in to Reception

We are excited to now have welcomed all the children into Reception. They have settled in beautifully and we are looking forward to a great year!

Year 5 - Trip to the East London Mosque

Reception - Donaldson Outdoor Story Morning

We were so excited to welcome our parents and carers into school for our first Parent Story Morning! We had a great turn out and the children were able to share their favourite stories, authors and their passion for reading! We look forward to many more in the future

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...

Nursery - Nutcracker Dance Workshop

Our Nursery children were transported into a magical winter world during an enchanting Nutcracker dance workshop! The children listened beautifully to the music, learned simple choreography, and used expressive movements to bring the characters to life. From tiptoeing like sugar plum fairies to...

Reception - Teddy Bear Hospital Workshop

Reception enjoyed a brilliant Teddy Bear Hospital workshop, delivered by volunteers from Barts Hospital. Each child brought in their own teddy from home and learned about hospital procedures in a fun, friendly and hands-on way. The children practised using real medical equipment, explored how...

100 million meals

Reception - Browne Class Outdoor Story Morning

We were so excited to welcome our parents and carers into school for our first Parent Story Morning in quite a while! We had a great turn out and the children were able to share their favourite stories, authors and their passion for reading! We look forward to many more in the future

Year 5 - Nelson Mandela Exhibition

Year 5 went on a trip to the Nelson Mandela exhibition where we got to learn about the life and story of the late great Nelson Mandela

Year 4 - Science: Electricity

...ity in Science at the moment. On MOnday the children were experimenting with complete and incomplete circuits and had to explain why the light bulb did not light up when the circuit was incomplete....

Year 5 - Meditation Tree

Year 5 have been learning all about calming down strategies in ASPIRE lessons. This week we tried meditating

Culture Day

Pupils are asked to bring 50p donation, that will go towards turning the blue hut in the playground into a reading area

ASPIRE KS1 Trip to SEALIFE London Aquarium

As a reward for exemplary respect in Autumn 1, 1 child was chosen in Year 1 and 2 to go on a trip with Ms Foster. This trip was SEALIFE London Aquarium. The children loved it! Here is what they said: Yusuf: my favourite part was seeing the penguins because they were so close to me! Aasiyah: my...

ASPIRE Tea Party - Inclusive

This week we had a tea party celebration for the children who received exemplary certificates in the Aspire assembly last half term. These children have been showing that they are inclusive by respecting the rights of others in their class and learning all about the UN Charter on the Rights of the...

Author/illustrator Bruce Ingham Visits Shoreditch Park

This week we had a visit from author/illustrator Bruce Ingham. He talked with Years 1 - 5 about how he became an author/illustrator and the process he goes through when with his creative partner Allan Ahlberg. Years 2 and 3 then had additional workshops where they were given to practice their own...

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...

Big Barbican Workshop

...y culminated in a performance....

Briggs Class visit Tower Bridge

Briggs Class had a fantastic day visiting Tower Bridge to study how bridges work. We have been learning about the Bosphorus Bridge in our Topic on Istanbul and have been comparing it to bridges we know. We had a workshop on how to build and programme bascule bridges which involved the 3D printing...

Cake Decorating Workshop

The cake decorating workshop has been a success this half term with parent's and carers really starting to develop their cake making skills. Please do contact Rhoda's Cakes directly if you would like to sign up for the workshop next half term

Cats Protection Non-Uniform Day and Cake Sale

...eak to Miss Jameel. Thank you!...

Choir at Christmas

...g at Old Street tube statiOn. On Tuesday the choir also sang at a special event hosted by City Year at St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate. They performed alOngside a Gospel Choir and City Year members who performed poetry and did some special readings. Both events were a massive success and I would like...

City Year Has Talent

Well done to Shawna in year 4 who performed at the City Years Got Talent competition which took place in The Islington Assembly Hall this week. She looked absolutely beautiful and her performance was magnificient! What a superstar!

Consultation on the Britannia Leisure Centre site

The Council is considering whether it would be possible to build a new leisure centre to replace Britannia – which is coming to the end of its life – and a new secondary school to help meet the demand for school places for local children. This would be funded in part by the sale of...

Dahl Class - 1st Person Narrative

Dahl Class planning 1st person narrative

ASPIRE Enquiry Assembly - Summer 2018

We finished off our year by celebrating our ASPIRE achievements! Children were awarded certificates for their achievements within the Enquiry strand of ASPIRE. There were also exemplary certificates and prizes for some pupils who have shown a huge amount of dedication to developing their learning...

Dance Club at Haggeston School

Dance club did a great job at Haggeston last night! the performance was amazing! Well done to everyone involved you're absaloute superstars!

Dance Show Rehearsals

The children across KS1 and KS2 who have been having dance lessons for the last few months had the rehearsal yesterday at Haggerston School. They were great! Tonight is the big show, wish them luck! A special thank you to Nia who has helped support the dance teacher and who has been an absolute...

Deacon Class - 'The Man on the Moon' by Simon Bartram

Deacon Class had their class assembly this week! They told the audience the story of 'The Man on the Moon' by Simon Bartram. The children did a wonderful job of learning their lines, speaking clearly, re-telling a story and performing songs!

Deacon Class - Music

This term we have been learning all about the beat and rhythm of music. We have listened and appraised different types of songs, warmed up our vocal chords through vocal games and even learnt the lyrics to a song called 'Round and Round'. As Deacon class were so confident in singing this...

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 - Spitalfields Farm Visit

This week Donaldson Class took a trip to Spitalfields Farm. It was a beautiful sunny day and we had a wonderful time. The children got to feed, pet and learn about lots of different animals. Our class favourite was the donkey- he was very friendly (and a bit noisy!) Donaldson class were very...

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

Eco Active Workshops are amazing! This week we looked at: observing the environment (Litter) and making seed bombs. *For these seed bombs we used Fuller’s Earth as our compost Next week we will be meeting with Calvin the Gardener and deciding where and when to plant the seed bombs in our...

Festival of Triangles

Yesterday the whole school took part in the 'Festival of Triangles' - a family celebration of maths based around the triangle. Children from reception to Year 6 took part in creating a sierpinski structure and making tetrahedrons from straws to construct the huge structure. We loved using...

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!

ASPIRE in Autumn 2 2016

Whole school ASPIRE focus – Achieving Aisha Whole school learning objectives 1 I can review my targets. 3 I can set learning targets. 4 What skills and knowledge do I need in order to succeed in the wider world? 5 How will I need to work with others in the local community to succeed? 7 What...

ASPIRE Celebration Assembly - Spring 1 2018

In Spring 1 we were learning all about Self Awareness. We were particularly focusing on Self Aware Communication. We were thinking about the words we use, the way we communicate through body language and the impact that we have on others when we communicate. We read the story' Have you filled a...

Good Luck Year 6

Well done and good luck to the Year 6 children, they have never been so ready for their SATs!

