Cost of Living Support

...ifi. Find a warm bank on: Warm Welcome Warm Spaces Warm Mondays – in the church hall at Our Lady and St Joseph’s Church Kingsland, N1 4AG. Warm space for people to go if they need to save money on bills, each Monday 10-4; all welcome. The lead organiser is Jamila Daley-Jeffers, jamila@olsj.or...

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 -...

Art and D&T

...eas and techniques are successful or not. Our children experience making and learning from ‘mistakes’ which fosters a growth mindset.They develop crucial knowledge, skills and understanding, which helps them make sense of the world through activities based on first hand experiences: exploratio...

Parent Engagement Calendar

Autumn 1 Previous Term

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...

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

Absence and Attendance

...eave of absence. Key documents...

English

...w to construct a discussion text. Our teacher cut up a discussion text about whether or not pupils s...... and placed them around the hall. Our task was to find the different sections from the discussion te...

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,...

Online Safety

... digitally literate citizens. Our yearly curriculum map supports, develops and nurtures the digital literacy of Our children throughout the school and is dedicated to supporting parents to keep children safe both online and on digital devices. Staying Safe Online This presentation helps parents und...

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...

Ethos & Values

...ironment and the wider world. Our expectations of the children and the adults within the school are high. We foster a welcoming, safe, disciplined environment where all children, families and all other members of Our school community are treated with tolerance, kindness and respect. Shoreditch Par...

Ofsted and School Improvement

...g' judgement in all 5 areas. Our previous inspection, in May 2013, was also awarded 'Outstanding'. You can access the reports in full here : Ofsted Report - June 2024 View Our results on the Ofsted website . School Improvement At Shoreditch Park we are always self evaluating and looking for way...

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...

SEND Support for Parents

Inclusion Team key dates for parents - 2025-2026 academic year Inclusion Team Parent Workshops Parent SEND Workshops Support plan meetings WAMHS workshops Workshop Resources Hackney SEND Parents Carer Forum (HSPCF) Hackney SEND Parents Carer Forum (HSPCF) has a range of useful information and local...

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...

ASPIRE

... the ability to achieve this. Our children ASPIRE towards their goals. ASPIRE stands for: Achievement We want Our pupils to develop high aspirations and set themselves challenging goals. We feel it is important to instil the confidence and determination to achieve these goals. Character: Achieving...

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...

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....

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...

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...

Breakfast and After School Clubs

... Form Policies......s and Conditions After School Club Our after-school club operates from 3.30 until 5.30pm, Monday to...

ASPIRE Mornings

...for it within Our school day. Our mornings are free flow and children independently come into their classes between 8.45 - 9.00. On their transition up the stairs support staff are present at each stairwell to greet children. Once they come into their room there will be music playing, fruit availabl...

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%...

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...

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...

Promoting British Values

...riety of faiths and cultures. Our RE and PSHE teaching reinforce this. Members of different faiths or religions are encOuraged to share their knowledge to enhance learning within classes and the school. Children visit places of worship that are important to different faiths. Through this Our childre...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Meet the Governors

...il progress and achievement. Our Governing body comprises of the following members:...

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...

RE

...lf Awareness and Inclusivity. Our curriculum aims to foster curiosity and open mindedness. It is obj......s a Rights Respecting School. Our RE curriculum directly links to the following rights from the UNCR......n explored through drama, oracy or philosophy sessions. Our RE curriculum is very closely linked to ...

Read Write Inc

...ension should not be taught in linear progression but need to be taught simultaneously. Where does vocabulary fit in? Our entire curriculum has a strong emphasis on vocabulary acquisition. Vocabulary is key to understanding and learning. Children need to know, through active teaching, what words mea...

Computing

Intent Within an ever changing and technological world, Shoreditch Park Primary School understands and values the importance of teaching Computing from a young age. We acknowledge that future generations will rely heavily on their computational confidence and digital skills in order to support...

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...

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...

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...

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...

History and Geography Curriculum

... the Rising Stars scheme of work. Our curriculum is implemented in such a way which allows for teach......lop a rich economy and to identify global trends. Our units encOurage children to learn about countr......d in partnership with the Geographical Association. Our curriculum is implemented in a way which all...

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...

Music

... artistically and personally. Our music curriculum is based on the Charanga Musical School scheme of......g or piece. Music Curriculum Impact Our music Curriculum is planned to demonstrate progression and b...

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...

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....

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....

Safeguarding

... working closely with Our families. Our experienced Inclusion Team are here to help if you have any concerns or questions regarding pupil welfare or safeguarding in the community. Please see the parent factsheets below. See Our online safety page for parent factsheets about staying safe online and s...

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...

Mental Health

.... Place2Be Parenting Smart Our Mental Health Practitioner, Laura Serrani, works with individual c......t yOur child's mental health Day to day Our everyday habits are important to Our mental health, just...

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...

Maths

...th challenging and enjoyable. Our aim is to encOurage children make rich connections across mathemat......he real world. Implementation Our implementation is developed through secure understanding of the cu......nd understanding of their work. Our teaching of, and curriculum for, mathematics will lead to outsta...

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...

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...

