London Fields Primary School

Over the past 6 weeks, Year 5 has been working hard with professional architects Georgia and Jamie, to design a community centre building for Hackney Marshes that can meet any challenges that a future change in climate may bring. The aim of the project is to help combat climate anxiety in children by helping them see design as a way of mitigating any challenges that climate change may bring in the future.

As budding architects, the children have been working incredibly hard in creating section drawings, elevations and plans of their community centres as well as building 3D models of what their building could look like. This week, the children presented their ideas, drawings and models to a team of 5 professional architects. They were incredibly articulate and the professionals commented on how impressed they were by the high standard of the children's work.

The Numbers are in and we raised over £300 for the NSPCC on Number Day! The children had a wonderful day which included reading a story called 'Mastering the Mountain' all about the importance of learning from mistakes and how to build resilience. They also looked at all the places where we can find maths - everywhere of course! - and where they might see and use maths in their daily lives.  Finally, in our maths lessons, every class had some special Number Day challenges to complete: from building 3D shapes to completing an escape room by solving number problems to find the code; to finding the hidden treasure and even setting up a pretend sweet shop! We had a fantastic day and loved the enthusiasm that all the children brought to the day. 

Year 4 have been working with Apollo Music to further develop their knowledge of the different instrument families in orchestras. So far they have had performances and workshops from the string and brass families. In the Summer Term, Year 4 will also be attending an orchestral chamber performance so they can see and hear how the instrument families come together to make music that can transform them to a different place. 

Children across the school have also attended an assembly with the string musicians and were treated to some wonderful performances! 

We started our Internet Safety Day by taking part in a class assembly, discussing what internet safety is and what we can do to ensure that we keep safe online. Our main focus was to explore the benefits and dangers of AI technology and software.

We looked at scenarios and held class discussions on any dangers identified within the scenarios.  We then listed safe and positive strategies that the people in the scenarios could have followed. 

As a final activity, we created posters to demonstrate the uses and dangers of AI!

What a great start to Number Day! We have been so impressed with the wonderful costumes that children have arrived in, we've had rubiks cubes, dominos, clocks, timestable rockstars, number blocks and even the volume of sound! We've also had some amazingly decorated t-shirts and some very impressive finding of maths in everyday items of clothes - from parrallel lines, to estimating the number of spots and even the mathematics of tie-dye!

The day has started with an assembly about the NSPCC and the children are looking forward to the fun maths activities that will be taking place in their maths lessons and throughout the day. More photos to follow as the day progresses!

This half term, Reception children have been developing their understanding of number composition and the ‘one more than/one less than’ relationship between consecutive numbers. The children have been learning that each number is one more or one less than the number before it. We use staircase patterns to help children see that each number is made by adding one more to the previous number and that consecutive numbers are linked. 

To challenge their learning, the children took part in a timed activity where they built a number staircase to show their understanding of number order and relationships. They demonstrated fantastic mathematical thinking, completing the challenge in just a few minutes!

It was a lovely day of discoveries at Forest School today. The children are beginning to notice small changes in their surroundings and show great enjoyment in observing nature. They were excited to spot mushrooms growing on tree trunks, loved it when a solitary lady bird came to say hello, and used natural resources to support their play. 

A big thank you to those of you who could make the Listening Session this morning. We are very grateful to our school's Global Majority parents and carers who in the session shared their experiences and advocated for their children. 

London Fields is committed to further developing its anti-racism practice. As part of this commitment, the school reached out to Hackney Education to support us in our work. We hope you enjoyed meeting Debra (the System Leader for Diversity and Inclusion at Hackney Education) this morning and felt welcomed and valued. Debra will feedback (anonymously) feelings and thoughts shared this morning to the school team. The school have asked for Debra to continue to work with the London Fields Team to further improve understanding and empathy and to be able to facilitate effective problem-solving and decision-making to ensure all families feel a sense of belonging, valued and heard.