Ask Ebony

Year 4 - Learning Factors

We've been learning about factors in Year 4. We used our division skills to find factors of large numbers like 100 or 180! We worked with our partners to solve problems. Have a look at what we've learnt

'Future sounds of Hackney' - Hackney Today

All students in a Year 4 primary school class are now able to play a musical instrument thanks to a new programme being piloted in their school. Watch Year 4 play the songs mentioned in this article

'Rights for children' - Hackney Today

PUPILS at Shoreditch Park primary marked Universal Children’s Day with a visit from the Deputy Mayor of Hackney. Cllr Anntoinette Bramble watched a presentation on the UN convention on children’s rights and how this is promoted at the school

2D Shape Song

This week Ms Jameel's maths group wrote their very own song to help them remember how many sides each 2D shape has! Here they are performing it, see if you can learn the words and join in!​

A Conversation With John Bercow MP

... Jebril Kamara, Morpurgo class...

After School Club - Arts and Crafts

This week in Arts and Crafts Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 were very creative. They made different objects and things out of a variety of materials. Can you identify what they have made?

After School Club - Bagel Pizzas

This week we made Bagel Pizzas! Afterwards the older children wrote instructions and the younger children drew pictures. Have a look at our cooking photos, maybe you could try making bagel pizzas with an adult at home! Miss Biney provided lots of healthy ingredients: sweet corn, tomatoes, red...

Anti-Bullying Week 2018

The focus for Anti-Bullying Week 2018 was 'Choose Respect'. Pupils at Shoreditch Park Primary were thinking of ways that we can make our school a safe and happy environment for all pupils. We had an interactive assembly from Roxanne at Big Foot Arts Education. She explored different kinds...

ARP Cake Sale

Thank you to parents and staff that supported by making cakes and everyone who bought them

ARP Visit Hackney City Farm

The children in ARP went on a trip to Hackney City Farm this week to link to our topic: Food

Art Club Launch

An exciting new playtime club has been launch – Art Club! Art club is open to anyone in KS2 to join during lunchtimes. This week we have been experimenting with rubbings and weavings. We have used natural materials to make patterns and weave into frames. Art club will continue in September....

ASPIRE - Autumn 2 2017

This half term we have been focusing on Achieving Aisha! The children have been learning all about having determination and resilience in their learning! We explored strategies of helping ourselves to achieve goals - such as using our working walls and looking back to previous learning. We...

ASPIRE Celebration Assembly - Self Awareness

This half term we had our Aspire Celebration Assembly linked to Self Awareness. We were celebrating all the progress we have made towards developing our Self Aware Learning Skills. Each child received a certificate linked to growth mindset, embracing, mistakes and being self aware about their...

ASPIRE - Inclusive Izeyah

This term our focus has been Inclusive Izeyah. We have been particularly focusing on being inclusive by respecting the rights of every child. We have been learning about articles of the UNCRC. This is a charter that lists the rights of all children. In our assembly we celebrated all the progress we...

ASPIRE - National Careers Week

In March we took part in National Careers Week. Every class had a visitor who told us all about their job and what skills they needed to get this job. We linked this to Achieving Aisha and having high aspirations. The children participated in a Q&A with the visitor to find out more about...

ASPIRE - Pride

This half term we have been celebrating the Aspire strand 'Pride'. The children have been taking pride in their communication and looking at what makes them proud as a unique individual. We have also been focussing on being proud of others in our class and family. This week we celebrated...

Aspire - Respectful Rodrick

Each half term we focus on one pillar of Aspire. The Autumn 1 focus was Respectful Rodrick. We had a celebration assembly at the end of half term to reflect on our achievements within this strand. Children were awarded a certificate for showing respect either to themselves, others or their...

Aspire - Respectful Rodrick Tea Party

Last term in our Respectful Rodrick celebration assembly, two children from each class were chosen for the exemplary award. Pupils were chosen for showing outstanding progress in their Respect dispositions. This week these children celebrated at a 'Tea Party' with Ms Smith and Ms Walters....

ASPIRE - Rights Respecting Schools Responses

ASPIRE - Tea Party

This half term we had a celebration Tea Party for the children who received exemplary certificates for effort and progress in the strand of 'Achieving Aisha'. We had snacks, dancing and a few party games. The children shared their achievements from the Autumn term and we talked about our...

ASPIRE Active

.... Why do we do ASPIRE Active? One third of children in year 6 leaving primary school were recognised as obese last year (change for life). A child’s physical health, and in particular physical fitness, is associated with improved cOnfidence, increased attentiOn, reductiOn in health problems, i...

Aspire Ambassadors 2017-18

Congratulations to our new Aspire Ambassadors for 2017-18! Our Ambassadors will be the pupil voice for ASPIRE this year. If you have any ASPIRE ideas or something you would like to share, please speak to the Ambassador in your class

ASPIRE Artwork

...iratiOnal words On the trunk. On the leaves they have added self-portraits of themselves. Year 3 created large sculptures of the ASPIRE characters jumping out of LOndOn into Whitmore School. They worked with a variety of different materials and learnt about a range of techniques. All the children wo...

ASPIRE Celebration Assembly - Autumn 2 2017

This half term we have been focusing on Achieving Aisha. We celebrated all of our achievements and the development of our achievement dispositions in assembly this week. Every year group prepared a presentation on how they have achieved this half term. Our Ambassadors introduced our songs and gave...

ASPIRE Celebration Assembly - Respect

This half term we have been focusing on 'Respect' within our ASPIRE curriculum. To celebrate all the progress we have made this half term, we held an assembly and every class gave a presentation on their progress in Respect. Pupils talked about respecting their learning and having mutual...

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Letter Writing By Hannah, Grey Class The Little Cottage Goldilocks Gardens in the Forest Dear Goldilocks, Thank you for your letter. I really wanted to eat your yummy porridge. It made me sad. Secondly thank you for telling your Dad to fix my chair. I love that chair. Finally I would love to come...

Grey Class Assembly - Animals

Grey class had their assembly this week which was all about 'Animals'. Here are some photos and a video of their animal song

RAF Centenary Flypast

We managed to get an amazing view of the RAF centenary flypast. We watched from the roof and saw all the planes, old and new, fly over school on their way to Buckingham Palace. It was very exciting!

Parents

Welcome to Shoreditch Park Primary School’s Parent Guide At Shoreditch Park Primary School, we understand the importance of communication between parents, carers and staff within the school. We are committed to following our ASPIRE principals and believe that good communication between...

Parents and Community Room

...ildren with their handwriting On MOnday 7th November the OccupatiOnal Therapy Service delivered a workshop to support parents and carers with their children's handwriting at home. Find out more......

Pasta Car Challenge

...tance ever recorded in the UK!...

Power of Reading: Iron Man

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Power of Reading: Jemmy Button

Here are some wonderful examples of work carried out in our Power of Reading literacy lessons. The children have enjoyed writing for a variety of genres and purposes this year. We have enjoyed creating poems, newspaper articles, diary entries, character descriptions, stories and reports. Have a...

Power of Reading: Leon and the Place Between

Power of Reading: Traction Man

Power of Reading: Varjak Paw

Here are some wonderful examples of work carried out in our Power of Reading literacy lessons. The children have enjoyed writing for a variety of genres and purposes this year. We have enjoyed creating poems, newspaper articles, diary entries, character descriptions, stories and reports. Have a...

Primary Spanish Award Ceremony

Ms Chawla and Ms Sanchez collect the Bronze Award at the Award Ceremony held at the Tomlison Centre on July 7th 2017

Proposed Britannia Development

...the demand for school places. One of the places we are looking at is the area around Britannia Leisure Centre. Whilst we are cOnsidering a range of optiOns, closing down Whitmore School is absolutely not One of them. We must cOnsider the whole site around Britannia in our feasibility study. Plans ar...