Autism Resource Provision

Welcome to Shoreditch Park School's Autism Resource Provision (ARP). This page provides information about the curriculum and the procedures in place for the ARP. Pictures and information for parents of current pupils can be found by visiting the Seuss or Sharratt class pages. Meet the Team Rochelle...

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...

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...

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

Secondary Transfer

Applications for secondary schools are now closed. Secondary placements were shared on 1st March. Please contact Hackney Education if you have yet to receive your childs allocation. More information can be found here . For current year 5 children, information regarding open events and deadlines...

Vacancies

Current vacancies

Uniform

...onal **Early years pupils only...

Speech and Language Support

...ol on a weekly basis. Our speech and language therapists support pupils with a number of different needs, including: specific language impairment specific difficulties in producing sounds stammering social interaction difficulties selective mutism swallowing difficulties Take a look at som...

School Tours

...ience 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 and enrichment opportunities Ask questions about school life and admissions Open Evening Fo...

Nursery Admissions

...anding early years provision. Our nursery offer includes: Fully funded places available for 3 &......an alternative appointment. Our open evenings are a great place to meet the senior leadership team......assrooms at their own pace. Our weekly tOurs are held every Monday at 10.15am. They are a great wa...

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,...

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...

SEND Policies

Shoreditch Park Primary School SEND information report 2025-26

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...

PE

...ead, in addition to termly CPD. Our PE curriculum is further enhanced by Our PE coach being in the playgrounds during break time and lunchtime supporting children by pre-teaching essential skills before PE lessons and consolidating key knowledge in a competitive environment. Year 3 is Our designated...

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 6 - Our Science Work on the Circulatory System

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...

Aspire in Spring 1 - Express Yourself!

Year 4 - Notes of Advice and Science Experiment

This week in Year 4, we created notes of advice about an animal that the gods from our story 'Mouse, Bird, Snake, Wolf' had not created. The children came up with excellent ideas and were able to show their fantastic drawings of already existing animals or hybrids. Also this week, we started our...

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

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 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 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 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...

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...

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 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 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...

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,...

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

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...

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 - PE

In PE this term we have been learning how to throw, kick and catch a ball whilst running. We have been practising our spatial awareness skills and underarm throwing and have made great progress with our sportsmanship and teamwork skills

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...

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 - 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 - 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 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...

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 - 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 2 - Design and Technology Week 2021

...orked out the way we planned. Our snacks were delicious!...

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 6 - Into University Engineering Focus Week

In Year 6 we were lucky enough to have a virtual focus week with Into University where we interviewed real life students and designed our own robots

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...

Spring Gardening

...nd support stick construction....

Our half term in Year 3!

We have had an amazing time in Year 3! Here are some of our highlights, we hope you enjoy them!

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...

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

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...

Year 4 - Tetractys Poems

Year 4 have had an extremely busy 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...

Year 3 - Science: Plants

...ants and what are their uses. Our activity was to draw a plant and label its features. We had lots of fun doing this activity!...

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

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 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,...

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...

Year 2 - Big Bang History Lesson: Titanic

...his tell us about the Titanic?...

Power of Reading - Biscuit Bear

We have been looking at poetry from the Here’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

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!

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

On 2 September 1666, an event started that would change the face of London. The Great Fire broke out from a baker's house in Pudding Lane. By the time it was over four days later, much of the medieval city lay in smoking ruins. Year 2 explored this further at the Museum of London. We looked at...

ARP - Sharratt Class at the Museum of Childhood

...we made a model of a bedroom. Our taught 'bedtime story' workshop, delivered by V&A staff, was very immersive and we all pretended to get ready for bed, have a teddy bears picnic and then go to sleep. The children used lots of props appropriately and had a great time. We all enjoyed stor...

ARP - Seuss Class Trip to the Science Museum

On 25th November Seuss class went to the Science Museum. We travelled by bus and tube. When we got there we saw lots of transport from the past, including an old motor car which looked a lot like the one in the story 'Mr Gumpy's motor car'. We are going to include some of these vehicles...

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!

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 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...

ARP - Seuss Class Trip to the Apple Store

We took part in a workshop at the Apple Store. First we used a light show app that made a fireworks type scene. The we used an art program called ‘Procreate’ to make our own pictures. Finally we experimented with a photograph app. Each child got a magnetic badge to take home. After the...

Year 6 - Coding Using HTML and CSS

Year 6 have this week started projects using coding languages of HTML and CSS to start to understand how we code to create websites. Using the coding site trinket , we learnt how to create basic pages using headers, new paragraphs, underlining, italics and bold writing. Can any Year 6s share code...

Year 3 - Our trip to The Old Royal Naval College (Part 1)

Today (4th February 2020) we visited The Old Royal Naval College Greenwich! We took part in a workshop called "Myths and Masks". This trip was linked to our topic Ancient Greece. We looked for key Greek Gods in the Painted Hall and then made masks of our favourite Greek Gods and...

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 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 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

ARP - World Book Day 2020

Today (6th March 2020) for World Book Day Seuss class had lot's of our favourite characters come to visit. Can you spot the chef from Ratatouille or some 'things' from the Cat in the Hat?

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...

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 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!

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...

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...

