RSHE

...ng and healthy relationships. These lessons are carefully planned and we follow a well-known scheme ......e of work written by staff at The Christopher Winter Project. In advance of The curriculum being tau...... of how this is being taught. The statutory guidance can be found here . Year group information...

Promoting British Values

... a culturally diverse society.......different faiths and beliefs. The Government set out its definition of British values in The 2011 Pr......nd oTher pupil voice groups . The elections of The School Council members are based solely on pupil ...

Parent Workshops

...rers with children with SEND. These sessions will run half termly and will provide a mixture of support from The expertise available in Shoreditch Park and through The Hackney Local Offer. Past Parent Workshop Resources...

Safeguarding

...for Visitors......n safe at home and at school. They are called Designated Safeguarding Leads. Filtering and Monitori......ss The walk-in crisis cafe at The Raybould Centre Opening hours are 6 pm - 9 pm on weekdays and 12 ...

PE

... lifestyle and balanced diet. The benefits it has on both physical and mental health are clearly exp......ation in large and small movements. They move confidently in a range of ways, safely negotiating spa...... of ways, safely negotiating space. They handle equipment and tools effectively. Health and se...

PE and Sports Premium

...y sports and games activities....

Performance Tables

... Education School Performance The DfE reports on important statistical information about The school including how our children perform and how we spend The money allocated to The school....

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...

ASPIRE in Autumn 1 2019

...el Rights Respecting School . The children also learned about democracy and took part in school elec......;Do Unto Otters' and 'The Golden Rule', which explore The concept of treating oThers The...

Seuss Class (ARP)

...completed in class each week. They also have access to IXL and Times Tables Rock Stars , which can b......e upcoming topic of learning. These projects should be completed and returned after The holiday. If ...

Free School Meals

...Meals Primary school children The Mayor of London has introduced universal free school meals for The......upil Premium within Hackney Citizens Portal The Hackney Citizens Portal is The quickest way to appl...

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

Ofsted and School Improvement

...h Park Primary School ....... looking for ways to improve. The Self Evaluation Framework allows us to breakdown and identity futu...... bullying and poor behaviour. They will use The information you provide when making decisions about ...

Oracy

...he whole ethos of The school. The National Curriculum for English reflects The importance of spoken language in pupils’ development. oracy is embedded throughout our broad and balanced curriculum, and is explicitly taught throughout. Lessons are talk-rich, and questions are carefully planned to en...

PTA

...possible experiences in life. The PTA aims to work togeTher to: Run events where people can get to......s to our Christmas fete raffle. Their donation includes helmets – thank you. Find out more......

ASPIRE in Spring 1 2019

...ls within philosophy lessons. These lessons help students to concentrate, think ‘outside The b......scussion and debating skills. They are learning to respectfully probe for furTher information and ch......on and challenge Their peers. These skills are important across our curriculum, and foster independe...

Pupil Premium

...m Strategy Statement - 2024/25......between Them and Their peers. The Funding is allocated to schools for children from Reception to Yea...

Year 2

...lso find our class timetable. The Year 2 Team Year Group Lead: Ms Hannaford Year 2 HLTA: Ms Twin...... and Times Tables Rock Stars. These links will be included each week to support children with Their ......ring books home every Friday. They will have two phonics books matched to Their current reading leve...

ASPIRE Ambassadors

... Aspire is important to Them! They are involved in pupil voice meetings, assemblies, trips and much ......emblies, trips and much more! They are The Aspire representative for Their class and strive to be As...

Mental Health

...additional support if needed. The service is also based on furTher developing knowledge and skills i......porting children's wellbeing. The workshop explored what anxiety is and tips to support parents to t......our link Family Practitioner. The course is split into four modules each focusing on parenting skill...

School Council

...f people that meet regularly. They are elected representatives of a group, who come togeTher to cons...... represent children’s voices. They are a team of committed students who wish to help improve The s......es on creating positive change. The School Council meets to address issues that have been raised by ...

Data Protection

... Notice Staff Privacy Notice...

RE

...y of The world’s largest religions. These include Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism......sm. RE lessons take place every week. The curriculum map is planned to ensure that children build an......text of ‘What happens on Buddha Day?’ Then in Year 4, They will learn about Buddhist beliefs thr...

Online Safety

At Shoreditch Park Primary School we are dedicated to keeping children safe online and ensuring that children become 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...

Absence and Attendance

...gencies to raise achievement. The key part of our role is to improve The children’s levels of achi......ood progress in Their learning. The government has set a target of 96% attendance for all pupils. Th......n along with supporting evidence. The final decision to authorise any emergency time off rests with ...

Rights Respecting School

...e children are classed as a vulnerable group. These rights are detailed in The United Nations Conven......Nations Convention on The Right of The Child. There are 54 articles which explain all The rights tha......e sure children and adults know about The Convention. There are four key areas of impact for childre...

Breakfast and After School Clubs

....30 until 5.30pm, Monday to Friday. The snack menu can be found here. All options are in line with our Healthy Schools award. Children are given several activities to choose from including: arts and crafts story time board games outdoor play Prices Weekly Rate Pupi...

Ethos & Values

...em to become global citizens. The UNCRC recognises that all children around The world are entitled to These rights. As a school we have chosen to particularly focus on The following rights: Article 2: All children are entitled to The rights set out in The convention. Article 3: In all actions conce...

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 -...

English

...each 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 knowledge that will enable Them to ...

School Streets

...rt to rebuild greener spaces. The aim is to promote cleaner air, reduce congestion and increase levels of active travel, creating a more pleasant environment for local communities. Contacting School Streets You can find more information, answers to frequently asked questions and The online exempti...

Destination Reader

...uraged to use Them at home. The program covers seven key skills identifies within The national cur......ing of a wide range of texts. These are: Predicting Making connections Asking questions Eval...

Year 3

...inking to The upcoming topic. These will be due back after The holiday. If you would like any support or have a query, please do not hesitate to contact The Year 3 team via email admin@shoreditchpark.hackney.sch.uk . RSE Curriculum and focus texts Curriculum Map A curriculum map shows you exactly ...

Extra Curricular Clubs

...g 4-6 The Inventors 2-6 Football 1-4 Debating 6 Multi - Sports 4-6 Football 5-6 Spanish 3-6...

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...

Computing

...in Their chosen career paths. Therefore, it is our school’s aim to equip children with The relevan......’s education and everyday life. Therefore, we intend to support our pupils to access and understan......Their expectations of The pupils. These are based on The three core areas of Computing in mind: Co...

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...

ASPIRE Mornings

... optional ASPIRE tasks to do. The tasks cover aspects of our SMSC (spiritual, moral, social and cult......The room play a crucial role. They engage with children, support children's excitement of learni...

Autism Resource Provision

...RP tour dates. Curriculum The ARP curriculum works in tandem with The mainstream curriculum offer and many of our pupils attend learning in Their year group classroom for part (or all) of The week. We provide 2 SEND classes that teach a bespoke adapted curriculum to meet The specific needs of th...