PTA Winterfest 2016

We hope you all had a great time at our Winterfest! We certainly did! A big THANK YOU to all parents, family members and staff who came along and supported the PTA and congratulations to the raffle prize winners! We raised just over £1000 which will go towards improving the ks1 playground. If...

Reception - Meet the Team

Welcome to our Reception Navigate the page using the buttons below. Meet the Team Timetable Curriculum Highlights Policy ​​​​​​​ Meet the Team Deputy Head for Inclusion/EYFS: Ms Deegan EYFS Phase Lead: Ms Francis Ms Lait EYFS Lead (on leave) Browne class: Ms Francis (Class Teacher & Interim...

Nursery - Curriculum

Welcome to our Nursery Navigate the page using the buttons below. Meet the Team Timetable Admissions Curriculum Highlights Policy ​​​​​​​ Our Curriculum

Refugee Week 2016

Refugee Week takes place every year across the world in the week around World Refugee Day on the 20 June. In the UK, Refugee Week is a nationwide programme of arts, cultural and educational events that celebrate the contribution of refugees to the UK, and encourages a better understanding between...

Refugee Week 2017

BADU Foundation Stage Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5

Refugee Week 2018: Year 4 Cake Decorating

To kick off Refugee Week , Year 4 have been challenged with cake decorating as one of the '20 simple act's. Have a look at our decorative skills. If there’s one thing with the power to unite the world, it’s probably cake. You might have have a recipe for something sweet and...

Rights Respecting School Competition

Steering group need you! Steering group have created a display for the reception area but they want you to draw a picture representing one of the rights below. We have added some ideas for the pictures you might like to draw, please use these or come up with your own. Winning entries will go up on...

Rights Respecting School: Learning about our rights

The Steering Group have been busy collecting data over the last two weeks. As part of their role, they wanted to assess the impact of the RRSA lessons and assemblies. After interviewing pupils from Year 1 to Year 6, it was evident that pupils across the school were able to recall some of their...

Roald Dahl Day 2016

This year at Shoreditch Park Primary School we celebrated Roald Dahl Day by using our imaginations and recreating some of George's Marvellous medicines. Here are some examples of the activities we did and some of the revolting and magical recipes created!

Samba Dancing

...vement Aisha incredible proud....

Science - Using Electricity

In Shoreditch Park this week we have been lucky enough to have Dan, a scientist from the Royal Institiute of Science visit us in school to show us a number of experiements showing how we manage to use electricity every day - despite it being so dangerous! We witnessed some of the earliest demos...

Seuss Class Make Kites

Seuss class made kites in literacy linking to the book 'Storm' by Sam Usher. Afterwards they wrote instructions for how to make a kite

Sewing Projects

This term we are focusing on textiles in art. Classes across the school have made a start on their sewing projects. Children have been learning various stitches such as running stitch and back stitch as well as drawing their designs to use as templates. Check back soon to see the finished projects

Sewing Projects

This term all classes have been learning to sew. Everyone has shown great resilience and enthusiasm for learning a new skill. They have worked extremely hard to produce some fantastic final products. Here are some examples from around the school

Sharratt Class - Exploring Autumn

Sharratt class exploring 'Autumn' in their science topic about the changing seasons

Open Mornings 2015

Foundation Stage Come to our open morning and experience our outstanding Foundation Stage and meet the team. We have limited places available in our Nursery for September 2015 . Make our Reception your first choice for 2016 by attending the open mornings. Wednesday 16th September 2015 and Wednesday...

Number Day 2019

Today we took part in the NSPCC's number day to raise money for the charity. Every year group came dressed up in number related costumes and took part in a range of games and activities in our lessons to support this important charity. So far we have raised over £200 - we will update you...

Grey Class visit Spitalfield Farm

Last week Grey class went on an exciting trip to Spitalfield farm as we are studying animals as our science topic. We learnt about what animals eat and got to feed them! It was a really fun day out

KS2 Music Notation

This week KS2 have been learning about music notation. We focused on crotchets (fly) and quavers (spider). Have a look at the websites below to find out more and test your knowledge. Rhythm Trainer Rhythm and metre Can you clap this rhythm?

Gruffalo Crumble

Ms Cleverton's English group have finished reading the Gruffalo but not before following an instructional text to make Gruffalo Crumble. It was delicious!

Guitar Club - Can You Guess the Song?

Can You Guess the Song? Place your comments below

Hispanic Day 2017

...rtefact from Hispanic culture....

JDF Shoreditch Easter Show

We had our JDF Shoreditch Easter show on Sunday (25th March 2018). Both classes from Shoreditch Park Primary performed - we had a great time!

Jeffers Class - Recycling Assembly

Jeffers Class did an assembly all about recycling! Listen to our song 'Reduce, Reuse, Recycle' to hear what you could do to look after the world like we do!’

KS1 - Electricity

This week KS1 had the most amazing assembly - it was all about ELECTRICITY! A scientist called Dan taught us lots of interesting information about the discovery of electricity and then did some mind-blowing experiments! Many children had to be volunteers and had to do some really tricky and...

KS1 - London Philharmonic Orchestra

This week KS1 went on a trip altogether to the Royal Festival Hall on Southbank to watch an amazing concert! We took the 76 bus there and back and got to see lots of London landmarks on the way, such as the London Eye . The London Philharmonic Orchestra played songs from a book called Giddy Goat....

KS1 - London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican

...ruments that we heard and saw....

KS1 Book Corners Project

Artist Sandy Goddard has today begun work with Years 1 and 2 to transform their reading corners. This week it's the turn of Hoffman Class in Year 2 who started work in earnest creating giant trees using cardboard and paper mache to sculpt. Watch this space for regular updates on their progress...

KS1 National Storytelling Week

To launch National Storytelling Week we had a special assembly where we celebrated the joy of stories and reading and children in KS1 shared some of their writing from this half term. Children in Year 1 have been studying poetry and then wrote their own inspired by the ones they had been reading....

KS2 Girls Football Tournament

During the start of the Summer Term the girls from across KS2 took part in a football tournament. They showed fabulous, skills, teamwork and communication, while supporting each other to achieve an incredible 5th place out of 22 schools. An incredible result for the first time they had played...

KS2 Science Museum - Forces

Today we welcomed Edoardo and Phil the Frog from the science museum to teach us about forces and how they work in every day life. We looked at the laws of motion and looked at really great experiments which showed how forces work. This is the first of three events we have working with the science...

National Storytelling Week 2017 - Josh Seigal

To help celebrate national storytelling week we had Josh Seigal, a poet, visit us. He performed some of his poems in assembly and we were able to join in with the chorus. He was really funny and we giggled a lot. He also worked more closely with Years 1, 3 and 5 and helped spark our poetry...

Learning Center - The Gruffalo

The KS2 children in the Learning Center have been learning all about The Gruffalo. In AET this week they went on a nature walk to find resources to make the Deep Dark Wood that the Gruffalo and all the other woodland creatures live in!

Level 1 Achieved!

Level 1 achieved! Steering group is delighted to say that we are now officially a Rights Respecting School. UNICEF were incredibly impressed with the school; they said the school had a clear shared vision, which empowers pupils, making them active learners who feel safe and supported. In short, the...

