Music
Curriculum Intent At Shoreditch Park Primary School, music teaching helps to develop creativity, imagination, good listening skills and collaboration whilst also giving our children the opportunity and ability to express themselves artistically and personally. Our music curriculum is based on the...
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...
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...
English
At Shoreditch Park Primary school we teach English writing through ‘The Power of Reading’ which focuses on a range of high-quality texts to allow teachers to plan creative cycles of English with a focus upon a range of outcomes. Through the English curriculum, we help pupils develop the skills and...
RE
Curriculum Intent At Shoreditch Park Primary we aim to provide an enquiry based RE curriculum, where pupils can develop an understanding and appreciation for beliefs, cultural practices and values. RE helps pupils to understand the place of religion and belief in the local, national and global...
Breakfast and After School Clubs
Breakfast Club Our breakfast club operates from 7:45-8:30am, Monday to Friday. Breakfast includes several options such as a wholemeal bagel, wholemeal cereal or fruit. All options are in line with our Healthy Schools award. Children are given several activities to choose from including: arts and...
Read Write Inc
Intent At Shoreditch Park Primary, we know that every child deserves success right from the start. We know that the sooner children learn to read, the greater their life successes. This is why we put reading at the heart of what we do. We teach children to read accurately and fluently with good...
ASPIRE
Intent ASPIRE is an aspirational curriculum and school vision that empowers children to flourish in their academic, personal and social learning. Within our broad and balanced ASPIRE and PSHE curriculum, we are able to nurture and support the spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development...
Art and D&T
Art and Design Curriculum Intent At Shoreditch Park Primary, we offer a creative curriculum which embraces the arts and broadens children’s horizons. Through art and design, we inspire and challenge all children to think innovatively and develop creative understanding. Children are encouraged to...
Year 3
...ng Monday. Children borrow a 'Story to Share' each week from the class library. An adult should read this Story as it may contain vocabulary children cannot read for themselves. Class library books must be returned each Friday. Finally, there will be an Enquiring Ebony homework project sent home hal...
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...
Year 3 - Black History Month
Our focus for this month was the incredible Mary Seacole. In our first Black History month lesson we were focusing on historical research. We researched who Mary Seacole was, where was she from and why she is still significant today. See our amazing work below!
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...
Year 1 - Home Learning - Week Beginning 25th January 2021
This week in year 1, we started our new text 'Traction Man' by MinI Grey. Children were given the opportunity to make predictions, explore the text and complete a retell of the story. In maths we were learning to identify and sort shapes. We went on a 3D shape hunt around our homes and sorted 2D...
Year 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 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 4 - Mouse, Bird, Snake, Wolf
In Year 4 this week, we finished our exciting book 'Mouse, Bird, Snake, Wolf'. The children created excellent storyboards to retell the story and added lots of fantastic drawings with colour. It was a great way to talk through the best parts of the book and give our opinions about the storyline....
Year 5 - 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...
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 6 - Excellent Examples of Work
...le D - long write Preciosas Story Shackletons Journey- Alex Sherlock Holmes - Class questions and answers Taking Flight - Alex Tanya - My Questions about Cosmic Disco Poem Vania - Deforestation Comprehension Home Learning Examples - Complete...
Reception - Browne Class Outdoor Story Morning
...o 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 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 3 - National Story Week
...ive verbs. To finish National Storytelling week, we self assessed our work and then published it! We really enjoyed learning about plastic...
Year 2 - Big Bang History Lesson: Titanic
Our Big Bang history lesson on the Titanic sparked full engagement from Year 2 this week.The children acted as historians as they asked and answered questions about some artefacts from the Islington Library Service. Key questions included: What is this? Is it from the past, present or future? How...
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...
ARP - Sharratt Class at the Museum of Childhood
Sharratt class had a fantastic day at the Museum of Childhood quiet day on 15th November. We travelled to Bethnal Green by bus. When we got there we looked around the museum, played with the robot and then went on the rocking horse. Then we had a craft workshop where we made a model of a bedroom....
Year 4 - Black History Month 2019
To celebrate Black History Month, Year 4 participated in a workshop at Sutton house that explored prominent black figures throughout history. Some pupils were lucky enough to dress in period clothing
Year 2 - Black History Month 2019
To celebrate Black History Month, Year 2 visited Sutton House where they took part in some fascinating workshops. The children discovered that throughout history, people have not always been treated equally. They learned about the incredible stories and achievements of people from black and ethnic...