ASPIRE in Summer 1 2019

...health are equally important. The pupils thought of small changes They could make to ensure They are......eir bodies and minds healthy. The children read many books linked to feelings, sharing problems and ......nd dealing with big emotions. They learnt about being a supportive friend, a good listener and built...

ASPIRE in Spring 2 2019

... Them all about Their career. The children participated in a Q&A with The visitor to find out mo...... be…’ and ‘The Careers Handbook’ to discover jobs that They might be intere...... Party for parents to attend. They shared Their achievements and learning from this half term. It wa...

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...

Library and Reading for Pleasure

...purposes of a primary school. These key skills not only hold The keys to The rest of The curriculum ......d cards at home with Their child. These are available to buy from The school office. The Ruth Miskin......le to buy from The school office. The Ruth Miskin Training website has lots of top tips and videos f...

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...

Maths

...tract representation of number. The National Curriculum for maThematics aims to ensure that all children: Become fluent in The fundamentals of maThematics, including through varied and frequent practice with increasingly complex problems over time, so that children have conceptual understanding an...

Meet the Team

Music

...create Their own musical ideas. The children not only learn about music; They become musicians who a......perform using Their new skills. The Units of Work are divided into 6 steps, which are spread across ...... are spread across a half term. The activities and games cover The musical dimensions, (formerly ele...

ASPIRE

...a strong academic foundation. Therefore, we are teaching our children to embrace learning with excit......academic outcomes for pupils. The ASPIRE curriculum is planned to suit The needs of our pupils to en......nd religion. Implementation The ASPIRE curriculum is taught in a 3-year cycle which is reviewed ye...

Art and D&T

...esign Curriculum Implementation The art and design curriculum is taught through The progression of a......ge, digital media and printing. The foundation of each unit is creative ideas for our art work linke...... to explore and evaluate ideas. The study of great artists is developed over time and children gain ...

Read Write Inc

... for pleasure! Implementation The systematic teaching of phonics has high priority in Foundation Sta......we make it simple and engaging. The phonic knowledge is split into two parts. First, we teach childr......le, ‘f’ into The shape of a flower. These pictures help all children, especially slower-starters...

Year 4

...ellings The following Monday. There will be an Enquiring Ebony homework project sent home half-terml......inking to The upcoming topic. These will be due back after The holiday. If you would like any suppor...

Meet the Governors

...tained throughout The school. The body is made up of parents, members of staff, community representa......al authority representatives. Their responsibilities include: Setting Strategic Direction - throug...

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...

Year 1

...lso find our class timetable. The Year 1 team Year Group Lead: Ms Hannaford Year 1 HLTA: Ms McGr......receive new books every Friday. They will bring home two phonics books matched to Their reading leve...

School Tours

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

Counselling Service for Children

...bout worries They might have. These are often worries that make children feel sad, scared, angry or ...... sad, scared, angry or upset. These feelings can affect children’s confidence, concentration and r......ildren are referred for many reasons. They have included children feeling sad about something that h...

Green Team

...cultures, and The environment.......ore environmentally friendly. They follow The eco-schools scheme of learning. Eco-Schools is a globa......o look after The environment. They will learn and teach oThers about sustainable development and glo...

SEND Support for Parents

...vailable at The top of each page. The Local Offer lead will receive These messages. The Local Offer......ead will receive These messages. The Local Offer lead is not a case worker and is not an alternativ......will try to help with your query. They may try to: link you in with The information you need, forwar...

Nursery Admissions

...held every Monday at 10.15am. They are a great way to meet The Early Years lead, and tour The Early Years classrooms whilst children are learning. You can find out more about our EYFS in our prospectus . How much does it cost? We offer places to children eligible for 15 hours and 30 hours of fun...

EYFS Prospectus

Inclusion Team

...sed on Their presenting needs....... and oTher vulnerable groups. These meetings help to ensure that any issues which pupils might be fa...

Intervention and Provision

...s 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 groups that we are running during this academic year. Social, Emotional and Mental Health Speech, L...

Cost of Living Support

...to be a resident of The local area. The CAB can help you with: Getting benefits or organising oTher......�ve received all The government’s cost-of-living payments The government’s cost-of-living paymen......rom Hackney Hackney have schemes available that might be eligible for, including: The Holiday Activ...

Secondary Transfer

...) or support@eadmissions.org.uk . The process is all online – if you cannot complete this online, please contact Hackney Learning Trust on 020 8820 7000 (option 3) or email secondary.transfer@hackney.gov.uk . Finally, if you have any questions regarding secondary transfers that you would like to a...

Speech and Language Support

...role that Speech and Language Therapists play in supporting children who have difficulties with lang......s that are running this year. These are reviewed throughout The year, based on pupil needs. Speech a......il needs. Speech and Language Therapy workshops 2024-25 Resources...

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,...

Spanish

...ntic, native-like use of Spanish. The whole school embraces Hispanic week once a year in September, with a number of cross- curricular enrichment opportunities such as cooking traditional Hispanic dishes in food technology, engaging with Mariachi and Flamenco performances (music and dance), and stud...

Shoreditch Park Family Cycle Training

...h your child, every Saturday. The sessions are run by Cycle Confident who are endorsed by Hackney co......ot involve on-road training). The training is suitable for those who are complete beginners or looki......age for children is 7 years. The session is a small, friendly group so up to a maximum of 6 trainee...

Governors Committees

...Evenings.......tegy and developments. As per The Governance Handbook There are 3 core functions to The board: Ens......cument for furTher details. The Outcomes Committee Is responsible for monitoring The curriculum, ...

Governors Key Documents

...erms of reference and minutes....

Rights Respecting Steering Group

... very important role to play. They meet at least once a half term to discuss and decide how to raise......nts to be reunited with Them." The Steering Group are currently working on our child-friendly schoo......protect The rights of children. They are also developing awareness of sustainable development alongs...

Science

...to deliver high quality and engaging lessons. The scheme has a strong focus on developing knowledge ......science in The past, present and for The future. The impact of this curriculum design will lead to ...

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...

Vacancies

Current vacancies

Year 1 - 2D Shapes

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

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...

Art Week - Autumn 1 2020 - Black History Month

... 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 2 - Shapes

This half term we have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes. We have been identifying their properties, comparing them and grouping them into categories

Year 3 - Black History Month

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

Year 2 - Power of Reading

...ary 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!...

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...

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 5 - The Boy In The Girl's Bathroom by Louis Sachar

... whilst reading our new book, The Boy In The Girl's Bathroom by Louis Sachar. We have been putti......ding our new book, The Boy In The Girl's Bathroom by Louis Sachar. We have been putting our gram...

Year 6 - Reading for Pleasure in the Library

Year 6s reading for pleasure in the Library

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...

ARP - Gardening - September 2020

...esearch, 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 The head of The sunflower and found The seeds. We tasted some sunflower seeds (fro...

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 4 - Highlights from Autumn 1 Week 2

We had a really fun and productive week in Year 4. Here are some picture highlights from the week

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

... 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 examples....

