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The Early Years foundation stage had special visitors, the owls from the Kent owls academy. We had an exciting time observing them fly silently in our classroom. We learnt many interesting facts about them, and we also had a chance to hold them and feel them too!too.Have a look.
Two of our children from Year 6 were lucky enough to take part in a special workshop run by a leading performance poet, Neal Zetter. They got the opportunity to write their own poems and perform poetry with a group. Neal inspired children to use their imaginations and use creative language to express themselves through […]
This term we have been encouraging children to become confident public speakers. Every Friday, The boys and girls in upper key stage 2 have the opportunity to take part in performing the Kuthba (For public proclaiming in the Islamic tradition) for the boys, and Naseeha (Giving advice )for the girls. Children are encouraged to plan […]
For pioneering personalities week the Early Years focused on the importance of mothers. We organised workshops where the mums were invited to come in and spend time doing arts and crafts with their children. The children learnt the ‘Mother’ nasheed and sang it to their beautiful mothers. It was a wonderful sight to see!
We ended the week with an amazing assembly where children from each class presented their pioneering personality. The children highlighted key facts about the lives of these special people and show cased their fantastic art work . Well done to all the children for putting so much effort into this week.
The children in Year 3 and 4 designed there own posters, fact sheets, art work and power point presentations to share with the class. They did their own research about Mohammed Ali and talked about the impact he had as a Muslim on the boxing sport. They shared some of his famous quotes like ‘Fly […]
As part of our Pioneering Personalities week, we invited guests from our local boxing club ‘Left hook’ to talk to the children about how Mohammed Ali inspired them to take up boxing. They demonstrated boxing moves and were really impressed with how much the children knew about boxing themselves. We also found out that there […]
Year 5 and 6 took a trip down to the V&A museum in South Kensington to explore fashion through the ages. We had a chance to sample and try on different types of clothing worn from the gorgeous Georgians to the Victorian era, which not only relates to our Art unit but our History topic […]
To start the week with a bang, the children were welcomed into their classrooms with a special introduction to their pioneering personality. Can you guess who these personalities may be?
We acknowledged World Smile Day by inviting children and staff to come to school wearing something bright. Smiling is a sunnah (The way of the prophet) in Islam, and is also a form of charity. We want our children to spread smiles and happiness where ever they go! We raised £55.00 on the day. Thank […]
During Poetry Day, Key Stage 1 explored various parts of their faith in poetry form. Using their knowledge of poetry and the different types of poems, KS1 created their own in their favourite forms. Year 1 enjoyed creating acrostic poems about what Islam means to them, whilst Year 2 used their poem to explore their […]
The staff and children spent the day reading, writing and performing different poems of their choice. Some children wrote their own poems individually and in groups and then performed them in front of an audience. We were amazed by the talent in our school!
The police constable support officers paid KS 2 at Buttercup a visit to talk to them about being ‘street smart’ – being safe by not talking to strangers or trusting anyone that they are not familiar with. This included remembering not to take anything from those ‘strangers’ regardless of the ‘gifts’ or promises they make. […]
The shortlisted children presented their manifestos to the school. They were confident and very persuasive. It is going to be a difficult choice to make as they were all fantastic!
The school councilors and vice councilors were taken on a special trip to visit the state rooms of Buckingham palace. The children learned about the history of the rooms and the reasons why these rooms exist and what are the purposes of having them were. The visit also gave the children an insight into the […]
On Friday 20th September, the children at Buttercup primary school got the opportunity to cast their vote and have a say in who they want to represent them in the school council. It was a difficult decision for them as all the candidates were so convincing. We look forward to counting the votes and announcing […]
As part of the Tower Hamlets Linking project, the Year 6 children from Lansbury Lawrence spent the morning with our Year 5 and 6 children. They were given a group task to make the tallest tower using spaghetti and marshmallows. This task encouraged the children to communicate and reason with each other. We ended the […]
As always the children displayed great teamwork, sportsmanship and perseverance! Well done team 1 for achieving the most points and becoming the overall champions of the day!
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Buttercup Primary School
181 Cannon Street Road
London
E1 2LX
Telephone: 020 3759 7408
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