Year 5 - Black History Month: Sutton House
As part of Black History Month teaching and learning, Year 5 visited Sutton House and became historians in order to piece together information about important Black people from history. The children explored objects, source materials and other clues
Year 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
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 6 - IntoUniversity: Art History
Milligan started at IntoUniversity today on their course ‘Art History’. We focused on five artists, Utagawa Hiroshige, Artemisia Gentileschi, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Tamara de Lempicks. Today we did researched artists, recreated work from different cultures and created a fact file on...
Year 6 - Anderson Shelter
As part of the History unit on World War II, the children were given the Enquiring Ebony task to research and create their own model of an Anderson Shelter
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 - Donaldson Outdoor Story Morning
...o 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....
The Shoreditch Park Scoop - 23rd October 2026
What a fantastic way to celebrate Black History Month! Our school came alive with colour, creativity and excitement as children proudly shared their wonderful costumes, masks and artwork during our Black History Month Carnival.
23rd October 2026
The Shoreditch Park Scoop - 25th September 2026
This year, we are looking forward to celebrating Black History Month under the theme Honouring Our Community.
28th September 2026
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...
Nursery - Nutcracker Dance Workshop
Our Nursery children were transported into a magical winter world during an enchanting Nutcracker dance workshop! The children listened beautifully to the music, learned simple choreography, and used expressive movements to bring the characters to life. From tiptoeing like sugar plum fairies to...
Exploring and Learning in Reception - Autumn 1
Our first half term in Reception has been an exciting start to the children’s learning journey in the Early Years Foundation Stage. The children have settled beautifully into their new environment, building friendships, developing routines, and beginning to explore all areas of learning through...
The Shoreditch Park Scoop - 24th October 2025
This October, our school marked Black History Month with enthusiasm and creativity.
24th October 2025
Year 4 - Khalsa Jatha Gurdwara
The Year 4 children had a wonderful time at the Khalsa Jatha Gurdwara. They learned more about the Sikh faith, they were shown the religious holy book and had a vegetarian meal (Langar). It was amazing to see how beautiful and respected their holy place of worship is. They were shown how Sikhs...
The Shoreditch Park Scoop - 23rd May 2025
This week in Rosen Class, we concluded our topic 'Creative Me' by exploring The Dot, a story about trying new things and building confidence! In literacy and circle time, we talked about the main character, Vashti, describing how she changed from...
23rd May 2025
Year 2 – Natural History Museum
Year 2 children enjoyed an exciting pond dipping trip to the Natural History Museum. During the visit, they collected pond animals from the museum's wildlife pond and took part in activities designed to develop their observational and classification skills. The children also observed feeding...
The Shoreditch Park Scoop - 7th February 2025
Year 4 had a fantastic time exploring the Limehouse basin this week. The children were able to learn about the history of the Limehouse basin, the origins of it name and its long standing impact over the years.
7th February 2025
Year 1 trip to the Natural History Museum
Year 1 children enjoyed an exciting trip to the Natural History Museum to further explore their dinosaur topic. First, we caught the bus to Monument and then took the underground all the way to South Kensington. The station was very busy, but we were so excited to get to the museum. Upon arrival,...
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 1 - Exploring Family History
In History this term, Year One has been learning about ‘My Family History.’ The children have been exploring the similarities and differences between their own childhood and the childhood of their grandparents. In this lesson, the children had a great time exploring what schools were...
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 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...
Year 2 - Visit to St Paul's Cathedral
Year 2 had a wonderful opportunity this week to visit St Paul's Cathedral to enrich their 'Our Wonderful World' topic. St Paul's is a remarkable place that stimulates the minds of children of all ages. The trip provided an interactive history session that allowed pupils to delve...
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...
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...
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...
'Astro Girl' in Reception
Our topic in Reception this half term is 'People Who Help Us'. This week, our core text is 'Astro Girl' by Ken Wilson- Max. The children will be learning to love the story all week. Here are some of the activities the children will be doing! Practicing scissor skills: making space...
Year 3 - Power of Reading: Narratives
Year 3 have been using the story of Jemmy Button to re tell and write their own narratives. This week they have been looking at using speech marks for direct speech. As part of this, they role played a conversation between Jemmy and his parents about going away with some visitors to the Island to...
Year 1 Visit the Library
Year 1 had a fantastic time this week visiting Shoreditch library. They explored its wonderful children's section, listened to a story and chose books to read themselves. It was lovely to see the children's engagement and love of reading shine through!