Year 4 - Highlights from Autumn 1 Week 3

It has been another great week in Year 4. Here are some picture highlights from the week

Year 5 - Anglo-Saxon Invasion in Britannia

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

ARP - Topic: Natural Disasters - October 2020

...ake, 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 and observed which houses survived The force of The earthquake. We poured water on each of The houses ...

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 4 - National Poetry Week

...ake' and 'Down Behind The Dustbin'. We Then made our own 'Down Behind The Dustbin......made our own 'Down Behind The Dustbin' style poems using individual members of The class as ...

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 5 - Sir Trevor McDonald Pop Art

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

Year 3 - 'The Pebble in my Pocket'

...loring our new POR text, 'The Pebble in my Pocket'. The children really enjoyed looking for ......The Pebble in my Pocket'. The children really enjoyed looking for Their own pebble and completin...

Settling in to Reception

... The children into Reception. They have settled in beautifully and we are looking forward to a great year!...

Year 6 - School Council Candidate Speeches

In Year 6 we had speeches for the School Council candidates

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

ASPIRE Ambassadors 2020-21

...ing Aspire across The school. They are involved in pupil voice meetings, Mentally Healthy Schools, A......ts and The school newsletter. They strive to be Aspire role models and represent our school and its ...

Year 4 - Notes of Advice and Science Experiment

...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 experiment in Science to help us better understand tooth decay. Here are some examples of some excellent 'egg'...

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 3 - Geography: Earthquakes

...kes for Their geography unit. They have conducted some research and created Their own artwork representing The aftermath of an earthquake....

Year 3 - Maths Exploration: Volume and Capacity

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

Year 4 - Tetractys Poems

...e are some excellent examples:......produced some excellent work. The children are continuing to show great enthusiasm in Their learning...

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

...o listen to a new book called The Dark Child in our Destination Reader. We have also begun our slums topic in our Topic lessons and have continued to learn more about Earth and space in science. Well done for all continuing to log on at The correct times and showing excellent engagement with The act...

Year 4 - IntoUniversity Workshop

...ty workshop' via Zoom. The children learnt all about what careers are and how to develop Their skills inside and outside of school....

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

... our focus was on statistics. The children spent The week reading and interpreting data on a range o......he excellent book Varjak Paw. The children were grappling with The notion of Varjak Paw leaving The ......ping out into The wide world. The first member of his family in a generation to do so!...

Year 3 - Science: Plants

This week we started our new Science unit, Plants. We have been exploring the different parts of plants 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 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 - 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

ASPIRE Summer 1 2021 - Pride

...9;We all Belong' and 'The Proudest Blue' and explored all The wonderful things that make us unique. We learned about International Day for Diversity and asked each oTher questions about our heritage and culture. Finally we shared things we are proud of such as our learning, our families ...

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

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

Year 4 - Mouse, Bird, Snake, Wolf

...k '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. Also, The children completed Their egg experiments a...

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...

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 3 - Baking Challenge

...d They turned out incredible! They tasted amazing too!...

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

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

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

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

Year 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...

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...

Year 1 - Beegu

... Have a look at how we got on....

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 - The Viewer by Sean Tan

... have been continuing to read The Viewer by Sean Tan. We have been gaThering several descriptive phr...... based on The images found in The Viewer which we have also created this week....

ASPIRE - Autumn Term: Enquiring Ebony Homework

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

Year 2 - The Dark by Lemony Snicket

...loring Lemony Snicket's text, The Dark. First, we recreated The illustrations, changing The mood from frightened to cheerful. We Then wrote letters of advice to Laszlo advising how he could overcome his fear of The dark. We had some brilliant ideas and really hope we were able to help him!...

Year 3 Virtual Trip to the British Museum

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

Year 4 - Home Learning Work

...xcellent work uploaded so far.......enforced period of isolation. The children have quickly adjusted to Their new routine and The switch......ning to The Google Classroom. The dedication and enthusiasm to Their studies has been inspiring and ...

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 - Sports Day 2021

Year 6 had a great time at their last sports day!

Year 6 - Lego Wedo 2.0 Coding

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

Year 5 - Design and Technology Week 2020

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

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!

Year 2 - Design and Technology Week 2021

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

ASPIRE - Autumn 2 - Inclusivity and Self Awareness

... were focusing on resilience. The children know that resilience is a skill that can be developed to ...... through Zones of Regulation. The children have been identifying Their emotions, tracking Them throu...... was also Anti-Bullying Week. The Theme was United Against Bullying. The children learned about grou...

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 - Anderson Shelter

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

Year 2 - Enquiring Ebony Homework - The Titanic

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

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

...t The subject of each poem is?......tch back to Google Classroom. The commitment and quality of work on display so far has been inspirin...

Reception - Starting in September 2021

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

Year 2 - Learning How to be Confident Gardeners

Children in Year 2 are learning how to be confident gardeners. This week they planted bean seeds in both soil and cotton wool to see which will grow. Children are learning what plants need to survive and how to care for the classroom plants. Children will make scientific observations and record...

Year 3 - Maths: Statistics

... week in Their maths lessons. They really enjoyed collecting Their own data using a tally chart and presenting The information They had collected on a bar chart....

Year 3 - Spelling Bee

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

Year 6 - Science: Experiment with Different Forces

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

Year 6 Go Bowling

...t 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 work out our bowling averages!...

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 - Secondary School Preparation

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

Year 6 - Shakespeare Rocks Preview

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

Year 6 - STEM Day

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

Year 6 - Stop-Frame Animation

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

Year 6 - The Blitz

...opic 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 during The blitz? ...

Year 6 - The Empire Windrush Freeze Frames

...goodbye to loved ones on 'The Empire Windrush'...

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

...dren have been learning about The United Nations Convention on The Rights of The Child and creating ...... United Nations Convention on The Rights of The Child and creating videos using a green screen to sh......t These rights are important. The backgrounds and scripts were created entirely by The children!...

Year 6 - World War 1

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

Year 6 - World War 2

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

Year 6 Body Pump Science - Annotating the Heart

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 Graduation 2016

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

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 Investigate Electricity

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

Year 6 Kayaking

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

Year 6 Midsummer Nights Dream Performance

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

Year 6 Midsummer Nights Dream Rehearsals

...eam in its entirety on stage. The children have learnt all Their lines and we are anticipating a sensational performance on Friday evening. Don't forget that The performance will start promptly at 430 at Whitmore THIS FRIDAY!...

Year 6 Production Preview - Act 3 Scene 1

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

Year 6 Sculptures

...marks for Their book corners. They used card, newspaper and paint to create These stunning sculpture......g collages of London skyline. The buildings represent both old and new London and show how buildings...

Year 6 Sports Day 2016

... both The sun and each oTher! The children participated in events such as Javelin, Shot-putt and 100m sprints. Results will be announced on Friday - may The best team win!...

Year 6 Trip - Churchill War Museum

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

Year 6 Trip - Imperial War Museum

...ople killed during both wars. The trip was however slightly overshadowed by The visit of... Prince W......e visit of... Prince William! The prince waved to us and said hi to Shoreditch Park Primary - an exp...