Rauf's Poem

The River's a bird He swoops and soars The path below shows him A little boat's oars. The River's a shelter A towel, a cave The residents who walk inside Will feel a dry rave. The River's a scarecrow Guarding the field He acts cruel to the crows With an invisible shield. The...

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 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 2 - The Great Fire of London

In Power of Reading Year 2 have been reading a non-fiction text all about the Great Fire of London and learning new facts about this historical event. This week we have been learning to make our very own houses from 1666, when the Great Fire of London took place. We thought about the materials...

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 3 - Science in the Autumn Term

This half term our topic is Rocks! Over the past few weeks we have been learning about metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary rock. We have been researching, sorting and using play dough to make different types of rocks. Have a look at our learning below!

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...

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 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 - 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 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 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 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 Boy In The Girl's Bathroom by Louis Sachar

This week in Year 5, we have been learning about embedding relative clauses into our sentences whilst reading our new book, The Boy In The Girl's Bathroom by Louis Sachar. We have been putting our grammar skills to good use by writing diary entries from the point of view of the main character

Year 3 - Black History Month

...y. 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

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...

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...

ASPIRE Ambassadors 2020-21

...adors for this academic year! Our Ambassadors are Year 5 pupils who are dedicated to developing Aspire across the school. They are involved in pupil voice meetings, Mentally Healthy Schools, Aspire displays, charity fundraising events and the school newsletter. They strive to be Aspire role models a...

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 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...

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 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 - Lego Wedo 2.0 Coding

...heck 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 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?

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...

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 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 2 - Our Home Learning

Year 1 - Enquiring Ebony Work

... seeing all yOur amazing work!...

Clap for our NHS

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 - 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 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!

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 1 - Home Learning - Week 5

Year 1 has been very busy this week. Have a look at some of our science, maths and literacy work

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 3 - Home Learning - Ancient Egypt and Plants

This week we have been starting many of our new topics and we wanted to show you some of our work! We have made Egyptain death mask linking to our topic Ancient Egypt as well as started learning about our science topic Plants!

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 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

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 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...

ARP - Gardening - September 2020

First we found out about the life cycle of a sunflower through our own internet research, pictures and videos. Then we identified some sunflowers in the garden. Once we found them we decided what stage of life each sunflower was in. Some were flowing, but some were dying and drooping. We looked in...

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 4 - National Poetry Week

We turned National Poetry Day into 'National Poetry Week' in Almond class and had so much fun! On Monday we watched some of our favourite CBBC stars read their favourite poems and also listened to Karl Nova's poem 'See Through My Eyes'. He showed us that using the imagination...

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...

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

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 - 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

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

... celebrate the festive season....

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...

Nursery - Bonfire Night 2025

...up the volume and excitement. Our creative activities included painting, chalk drawings and mark making in shaving foam and colOured salt!...

Reception - Forest School Sessions

... feel of the soft sage leaves....

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...

Exploring and Learning in Reception - Autumn 1

...roughout the rest of the year!...

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...

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 Daily Update - Monday 2nd November 2026

...rent people that help to keep us safe. Our EYFS focus: Understanding the World; Physical Development; Personal, Social and Emotional Development. Discuss at home: How many emergency services were listed in this book? Have you ever met an emergency worker? Which service would you like to work for?...

Reception - Exploring and Learning: Around the World

...rs of Mexico in a taste test. Our in class 'International Airport' has also been a huge hit, giving children the opportunity to role play travelling and exploring the countries they have learned about....

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,...

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 6 - Schools Across the Ocean project

...ability and ocean protection. Our learning began by investigating ecosystems and biodiversity, using Our own playground as a fieldwork site to observe how plants and animals interact within a local ecosystem. Inspired by the work of Kurt Jackson, pupils created collaborative mixed-media collages and...

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...

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...

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!

ARP - Seuss Class - World Book Day

Seuss class had fun dressing up for World Book Day. We enjoyed going to the library to find books that linked to our characters

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

On Monday the 20th Seuss class went on a trip to the Suleymaniye Mosque. We have been learning about religions and holy places during RS on Mondays and Seuss class enjoyed exploring a place of worship. Mr Savas, an admin lead at the Mosque, showed us around the Mosque and answered all of our...

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....

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 - 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 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...

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

...athedral 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 into the past of the cathedral's life. The children were enlightened ...

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...

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...

School Council Update - Spring 1 2023

...o do with yOur mental health. Our theme for this term is “let's connect” where we talk about how being around others affects Our mental health. They have also been looking at Our playground and trying to improve the equipment that is there. Each member of the group made a presentation on what we...

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

Gardening Adventures

This week our gardeners had the opportunity to harvest the fruit and vegetables. They found squash, tomatoes and grapes! The children took note of how items in the garden look whilst growing before they are ready to be eaten

Green Team - Let's Reduce Electricity!

Green Team made some fantastic labels for the lightswitches and teacher computers to encourage them to be turned off when not in use. They then distributed them to different classrooms

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 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

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 5 - Music Mission Company Enrichment

Year 5 took part in an onsite music enrichment with the Music Mission company. The day consisted of exciting teacher performances and a workshop. It was a fun and educational way for children to learn about drumming from many cultures. With so many children inspired - we look forward to offering...

