School Council Election – 21st October 2016

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. […]

Parent E-Safety & Safeguarding ‎Workshop – Monday 26th September 2016‎

Parents from each year group were invited to attend an important workshop covering issues on E-safety and safeguarding. The school shared the school policies and gave advice on how to keep children safe online. We had a great turned out.  

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 […]

Year 6 and Reception class Graduation Ceremony 2016

    Reception and Year 6  Class Graduates of 2016                

Year 6 Graduation Ceremony -22nd July 2016

      It took place at the ELM. The children were presented with their certificates by the head teacher. They sang nasheeds and a song that they wrote together and shared their special memories of being at Buttercup. The parents were proud and we were proud!                 […]

Visit to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

Following on from the Science week that took place at the end of January 2016 and in continuing to with the schools longterm plan on developing skills , we programmed to join Winns primary school children at an exclusive workshop at the very prestigious Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP in London Fleet Street. Freshfields is a leader among international […]

Science week 2016

Science Week Monday 18th January to Friday 22nd January 2016 was Science Week at Buttercup Primary School. All week, children from Early years to Year 6 took part in a host of different science experiments. The following zones were created in school: Years 1/2 – Chemistry Years 3/4 – Biology zone Years 5/6 – Physics […]

Money Week

Monday 23rd November  saw the beginning of an exciting money week at Buttercup Primary School. Everybody got involved in all kinds of activities. Key Stage 1 learned all about coins, counting money, shopping, prices and played a range of games, even taking part in a money treasure hunt. Key Stage 2 classes extended their experience to […]

School Council Election

All the children took part in voting for their school councillors . It was a very serious day and a very important one . they all understood the importance of freedom of choice and had a great time trying to decide which candidate to vote for.

Visit to UBS Bank

UBS is a global bank, providing services in over 50 countries. Specialising in Wealth Management and Global Asset Management they serve ‘ultra high net worth individuals’ all over the world. Over the course of the day, students got to meet a range of volunteers from across the company, and were able to work with them […]

Falconry Birds of Prey at Buttercup

The school was visited by the Falconry Birds of Prey Show. Everyone had so much fun meeting them. the children enjoyed holding the birds and seeing them fly around the classroom.

Visit to Parliament

The Parliament visit for our budding school Councillors took place on the 6th of October 2015. The Children had an exclusive VIP tour of the inside building. And took part in a workshop called ‘YOUR VOICE’.

Buttercup an Enabling Enterprise Partner School

              Buttercup Primary school is now an Enabling Enterprise partnership school. Through this we hope to develop the enterprise skills and experiences of work and aspirations to succeed. We will be working in partnership with schools and businesses such as Santander, IBM, BT, Hamleys, BirminghamUniversity, Virgin Active, London Business […]