Year 6 visit to Chessington World of Adventures

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

Maths Homework

...w to solve similar problems. The work that is completed is automatically marked and sent to class teachers so that strengths and areas for improvement can be used for lesson planning....

Year 3 - Power of Reading: Narratives

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

Year 2 - Opera Workshop

... new to many of The children. The children listened to a performance by a professional opera singer ......al opera singer called Katie. Then They took part in a vocal warm up. They learnt about The differen......took part in a vocal warm up. They learnt about The different singing voices such as Soprano and Ten...

Year 6 - Science: Blood

...used 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 Soup' calculatin...

Year 6 - Science Museum: Wonderlab

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

ASPIRE in Autumn 1 2018

... charters in every classroom. The children also took part in school elections for our Pupil Voice groups. We read The book ‘What if Every body Did That’ by Ellen Javernick. This opened up conversations about The consequences of our actions....

Year 6 - Kayaking

...burnum 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 5's trip to St Paul's Cathedral

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

Year 6 - 'A Midsummer Nights Dream' Freeze Frames

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

Year 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 - Antartic Scene Settings

...plorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. The wrote descriptive scene settings about The character first arriving in The Antarctic!...

Year 6 - Bike Around The Borough

...ay taking part in Bike Around The Borough with up to 1,000 children in Hackney. Throughout The day we are cycling 20 miles, from Shoreditch Park, to Clissold Park and Then all around Hackney. What a great day!...

Year 6 - Electricity

Year 6 are studying electricity in science and this week we looked at creating circuits using buzzers and motors and how to draw them scientifically. Year 6 also worked out that using a peg and tin foil we could still create a circuit that worked

Year 6 - Exploring Properties of 3D Shapes

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

Year 6 - Forest School Team Building

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

Year 6 - Graduation 2019

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

Year 6 - Hollywood Bowl

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

Year 6 - InTo University National Gallery Visit

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

Year 6 - IntoUniversity

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

Year 6 - Kayaking

Year 6 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 - Saying Their Birthday In Spanish

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

Year 6 - Kayaking

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

Year 6 - Launch Week

...njoyed working alongside 'The Rig' to explore sound that was made from up-cycled materials....

Year 6 - Magic V's

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

Year 6 - Mastery in Maths

...g upon Their written methods. They Were solving missing number problems and creating Their own steps for learning....

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 - Natural History Museum

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

Year 6 - Painting a Mural

... in The key stage 1 art shed. The mural will be added to by all to by all year groups but Milligan we're proud to be The first to start!...

Year 6 - Partner Reading

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

Year 6 - Practical Division

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

Year 6 - Propaganda

...The Dig for Victory campaign. The children researched different propaganda films of The time Then co......ted a list of scenes to film. They wrote a script for The voice over and hired a Veteran from The or......l films of WW2 to deliver it! They also decided that The beautiful garden, full of veg would make th...

Year 6 - Rose Blanche Storyboards

... by learning about VE Day. They made some exceptional story boards to summarise The events....

Year 6 - Royal Opera House

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

Year 6 - SATs Week Celebrations

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

Eco-Active Workshop: Week 3

...R TheY MADE The WEEK BEFORE . They wrote to persuade more children to recycle more. Also, They wrote......lies what and how to recycle. They put magnets on Them to put Them on Their refrigerators. This is t...

ASPIRE in Autumn 2 2018

...s My Fantastic Elastic Brain, The Dot and Beautiful Oops. These books explore The concept mistakes a......, The Dot and Beautiful Oops. These books explore The concept mistakes are a key learning tool that ...

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 2 - National Careers Week Visit from Millie

...ocused to achieve your goals. The mistakes you make along The way help you learn!...

ARP - Seuss Class Learning About Air Resistance

...ut air resistance in Science. They tested difference sizes of bag to see which created The most drag....

Year 2 and 3 - The Book Hut

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

Year 1 - Sorting Materials

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

Year 2 - Big Bang History Lesson: Titanic

...agement 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 do you know? What material is it made out of? ...

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...

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)

...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 Goddesses. We als...

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

... 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....

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?

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 1 - Deacon Class Trip to Shoreditch Library

...e 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 1 - Enquiring Ebony Projects

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

Year 2 - Poems About the Dark

...n 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 4 - Home Learning

Year 4 have adapted excellently to the google classroom and are showing us all that they are resilient and adaptable learners . Here is an example of some of the excellent work that has been completed so far

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

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

Year 1 - Planting Seeds

...s reasoning lesson on Monday. They had to work out different ways to make certain numbers and did a great job of doing so!...

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

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

Year 5 - Home Learning - Week 5

...ions to Mixed Numbers...

Year 2 - Summer 2 Home Learning

...or The growth of Their plants.......ed to Their new topic, ‘The Apprentice Gardener'. Children planted many seeds including le...

Year 1 - Enquiring Ebony Work

...t using a range of materials. The children have been very busy researching interesting facts about Their minibeasts and a minibeast hotel has even been created. Year 1 will be presenting Their projects to one anoTher in Their first virtual year 1 call this week. We look forward to seeing all your am...

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

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

Year 1 - Summer 2 Week 2 Home Learning

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

Year 3 - Henry VIII Role Play

...al monarch Queen Elizabeth I. The children acted out key aspects of her life such as how she was wit......nd her journey to The throne. They worked as a team, projected Their voices and had lots of fun!...

Year 3 - Science Museum Trip

...e opportunity to visit ‘The Wonder lab’, an exhibition held by The science museum. The c......n held by The science museum. The children were able to take part in The chemistry bar, see lightnin......pace under a canopy of stars. They really enjoyed The trip and can't wait for The next one!...

Rauf's Poem

...enres Are always a head-start.......;s a bird He swoops and soars The path below shows him A little boat's oars. The River's a s......him A little boat's oars. The River's a shelter A towel, a cave The residents who walk insid...

Year 5 - Musicians Outreach Workshop

...rkshop led Mr Jonatan Bought. The children listened and appraised music created by The classical gui......classical guitar and Theorbo. The Theorbo is a plucked string instrument of The lute family. "...

Year 6 - Tower of London

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

Year 6 - IntoUniversity: Art History

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

Year 6 - IntoUniversity at the National Gallery

... learning around Art History. They have had a fantastic tour learning about The first paintings from CaThedrals in Florence....

Year 1 - Setting Description

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

Virtual Open Events

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

Year 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 1 - Adventure Playground Trip

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

Art Week - Textiles

... 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 Cushions....

Year 2 - Art Week

...was a huge success in Year 2! The Theme was soft sculpture so we made frog cushions. First we cut ou......we cut out The frog template. Then we used a running stitch to sew The parts of The frog togeTher. A...

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 5 - Black History Month: Sutton House

...nt Black people from history. The children explored objects, source materials and oTher clues....

Year 2 - Black History Month 2019

...n some fascinating workshops. The children discovered that throughout history, people have not alway...... always been treated equally. They learned about The incredible stories and achievements of people f...

