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The key stage 2 children had an amazing day out to Clacton-on-Sea where they enjoyed splashing in the sea, making sand castles, playing games and getting on rides. The weather was perfect and we ended the day with a yummy ice cream Alhumdullilah!
As part of the school’s promotion to aspire to do great things and have high expectations, the children visited one of the best universities in the world, Cambridge university. This was a great opportunity for the children to experience the life of a university student and the opportunities that universities provide. There was a tour […]
Year 5 and 6 children had a cheese tasting session where they tasted a variety of cheese from European countries. They tasted Cheddar cheese, Emmental cheese, French brie cheese, Feta cheese, Ricotta fresca, Goat’s cheese and Crefee cheese which is soft cheese with garlic. They had to guess which country the cheese was from and […]
In year 1 and 2 we combined food week and international week together, focusing on the second largest continent Africa. We selected some of the most delicious tropical fruits from a previous trip to Watney market to eat for our fruit party. The fruits chosen were pineapples, grapes, watermelons, honey melons and oranges. After practicing […]
As part of International week, each class learnt about a different country or continent. The children decorated their classrooms with flags, art work, fact sheets, artefacts and maps related to their chosen country or continent. The week ended with children understanding the differences between culture, creed, and race vs countries. Key stage 2 was taught […]
During international and food week Early years focused on the aspect of international airports. We created an airport in our roleplay area. The children roleplayed acting out as the passenger check in officers, the pilot, and passengers. They had an opportunity to make their own passports and boarding passes and enjoyed pretending to travel to other […]
As part of the Year 6 careers day initiative, the Year 6 children were given the opportunity to meet and interview 2 parents from different professions and fields of work. They met a dentist/ entrepreneur and an electrician. The parents spoke about their careers and how they reached their goals. The children were really engaged […]
The Early years children had an amazing educational trip exploring different transports used in London. We started our journey using the 135 bus traveling towards Canary Wharf to catch the Uber boat from the pier to North Greenwich. We stopped at the 02 arena to have a lovely lunch and a little rest. We then […]
Pupils from Buttercup Primary School donated gift hampers for our charity project to our local elderly residents. The residents were very pleased in receiving them.
Our School Councillors and Mental Health Ambassadors have teamed up for a charity project called ’The Royal Guest Project’. Our children had a budget to purchase goodies to gift our elderly residents who live alone to bring a smile to their faces. “Every act of kindness is a Sadaqa (charity).”Bukhari/Muslim
Emdad Rahman OBE from ‘BOOKBIKELONDON’ dropped by once again with some fantastic classic and adventure books for our upper key stage 2 children. There was excitement in the air as the children could not wait to get their hands on the books and read them! Thank you Emdad for supporting our school with your kindness […]
To mark the end of Ramadan, the children and staff at Buttercup celebrated Eid-Ul-Fitr together. The children came to school in their special clothes and brought delicious food and drink to share with their class. The afternoon was spent with lots of singing, games, food and laughter. Eid Mubarak!
We celebrated International women’s day by recognising our beautiful girls and teachers in school . To mark the occasion 200 roses were handed out to each of the girls . The boys did not get left out, each boy received a rose to gift to the special woman in their life . Staff were also […]
We launched Book Week with a bang by inviting the Hobgoblin theatre company to perform ‘The greatest fairytale ever told’ to the whole school. The story was based around ‘The Evil Queen is doing away with all of the handsome Princes and it is up to the 3 Little Pigs to stop her!’ This interactive […]
The teachers at Buttercup shared their favourite stories with the children. There was great excitement around the school as stories were told. It was wonderful to see the teachers spend time with the different year groups and share childhood favourites with them and prove they were once children too!
During book week in Early Years, the Hobgoblin theatre company came to perform a show on fairy tales. The children were very excited and knew every story they performed. We also had the children from year 5 and 6 come down and read stories to them . Mid week we had a pyjama day. The […]
We ended Book Week with a bang! The children and adults came to school dressed as characters from their favourite book. Thank you to all the parents, children and staff for making the day so much fun!
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Buttercup Primary School
181 Cannon Street Road
London
E1 2LX
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