Archive for year: 2018

The Year 1 and 2 children went to an exciting trip to the London Aquarium, some of the children experienced being on a train for the first time and were very thrilled! Upon arrival the children had a workshop which cross curricular linked their science, geography and art topics. They also discussed the wonders of Allah’s creation by seeing sea life creatures who had various different exotic colours and design. The children really enjoyed this trip and a particular highlight was the penguins and star fish pond where the children were able to hold them!

 

The Metro bank ran workshops with our Year 5 and 6 children. They learnt about how the bank takes care of money and how to manage their own money e.g. through budgeting and saving.  The last workshop will be a visit to the bank where children will see the different kind of jobs that are done and see an actual vault where money and safety deposit boxes are held!

 

 

 

 

 

As part of year 3 and 4’s design and technology project, the children designed and made their own healthy sandwich snack. On Wednesday, we turned our classroom into a sandwich tuck shop and sold all the products to the rest of the school. We sold each sandwich for 20p and we managed to raise an amazing amount of £16!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two children from Year 6 were chosen to take part in a special workshop with one of the UK’s leading performance poets, Neal Zetter. Neal shared his poems with the children and encouraged them to write their own poems about ‘Seasons’ using metaphors and similes. In the afternoon children worked in groups to write and perform their own performance poems about potatoes!

The children came back really inspired by the workshop and cannot wait to put their skills into their next piece of writing!!

 

The year 5 & 6 spent the day at Wadham College, which is one of the many colleges that belong to Oxford University; and that dates as far back as the beginning of the 10th century! We were thrilled to take part in a science experiment and sample what it is like to take part in a lecture that conducts research!  We ate in one of the many old rooms surrounded by paintings of some of the first professors and famous students since the college opened! And to finish off a fun packed day, we visited the Natural History Museum in Oxford, where we got to hold live exotic cockaroaches, and see and touch all sorts of familiar and strange creatures, great and small!

  

The children and adults shared and performed their favourite poems to celebrate National poetry day. Some children wrote their own poems and performed them in front of an audience. We have some amazing poets in our school!

 

 

Year 1 and 2 

Buttercup primary welcomed PC John who is a police constable officer for Tower Hamlets  to do a presentation on road safety and E-safety. He covered important reminders about how to cross the road in different situations e.g. how to cross the road where there is no crossing. He showed examples of how to wear a seat belt, what you need when riding a bicycle and what to do if a stranger approaches you. He also identified with the children other strangers that are safe people that children could go to for help e.g. traffic warden. The children got the opportunity to ask PC John questions about his job and why he chose to become a police constable.