Year 6 - Ice Skating at Somerset House

Year 6 today went ice skating at a very festive Somerset house. Most of us, including teachers, were learning for the first time and - despite a few falls - we had an excellent time learning to skate

Year 1 - Voces8 Foundation Vocal Training

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

ARP - Seuss Class Trip to the Apple Store

... 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 workshop, all The children enjoyed lunch in Westfield followed by a visit to The Qu...

Year 3 - Apollo5 Workshop

...ence in Their singing voices. The children start Their afternoons with 10 minutes of singing. The ch......s with 10 minutes of singing. The children are excited to sing and enjoy it so much. It is definitel...

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

Year 5 - Anglo-Saxon Art & Culture Trip

...e trip to The V&A Museum. The children considered what Anglo-Saxon objects tell us about people ......in over a thousand years ago. They also explored The design of luxury goods, trade routes and The ch...

Roald Dahl Day 2019

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

Power of Reading - Leon and The Place Between

...to be sent back to real life. The books setting of The circus provoked plenty of intrigue among The class so we decided to explore The different types of characters you would expect to see at The circus. We took inspiration from The circus setting and The different types of characters/ performers y...

Power of Reading - Wolves

... old adversary…Wolves. The book unveils facts about wolves, including information on some of The animals They like to eat, including…Rabbits!...

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

...ld 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 artefacts from 1666 that helped us piece toget...

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

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

Year 6 - Gymnastics Lesson with Badu Sports

...tics lesson with Badu Sports. They learnt a complex series of moves and poses such as arches, pikes and tucks which They performed on The floor and on apparatus. Amazing demonstration of control and strength!...

ARP - Sharratt Class at the Museum of Childhood

...en went on The rocking horse. Then we had a craft workshop where we made a model of a bedroom. Our t...... picnic and Then go to sleep. The children used lots of props appropriately and had a great time. We...

Art Week in Year 2

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

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...

KS1 Reading Morning - May 2022

... new characters! Keep reading!...

Science in Year 1

...ir 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 our senses, looking closely at taste and d...

Nursery - Bonfire Night 2025

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

Reception - Teddy Bear Hospital Workshop

...n, friendly and hands-on way. The children practised using real medical equipment, explored how doctors and nurses help us stay healthy, and even had The chance to give Their teddies a check-up. It was a wonderfully engaging session that helped to build confidence, curiosity and care for oThers....

Nursery - Nutcracker Dance Workshop

...ng 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 marching like brave toy soldiers, The session was filled with imagination, joy, and conf...

Reception - Outdoor Learning - Autumn 2025

...ent of our own school garden! The children experience Forest school on a rotation each term and all ......ring Free Flow and playtimes. These sessions have quickly become a highlight of The week, offering t...

Reception - Forest School - Autumn 1 2025

... jump very high, very quickly!......garden as The season changes. They learned about Autumn and all The different seeds that can be foun......w in The garden and The park. The children found and felt The shiny, hard conkers and collected tiny...

Year 5 - Trip to the East London Mosque

Reception trip to the Farm - Spring 1

...ies in our literacy sessions. The trip provided a fantastic real-life opportunity to bring our learn......ring our learning to life. The children were thrilled to see so many of The animals we have been ......, warm and well looked after. The children were excited to notice features we had discussed in class...

Exploring and Learning in Reception - Autumn 1

...e Early Years Foundation Stage. The children have settled beautifully into Their new environment, bu......ping a love for books and storytelling. They began to recognise and write Their names, exploring let...... has been a big part of our first term. The children have enjoyed investigating The natural changes ...

Year 4 - Khalsa Jatha Gurdwara

...really enjoyed The experience!......at The Khalsa Jatha Gurdwara. They learned more about The Sikh faith, They were shown The religious ......eir holy place of worship is. They were shown how Sikhs pray, listened to a performance in Punjabi a...

Year 5 - Hackney School of Food

...ake delicious Moroccan kofta. They learned how to be safe in The kitchen, chop and dice vegetables, ......hind making food taste great. They carefully chopped courgette, shallots and bell peppers, before gr...... and herbs into a rich paste. The children shaped Their own kofta and learned how to caramelise The ...

ARP - Trip to the Transport Museum

Reception - Forest School Sessions

...loved engaging with The pond. They learned how to pond dip safely and how to clear out The old leave......ld see The tiny pond animals. They found shiny snails, wriggly leeches, protective moTher water lice......ho came to The pond to drink. The children were amazed that she is so small and light that she could...

Reception - Holi

...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 a wonderful Holi!...

Reception - Trip to Little Angels Theatre

Reception - Trip to the farm

Year 1 - Trip to the church

Year 4 - Trip to Hoxton Church

... learning about Christianity. The children explored The church, learning about its features and sign......ts features and significance. They also had an engaging talk with The vicar, who answered Their ques...

Year 4 - Trip to the Clink Museum

Reception - Exploring and Learning: Around the World

...ing Easter, Eid and Passover. The children have also been learning about The United Kingdom and discussing similarities and differences between The UK and oTher countries and continents.When reading 'My Granny went to Market, children enjoyed tasting some of The flavours of Mexico in a taste test. O...

Year 1 - Trip to the Young V & A

Nursery - Animal Workshop

...me a special ZooLab workshop. The children had The opportunity to meet a variety of fascinating crea...... how They find Their food. The session also helped The children understand The importance of bein...

Nursery - Exploring and Learning: Animals

...pired by The much-loved story The Very Hungry Caterpillar . Through The story, The children disco...... creativity at every step. The children also enjoyed time outdoors, searching for insects in our ...

Year 2 - Exploring animal habitats

...abitats in The school garden. They searched for habitats and microhabitats, discovering a variety of......als and plants along The way. The children loved investigating outdoors and were excited to see what...

Year 6 - Schools Across the Ocean project

...iry with artistic expression. The project Then focused on seagrass meadows and Their vital role in supporting marine biodiversity, reducing erosion, storing carbon and helping to tackle plastic pollution. Building on this learning, pupils wrote and produced Their own animated nature documentaries, c...

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 1 - Story Time Session at Shoreditch Library

...l a love of books and reading!......ession at Shoreditch Library. They were completely engaged and thoroughly enjoyed listening to The e......w book that was read to Them. They also had The opportunity to explore The library's impressive ...

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...

Seuss Class - Black History Month

...crafts and are very creative. Their masks are now proudly displayed in The classroom. During our ......iginating from The Caribbean. They tried pomegranate, papaya, mango and passion fruit and cut it all...

PTA - Thank You

...eryone has a lovely half term!...

Reception Parent Morning - Developing Fine Motor Skills

...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

...l' 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 puppets Writing/ mark making: labelling astronauts Engaging with The arts: painting The solar system...

Reception - Donaldson Class trip to Shoreditch Fire Station

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

Year 3 - Briggs Class Trip to the Science Museum

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

Reception - Spring 1 2023 - Animals!

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

Reception - Lunar New Year

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

Reception - Browne Class Trip to Spitalfields City Farm

...ip to Spitalfields City Farm. The children enjoyed looking at a range of farm animals and learnt abo...... even got to see a bug hotel! The animals were very friendly and some children had The opportunity t...

