London Fields Primary School

Did you know we have an Eco team at our school?

Our Eco Team is a group of KS2 pupils who are enthusiastic and passionate about protecting the environment and making our school a greener place. We meet fortnightly to share ideas, plan projects, and discuss ways we can improve our school grounds and reduce energy use, amongst other things. 

As the Summer term begins, the Eco Team will be busier than ever. We have some exciting projects coming up and are always looking for ways to raise awareness about caring for our planet and get the whole school involved. 

Watch this space for our upcoming eco projects!

In Reception, we are passionate about reading for pleasure. The children made the most of the beautiful sunny weather by taking their love of reading outdoors.

They showed their creative side by building their own cosy seating using playground resources and a few cushions and blankets. What a fantastic way to relax with a book.

Year 2 have thoroughly enjoyed this term's Dance lessons in PE. The children have loved making different shapes with their bodies and travelling at different speeds and heights. They choreographed different motifs for a circus-themed routine and learnt a rainforest routine which they performed in unison.  

This half term, our big question in PSHE was 'What is bullying?' The children learnt what bullying is - a deliberately hurtful behaviour which is repeated more than once - and how it can take be verbal, physical and/ or online. The children were given scenarios to sort which involved either bullying or behaviours that were unkind. They remembered that bullying happens again and again whereas unkind behaviours happen once. They also thought about how to help someone who is being bullied and were reminded that adults are there to help. 

Year 5 have been working with a charity called Climate Change All Change that matches designers with primary schools to help children understand how design can mitigate some of the effects of climate change on our future lives. Year 5 spent 6 weeks designing the elevations, sections and plans of a community centre in Hackney Marshes with architects Georgia Trower and Jamie Harrington. 

They then presented their designs to a team of professional architects, before Georgia and Jamie took them away to create final rendered drawings of what the future buildings could look like. Georgia and Jamie then presented us with the rendered drawings at a special celebration, putting our designs on display at Acrilycize at the Art House. The renders really brought our designs to life and were so impressive to see - we were amazed at how our imaginations had been brought to life! We really hope that some of these buildings will be built one day!

Year 5 continuously show their love of reading, on a daily basis! Some of us read to our adults; some of us independently; and some of us enjoy the experience by reading with our learning partners!

This week Year 2 learnt that 2D shapes can be joined together to make 3D shapes! We identified that a cuboid is made up of rectangular and square faces. We particularly enjoyed folding our own 3D shapes out of paper. We predicted beforehand what shape we were going to construct based on the faces our net had. 

As part of our World Book Day celebration, the Reception children enjoyed a visit to Hackney Library. They explored the children's section and took part in a storytelling session. The visit was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate books and encourage a love of reading for pleasure.