Year 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 2 Library Visit
We love reading in Year 2 and have recently enjoyed a fantastic visit to Hoxton Library. After an exciting storytime with the librarian, we browsed the shelves to find a book to read with a friend or grown up. Before we went back to school, we were allowed to choose a world book day book to take...
Year 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 - Anne Frank Exhibition
Year 6 children visit the Anne Frank exhibition at the Mile End Arts Pavillion. We began our journey investigating the migration stories of people in the East End throughout history. We then explored the incredible story of Anne Frank, learning all about her life though images
Year 6 Meet Holocaust Survivor Ruth Barnett
Year 6, were lucky enough to meet Ruth Barnett, a Holocaust survivor. She told us all about her insightful story and answered questions all about her experiences
KS1 National Storytelling Week
...all of KS1....
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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Breakfast With A Book
Year 1 have been enjoying Breakfast with a book this half term! It is a great opportunity for the children to enjoy a selection of books from the book corner and start their day with a story. They have been reading with adults as well as reading stories to each other! Thank you to the parents and...
Year 1 - '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...
The Hodgeheg
...use it will make you laugh! Story Writing By Alexander, Hoffman Class One bright day Max went to see where the humans cross the road. “I have to cross the road” said Max bravely. That grey afternoon Max approached the road. Suddenly a green man appeared going “be be be be be&rd...
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...
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...
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!
Morpurgo Class Assembly - 30th November 2016
This week Morpurgo class entertained with an eclectic assembly including rapping Roman emperors, live archaeology and spooky storytelling. If you weren't able to be there don't worry as you can catch all the highlights here now!
KS1 - London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican
On Monday 20th March all of KS1 went to the Barbican Centre for an amazing music concert! We travelled from school on the 76 bus and had a packed lunch at the Barbican. We watched the fantastic London Symphony Orchestra who played along to a story called 'Stan and Mabel'. We had learnt the...
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...
Hispanic Day 2017
On Wednesday 5th July, Shoreditch Park Primary School celebrated Hispanic Day. We learnt about the Hispanic culture, traditions and food and we practised using and applying our Spanish language skills. In the morning we had the opportunity to watch a Mexican Mariachi Band! We learnt more about the...
Deacon Class - 'The Man on the Moon' by Simon Bartram
Deacon Class had their class assembly this week! They told the audience the story of 'The Man on the Moon' by Simon Bartram. The children did a wonderful job of learning their lines, speaking clearly, re-telling a story and performing songs!
ASPIRE Celebration Assembly - Spring 1 2018
In Spring 1 we were learning all about Self Awareness. We were particularly focusing on Self Aware Communication. We were thinking about the words we use, the way we communicate through body language and the impact that we have on others when we communicate. We read the story' Have you filled a...
History | Key Stage 2 | Greeks
Fun site with educational games about aspects of ancient Greece
Fun Facts and Information for Kids about the Country of Brazil
Brazil facts for kids. Learn about the country of Brazil, with fun facts about Brazil’s amazon rainforest, population, geography, government and history here at National Geographic Kids.
DynaMo's History - A Step Back in Time!
Test out your timeline skills by matching objects to the correct period of time in this game.
DynaMo's History - A Step Back in Time!
Play this game to find out how people lived 100 years ago: can you spot the similarities and differences with the present day?
British Museum - Family events
Calendar of free events for families at the British Museum, including storytelling, arts and crafts sessions and digital workshops.
BBC Bitesize - What was it like in a World War One trench?
Primary history resources looking at what it was like to live in a trench during World War One. Explore an interactive image and find out about a typical trench
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 - 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 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 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 6 - Stop-Frame Animation
Year 6 have been learning how to create stop-frame animation this half term. This week, they used their story boards to make models out of clay and record a short film - experimenting with shapes of clay. Watch this video for a short taster! Claymation Dena and Binta Abdullah, Alex & Jami Noah...
Year 6 - Rose Blanche Storyboards
Year 6, linked their Power of Reading focus book Rose Blanche to many elements of their Topic, this week they were beginning to wrap it all by learning about VE Day. They made some exceptional story boards to summarise the events
Year 6 - Natural History Museum
Year 6 went to the Natural History Museum this week to learn about evolution, fossils and how teeth differ in a range of animals. We explored the museum all day - looking at the huge whale skeleton, the dinosaur exhibition and exhibitions about insects
BBC Bitesize - KS2 History - WWI Videos, Page 1
KS2 History WWI videos for adults, children, parents and teachers.