Reception - Donaldson Class Visit to Spitalfields Farm

... part of Their Animals topic. They had a wonderful time meeting The different animals and even strok......imals and even stroking Them! The children learned about The different animals living on The farm an...

Year 4 - Bank of England Museum

...hat The Bank of England does. They looked at how to spot fake money, different payment methods and j......r and at The Bank of England. The children loved holding The solid gold bar, which weighed 13kg!...

Inclusive School Award

...rs and Their characteristics. The key characteristics of ASPIRE – Achievement, Self-awareness, Pri......n, whatever Their age or ability. The ASPIRE curriculum is clearly interwoven throughout The school....

School Council Update - Spring 1 2023

...oThers affects our mental health. They have also been looking at our playground and trying to improv......e epic Aspire celebration assembly. They chose some fantastic songs to be our Aspire songs, for exam......or example ‘Hey BroTher’ by Avicii. The Green team has been focusing on making sure we are being...

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

...eading 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 created our own artist...

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 - Community

...communities around The world. They have been exploring The importance of community spaces, such as t......about These community spaces. The trip concluded with a fruit snack in The beautiful Hoxton Garden....

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 1 - The story of the Secret Sky Garden

...ory of The Secret Sky Garden. The activity involved placing a cube on Their vocabulary mat each time......y used one of The core words. The core words are important vocabulary words that The children are en...

Year 2 - Spitalfields City Farm

...a farm as a city farm animal. The children got to interact with The animals by stroking and feeding ......by stroking and feeding Them. The leaders of The farm shared amazing facts about The lives of each a...

Reception - Learning About Eid

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

School Council - Looking at the information plaques

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

National Poetry Day 2022

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

Year 2 - Great Fire of London Workshop

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

Year 1 - Hackney Museum Trip

... people who have moved There. They were particularly fascinated by The suitcases that belonged to These individuals and The items inside, which helped paint a picture of The different cultures and experiences of those who have made Hackney Their home. We would highly recommend that you continue t...

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 2 - Jeffers Class Hackney Museum Workshop

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

Year 2 - Read and Tell

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

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

...g The medium of air dry clay. The children incorporated creativity and history as They developed Their own ideas and created a sculptural, three-dimensional artwork. Please have a look at our creations and comment....

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...

Enquiry Ebony Family Science Project

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

Reception - Start of the New Lunar Year

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

Reception - Donaldson Class Trip to the Farm

...ut how They are looked after. The animals were feeling particularly friendly and The children were even lucky enough to stroke Them. A great day was had by all!...

Reception - Browne Class Farm Trip

...picnic in The farm's yurt!...

Year 1 - Grey Class Trip to Shoreditch Park

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

ARP Trip to the Library - World Book Day

...ing forward to our next visit!...

World Book Day 2022

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

Year 2 Library Visit

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

Year 1 - Enquiring Ebony Projects Summer Term 1

...mals and Their habitats'. They have created a poster with facts all on Their favourite animal....

Year 1 Visit the Library

... 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 1 - Building Igloos for Emperor Penguins

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

Year 5 - Music Mission Company Enrichment

...th 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 drumming tuition at our school in The near future. T...

Year 5 - Raise Tower Bridge

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

Year 5 Writing Letters to Their Penpals in Madrid

New Starters Reception and Nursery - September 2022

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

Year 1 - Grey Class Trip to Woodberry Wetlands

...reat outdoors at The wetland. They went minibeast hunting, pond dipping and observed The local wildlife....

Green Team - Learning About Sustainability

...etables in our school grounds.......ing all about sustainability. They have been working alongside The Aspire ambassadors and Mr Calvin ...

Green Team - Let's Reduce Electricity!

...e turned off when not in use. They Then distributed Them to different classrooms....

Rights Respecting Steering Group - Distributing Playground Equipment

...n used it. We had so much fun!...

Rights Respecting Steering Group - Governor Link Visit

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

School Council - Working with Hackney Council

...ited to see The final designs.......opment has been completed. The first session was spent in The park learning about what will be in......n The new design of The park. Then The second session was spent designing The information and artwor...

Year 1 - Deacon Class - Woodberry Wetlands Trip

...reat outdoors at The wetland. They went minibeast hunting, pond dipping and observed The local wildlife....

Nursery - Summer Term 1

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

Year 1 - Learning to Multiply

...ing arrays in a partner game. The children loved using this method, and it really helps Them visuali......hem visualise The concept. The children have really enjoyed challenging Themselves by discussing ...

Winter Festival

... 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 us to meet; unfortunately They can't fly until Christmas eve but They were very friendly. In The craft area children were able to ge...

Year 6 University Week

...University for The past week. They've had a chance to take part in an exciting range of activiti...... and build Their own bridges. They were also given a guided tour, which included The large Victorian...

Year 2 – Natural History Museum

...al and classification skills. The children also observed feeding habits and collaboratively constructed food chains to understand how pond animals survive. This experience fostered a deeper understanding of how pond animals live and thrive in Their natural habitat....

Year 2 - Outdoor Learning at Hampstead Heath

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

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 - Great Fire workshop

...ing The Great Fire of London. They shared fascinating insights into how The fire started and how it ......n about The fire to this day. The workshop provided an engaging and informative session for The Year...

Year 2 - Visit to St Paul's Cathedral

...inds of children of all ages. The trip provided an interactive history session that allowed pupils t...... of The caThedral's life. The children were enlightened about The construction of St Paul's ...

Donaldson class go to Forest School

...t Forest School lesson today! The children were very excited to explore The area and participate in ......iety of wonderful activities. They created nests for birds, fishing rods for The pond and stick men ...

Browne class first Forest School lesson.

...r first Forest School lesson. The children took part in a variety of wonderful activities. They asse......iety of wonderful activities. They assembled and made Their own bird nests, They created amazing lea...

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

...vailable from September 2023. The role of The governing board The school’s governing board is resp......e role of The governing board The school’s governing board is responsible for providing confident ......tional and financial performance. The board is passionate about education and committed to continuou...

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

Gardening Adventures

...est The fruit and vegetables. They found squash, tomatoes and grapes! The children took note of how ...... squash, tomatoes and grapes! The children took note of how items in The garden look whilst growing ...

Reception - Back to School

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

Year 1 - Reading the Mini Grey text Biscuit Bear

...y Biscuit Bear saved The day. The children have been focusing on developing Their independent writing skills, using grapheme charts and Fred fingers to help with spelling....

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

PTA Coffee Morning 2023

...l parents are welcome to join!......proposed plans for this year. The focus was The upcoming events and KS1 playground. The Annual Gene......g events and KS1 playground. The Annual General Meeting will be held on The 7th of November at 9am ...

Pupil Voice

...te on The dessert of The week!......h as Planet friendly Mondays. They discussed ways in which The pupil body can remain engaged with th......through The pupil elections. The outcome was that year groups will be able to vote on The dessert o...

Year 3 Briggs - Hackney School of Food

...on 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 School approach and D&T....

Year 3 Briggs - Ministry of Stories

... had The opportunity to go to The Ministry of Stories in Hoxton. The children were able to develop t......inistry of Stories in Hoxton. The children were able to develop Their confidence,imagination and pot......through The power of writing. The children completed Their own comic strips and were able to take ho...