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...

London Zoo Penguins Visit Dahl Class

Year 5 enjoyed learning about animal life cycles in their skype session with London Zoo. It was really interesting to learn about the different eggs from different types of animals. We even saw a few penguins swim past!

Make Music 2 Make Music

Morpurgo are the stars of the new Make Music 2 Make Music challenge video! The Make Music 2 Make Music challenge is a campaign running in 2016, inviting performing musicians to simply make music at a gig or concert and pledge to donate 10% of their proceeds to Musical Futures. Visit the Musical...

Milligan Class Making Computer Games

Children in Milligan class have been programming games using Scratch on computers. In groups, the programmers in Milligan are learning to code and create software for others to use. Try playing our most recent game! This game requires Flash and may not work on tablet or mobile devices Load in new...

Morpurgo - 'Shake It Off'

This week Morpurgo had a fantastic time playing along to 'Shake It Off', have a watch!

Morpurgo Class Assembly - 30th November 2016

This week Morpurgo class entertained with an eclectic assembly including rapping Roman emperors, live archaeology and spooky storytelling. If you weren't able to be there don't worry as you can catch all the highlights here now!

Music in Autumn 2016

Here's what our classes have been learning in Music in Autumn 2016. Here Almond Class are learning to listen to a tune played on the glockenspiels and then copy it back as accurately as they can! Here is Dahl Class having their first go at composing within their newly formed bands!? Can you...

Music in Year 5

In music we have been learning about pulse, instruments and types of music through listening and singing 'Livin on a prayer'

Musical Futures VIP Day

... the Musical Futures website ....

National Storytelling Week 2017 - Grey Class

In our workshop with poet Josh Seigal we created our own monsters and used descriptive vocabulary to describe them. Then we made a class poem about all our monsters using smilies to describe. Here is us performing our poem with Josh!

Councillor Bramble Visit

... all about this special visit!...

Shoreditch Park Primary Launch - Balloon Release

To celebrate our official launch everyone gathered in Shoreditch Park to release a balloon. Look how far they flew!

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

Speaker of Hackney Visit

This week The Aspire Ambassadors, Green Team and School Council led a visit from the Speaker of Hackney. The students prepared a presentation to explain all about our ASPIRE curriculum and why it is important to us. The Green Team and Steering Group shared the work they have been doing around air...

Year 5 - Measurement

Year 5 have been learning about measurement. We used rulers to measure items around the classroom and then converted between different units of metric measure

Year 3 - Place Value

In maths, Year 3 have been learning about place value. Initially, the children consolidated their knowledge of place value using lollipop sticks to represent two digit and three digit numbers. In the second lesson, the children began to represent two digit and three digit numbers using coins and...

Year 3 - King Smith Poetry

The children in King Smith class have started their new topic on poetry. We started by looking at a well loved poem by Allan Alhburg called Please Mrs. Butler. The children in King Smith learn about the different features of poetry performance - intonation, tone, action, rhythm, refrain,...

Year 3 - King Smith: Three Little Birds by Bob Marley

Children in King Smith started their new topic in Music by learning Three Little Birds by Bob Marley. They have started to learn the lyrics and some basic notes on the glockenspiel to go along with the tune. Here is a quick video to show their first ever performance as King Smith band!

Year 3 - Learning to Read Music

This week Year 3 began learning to read music! See if you can use these music notes to workout which notes are played in the song!

Year 3 - London Skyline

Year 3 King Smith have looked at the London skyline as part of our art topic sessions. We drew some of the sights and then drew a skyline using charcoal

Year 3 - Make Bread for a Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon

Briggs class took advantage of the kitchen in the roof classroom this week to bake some bread. We are reading Iron Man by Ted Hughes at the moment and on Friday we'll be writing recipes for the very hungry Space-bat-angel-dragon. Hopefully eating our dishes will stop him slurping up the whole...

Year 3 - Maths Addition Reasoning

Children in King Smith maths group were investigating addition by using Unifix cubes. Each coloured cube had a set value and children had to use a combination of cubes to make a tower of a set value. This has enabled them to think logically as well as to problem solve when they began to run out of...

Year 3 - Maths: Creating Toys Out Unifix Cubes

... cubes to make a total of 99. Once we finished our toys we tried to make a new One with different cubes but with the same total value of 99. We collected our findings in our books!...

Year 3 - Maths: Fractions

In today's lesson children were learning how to find non-unit fractions of a quantity e.g. 2/5 of 30 by using unifix cubes and their understanding of division. All children made excellent progress and are now able to find fractions of an amount! How amazing!

Year 3 - Models of Istanbul's Famous Sights

A child in Year 3 King Smith class has created an outstanding and amazing model of Istanbul's famous sights. These include the Bosphorus Bridge, Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia and the Galata Tower. He used basic materials such as cardboard, clay and paint. This work is inspiring and shows what a...

Year 3 - Mummify Oranges

Year 3 started off learning about Ancient Egypt this week by turning some oranges into mummies! Just like real Ancient Egyptian embalmers we started off by taking out all of the gooey insides. Then, we filled up our oranges with salt, just like the embalmers dried out bodies with natron. Finally,...

Year 3 - Our Local Area

Year 3 have started learning about local areas by discussing what important aspects of human and physical geography they should have. They learnt about the essential services, leisure, green spaces and shops. They have created a map of their ideal local area before we head out to Hoxton Street to...

Year 3 - Power of Reading: Synonyms

During our Power of Reading lesson we learnt how to use thesauruses to find synonyms. We learnt the steps to success to find words. We did this as part of our instructional writing topic were we need to use a range of imperative verbs to give clear instructions on how to build an iron man....

Year 3 - Human and Physical Geography

Children in Year 3 have been studying geography. They have learnt about the seven continents and five oceans. In this lesson, they were learning about Human and Physical geography. They were using Google Earth to research the physical and human features of Egypt

Year 3 - Printing

During Art lessons, Year 3 have learnt how to make prints using household items. For these prints children used parcel string and pieces of cardboard and coloured paint. They made patterns with the string by sticking it down onto the cardboard, they then painted the string with their chosen colour,...

Year 3 - Refugees

Year 3 have been learning all about refugees using the 20 simple acts. They learnt about the journey a refugee may need to take if they are forced out of their homes. In order to completely understand the journey of a refugee we learnt about the stories of some refugees and used these to create a...

Year 3 - Roman Numerals up to 50

Children have been learning to read and interpret different number systems used in history. This week they learnt how to read, interpret and write Roman Numerals up to 50. As part of their final lesson they applied their learning to a real life context; they were reading Roman Numerals on buildings...

Year 3 - Science: Light

As part of Spring 1 science, children in Year 3 were learning all about light. They learnt about how we see objects (light from a light source shines on an object, it then reflects into our eyes); learnt all about mirrors and tested some true or false statements; and finally learnt about shadows....

Year 3 - Sewing

During Art lessons children have been learning about the art of sewing. They have learnt some key words such as fabric, needle, thread, stitch and seam. They learnt how to begin to do some basic stitches such as the running stitch and the back stitch. Further ahead in Summer 2, Year 3 will have the...

Year 3 - Solving Maths Problems Involving Money

Children in Year 3 where working together collaboratively to solve a maths reasoning problem involving money. They had to work as a team to find how much money Ben 10 had in his wallet if he had five different coins. They shared their ideas, listened to what others said, tried different approaches...