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...

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...

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

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 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 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...

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!

'Astro Girl' in Reception

... Role play: small world space...

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

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

Hackney Reading Champions

On Wednesday 21st June, our Hackney Reading Champions attended an end of year celebration at Hackney Town Hall, where they received certificates from Cllr Anntoinette Bramble for achieving the Gold Award

Year 1 - Reading the Mini Grey text Biscuit Bear

Year One has enjoyed reading the Mini Grey text "Biscuit Bear" over the past few weeks. We had a great time making our very own Biscuit Bear cookies and decorating them with icing sugar and delicious sprinkles. Additionally, we wrote a retell of the story using some of the key parts. One...

Nursery - Topic: Ourselves

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...

Gardening Adventures

This week we have been digging up our pumpkins just in time for Halloween. Despite being frighteningly small, we're they’ll go well in a nice autumnal soup

Reception - Curriculum

...owth. Learning Through Play and Exploration Our curriculum combines purposeful teaching, play and ha......support them throughout their school jOurney. Our Curriculum...

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 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...

Nursery - Forest Schools

... their Forest Schools session....

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

On Friday 2 nd February 2024, our pupils enjoyed a ‘mathstastic’ series of activities as part of the NSPCC’S Number Day. The nationwide event encourages schools to raise money for the children’s charity while also celebrating the importance of maths and numeracy skills. All...

ARP Gallery

Debate Club - Final Competition at Mission 44

...ded 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 should only be made by young people.' The debate was heated, with lots of great points and an...

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 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 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

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...

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...

Musical Futures VIP Day

On Tuesday 26th April Whitmore will be opening its doors to some very important guests which may include several MPs and a representative from the Department for Education! They will be coming to see the Musical Futures Pilot project (which has been taught by Morpurgo, Almond and Tan this year) and...

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!

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...

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...

Nursery - Curriculum

...hlights Policy ​​​​​​​ Our Curriculum...

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...

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...

Parents and Community Room

Shoreditch Park Primary School has a new Parent and Community Room. This is a multi-functional space where outside agencies and parents / carers can meet. The workshops happening for parents / carers throughout next half term of timetabled below. We look forward to seeing you there!...

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: 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...

Proposed Britannia Development

The London Borough of Hackney are currently considering building a school on the Britannia Leisure Centre site & the development may or may not include Whitmore Primary School. Presentation for Parents Letter to Parents Introduction The Council has commissioned a feasibility study to look at a...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Hispanic Day 2017

...es and Astorga puff pastries. Our Hispanic Day afternoon was craft based and all the children in the school had the opportunity to create a representation of a special object or artefact from Hispanic culture....

Gardening at Shoreditch Park

Well done to all of our gardeners this year, a new wild flower meadow, a great crop and a recognition of all of the children's hard work by the London Children's Flower society. The judges awarded our school Gold standard in their summer competition. Congratulations!

Gardening With Mr Calvin

Today we were very lucky to learn about our new garden patch in the EYFS playground. We are growing a range of vegetables from tomatoes to runner beans. We really enjoyed learning about how to look after our vegetable patch. Thank you Mr Calvin!

Go Green Week

Go Green Week has been very busy, each class planted a sunflower and made recycled bee art! Take a look at some of our works of art all made from re-used materials found in the classroom

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 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

Guitar Club - Can You Guess the Song?

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HYPU Summer Programme

Are you aged between 11-18? Want to do something different this summer? Why not start your career here while having fun? For more info and to book places visit www.htea1.com , call 0207 249 4542 or email htea@live.co.uk . Family Fun Day - 3rd August 2016 HYPU Summer Programme

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!

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 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 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?

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...

Refugee Week 2018

This year, to celebrate Refugee Week's 20th anniversary, we are attempting to complete the '20 simple acts' the Refugee Week team has challenged us to complete. Stay updated to see our progress throughout the week

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...

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...

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!

World Book Day 2017

This week we celebrated World Book Day by dressing up as our favourite book characters. We saw characters like Handa from Handa's Surprise, Willy Wonka from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Fantastic Mr Fox. We had a great day finding out about what we love to read and why!

World Book Day 2019

Children (and staff) went to excellent efforts dressing up as their favourite book character for World Book Day. A great day was had by all. Children enjoyed a whole school assembly where prizes were rewarded for the best dressed. Don't forget to spend your World Book Day token in bookshops...

Year 1 - 'Here's a Little Poem'

Year 1 are currently reading 'Here's a Little Poem'. This week we have been learning to recite and perform poetry using our voices and actions. In this clip Deacon Class are performing 'A Circle of Sun' by Rebecca Kai Dotlich.​

Year 1 - 'Life in a Kenyan Village' Non-Chronological Reports

This week year 1 have been writing non-chronological reports on 'Life in a Kenyan Village'. To prepare for this, we have been collecting research from many different sources (video, booklets and images). After we redrafted our reports, we took them outside to our garden to report 'live...

Year 1 - '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 - 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 - 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...

Welcome

...nd imaginative opportunities. Our expectations of the children and the adults within the school are high. We foster a welcoming, safe, disciplined environment where all children, families and all other members of Our school community are treated with tolerance, kindness and respect. Thank you for vi...