Year 1 - Exploring Family History

...quo;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 like for Their grandparents and were able to get first-hand e...

Nursery - Forest Schools

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

Year 1 trip to the Natural History Museum

... The way to South Kensington. The station was very busy, but we were so excited to get to The museum. Upon arrival, we met Mel, who taught us about fossils and helped us understand how They help us learn about The past and how They are made. We Then completed a huge stegosaurus puzzle and learned ab...

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

...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 children dressed up in number-Themed costumes to take part in a range of maths-related lessons around measurem...

Reading Morning - 2024

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

Reception - Curriculum

...lass, small-group and practical activities. They enjoy a wide range of stories and books, develop th......nd persevering when things are challenging. They develop Their fine and gross motor skills through c...

Debate Club - Final Competition at Mission 44

...made by young people.' The debate was heated, with lots of great points and anecdotes. We are very proud of all our students and look forward to seeing Them debate next term....

Year 5's London Eye Trip

...don on Their London Eye Trip. The went to experience first hand how Salim may have dissapeared from ...... from Their current PoR book: The London Eye Mysteries. It was a fabulous trip and The views were en...

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 Visit St Paul's

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

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...

KS1 - Electricity

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

KS1 - London Philharmonic Orchestra

...way, such as The London Eye . The London Philharmonic Orchestra played songs from a book called Giddy Goat. We had learnt The songs so were able to sing along with Them. We saw all The different instruments in The orchestra and saw The conductor leading Them all....

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...

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

... You can listen to some here. These are about The sea and a spider's cobweb! We know you will agree that These Year 1 poets are very impressive. Maybe They will publish Their own book of poetry one day? Year 2 also shared Their chronological reports about cats. If you want to learn some new cat ...

KS2 ARP - Museum of Transport

...ansport has changed over time....

KS2 Girls Football Tournament

...art 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 togeTher as a team. This will inspire our children to participate and stri...

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...

Learning Center - The Gruffalo

...er woodland creatures live in!...... have been learning all about The Gruffalo. In AET this week They went on a nature walk to find reso...

Level 1 Achieved!

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

London Zoo Penguins Visit Dahl Class

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

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...

Make Music 2 Make Music

...2 Make Music challenge video! The Make Music 2 Make Music challenge is a campaign running in 2016, inviting performing musicians to simply make music at a gig or concert and pledge to donate 10% of Their proceeds to Musical Futures. Visit The Musical Futures website to find out more......

Milligan Class Making Computer Games

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

Morpurgo 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!

Morpurgo's Musical Futures Assembly

Year 4 were joined by some very special guests who came to see the Musical Futures Pilot project. Morpurgo Class gave a class assembly to show what they had learned so far this year

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

...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 a class assembly/performance linked to this carried out by Morpurgo Class. We are all very excited to have this great opportunity to show off W...

National Storytelling Week 2017 - Grey Class

... 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

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

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...

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...

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!’

Guitar Club - Can You Guess the Song?

Can You Guess the Song? Place your comments below

Pasta Car Challenge

...g released down a short ramp. The winners were Niyazi, David, Hezekiah and Joseph from Tan Class (year 5) with an incredible distance of 4 m 88 cm. It is worth noting that The current record (after 5 years of The “Pasta Car Challenge” in The UK) is just 5m 5cm. This was The third longest...

Donaldson Class - Spitalfields Farm Visit

...d we had a wonderful time. The children got to feed, pet and learn about lots of different animals. Our class favourite was The donkey- he was very friendly (and a bit noisy!) Donaldson class were very inquisitive, asking relevant questions to help Them learn. Thank you so much to The pa...

Briggs Class visit Tower Bridge

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

Cake Decorating Workshop

...r The workshop next half term....

Cats Protection Non-Uniform Day and Cake Sale

On Wednesday 23rd March there will be a cat themed (big and small cats) non-uniform day and also cake sale after school to raise money for Cats Protection! We are also very lucky to have an educational speaker coming in to teach us a bit more about cats and the charity! Please dress up and bring in...

Choir at Christmas

... Botolph-without-Bishopsgate. They performed alongside a Gospel Choir and City Year members who performed poetry and did some special readings. Both events were a massive success and I would like to thank Miss D, Miss Benett and all of The children in The choir who have worked exceptionally hard ove...

City Year Has Talent

...mpetition which took place in The Islington Assembly Hall this week. She looked absolutely beautiful and her performance was magnificient! What a superstar!...

Consultation on the Britannia Leisure Centre site

...t consultation.hackney.gov.uk.......he site. How to have your say The consultation runs until 12 February 2017. You can find out more an...

Culture Day

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

Dance Club at Haggeston School

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

Dance Show Rehearsals

...who has been an absolute star!......sterday at Haggerston School. They were great! Tonight is The big show, wish Them luck! A special th...

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

...eir class assembly this week! They told The audience The story of 'The Man on The Moon' by S......he audience The story of 'The Man on The Moon' by Simon Bartram. The children did a wonderfu......e Moon' by Simon Bartram. The children did a wonderful job of learning Their lines, speaking cle...

Deacon Class - Music

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

Deacon Class Visit Spitalfields City Farm

This week Deacon Class went to Spitalfields City Farm. We saw and fed many different farm animals such as goats, pigs and chickens. We discussed what each animal likes to eat and if they are a mammal or a bird. We picked vegetables from the garden to feed to the cow and grass to feed to the sheep!

Donaldson Class - Spring has Sprung

... our school gardener, Calvin! The children took part in some circle games, acting out The life of a ......t to taste Them after Easter! The children were full of enquiry, just like Ebony!...

Gruffalo Crumble

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

Eco-Active Workshop: Week 1

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

Festival of Triangles

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

Food Revolution Day

...o plant Their very own plant. The whole school also entered into a competition, where everyone desig...... own healthy smoothie recipe. The winning entry will get The opportunity to create that smoothie! I ...

Gardening at Shoreditch Park

...hildren'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!

Genre of the Half Term

...f The half term is: Folk Music...

Genre of the Term

Each term we pick a different genre of music to celebrate. Autumn: R&B Summer: Funk Spring: Reggae

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

...iting By Hannah, Grey Class The Little Cottage Goldilocks Gardens in The Forest Dear Goldilocks, T......riting By Ege, Deacon Class The Little Cottage Goldilocks Gardens in The forest Dear Goldilocks, T......ting By Yusuf, Deacon Class The Little cottage Goldilocks Garden in The forest Dear Goldilocks. Th...

Good Luck Year 6

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

Grey Class Assembly - Animals

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

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

Parents and Community Room

...nd parents / carers can meet. The workshops happening for parents / carers throughout next half term......7th November The Occupational Therapy Service delivered a workshop to support parents and carers wit...

Power of Reading: Iron Man

Read all about it... Read all about it... Read all about it

BADU/Refugee Week

...en's project in Bulgaria. They will be visiting Bulgaria in August and volunteering at an orphan......wer gels and 60 toothbrushes. The remaining money will be put towards money raised from oTher school......e each child has one product! The children were perfect ambassadors for Shoreditch Park; picking The...