Year 3 - Spanish Week

During Spanish Week Year 3 learnt how to Salsa and Flamenco dance. All the children tried really hard during the workshop to learn the tricky steps. Their final dances were very impressive. Well done Year 3!

Year 3 - Spanish: Food

In today's lesson children have been learning about the different foods in Spanish. They completed a matching game in groups and then played food bingo. This lesson is part of this terms' Spanish learning centered around food, restaurants and going to the shop. Que rico!

Year 3 - Symmetry Reasoning

During reasoning Friday lesson, King Smith were investigating lines of symmetry on a range of regular and irregular 2D shapes. They learnt how to identify lines of symmetry by seeing if a shape folded exactly in half. This was coupled alongside recapping their understanding of basic 2D shapes

Year 3 - The Musicans' Company

This week Year 3 enjoyed a very special visit from Ann and Joe from The Musicans' Company. Joe taught the children about his instrument, the tuba, and played lots of songs for us. Some of the songs we recognised and some were new to us! You can find out more on their website; www.wcom.org.uk

Year 3 - The Pebble in My Pocket

Year 3's new book is The Pebble in My Pocket, a non-fiction book about the journey of a pebble from 480 million years ago to today. We've really enjoyed magpie-ing key vocabulary from the text to show how some of the first rocks were made and using it to write our own explanations

Year 3 - Tower of London

Year 3 had a fantastic trip to the Tower of London. We really enjoyed learning more about the oldest parts of the building, including the old moat, Traitor's Gate and the White Tower, and the people who have lived and stayed in the buildings over the years. We saw the Crown Jewels, which were...

Year 3 - Ice Palace by Robert Swindells

A big well done to Briggs class on their class performance of the story of the Ice Palace by Robert Swindells. Year 3 have studying the book in English this term and were excited to perform it to Key Stage 2 and parents. All the children worked hard to learn their lines, get into character, project...

Year 3 - How Sedimentary Rocks Are Formed

Year 3 class have been using role play and performance to orally re-tell how sedimentary rocks are formed based on the book pebble in my pocket. Our performances will help us write explanation texts because it is giving us ideas and information. If we can say it we can write it!

Year 3 - Visit Hackney Musuem

Pupils have been studying about their local area in Topic. To support their learning, pupils visited a workshop about suit case diaries in the Hackney Museum. Pupils discovered how Hackney has changed through the stories and suitcases of people who travelled to Hackney from all over the world and...

Year 2 Learning About Poetry

This week Year 2 started to learn about poetry. We listened to a poem called 'Voice of Water' and felt water to think of adjectives to describe it. We thought of words such as drip drop, whoosh, cold, icy, splash! These are onomatopoeic words and we will use them to write our own water...

Year 2 - The Rhythm of Life by Michael Rosen

This week Year 2 have started to learn about poetry. We looked at a poem called 'The Rhythm of Life' by Michael Rosen. When we performed this we used instruments and actions to keep in time and explore the words

Year 2 - Titanic

Throughout the Spring term, Year 2 have been learning about the Titanic. As well as visiting the National Maritime Museum for a workshop all about the passengers on board the Titanic, the children have been sequencing the events in the order of which they happened when the Titanic sank to the...

Year 2 - Topic and Science Enquiring Ebony Homework

Pupils have been creating amazing projects for their Enquiring Ebony Homework. These homework tasks are linked to our learning in Topic and Science. If you need any resources to complete your Enquiring Ebony Homework then your teacher will be happy to help!

Year 2 - World Book Day

Year 2 have had a busy week! We celebrated World Book Day with the rest of the school and dressed up in some amazing costumes. Jeffers Class had their assembly and did an amazing job of projecting their voices and singing 'You've got a friend in me'. Thank you to parents for coming...

Year 2 - World Book Day 2018

Year 2 have a wonderful time celebrating World Book Day. The children dressed up as characters from their favourite books and we spent time celebrating our love of reading! We also had a World Book Day assembly with Ms Smiles. Well done to all the effort that was made with costumes!

Year 2 Artists and Poetry

Year 2 have had an exciting week this week! 2 artists, Amanda and Billy, came in to see us. We have been making an aspiration tree with them. To do this we did portraits using pencils and charcoal of our partners, then collaged leaves to make the tree. It will all be up in the KS1 corridor soon,...

Year 2 Breakfast Reading Cafe

This week Year 2 have been so lucky to start their Reading Breakfast Cafe! Lots of parents came along to read with their children and everyone really appreciated it! Please come along next week to read with your child, it is lovely to have you in class with us!

Year 2 Dance Lesson

Year 2 Gymnastics Skills

Year 2 are practising their gymnastics skills in PE at the moment! We have been working on balancing and turning. In our lesson we had to use vocabulary such as balance, steady, turn, half-turn and jump. We used our bodies to balance in many different ways. We always warm up and cool down in PE as...

Year 2 Habitat Boxes

Year 2 have been making habitat boxes! Our topic is all about habitats and we used our new learning to create different habitats. We made deserts, under the sea, rainforests and forests! First we painted our boxes and printed different patterns on to them. After this we built them up to make them...

Year 2 Learn to Tell the Time

This week Year 2 have been learning how to tell the time! We have been learning how to do this in 5 minute intervals. We know we can count around the clock in 5s to help us. We have also been solving time problems; like how many hours later or earlier, and how long it took people to get places....

Year 2 Maths - Rounding Numbers

We have started the new year in Year 2 by rounding numbers in our maths lessons! We have followed the rule '1,2,3,4 round down to the ten before. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 round up on the numberline!' We used numberlines to help us and worked with our partners to check if we have rounded correctly....

Year 3 - Geography: Compass Points and Grid References

Children were learning about compass point and four figure grid references. They learnt to identify cities, landscapes and points of interest on a map by reading the eastings and northings. They progressed to drawing their very own map of Egypt with points of interest! Excellent map reading skills!

Year 2 Meet Connor The Fireman

Year 2 have continued to learn about inspiring individuals with a visit from Connor the fireman. He told us about his job and we couldn't believe how brave he was. He also taught us about fire safety in the home and ways we can ensure there are no fire hazards in our homes. We were so inspired...

Year 2 Meet Trumpet Player Darren

Year 2 were so lucky this week because a fantastic trumpet player called Darren came into to play his instrument to us! He was very talented and not only that, he left some of us have a go on his own home-made trumpet. He showed us how he has to blow down the tube to get different noises and we...

Year 2 Science - "Growing Up"

Year 2 have had a great third week back. We have been learning all about growing up in Science. We stared off by thinking about what babies need and what they want. We followed on by discussing how we have changed since we were babies. When we were babies we could not walk, but now we can. When we...

Year 2 Science - Staying Healthy

Year 2 have been focusing on staying healthy in our science lessons! We looked at eating a balanced diet, the food pyramid and staying clean. In this lesson we investigated the effect exercise has on our body. We found that our hearts beat faster, we became sweaty, we panted and became tired! We...

Year 2 Sports Day 2016

This week was sports day and Year 2 were amazing at working in a team and cheering each other on! We completed many different activities such as egg and spoon, running, fancy dress race and balancing a bean bag! Well done Year 2 for an excellent afternoon!