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 - 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 - Exercising With 5-a-day

Year 1 have been respecting our bodies this half term by exercising daily using 5-a-day. We have a lot of fun keeping fit and healthy!

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 - 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 - 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 - 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...

World Book Day - Book Fair

World Book Day was a great success this year and it was lovely to see the whole school dressed up as their favourite book characters. There was a real buzz around school and children were bursting with creativity and passion when discussing books and stories in class. The book fair got off to a...

Visit to Hackney Town Hall

This Week members of the School Council, Rights Respecting Group and Aspire Ambassadors went to visit Hackney Town Hall. We met Councilor Rathbone, the Speaker and the Mayor! We had a tour of the Speaker chambers and the gallery of past Mayors and speakers. The children asked lots of thoughtful...

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...

The City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park

A new academy opening in September 2017 invites you to a prospective parent question and answer session with Principal Holly Arles. Tuesday 15 th November, 9am and Wednesday 16 th November, 4pm at Shoreditch Park Primary School Refreshments will be provided. To sign up or if you have any questions...

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!

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

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!

Spanish Speaking Countries

During our Launch Week our students were learning about the flags of Spanish speaking countries....how many countries are there?

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...

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...

The Choir Sings 'El Condor Pasa'

This week choir enjoyed singing El Condor Pasa by Simon and Garfunkel which the whole school have also been learning in singing assembly! This is our first attempt and we can't wait to practise it again next week!

The Hodgeheg

Book Review By Nicole, Jeffers Class What is the book about? The book is about a hedgehog who wants to cross the busy road but he doesn’t get to the park! So he thinks how he can cross the road safely. Who are the main characters? The main characters are Peony, Pansy, Petunia, Max, Ma, Pa and...

Visible Learning Impact Programme

Shoreditch Park has participated in a 2 year Visible Learning Impact Programme. This has transformed our approach to how we approach learning in the classroom and resulted in remarkable outcomes for our children. See our Impact Report attached. Well done to everyone at SPPS! Penny Smith Headteacher

The Power of Reading - Roald Dahl Day

For Roald Dahl Day this year we focused on the 'Dirty Beasts' poems and used the structure and rhyme to create our own. Here are some of the examples from across the school

The Princess and the White Bear King

Persuasive Writing By Preciosa, Jeffers Class Choose me to be the Grand Princess! To begin, I am writing because I am going to be a fantastic princess. My name is Preciosa and I am going to be a good princess because I am respectful, helpful and funny. You should choose me because I would share,...

The Six Star Wonders

This week some children in Year 5 started their very own band... The Six Star Wonders!!! They had their first rehearsal on Friday and in that time managed to pull together their very own version of the song Riptide by Vance Joy, Keep your eyes open for more music from The Six Star Wonders, the new...

The Snail and the Whale

Recount writing By Adam F, Grey Class At the harbour I saw a ginger cat. At the harbour I smelt fishy smells. I could smell stinky seaweed. In the Antarctic there were penguins splashing. The penguins were playing with ice. I went to the Tropics and I saw a volcano popping. I could smell stinky...

Traction Man

Script Writing By Adam F, Grey Class Traction Man and Scrubbing Brush are lying on the deep blue see. The Evil Scissor Shark is trying to attack them into little pieces. TM: What a lovely day! I’m so proud of my good job. (Lying on the beach). SB: Look out Scissor Shark is coming closer and...

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!

Violin and Guitar Concert

On Friday 16th March, Shoreditch Park Primary had a music concert to celebrate children who partake in weekly violin and guitar tuition. The youngest musicians to perform were five year old children! It was a fantastic occasion; parents, the PTA and the whole school were memorised by all the...

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...

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...

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....

Donaldson Class - Spitalfields Farm Visit

...lots of different animals. Our class favOurite was the donkey- he was very friendly (and a bit noisy!) Donaldson class were very inquisitive, asking relevant questions to help them learn. Thank you so much to the parents who were able to come along....

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 - 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 - 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

What is ASPIRE Active? At Shoreditch Park Primary School we are dedicated to ensuring each child achieves the best possible outcomes; academically, socially, emotionally and physically. ASPIRE ACTIVE is our initiative strive for our children to be physically fit and healthy. Why do we do ASPIRE...

Aspire Ambassadors 2017-18

...pire 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 Celebration Assembly - Autumn 2 2017

...have achieved this half term. Our Ambassadors introduced Our songs and gave us some background on wh......t and trying again and again. Our choir led the songs and we all joined in. Exemplary certificates w...

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...

ASPIRE Celebration Assembly - Spring 1 2018

...ss in the way we communicate. Our assembly celebrated all the progress we made within Self Awareness and every year group took part in a presentation about the progress they had made....

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 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...

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 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...

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 Club

...r Cake Club runs every Friday....

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...

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...

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 - National Careers Week

...g challenges and persevering. Our visitors had a wide range of jobs. We met a chef, an archaeologist, an architect, a magazine editor, an author and many more!...

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...

Councillor Bramble Visit

On the 20th November Councillor Bramble visited Shoreditch Park Primary School. Councillor Bramble is Deputy Mayor of Hackney and works closely with Child Services for Hackney. Representatives from our Green Team, School Council, Rights Respecting Steering Group and Aspire Ambassadors met Cllr...

