Entries by Zara

Food Week – 27th March to 31st March 2017

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 […]

Ready steady cook at Buttercup -31st March 2017

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

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 […]

Young Writers Award

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 […]

Science week

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 […]

Victorian lesson-Freshwater theatre company Yr 3 and 4

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 […]

Bike training

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 […]

Parliament Visit – 8th November 2016

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 […]

Sleeping Rough Project with the Salvation Army

  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 […]

Eco Boat trip Years 5/6 : Hermitage, Tower Hill : 12th October 2016

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

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 […]

The Exploratorium – Materials :Monday 3rd October Year 5/6

Year 5/6 were visited by a Eccentric Scientist. Children  took part in role play and  used tableaux to explore the topic.   The children enjoyed showing off their knowledge and were very enthusiastic about science. they passed tasks like outwitting a disgruntled monster to save the Exploratorium science machine from imploding! The workshop is very interactive. […]

Victorian Homelife and Toys for Year 1/2: 29th September 2016

Year 1/2 were visited by a Victorian housekeeper who worked using drama activities such as roleplay and tableaux to explore the topic with the children.  The workshop gave the children a chance to explore different aspects and chores of a Victorian household, as well as a chance to play with Victorian toys at the end. […]

Victorian Schooldays for Year 3/4 – 27th September 2016

History comes alive! Years 3/4 were taught  by a Victorian schoolteacher who conducted an hour long session with the children in Buttercup. The morning was spent covering different aspects of the Victorian curriculum and the cultural context of the time – Children discussing the fact that some children are not in school as they are […]