Year 2 students introducing themselves in Spanish

Parents please practice the following song with your kids, ask then to teach you the tune, they know it: ¿ Cómo te llamas? ¿ Cómo te llamas? ¿ Cómo te llamas? ¿ Cómo te llamas? Me me llamo (and their name) Example: Me me llamo señorita...

Year 2 Trip to Clissold Park

This week Year 2 went to Clissold Park to learn all about Habitats! We started off by getting the 141 bus to the park and walked through to the education building. We played a game to guess the different habitats of animals and then went on a hunt to look in micro-habitats! We found centipedes,...

Year 2's Trip to Shoreditch Adventure Playground

Last Friday, Year 2 enjoyed an exciting trip to the Shoreditch Adventure Playground. The children were really brave and climbed on some very high climbing frames! Some of the children preferred to play football while others spent most of their time on the swings. It was a great opportunity for us...

Year 3 - Plants Printmaking Project

This term Year 3 have been focusing print making using leaves as inspiration. In order to make detailed prints we first made rubbings of leaves and made observational sketches of leaves to look closely at the lines and shapes. We looked at paintings and drawings of leaves by other artists including...

Year 3 - Power of Reading: Jemmy Button Oracy Discussion

Year 3 were having a class debate whether or not Jemmy should go to the visitors' civilised world to experience their culture and learn their language. Each child either 'built on' the previous child's point or 'challenged' their idea with a counterargument. This discussion...

Year 3 - 'Let Your Spirit Fly'

This term Year 3 have been learning to sing the song Let Your Spirit Fly. Here is Briggs Class performing it for you. We hope you enjoy it

Year 3 - 'The Ice Palace' by Robert Swindells

This term we have been studying 'The Ice Palace' by Robert Swindells. The book tells the story of a young, boy's pursuit to find his captured brother from the evil, child abductor Starjik. Pupils started off by studying how the author created a setting description using various devices...

Year 3 - UK Geography

Children have been learning all about United Kingdom's geography. We used atlases and learnt how to read the keys on a map in order to find the capital cities, largest towns and towns for the UK's human geography. We also learnt how to interpret a topographical map, and used the keys to...

Year 3 Enquiring Ebony Half Term Project - Pyramids

Year 3 were asked to create their very own pyramids using their initiative over the half term break. Here are some of their amazing creations!

Year 2 - St Mary's Secret Garden

Year 2 went on an exciting 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...

Year 4 - Studying Roman Artefacts

Year 4 are studying the Romans and were lucky enough to look at artefacts from the Roman times. They were able to look at a piece of Roman mosaic, a sponge on a stick which was used instead of toilet paper and a Roman torc which is a bracelet. Some of the children were even lucky enough to try on...

Year 4 - Line Method of Multiplication

This week in Year 4 we're learning an informal multiplication method to prepare for their new formal methods next week! This method was called line method

Year 4 - Maths Misconceptions

Year 4 discussing common misconceptions in addition and correcting Ms Foster!

Year 4 - Mexican Dancing

We have been celebrating the launch of Shoreditch Park Primary School in an exciting way this week! Launch week for year 4 kicked off with an exhilerating Mexican dance workshop where we learnt a traditional Mexican dance! Year 4 showed the beginnings of some excellent dancers! Thank you to Xiomara...

Year 4 - Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

In PoR, Year 4 have been reading the Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. The children collected words to describe Edward Tulane, a selfish toy rabbit who goes on a fantastic journey. This led to the children writing a narrative based on the fictional story. Have a look at some of their hard work

Year 4 - Paper Challenge

This week Year 4 tried the paper challenge in ASPIRE! Ms Foster gave Almond class 1 minute to create something out of paper. They then had 2 minutes to work with their partner and create something together. Children collaborated well and made some imaginative creations by using each others ideas!...

Year 4 - Refugee Week 2018: Find 5 Facts About Refugees

What percentage of the world’s refugees do you think live in the ‘developing world’? How much would you guess someone seeking asylum in the UK has to live off each week? Refugees are talked about a lot, but the basic facts are sometimes missing. We used the internet to find out 5...

Year 4 - Roman Britain

... Roman villa as a Roman child!...

Year 4 - Show and Tell

This week Year 4 began their Friday Show and Tell sessions where pupils brought in objects special to them to share with the class. We had live music, books on the human body and poetry! We are all looking forward to seeing what wonderful objects would be brought in next week

Year 4 - Software Developers

This week Year 4 have continued with their project to become software developers and work towards creating their own educational game. First they unpicked the game 'Addition Race' and worked out the algorithm that must have gone into creating it. You can play this game here and see if the...

Year 4 - Solving Fraction Based Problems

This week in problem solving Year 4 were given a range of fraction based problems to investigate!

Year 4 - Spring Poems

As part of our whole school approach to poetry, Year 4 have been writing poems based on Valerie Bloom's poetry. We looked at her poem about Autumn and wrote our own poems about Spring. Have a look at all the figurative language we have used. Can you spot any personification?

Year 4 - Voyage Diary Entries

This week in Topic Year 4 became Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca. An explorer who discovered the Iguazu Falls! We went on a voyage together and wrote in our diary throughout our quest. Have a look at some of our diary entries!

Year 4 - IntoUniversity Workshop

Year 4 enjoyed a fantastic workshop today with IntoUniversity! We learnt about future careers. We became Paleontolgoists, Product Designers and Civil Engineers. We had a great time digging up fossils and designing buildings and shoes. We really learnt a lot about some interesting future careers....

Year 4 - What Makes An Effective Team?

This week Year 4 have been focussing on what makes an effective team! We have looked at the ASPIRE team work code and collaboratively created posters for the classroom!

Year 4 Become Teachers

This week Year 4 became the teachers! They collaboratively marked pieces of writing and discussed what really constituted as an effective piece of persuasive writing

Year 4 Debate

Here is year 4 debating whether circuses should be banned using connectives. This was in preparation for their discursive writing

Year 4 Meet Elizabeth Rossiter

This week year 4 were extremely lucky to have a visit from Elizabeth Rossiter. Pianist Elizabeth Rossiter enjoys a busy career, primarily as a song accompanist, and has given concerts in all the major recital venues in this country. She has also been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, BBC2, Channel 4 and...

Year 4 Spanish Week 2016

Year 4 had a fantastic time during Spanish week! We learnt how to do Flamenco and Salsa dancing! Professional dancers came in and taught us their moves. We can't wait to show them off at the next school disco!

Year 4 Tate Trip

Year 4 had a fabulous time visiting The Tate Modern this week! We enjoyed wandering around the different galleries discovering and observing masterpieces painting by the likes of Pablo Picasso and Piet Modrian. We also had a wonderful time recreating some of the pieces we saw ourselves!

Year 4 Topic - Argentina

Today Year 4 became documentary makers! We reported on the sights of Argentina, describing facts and trying to persuade as many tourists to come as possible! Check out our travel documentaries!

Year 4 visit St Luke's

Almond and Morpurgo had an exciting trip to St Luke's near Old Street, organised by the London Symphony Orchestra . We played the Indonesian gamelan which is made up of percussion instruments, it was important that we played together as a team, keeping in time with each other. We also got the...

