London Fields Primary School

For our final History topic in Year 2, we have been learning about how Hackney has changed throughout history. In today's lesson, we learnt about experiences of people who boarded Empire Windrush in 1948. Inspired by Floella Benjamin's book Coming to England, we wrote postcards to family in the Caribbean about the experience of moving to Britain. 

We love our amazing playground! It provides endless opportunities for the children to explore, observe and learn. 

The children have enjoyed the ladybirds' life cycle, using their mathematical skills to count and compare snails and noticing how our plants change from week to week. They have been taking care of the plants, watering them and developing responsibility and respect for the natural world. 

We had another lovely visit from Paul he Storyteller a couple of weeks ago.

The children were excited to welcome Paul back for another interactive storytelling session. Using music to bring his stories to life, Paul encourages everyone to join in and use their imagination.

It's been great to have regular visits from Paul and we've loved seeing how much more confident the children have become. They are now keen to take part, join in with the songs and contribute to the stories.   

This week have been treated to very special assemblies! Our wonderful musicians who have been learning the acoustic guitar, electric guitar, ukulele and piano peformed for the children to showcase their hard work over the last year. Jaws dropped in awe and heads bopped along as everyone was amazed with how incredible the performances were.

A huge well done to all the musicians - we are very proud of them all. 

Year Four enjoyed a wonderful (and warm!) day at Godstone Park in Surrey. During the trip, the children had the opportunity to handle snakes, Bearded Dragons and African Snails! We fed goats and sheep and learnt about adaptions that animals make to survive. We even had time to squeeze in a 'Dinosaur Trail' and burn off some energy on the exciting adventure playground! A great day was had by all!

Ilori class had the best time on their trip to The Hive at Epping Forest. The children (and Chrissie!) were very courageous as they held some fascinating animals, such as a corn snake, a fire salamander and even a hissing cockroach! After their delicious picnic they explored the forest; building dens, listening to the birds and admiring the trees, before getting the coach back to school. 

What a lovely trip! We started the day with mindfulness in the forest, and the children took time to listen and look at all the different things they could see and hear. They then did some tree rubbings and looked for their “tree twin”, a tree in the forest with similar features to their hands. After lunch in the sun and a play, we sat down to meet some fascinating animals. We were all so proud of how the children behaved and participated. What a day to remember!

This morning, year 6 finally got to open their Bakery. It proved to be a huge success! The children have been working hard designing a business, creating a profitable product with enticing packaging and making their cupcakes to sell. Today was the day that members of the public (thank you parents!) were finally able to purchase the much anticipated cakes. Negotiations were fierce and varied and those who held out until the closing of the shop snapped up some bargains! Profits are currently being calculated but the children have made over £150 as well as negotiating nearly an hour of extra playtime - we definitely have some future CEOs amongst us! Well done for all your hard work year 6.