Welcome

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

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

...ow tree with no green leaves. Then I met an evil princess. The polar bear took her crown and The pri...... Then I met an evil princess. The polar bear took her crown and The princess had yellow eyes and was......extra snowy. It was not warm. The princess screamed at me. I pushed her in The freezing snow. I felt...

The Six Star Wonders

...tarted Their very own band... The Six Star Wonders!!! They had Their first rehearsal on Friday and i......nd... The Six Star Wonders!!! They had Their first rehearsal on Friday and in that time managed to p......eyes open for more music from The Six Star Wonders, The new hit band at Shoreditch Park Primary! Th...

The Snail and the Whale

...here were penguins splashing. The penguins were playing with ice. I went to The Tropics and I saw a ......ctic There were seals diving. The penguins were playing hide and seek. I heard penguins splashing. I...

Thematic Approach

... Spanish Yearly Overview 2015......we take at Shoreditch Park. Thematic Approach Yearly Overview with Writing Genres Art KS1 and KS...

Traction Man

...e lying on The deep blue see. The Evil Scissor Shark is trying to attack Them into little pieces. TM......s wearing a red bandana. Wow! The dollies are screaming for help, help, help! Traction Man saves The......k path and There is a puddle. The little boy is playing with his toys. In The end Traction Man saved...

Trips in London

...nt or will learn. Have a look!...

Valerie Bloom - Performance

A mixed class of Year 5 and 6 children looked at the poet Valerie Bloom, they broke down one of her poems and tried to perform it in her native Jamaican accent!

Violin and Guitar Concert

...ly 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 children who confidently represented many of our ASPIRE dispositions: Achieving Aisha, Proud Pinar and Enquiring E...

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

Visit to Hackney Town Hall

... of past Mayors and speakers. The children asked lots of thoughtful questions and learnt about what ......t it takes to be a councilor. The Mayor let us have a tour of his office and told The children what ...

World Book Day - Book Fair

...ir favourite book characters. There was a real buzz around school and children were bursting with cr......ooks and stories in class. The book fair got off to a busy start on Thursday and Friday with &pou...

The Hackney Schools Music Festival

...a fantastic job performing at The Hackney Schools Music Festival!!! They've been rehearsing a ra......ney Schools Music Festival!!! They've been rehearsing a range of songs of different genres from ...

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...

World Children's Day 2018

... children all over The world. The pupils discussed The rights of every child and took part in a question and answer session. We all agreed that article 31 (The right to play) is a very important right, especially for children who are currently living in refugee camps. As a Rights Respecting School, ...

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 - 'The Man on the Moon' by Simon Bartram

...ear 1 have been studying 'The Man on The Moon' by Simon Bartram. After observing The illustr......story box with Their partner. They added details of The setting and The characters. The story boxes ......e setting and The characters. The story boxes create many opportunities for purposeful talk about th...

Year 1 - 'The Sound Collector' by Rodger McGough

...topoeia in a poem called 'The Sound Collector' by Rodger McGough. We had worked in groups to create The sounds that are collected and performed it altogeTher....

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

...learning all about sketching. They discovered famous sketch artists and compared different styles of......o create still life sketches. They began to learn to discuss Their art and explain what They liked a......her colours could be created. The children used The secondary colours They had mixed to create firew...

Year 1 - Breakfast With A Book

...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 carers who have managed to come along. Please do join us next Wednesday at 8.45am....

Year 1 - Breakfast With A Book

...ing with friends or an adult. The children discuss what They have read and recommend books to each oTher. Please join us on Wednesday mornings this half term from 8.45am....

Year 1 - Breakfast With a Book

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

Year 1 - Capacity

...apacity and volume this week. The children used estimation and investigation skills to find The capa......city of different containers. They also measured and recorded volume in ml....

The Hodgeheg

...ass What is The book about? The book is about a hedgehog who wants to cross The busy road but he d......Who are The main characters? The main characters are Peony, Pansy, Petunia, Max, Ma, Pa and Uncle B......ass What is The book about? The book is about a hedgehog who wants to cross The busy road to get t...

The City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park

...ly.arles@Thecityacademy.org . The City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park is a new academy sponsored......n Corporation and modelled on The City Academy, Hackney which has achieved exceptional success in Ho......ne of The founding members of The City Academy, Hackney and as Vice Principal in charge of standards...

Power of Reading: Jemmy Button

... 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 look at a few examples of our work!...

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!

Power of Reading: Leon and the Place Between

Power of Reading: Varjak Paw

... 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 look at a few examples of our work!...

Primary Spanish Award Ceremony

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

Proposed Britannia Development

... need to made to address this.......ter to Parents Introduction The Council has commissioned a feasibility study to look at a range of......sers and The wider community. The Council doesn’t have The funding to provide a school and new...

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...

RAF Centenary Flypast

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

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...

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

Refugee Week 2018: Year 4 Cake Decorating

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

Rights Respecting School Competition

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

Rights Respecting School: Learning about our rights

...t Aisha and achieve this goal....

Samba Dancing

... and They did not disappoint. The crowd was blown away by Their creative moves. Well done dance group, you worked so hard, you made Whitmore and Achievement Aisha incredible proud....

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!

Science - Using Electricity

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

Seuss Class Make Kites

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

Sewing Projects

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

Sewing Projects

...asm for learning a new skill. They have worked extremely hard to produce some fantastic final products. Here are some examples from around The school....

Sharratt Class - Exploring Autumn

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

Shoreditch Park Celebrates the Royal Wedding

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

... and career choices!...... from The Speaker of Hackney. The students prepared a presentation to explain all about our ASPIRE c......nd why it is important to us. The Green Team and Steering Group shared The work They have been doing...

Summer Reading Challenge 2017

...s summer at your local library...

Suzuki Violin

...d students from Suzuki Music. They treated us to a brilliant performance, some of The children who p......in for us were as young as 5! They taught us all about The Suzuki method and explained The kind of t......s 5! They taught us all about The Suzuki method and explained The kind of things we'd learn in l...

Big Barbican Workshop

...Centre in The City of London. The whole day interdisciplinary workshop was a fantastic opportunity for The pupils to showcase Their excellent collaboration skills and inclusiveness. In mixed year groups They created spoken word poetry, whole new worlds in The form of sculptural installations, sounds...

Autumn in ARP

Tap or hover over a picture to see what we've been up to in ARP in the Autumn term

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...

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...

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....

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 - Arts and Crafts

...nd Year 2 were very creative. They made different objects and things out of a variety of materials. Can you identify what They have made?...

After School Club - Bagel Pizzas

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

Anti-Bullying Week 2018

...took place within ASPIRE time.......etail during drama workshops. The workshops supported Anti-Bullying lessons that took place within A...

ARP Cake Sale

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

ARP Visit Hackney City Farm

...ek to link to our topic: Food....

ASPIRE - Autumn 2 2017

... 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 discovered that we can sometimes fee...

ASPIRE - Inclusive Izeyah