ASPIRE Mornings
At Shoreditch Park we believe that in order to expect positive and respectful communication, we need to model and provide opportunities 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...
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...
History and Geography Curriculum
History At Shoreditch Park Primary School, our intent is to produce a high-quality History education for all learners in order for them to gain the knowledge and cultural capital they need to succeed in life. We aim to inspire pupils’ curiosity to know more about the past and we are passionate that...
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,...
SEND Support for Parents
...al Authorities and their SEND Partners have a duty to provide information about services and support that make up their 0-25 SEND Local Offer to families. For information about local services and support see Hackney’s 0-25 SEND Local Offer website . On this website you can find out what services ...
Absence and Attendance
Our aim is to work in partnership with children, teachers, parents and other agencies to raise achievement. The key part of our role is to improve the children’s levels of achievement through continued regular attendance and excellent punctuality. We actively encourage dialogue between ourselves...
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
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 1 - Learning to Multiply
Year 1 has been learning to multiply! We began by teaching the children how to make equal groups, then worked on adding equal groups through repeated addition. We also explored solving multiplication problems by using arrays in a partner game. The children loved using this method, and it really...
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
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 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 - Design and Technology: Digital Media Workshop
Year 5 participated in a Creative Curriculum project in partnership with Open City and British Land. The Creative Curriculum project entailed children working with artist Reza Ben Gajra and musician Luke Crookes to create a themed animation based on: ‘Our Local Area’ as part of the Year...
Year 4 - Paper Challenge
This week Year 4 tried the paper challenge in ASPIRE! Ms Foster gave Almond class 1 minute to create something out of paper. They then had 2 minutes to work with their partner and create something together. Children collaborated well and made some imaginative creations by using each others ideas!...
Year 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 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 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 - 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 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 - 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 - Data
This week Year 1 have been learning all about data. We have looked at the different ways data can be represented such as tally charts, pictograms and block diagrams. Today we worked with our partners to create our own questionnaire to ask the class. We recorded our results using a tally and then...
Year 1 - 'The Man on the Moon' by Simon Bartram
Year 1 have been studying 'The Man on the Moon' by Simon Bartram. After observing the illustrations in detail the children created a story box with their partner. They added details of the setting and the characters. The story boxes create many opportunities for purposeful talk about the...
Proposed Britannia Development
...ed out by the Local Education Partnership (LEP). The LEP is a joint venture between the Council and the private sector (MouchelBabcock) which has successfully delivered our Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme over the last eight years. The BSF programme has rebuilt six secondary schools ...
Author/illustrator Bruce Ingham Visits Shoreditch Park
This week we had a visit from author/illustrator Bruce Ingham. He talked with Years 1 - 5 about how he became an author/illustrator and the process he goes through when with his creative partner Allan Ahlberg. Years 2 and 3 then had additional workshops where they were given to practice their own...
Year 6 - Schools Across the Ocean project
This year, Year 6 took part in the British Council Schools Across the Ocean project, collaborating with partner schools in Brazil as part of a global initiative supporting COP 2026. Through the project, pupils explored the interconnectedness of ocean ecosystems and developed a deeper understanding...