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

A Conversation With John Bercow MP

On Monday we spoke to John Bercow MP who is the Speaker of the House of Commons. He spoke to us with Skype from the House of Commons where he chairs the debates and makes sure the Prime Minister answers MP’s questions. He told us lots about his job and how he got to be where he is. He was...

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 Visit Hackney City Farm

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

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...

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 - 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 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 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 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 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 - 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 - 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 - Valerie Bloom 'River' Performance

In Year 4 we have just finished our poetry unit, have a look at our Valerie Bloom 'River' performances and have a read of some of our poems!

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 Drumming

Year 4 have been learning to play the drums. First we practiced using our bodies and then we used real drum sticks. We pretended the chair was different parts of a drum kit; the snare drum, hi-hat and bass drum. We were able to keep the pulse in a group!

Year 4 Guitar Prints

This week Morpurgo had a fantastic time creating guitar prints for our art project. First we began by studying the acoustic guitar and sketching it you a range of materials; pencil, charcoal and pen. The following day we looked at texture and then experimented with different effects. We then carved...

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 - 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 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 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 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 Learn Where Our Food Comes From

Briggs class went to Hackney City Farm on Wednesday for a science workshop that supported our learning about plants. We learnt how different kinds of farms work and where our food comes from. We were able to match different crops to the products we see on the shelves and discuss the life cycles of...

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 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

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Year 3's Natural History Museum Trip

...e about how rocks are formed. Our favOurite parts were travelling on an escalator through the earth's core, finding out what it would be like if there was an earthquake and seeing some real fossils of prehistoric sea animals, like ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs. We can't wait to find out more ...

Year 3's Poetry Performances

Year 3 are learning poems from the Allan Ahlberg book 'Please Mrs Butler'. This was our first time performing the poems for an audience. We can't wait to have another go so stay tuned to see how we improve over the next few weeks! Click any of the images to watch the video

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 The Ministry of Stories

This week year 4 had a fantastic time at The Ministry of Stories learning how to create comic strips! We worked with a real illustrator who taught us some cool sketching tips! We can't wait to finish our comic books at home!

Year 3 - Our Local Area

...of their geography topic 'Our Local Area.' They sorted through different buildings and came to a decision on their top 10 places they would have through a collaborative discussion. Here are some of their quick presentations!...

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 - Hollywood Bowl

...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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Science: Bird Feeders

In Science today, Year 6 made bird feeders as a way to see how many birds we have and, if they are popular enough, what the most frequent bird to feed in our school is. We used Suet, seeds and oats to create a bird food mix, then used plastic cups and string to hold up bird feed. We are going to...

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 - 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 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 - 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 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 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 - 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 5 - 3D Shapes

Year 5 have been learning about 3D shapes. We made our own using nets

Year 5 - National Storytelling Week

...nces and figurative language. Our final outcome was a detailed setting description, which we wrote into Our own window frames....

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 - Coding

Year 5 have been learning how to code in ICT. We will use these skills to design and create our own computer games

Year 5 - Design and Technology: Digital Media Workshop

...ed animation based on: ‘Our Local Area’ as part of the Year 5 Design and Technology: Digital Media unit....

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 5 - Making Our Own Games

Year 5 have been making their own games in ICT using coding. We designed the background and characters and now we are using coding to make the characters move

Year 5 - Music Workshop with Joss Edwards

Year 5 enjoyed a music workshop with Joss Edwards, who is a sound designer and composer. We watched how he makes different sounds and even got the chance to record our own drum beat using instruments

Year 5 - Performance Poetry

... 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 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 - 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 - Refugee Week Assembly 2019

...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 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 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 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 Visit St Paul's

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

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 - 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 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 Trip to St Annes Church in Hoxton

This week Year 1 took a trip to St Annes Church in Hoxton. We had the pleasure of meeting Father Christopher, who talked to us about the church and answered some of our questions. We got to take a tour of the church and even got a chance to ring the church bells! We recognised some of the symbols...

Year 1 Science - Touch

Year 1 have been exploring their sense of touch this week in science. We used our feet to feel cotton wool, leaves, sand, water and crumples paper. We had to think of words to describe how they felt like soft, rough, spiky, slippery and cold. It was a lot of fun!

Year 1 Sports Day 2016

Year 1 had a wonderful time at Sports Day on Monday! They particularly enjoyed the beanbag race and javelin. They behaved just like Inclusive Izeyah by encouraging each other and congratulating the winners of each race. We will be getting active again next Monday on our trip to Kidsmania! Don't...

Year 1 Topic: Ourselves and Our Local Area

...more about London and Hackney....

Year 1 Trip - Shoreditch Adventure Park

Year 1 went on a trip to Shoreditch Adventure Park this week. First we explored our local area and what amenities we have near us by walking around Shoreditch Park. Then we went on a nature hunt in the playground. We were looking for clues for Autumn. We found lot's of orange, red and brown...