Year 5 - Art Trip

This week some of the children in Year 5 had the opportunity to go and work with an artist in the morning. We had a look around the gallery and afterwards, had the chance to create our own pieces of art using chalk pastels, oil pastels and paint. We made clothing with patterns on

Year 5 - ASPIRE Assembly

In our Aspire assembly, every member of the year group recited their own poem in front of parents / carers

Year 5 - Design and Technology: Digital Media Workshop

Year 5 participated in a Creative Curriculum project in partnership with Open City and British Land. The Creative Curriculum project entailed children working with artist Reza Ben Gajra and musician Luke Crookes to create a themed animation based on: ‘Our Local Area’ as part of the Year...

Year 5 - Learning to be Archaeologists

Year 5 had such a fun trip to the museum of archaeological archive. We got to dig like real archaeologists and learn all about the Saxon and Viking history of London. We even got to make our own Viking coin badges!

Year 4 - Launch Week

Year 4 had a creative time this week creating original music with ingenious the instruments of 'The Rig', an assortment of musical instruments made from everything and anything, from tin baths to welly boots! It was great fun and very inspirational We may even try making our own!

Year 4 - Greek Food

In Year 4 Topic lessons we have been learning all about Greek food. We made stuffed vine leaves...they weren't everyone's cup of tea!

Year 3 Explain How Igneous Rocks are Formed

In Year 3 we have been focusing on writing explanation texts to clearly explain how things happen. These explanation texts link to our learning in science by explaining how igneous rocks are formed

Year 3's Science Museum Trip

Year 3 had an amazing time taking part in hands-on science and maths experiments at the Wonderlab exhibition at the Science Museum. We especially enjoyed the experiments that linked to our learning about forces and light!

Year 3 Go Into the Forest

In Power of Reading Year 3 are looking at Into the Forest by Anthony Browne. In this lesson, we met some mysterious fairy tale characters in the woods and had conversations with them. This supported us as we learnt to write conversations using direct speech later in the week

Year 3 Learn Where Our Food Comes From

...hings it needs to be healthy. On the way, we got to see the farm animals and enjoyed the sunshine!...

Year 3 Plants Assembly

Year 3 performed their assembly this Thursday (19/05/2016) which was all about plants. Here are some videos of the songs they performed as well as some videos if you didn't manage to catch it

Year 3 Topic for Writing - Ancient Egypt

For our topic curriculum we have been learning about Ancient Egypt. We have learnt about the similarities and differences between two periods of time - Iron Age Britain and Ancient Egypt. We compared life, agriculture and settlements. For this lesson, the children wrote a letter back home to Iron...

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

Year 3's 'Now I'm Older' Poems

This half-term, year 3 have been reading poems from Please Mrs Butler by Alan Ahlberg. We liked one poem called 'When I was Young' so much that we decided to write our own versions based on the idea of getting older and all the things we can do now. In this video, each child is reading one...

Year 3's Ancient Egyptian Scrolls

Year 3 have been busy working with visiting artist Sandy to make Ancient Egyptian scrolls. They researched areas of Ancient Egyptian life including, food, clothes and the afterlife using non-fiction books then used this research to help them design their scroll. After chalking out their design they...

Year 3's Assembly Rocks

We're not boasting! Our assembly was all about rocks, based on our work on the properties of rocks in Science and the non-fiction book The Pebble in My Pocket, in Power of Reading. Achieving Aisha made a special guest appearance and we sang some of our favourite songs too - take a look!

Year 3's Fossils

Year 3 completed their learning about rocks by making their own ammonite fossils. Ammonites were sea creatures that lived 240-65 million years ago. Ask us how they turned into fossils that we can still see today, we're very good at explaining!

Year 3's Natural History Museum Trip

Year 3 went to the Natural History Museum this week to support their learning about rocks. We had the opportunity to see lots of fascinating rocks in real life and learn more about how rocks are formed. Our favourite parts were travelling on an escalator through the earth's core, finding out...

Year 3's Science Museum Trip

Year 3 are learning about light this half term so we went to the Science Museum to take part in a special exhibition with lots of interactive exhibits to help us learn more. We really liked learning more about mirrors, shadows and the colours that make up white light. We also had the opportunity to...

Year 3/4 - Architectural Yoga Workshop

Classes from Year 3 and 4 participated in an Architectural Yoga workshop today, creating poses to resemble parts of buildings. Have a look at some of our positions

Year 4 - Greek Artefacts

In Topic we have created these observational drawings of different Greek artefacts. Just like Enquiring Ebony have been investigating what they could be!

Year 4 - Almond Class Achievement Lesson

Almond class were focusing on collaborative achievement in today's ASPIRE lesson. The task was to create a tower which could hold a shape on top of it. Each group only had a newspaper, sellotape and one pair of scissors between them. They were able to collaborate to build a tower. Well done on...

Year 4 - Almond Class Maths

The children had to use the digits 1-9 (only once) to get a total as close to 1500 as possible

Year 4 - Almond Class Poetry Assembly

Well done Almond class for a SUPERB class assembly on poetry!

Year 4 - Black History Month

Morpurgo class in Year 4 continued with their celebration of Black History Month with a workshop all about real life heros. They concluded that real life heros don't need to fly or have X-Ray vision to be super but rather have courage, inner strength, be supportive and respectful, just like...

Year 4 - British Museum

Year 4 went on another trip this week to the British Museum. We went to explore the different artifacts on display there and went on a quest to discover as much information as we could about them. We found stories from Greek myths drawn on the jars just like the picture books we use today, one was...

Year 4 - Camley Street Nature Reserve

Year 4 went on a wild adventure today! We went to Camley Street Nature Reserve to go on a nature hunt. When we arrived the sun disappeared and the clouds poured down on us! We huddled under a teepee for a cosy lunch, it felt like we were camping. Then when the rain calmed down we explored the...

Year 4 - Common Misconceptions in Subtracting

Year 4 correcting common misconceptions in subtracting by taking on role of the teacher!

Year 4 - Destination Reader Program

At Shoreditch Park Primary School we follow the Destination Reader Program. This supports children who are at a similar reading ability to focus on reading skills in order to develop proficient comprehension. Children also develop their social learning skills as it emphasises the importance of...

Year 4 - Enquiring Ebony Homework: Volcanoes

Year 4 have worked hard on their Enquiring Ebony Homework this half term. They have been learning about volcanoes in Argentina. Have a look at their volcano creations!

Year 4 - Exploring Different Types of Paint Brush

For their first painting lesson of the year Year 4 explored different types of brush and paint and discussed the very different effects that could be created by each. They revisited what they knew about primary and secondary colours and added a new word to their vocabulary, tertiary (the colours...

Year 4 - Exploring Watercolour Painting

This week Year 4 have continued their exploration of watercolour painting by using their newly acquired skills in colour washing and colour pattern to create landscape paintings to illustrate their re-writing of their Power of Reading text, Storm. Keep an eye on this page for completed short...

Year 4 - Festival of Triangles Maths Lesson

Year 4 were being detectives in our festival of triangles maths lesson today. We had to work systematically to solve which triangle was guilty of committing the crime. We then had a go at coming up with our own questions for our partner to solve. We can confidently tell you the properties of...

Year 2 - Sutton House Visit

Year 2 visited Sutton House to learn about 500 years of Hackney's History under one roof. Sutton House provided the perfect place to learn all about how Hackney has changed through time, linking to our 'Our Local Area' topic this term. The children participated in a Time Machine...

