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This week Year 5 & 6 had the opportunity to visit Cambridge, one of Britain’s most famous universities. Cambridge University is home to over 18,000 students and each student is placed in one of the 31 colleges. We visited Clare College. We found out that took over 200 years to build! It was completed under the reign of King Henry […]
At Buttercup primary, we celebrated International Week. Every class was allocated a country that the school councillors had chosen. The countries chosen were, Somalia , Algeria and Bangladesh this year. Early Years celebrated more than one country. Everyone had a busy week painting different flags, looking at artefacts, currency, and had the opportunity to learn […]
What a fantastic week we have had in Food week! The children learned about healthy food and the many industries of food e.g. GM foods, Organic food and Fair trade. The food sale was a great success and Alhumdulillah we raised £321.33. Thank you so much for your kind donations and support. The money raised […]
To end Food week with a bang, we invited Ian from the School food showdown company to demonstrate a live cooking workshop in the ‘Ready steady cook’ style. Teachers and children took part in cooking a healthy meal in front of a live audience. Ian spoke about the importance of eating a healthy diet and […]
Book Week at Buttercup started off with a bang with the Hobgoblins theatre company who put on a fantastic show for the Key stage 2 children called ‘The greatest fairy tales ever told’ and they ended the week with another show of ‘Goldilocks and the tree bears’ for the key stage 1 and Early Years […]
A very big congratulations to Mehak in Year 5 and Saira in Year 6 for winning the ‘Young writers’ competition and getting their stories published in the ‘Crazy creatures-London’ book. The mini sagas were entered into the competition by their teacher and the stories were chosen out of hundreds of entries. The stories were selected […]
Alhumdulillah Science Week was a great success! Over the week, the children learned about the different aspects of Chemistry, Biology and Physics. They took part in different experiments and have had so much fun learning new ideas. Dressing up day was also a great success. We had doctors, astronauts, nurses, mad scientists, planets and even […]
As part of Year 3 and 4’s topic work on the Victorians , the Freshwaters theatre company were invited to run a Victorian classroom session. The students were transported back to 1899 and were given a lesson they would never forget as the strict Victorian schoolteacher assessed handwriting, drill and arithmetic through role play of […]
Cycling has many benefits; health and wellbeing, environmental, social and economic. It is an inclusive, empowering, inexpensive activity that is accessible to everyone.“The benefits of cycling run much deeper than balance sheets or carbon footprints. It’s a crucial life skill, giving children an early road sense as they take their first steps towards independence. As […]
Year 5 & 6 visited The Houses of Parliament on the 8th of November 2016. They learnt about the creation of parliament and how the monarchy gave up power of making certain decisions. Also, they looked at how members of the parliament voted for new laws to be passed and the voting system that was […]
10 children from Buttercup primary school will be swapping their beds for ‘sleeping rough’ to raise funds for a new scheme aimed at helping the homeless. The Year 5/ 6 pupils are bedding down in sleeping bags in the school hall in April for one night to get a taste of what it’s like to be […]
The children in Year 5/6 enjoyed the day out by the river, packed full of hands-on learning which links into the KS2 curriculum for science, geography, design & technology. They also had the opportunity to learn about the history of the river Thames and explore the historic Dutch barge. Children spent the day as scientists observing the urban river environment […]
Black History Week Assembly The children at Buttercup Primary celebrated Black History week with a wonderful assembly. Each class shared stories, facts and historical events about their special person’s achievements and how they made a difference to the world. It was truly an inspirational assembly ending with a famous quote by Malcolm X, ‘Education is […]
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