Year 1 Trip to Kidzmania

Year 1 went on a trip this week to Kidzmania as a special end of year treat! The children had so much fun playing, exploring and laughing. Year 1's favourite part was the slide and the bouncy castle. It was a great way to celebrate all the success and hard work that has taken place this year

Year 1 trip to Shoreditch Adventure Park

In Topic this term Year 1 are learning about 'The World and The Seasons'. As part of our learning we went on a trip to Shoreditch Adventure Park to explore our surroundings and find clues in our environment that tell us that it is Winter and that Spring is coming. We completed our winter...

Year 1 Trip to the Museum of London

Year 1 had a great time at the Museum Of London today. We have been learning about clothes throughout different time periods in our topic lessons. At the museum we have seen clothing from the Roman period all the way to modern day. Have a look at the photos below, we had a lot of fun!

Year 1 POR - Beegu

Year 1 made a surprising discovery today. An unknown yellow alien had crashed it's spaceship in our playground! It must be feeling so lost and alone. Year 1 are going to help him find his way back home

Year 2 - 'The Rhythm of Life' by Michael Rosen

This half term Year 2 are studying a book called 'Poems to Perform' by Julia Donaldson. We read a poem called 'The Rhythm of Life' by Michael Rosen. We really enjoyed this poem and managed to identify repetition, rhythm and rhyme in it. We recited this poem and added actions. Next...

Year 2 - 2D and 3D Shapes

In Year 2 we are learning about 2D and 3D shapes. Today we looked at the faces and edges of a range of 3D shapes. We worked with our partner to count the faces and edges. We also talked about real life objects which are 3D shapes

Year 2 - Achieving Aisha

This half term we are focusing on Achieving Aisha. We began by discussing what we already know about Achieving Aisha and what she represents. We then played the game ‘What would Aisha say’. We read a statement and tried to respond to the statement from the perspective of Aisha. As a...

Year 2 - Algorithms

This week Year 2 have been learning all about algorithms in computing. Algorithms are a set of instructions. We started by giving these to each other by directing our friends from one planet to another. We pretended we were in space! We then started to do this on an app called Scratch. Next we will...

Year 2 - Art Week 2018

Year 2 have thoroughly enjoyed art week! We were studying textiles and learning how to sew. We created a cushion themed around our topic - The Great Fire of London. We used fabric, glue, thread, stuffing and needles. The children used a running stitch to sew their cushion. Look at the results!

Year 2 - Art: Printing

Year 2 have been exploring Printing in their Art lessons this week. We began by choosing fruit and vegetables that we thought would create interesting textures on the page. We sketched these fruit and vegetables, highlighting the details that we predicted would make an interesting print. We...

Year 2 - ASPIRE Enquiring Ebony Assembly

Year 2 invited parents and carers to attend their ASPIRE assembly all about Enquiring Ebony. They presented their Enquiring Ebony homework projects all about the Titanic along with new facts they had learned. Pupils then explained that they had been taking part in philosophy lessons and gave some...

Year 1 Power of Reading - Story Boxes

This week Year 1 have been making story boxes for our Power of Reading book 'Man on the Moon'. The children were really creative and came up with fantastic ways to display craters, shooting stars and so much more. Here are some photos of some of their fabulous boxes

Year 1 Maths Workshop

Year 1 took part in a fantastic maths workshop this week. We learnt all about making patterns with shapes and what a right angle looks like! We had lots of fun playing practical maths games with our classmates

Year 2 - Composing on The Glockenspiels

Year 2 have been working hard on using the glockenspiels to play along to music and compose some of our own pieces. Watch us do some copying of different notes on our instruments!

Year 1 - Story Of The Week

We have been reading 'Traction Man' in Power of Reading. Today we made story boxes and worked in groups of 3 to choose one key part of the story to model. We have had a lot of fun making our story boxes and showed good team work. Tomorrow we are going to focus on using description to...

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 - Sewing

Year 1 have been learning how to sew and loving it! Have a look at some of our running stitches. ​

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...

Year 1 - The Museum of Childhood

Year 1 went on a trip to The Museum of Childhood this week. We participated in a puppet workshop where we discovered all about different kinds of puppets, how they worked and what materials they were made from. We even made our very own shadow puppets!

Year 1 - Writing Poems

Year 1 have been exploring poetry and we wrote our own poems in response to ones we read. Here are some examples from Grey class. Poems about a spider web and the calm or stormy sea

Year 1 - Topic

Year 1 started their topic lessons off with a bang this term! We will be learning all about explorers from the past such as Marco Polo and Captain Scott. In our 'Big Bang' lesson we had lots of fun locating flags from different countries around the world, recreating silk paintings that had...

Year 1 - Touch

This term Year 1 are learning all about our senses! This week we focused on the sense of touch. We used different parts of our bodies to touch a range of materials. We then chose vocabulary to match how the different materials felt. We discussed which parts of our bodies were more sensitive to...

Year 1 - Understanding our Rights - Need vs Wants

Year 1 - Using Mirrors to Support Their Leaning on Symmetry

KS1 has a real focus on using concrete resources to support learning. Here you can see children using mirrors to support their leaning on symmetry. They will move from using this concrete resource to more independent activities, promoting their reasoning skills

Year 1 - World Book Day

In Year 1 this week we had lots of fun dressing up as our favourite book characters for World Book Day! We have been reading the story of Lila and the Secret of Rain in Power of Reading and decided to create a story box of Lila’s village in Kenya as a special World Book Day treat. We tried to...

