Two children from Year 6 were chosen to take part in a special workshop with one of the UK’s leading performance poets, Neal Zetter. Neal shared his poems with the children and encouraged them to write their own poems about ‘Seasons’ using metaphors and similes. In the afternoon children worked in groups to write and perform their own performance poems about potatoes!

The children came back really inspired by the workshop and cannot wait to put their skills into their next piece of writing!!

The year 5 & 6 spent the day at Wadham College, which is one of the many colleges that belong to Oxford University; and that dates as far back as the beginning of the 10th century! We were thrilled to take part in a science experiment and sample what it is like to take part in a lecture that conducts research!  We ate in one of the many old rooms surrounded by paintings of some of the first professors and famous students since the college opened! And to finish off a fun packed day, we visited the Natural History Museum in Oxford, where we got to hold live exotic cockaroaches, and see and touch all sorts of familiar and strange creatures, great and small!

The children and adults shared and performed their favourite poems to celebrate National poetry day. Some children wrote their own poems and performed them in front of an audience. We have some amazing poets in our school!

Year 1 and 2 

Buttercup primary welcomed PC John who is a police constable officer for Tower Hamlets  to do a presentation on road safety and E-safety. He covered important reminders about how to cross the road in different situations e.g. how to cross the road where there is no crossing. He showed examples of how to wear a seat belt, what you need when riding a bicycle and what to do if a stranger approaches you. He also identified with the children other strangers that are safe people that children could go to for help e.g. traffic warden. The children got the opportunity to ask PC John questions about his job and why he chose to become a police constable.

This summer term the children learnt about transport. They looked at buses, trains and boats. The children also went on a trip to experience travelling on different transport, including the exciting cable cars. Come and take a look…

This year in Cambridge University the children had a creative literacy lesson at the university’s finest museum hall .’Fitzgerald Museum ‘ The children worked in groups looking carefully at original historic art pieces painted by famous painters such as De Vinci . The two painters and paintings that they analysed were by Alrfred Elmore  and Claude Monet . The children thoroughly enjoyed analysing and investing the paintings trying to discover the meaning , mood behind the artist and the pictures they wrote such wonderful pieces!