Year 2 - Self Aware Communication Skills

Year 2 have been developing their self aware communication skills this half term. The children have been self aware in the way they talk, listen and respond to each other. They have then been using our discussion sentence stems to feedback all their ideas to the class. They have made a huge amount...

Summer Reading Challenge 2017

The Reading Agency and Hackney Libraries are running activities for children aged 4 to 11 years old to take part in the Summer Reading Challenge 2017. Animal Agents, illustrated by Tony Ross, will introduce readers to a variety of clever creatures, specially trained to use their skills and natural...

Year 1 - Maths: Addition

Today Year 1 had lots of fun exploring adding facts to 10. We worked with our partners to construct numicon towers to help us. We then wrote down the corresponding addition number sentences and compared our findings

Year 1 - Breakfast With A Book

Year 1 enjoyed Breakfast With A Book this week. It is an invaluable time for children to enjoy reading with friends or an adult. The children discuss what they have read and recommend books to each other. Please join us on Wednesday mornings this half term from 8.45am

Year 1 - Breakfast With a Book

Year 1 had our first breakfast with a book this week. Lots of parents joined to read to and with the children and enjoy some fruit and juice. Be sure to come along next week and join he fun!

Year 1 - Capacity

Year 1 have been learning all about capacity and volume this week. The children used estimation and investigation skills to find the capacity of different containers. They also measured and recorded volume in ml

Year 1 - Data

This week Year 1 have been learning all about data. We have looked at the different ways data can be represented such as tally charts, pictograms and block diagrams. Today we worked with our partners to create our own questionnaire to ask the class. We recorded our results using a tally and then...

Year 1 - Deacon Class Bookcases

Deacon Class made a bookcase for their book corner based on the book 'Beegu' by Alexis Deacon. It is a story journey bookcase and you can follow the story from the bottom to the top! Every child in the class contributed to the creation of the bookcase and we are delighted with the finished...

Year 1 - Deacon Class Proud Pinar Assembly

Deacon Class had their assembly this week. It was all about Proud Pinar! We have been focusing on being proud this term. The children shared all the different ways that they have been showing pride! This included being proud of their classroom, their learning and of each other! Deacon class did a...

Year 1 - Dimensions of Music

Year 1 have been learning about the dimensions of music in their lessons. In these clips the children are exploring pulse and tempo. They are using their heads to keep a steady beat to the music to show their understanding of pulse. They also used body movements to show fast and slow tempo in...

Year 1 - eBooks

This term Year 1 had a blast creating eBooks based on the story 'Little Red Riding Hood'. We had lots of fun creating our own illustrations on an application on the iPads. We then used PowerPoint on the computer to add in our text. We got to practice our typing skills on a keyboard and...

Year 1 - Grey Class Music

This week Grey class have been practicing the glockenspiel to a song called 'Hey you'. We played the note 'C' and had to concentrate really hard to keep in time with the music

Year 1 - Grey Class Play The Glockenspiel

Grey class have been learning how to play the glockenspiel. We take it in turns and have been learning 1 note at a time. This week it has been C. We are playing along to a song we learnt earlier in the year called 'Hey You'

Year 1 - Grey Class Poetry Performance

In POR this week Grey class practiced reading poetry for performance. We used actions and changed our voices to make it exciting and engaging. Have a look!

Year 1 - Measurement

This week year 1 have been learning all about measuring capacity, length and mass. We have been out measuring distances around the school, measuring the weight of classroom objects and even made our own magic potions using different units of measurement! Have a look at how we got on!

Year 1 - Art in Autumn 2016

In Autumn 1 the children were learning all about sketching. They discovered famous sketch artists and compared different styles of sketching. We then focused on mark making with a variety of tools including pencil, pastels and charcoal. A variety of sketching techniques were used such as cross...

Year 1 - Measuring

Today Year 1 experimented with different measuring equipment such as containers using ml, rulers using cm and scales using g. We made a magic potion and had to decide which equipment to use to measure which items. For example, a ruler to measure the length of the wiggly worm but a container to...

Year 1 - Museum of London Visit

Year 1 went to the Museum of London this week and we explored clothes through time. We got to see examples of the animals that Stone Age people made their clothes from and the fancy clothes worn in the Victorian Era. We also looked inside a Roman house and found out how they used to cook without...

Year 1 - Mythical Creatures

Year 1 will be learning about Myths and Legends this term. This week we had our first lesson exploring all sorts of mythical creatures! We will also be learning about the history of London and the legendary story of Dick Whittington

Year 1 - Myths and Legends

This term Year 1 will be learning all about Myths and Legends. Well done to all the children who completed their Enquiring Ebony homework challenge! You created some amazing mythical creatures! This week we have been learning about some mythical creatures from stories such as Unicorns and Dragons....

Year 1 - Observing Changes in Trees During Autumn

Year 1 have been just like Enquiring Ebony this week in science! We have been observing changes in trees during Autumn. We collected leaves of different shapes, sizes and colours and compared and discussed the leaves in groups. The children then sorted leaves into categories such as rough/smooth or...

Year 1 - Performance with Apollo 5 at the Gresham Centre

Year 1 amazed us all in their performance with vocal group Apollo 5 on Thursday! The children have been working hard on a number of songs over the past year and had the opportunity to showcase their talents at the beautiful Gresham centre

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 - Poems About the Sea

Today Year 1 wrote their own poems about the sea inspired by the poem 'Until I Saw the Sea' by Lilian Moore. We used descriptive vocabulary to describe the sea and onomatopoeia to create the mood for the poem. When we had edited our poems, we published them onto our own works of art we had...

Year 1 - Poetry

Today year 1 have been focusing on figurative language. We read the poem 'Until I saw the Sea' by Lilian Moore and discussed her use of figurative language throughout the poem. We then went off in groups and thought about the best ways to convey this figurative language through movement and...

Year 1 - Power of Reading: Beegu

This week Year 1 started reading the book Beegu in Power of Reading Lessons. The children discovered some unusual things in the playground just before we started reading the book! It was almost as if Beegu had landed on our school roof! By using our findings and looking at the front cover of the...

Year 1 - Power of Reading: Story Maps

Today Year 1 practised our self aware communication during our PoR lesson. We are planning for our long write tomorrow, which is a narrative we created from the characters when author Jessica Spanyol was in. Today we focused on oral retelling and used our story maps to help retell our stories from...

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 - Breakfast With A Book

Year 1 have been enjoying Breakfast with a book this half term! It is a great opportunity for the children to enjoy a selection of books from the book corner and start their day with a story. They have been reading with adults as well as reading stories to each other! Thank you to the parents and...

Year 1 - 'Until I Saw the Sea' Performances

This half term we are exploring poetry. Today we looked at a poem called 'Until I saw the sea' which had a lot of figurative language . We explored it together as a class and realised it describes the sea as you would describe humans such as 'breathing in and out'. Have a look at...

Year 1 - Singing Assembly

Year 1 put on an amazing singing assembly for year 2 this week. Over the past few months we have been working with the lovely vocalists Ann, Emily and Greg from the VCM foundation. We put on a performance to show all we have learned and even got year 2 to join in too! Take a look at some of our...

Trips in London

There are many free trips around Hackney and London you can take your child to support them to develop their understanding of a topic they have learnt or will learn. Have a look!

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