London Fields Primary School

For World Book Day, our school continued its long-standing tradition of older children reading with the younger classes. This year, Reception welcomed visitors from Year 5, who spent time reading a selection of books with them.

Many of the Year 5 children remembered being in the same Reception classroom themselves just a few years ago. They were pleased to return as more confident readers and share stories with the younger children.

In our recent assemblies, we have developed our knowledge about the Hindu festival of Holi. Millions of people are celebrating Holi, the festival of colours, spring and love in India and across the world today. We learned that the spring festival celebrates the victory of good over evil, and also marks the end of winter. 

We explored how Holi celebrations can include people gathering in the streets and throwing colours on each other and lighting bonfires the evening before Holi in the belief this will destroy the bad so that good can triumph. 

While learning about Holi, we made lots of connnections to other religious festivals and other celebrations. We all agreed that coming together, as a community, to celebrate events can make people feel very happy and support a sense of belonging. 

Some children went home and carried out their own independent research about Holi. They shared with their classes drawings and factfiles about the festival- everyone was very impressed with their additional learning! 

This week, as part of the teacher's CPD programme, teachers broke off into small groups and celebrated the subject of Geography across the school. Evidence of learning was shared from Nursery all the way through to Year 6. Teachers tracked the progression in the subject, evaluating how activities in Early Years focusing on developing an understanding of the world provides the foundation for the Geography curriculum in Year 1 and beyond and how the curriculum builds up knowledge around the subject's Big Ideas (see the website page about how we teach Geography at London Field Primary). 

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. 

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!

What a great afternoon!

Well done to everyone who took part in the Run Kids Run event this afternoon at the Olympic Park. It was amazing to see so many families come together to fundraise for the school by running laps of the marathon community track. Everyone was hugely supportive of each other as they cheered Nursery through to Y6 children as they raced towards the finishing line to be awarded their well-deserved medals. A huge thank you to the parents who organised a wonderful treat for after the race by providing hot chocolate and cakes and a massive thank you to the parents who encouraged so many of us to take part! A fun-packed afternoon!

The Reception children have been busy exploring our new sensory playground as part of their afternoon provision. The space offers a mix of sensory experiences, climbing opportunities, and quiet areas for rest and reflection.

The children have loved testing out the different textures, climbing and balancing on the equipment, and using their imagination in play. It's been lovely to see them work together, share ideas, and challenge themselves while having fun.

The quieter corners of the play space also give the children the chance to slow down and enjoy a moment to themselves. This balance between active play and calm, reflective time supports their overall development in Reception, helping them grow in confidence and independence.

We're pleased to see how much the children are enjoying this space, and we look forward to watching their play and learning continue to flourish. 

See more photos on the website, as the mobile version only shows one image.

On Friday, we had a great turn out for the Parents and Carers information meeting all about how we teach Maths at London Fields. In particular, the focus was on how we have been embedding the NCETM Curriculum Prioritisation Guidance and Oak Academy into our Maths curriculum in line with best practice.

The slides that were discussed have been uploaded onto the website and are available for downloading from the 'Parent Workshops and Meetings' tab . If you would like to discuss any aspect of the curriculum further then do email to arrange a meeting with either your child's teacher or Alex Bentley, the Maths Lead.

Our school community comes together!

What a lovely start to the day!

Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate the 'official' opening of the Sensory Play Space. There's been so much fun, laughter and adventure in this area of the playground this week it seemed right to end the week with an official opening! 

Thank you again to our wonderful school community for creating such a wonderful play space. 

We hoped you all enjoyed the ceremony and getting a closer look at the beautiful space.