Archive for year: 2015

Monday 23rd November  saw the beginning of an exciting money week at Buttercup Primary School. Everybody got involved in all kinds of activities. Key Stage 1 learned all about coins, counting money, shopping, prices and played a range of games, even taking part in a money treasure hunt. Key Stage 2 classes extended their experience to other currencies and exchange rates. They explored needs and wants, what we use money for and whether it makes us happy. Some children created pocket money policies considering whether children should be given pocket money, how much, whether to spend or save and if it should be earned – these make interesting reading! Others also investigated bank accounts, and the range of ways to pay for things: cheques, credit and debit cards or even simply with a mobile phones.

A group of Year 5 and 6 embarked upon an enterprise challenge. At the very exclusive UBS bank in the city of London .

Everybody took part in  Maths Hat competition, we had an interesting collection that was showcased!

The week ended with a theatre production show at the school hall by Hob Goblins on the history of Maths . Children saw the importance of math through history , all the way from ancient Egypt to now everybody loved the show!

The Parliament visit for our budding school Councillors took place on the 6th of October 2015. The Children had an exclusive VIP tour of the inside building. And took part in a workshop called ‘YOUR VOICE’.

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2. Search for ‘OurSchoolsApp’
3. Download the ‘APP’. In the search bar in the ‘APP’ put the postcode or the name of the school.
4. Hit the search button.
5. Once you see the school name displayed, just touch the screen on the school name.
6.Confirm your choice by pressing OK.
7. You will now be presented with the ‘APP’ for the school which contains news, information, calendar events, contacts and any other relevant details.

Monday 21st -25th September was our annual Safety week. During this week children across the school learnt about bullying, stranger danger, keeping safe on line and other safety issues relevant to the children.

We held mock fire drills , and road safety workshops .

The children were introduced to Mr Sabr Al Jameel ( our school postbox ). The children understood that communication was important and that everyone’s thoughts were important.

Students from Buttercup Primary School have been involved with Islam channel to produce a global Eid greeting which will be broadcasted on Eid Ul Fitr.

At Buttercups we like to bring learning to life so we keep a range of pets – a lizard, a chameleon…even fish!

Our pets have recently moved home. Pascal the chameleon has been handed over to a local reptile store . Our chickens fluffy and chips have now retired. They have been moved to our ks1 teachers house Mrs Nur who has kindly built them a wooden house in the garden. They have settled in well.

We are now thinking of bringing in some crickets ! This will be interesting!

Children at Buttercup have immersed themselves into the language of Shakespeare through his story of King Lear and embracing the true beauty of literature.
During this learning process children gained a deeper understanding of family dynamics and also concepts such as the significance of inheritancein Islam ;the concept of dowry and kingship. Children re-wrote the play scripts with thier own plots and also visited the globe theatre, which contextualised their learning and deep end thier understanding of the the time in which Shakespeare wrote.
Children indulged in a question and answer session asking about Shakespeare life. The guide was very impressed by Buttercup. We then had a tour of the theatre and the children were amazed at the open theatre setting.

Here are some of the highlights of the day….

Kids live in a digital world, children in BCP were taught how to protect themselves and think critically as we want our children to be smart and safe in the digital world – whether that is in school or out of school – having them understand how the technology works, how copyright works, how identity works.