Year 5 Trip to Hackney Museum
This half term Year 5 have been learning about the History of their local area. We went on a trip to Hackney museum to find out more about the different people who have lived in Hackney, even as far back as the Saxons. We had the opportunity to look through the suitcases and try and predict who the...
Year 5 - Nelson Mandela Exhibition
Year 5 went on a trip to the Nelson Mandela exhibition where we got to learn about the life and story of the late great Nelson Mandela
Year 5 - National Storytelling Week
...rames....
Year 5 - Learning to be Archaeologists
Year 5 had such a fun trip to the museum of archaeological archive. We got to dig like real archaeologists and learn all about the Saxon and Viking history of London. We even got to make our own Viking coin badges!
Year 4 Meet Elizabeth Rossiter
This week year 4 were extremely lucky to have a visit from Elizabeth Rossiter. Pianist Elizabeth Rossiter enjoys a busy career, primarily as a song accompanist, and has given concerts in all the major recital venues in this country. She has also been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, BBC2, Channel 4 and...
Year 4 - Roman Britain
On Thursday afternoon year 4 donned wireless headphones and travelled back to Roman Britain for the Big Bang start of their history topic. They watched gladiators fight lions in Colchester amphitheatre, battled the Iceni and Boudica and experienced living in a Roman villa as a Roman child!
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's Natural History Museum Trip
Year 3 went to the Natural History Museum this week to support their learning about rocks. We had the opportunity to see lots of fascinating rocks in real life and learn more about how rocks are formed. Our favourite parts were travelling on an escalator through the earth's core, finding out...
Year 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 3 - Visit Hackney Musuem
Pupils have been studying about their local area in Topic. To support their learning, pupils visited a workshop about suit case diaries in the Hackney Museum. Pupils discovered how Hackney has changed through the stories and suitcases of people who travelled to Hackney from all over the world and...
Year 3 - Roman Numerals up to 50
Children have been learning to read and interpret different number systems used in history. This week they learnt how to read, interpret and write Roman Numerals up to 50. As part of their final lesson they applied their learning to a real life context; they were reading Roman Numerals on buildings...
Year 3 - 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 - Mummify Oranges
Year 3 started off learning about Ancient Egypt this week by turning some oranges into mummies! Just like real Ancient Egyptian embalmers we started off by taking out all of the gooey insides. Then, we filled up our oranges with salt, just like the embalmers dried out bodies with natron. Finally,...
Year 3 - Ice Palace by Robert Swindells
A big well done to Briggs class on their class performance of the story of the Ice Palace by Robert Swindells. Year 3 have studying the book in English this term and were excited to perform it to Key Stage 2 and parents. All the children worked hard to learn their lines, get into character, project...
Year 3 - 'The Ice Palace' by Robert Swindells
This term we have been studying 'The Ice Palace' by Robert Swindells. The book tells the story of a young, boy's pursuit to find his captured brother from the evil, child abductor Starjik. Pupils started off by studying how the author created a setting description using various devices...
Year 2 - The Most Disgruntled Snowman
Year 2 were joined by the Year 1 choir to tell us the story of The Most Disgruntled Snowman
Year 2 - Sutton House Visit
Year 2 visited Sutton House to learn about 500 years of Hackney's History under one roof. Sutton House provided the perfect place to learn all about how Hackney has changed through time, linking to our 'Our Local Area' topic this term. The children participated in a Time Machine...
Year 2 - National Maritime Museum Titanic Workshop
Year 2 are learning about the Titanic in line with their History and Geography topic. We were lucky enough to attend The National Maritime Museum where the children will attended a worshhop. The children spent an action-packed day as a passenger aboard the world’s most famous ship before it...
Year 2 - Great Fire of London Workshop
Year 2 have been learning about The Great Fire of London in History lessons. This week they had a workshop from the Museum of London. A storyteller came to school and conducted an exciting interactive workshop. This helped the children to imagine what it must have been like in London at this time!...
Year 1 Trip to the Museum of London
Year 1 had a fantastic time at The Museum of London this week. This term we have been learning about the history of London. The children have compared London during periods of time. They have been learning how London has changed since the Roman and Medieval times. The children were able to secure...
Reception Daily Update - Monday 2nd November 2026
Today’s focus: Literacy Today we started our new Topic ‘People who help us’ - we read our focus story ‘Emergency’ by Margaret Mayo and discussed all the different people that help to keep us safe. Our EYFS focus: Understanding the World; Physical Development; Personal, Social and Emotional...
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