Year 1 - World Book Day 2017

Year 1 had a wonderful time celebrating World Book Day. We dressed up as characters from our favourite books and discussed why we loved those books! We love reading in Year 1! Remember to recommend your favourite book to a friend!

Year 1 - World Book Day 2018

We had a great time celebrating World Book Day! Have a look at who we dressed as and see if you can guess our favourite characters!

Year 2 - Breakfast With A Book

Year 2 are having 'Breakfast With A Book' every Wednesday of this half term at 8.45am until 9am. Parents and carers are welcome to join us and share our love of reading!

Year 2 - Dog's Trust

... Dogs Trust came to visit us! Our topic is Inspiring Individuals and we heard all about how dogs can be inspiring too. The dog was called Tigger and he was able to help humans in many different ways by being a guide dog. Look at us learning about Tigger!...

Year 3 - Maths: Creating Toys Out Unifix Cubes

Today in our maths investigation we created some toys out of Unifix cubes that had a specific value. Each cube had a different value. We added the 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...

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 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 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 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 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'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 - '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 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 3 - Briggs Class Poetry Assembly

In their assembly for spring, Briggs class performed some of their favourite poems from the book 'Please Mrs Butler' by Alan Ahlberg as well as some poems they have written themselves

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 3 - Geography: Istanbul

This term we are learning all about Istanbul. To kick start our topic we went to the computing room and had an immersive tour of the main sights of Istanbul using the software Airpano. They traveled through Istanbul using their cursors and explored all corners of the city. They used Airpano to...

Year 3 - How Sedimentary Rocks Are Formed

...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 - 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 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 Habitat Boxes

...ve 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 3D and then...

Year 2 - Habitats

Year 2 have started their new topic this week - Habitats! They had a Big Bang lesson to introduce the topic in which they explored different habitats, which animals lived there and what they needed to survive. They looked at information books and had to complete their own research. We can't...

Year 2 - Science: Growing Up

Year 2 had an exciting science lesson this week learning about babies. This is part of our Growing Up science topic. We already knew so much about babies as many of us have younger siblings at home. We learnt that you need to support a baby's head when bathing them because they aren't able...

Year 2 - Hampstead Heath Trip

This week Year 2 went to Hampstead Heath on a fantastic trip! It was a very hot day so we had to wear our sun hats and drinks lots of water! We got the 271 bus all the way there. When we arrived we had a picnic and then spent the rest of the day completing tasks linked to our topics of habitats and...

Year 2 - Healthy Eating Workshop

Year 2 took part in a workshop this week about healthy eating. First of all we explored the smell of different herbs and talked about what food they taste good with. Then the children had the opportunity to plant seeds to grow at home. The children were given coriander, mint and rosemary seeds. We...

Year 2 - Measurement

This week Year 2 have been looking at measurement! We have measured in many different ways and on Thursday looked at capacity. We used lots of different measuring jugs and containers to try and get accurate measurements. We had to compare these with our partners. We found out that there are 1000ml...

Year 2 - Museum of Transport

This week Year 2 went on an exciting trip to the Museum of Transport in Covent Garden. We got the 76 bus all the way there; it was a cold day so we were very wrapped up! When we arrived we had a chance to look around the museum and complete a transport hunt! We had to follow a trail and get stamps...

Year 2 - Narratives

...much information as possible. Our long write this week was to create an alternative ending to Claude in the City. This will help us prepare for next week when we will write Our very own narrative....

Year 2 - Pizza Express

On Wednesday, Year 2 enjoyed a trip to Pizza Express on Curtain Road. We left school promptly at 9am and made our way to the bus stop to catch the 271. When we arrived, we met a chef and a waitress who told us about their jobs. We then got first hand experiment rolling the dough. The chef showed us...

Year 2 - Rainforests

Year 2 have really enjoyed learning all about Rainforests in their topic lessons this half term. The children have been finding our about the different layers of the rainforest as well as the animals that live in each layer. We have been looking at maps to locate where rain forests can be found and...

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...

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 - St Mary's Secret Garden

..., so it did not take us long. Our topic is 'Plants and Rainforests' so we learnt about how plants grow and different seeds. We planed some beans, peas and seeds and had a look around the garden. There was a wormery and a great compost heap. It was super interesting to learn how they grew all...

Year 2 - Sutton House Visit

...ugh time, linking to Our 'Our Local Area' topic this term. The children participated in a Time Machine workshop where they were invited into the Sutton House imaginary time machine, they met people from the last 500 years and then visited some of the rooms they may have lived in....

Year 2 - The Hodgeheg

...ns and lots of traffic noise. Our hedgehogs made it to the other side safely with the help of a zebra crossing!...

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 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!

Reception Daily Update - Tuesday 3rd November 2026

Today’s focus: Maths Today we started our new topic in maths- 1,2,3,4 and 5. Today the children had to use different picture cards that represented 4 and 5. The children had to sort them into 2 hoops, one that represented 4 and one that represented 5. Discuss at home: Can you show me 4 with your...