Global Eid Greeting
Students from Buttercup Primary School have been involved with Islam channel to produce a global Eid greeting which will be broadcasted on Eid Ul Fitr.
Sports Day
Today our children took part in sports day! The format for the day was similar to previous years, with pupils taking part in a great number of different challenges and skill tests, rotating around the field on a carousel basis.
Activities including; Scoop The Ball, Sack race ,egg and spoon race, Tug of war ,relay race and many others!
You only need to see the pictures to see just how much fun everyone had!
Our School Pets
At Buttercups we like to bring learning to life so we keep a range of pets – a lizard, a chameleon…even fish!
Our pets have recently moved home. Pascal the chameleon has been handed over to a local reptile store . Our chickens fluffy and chips have now retired. They have been moved to our ks1 teachers house Mrs Nur who has kindly built them a wooden house in the garden. They have settled in well.
We are now thinking of bringing in some crickets ! This will be interesting!
Enterprise Week
This week It all added up for our young entrepreneurs who found themselves swapping the classroom for the boardroom, as they entered ‘The Dragons Den’ with their pitches .Every class from nursery to Year Six, was asked to set up a mini-business. The youngsters were given the task of thinking of every detail, from business ideas to the running costs.Teachers came up with the enterprise week idea to encourage children to use their maths skills.
The children’s ideas included making and selling fridge magnets, Gruffalo biscuits, Fairtrade goods, gingerbread men, luxury chocolates, cakes , pizzas milkshakes and wacky jelly! The school was transformed into a bustling market place in which children sold their wares to parents and staff.
All the pupils worked with excitement and enthusiasm from start to finish . The project enabled them to improve their mental maths and written calculation skills, as well as having a greater understanding of how a business works.
We are very grateful to local businesses including Savera bakery, Fountain delights, who supported the school and the children throughout the project. The week ended with a math production by hobgoblins theatre company.
Here are the highlights ….
Visit to the Globe Theatre
Children at Buttercup have immersed themselves into the language of Shakespeare through his story of King Lear and embracing the true beauty of literature.
During this learning process children gained a deeper understanding of family dynamics and also concepts such as the significance of inheritancein Islam ;the concept of dowry and kingship. Children re-wrote the play scripts with thier own plots and also visited the globe theatre, which contextualised their learning and deep end thier understanding of the the time in which Shakespeare wrote.
Children indulged in a question and answer session asking about Shakespeare life. The guide was very impressed by Buttercup. We then had a tour of the theatre and the children were amazed at the open theatre setting.
Here are some of the highlights of the day….
Visit to Mill House
The children in year 5/6 visited the Mill House in Bromley by Bow as part of their science, design and Technology learning .This term children analysed the significance of renewable energy and weather it is a long term solution in London alongside the production of bread from grain to flour. This trip enabled the children to physically experience the life of a Miller where they followed the trail of a grain churned into flour through the process of renewable energy by means of the water Mill.
E-safety Day
Kids live in a digital world, children in BCP were taught how to protect themselves and think critically as we want our children to be smart and safe in the digital world – whether that is in school or out of school – having them understand how the technology works, how copyright works, how identity works.
International week
Buttercup primary school celebrates international week this week.
This week our pupils dressed up in clothes from different countries and held an international food fair.
A school which is home to 13 different languages.
Throughout the week special workshops and classes were held and children learnt about the diversity of the whole world.
They learned about different culinary traditions around the world, adopted them and then brought their dishes around the school to teach others and give them the opportunity to taste.
The pupils also learned about different artists and painted pictures in each style they also took part in making their own African tie dyed patterned material which were then put on display.
The whole school was divided into the following:
Early years – South America
KS1 -South East Asia
Lower KS2 – East Asia
Upper KS2- Africa
Here are the highlights:
Book week
The children of Buttercup Primary school have been busy this week with activities to do with Book Week.
The Travellors book company hosted our book fair , each day the book fair was opened to encourage everyone to buy their favourite books!
All week and throughout the day we had Stop, Drop and Read as the bell rang throughout the school to signal this event. Reading break time was carried out in the main hall as an alternative to playing outside and the Big Book
Parents were invited to join this week during storytelling session. Folk stories and stories were read out in different languages.
Many more activities from design a book marker competition were also held. The teachers swapped classes throughout the week and took their favourite children’s book with them to read to the children.
On Wednesday we welcomed Jackie Marchant, children’s author. Jackie was involved in delivering workshops with each classes on how to write an imaginative story.
The whole school participated by having everyone dressing up as their favourite book character ,the day finished with book signings with Jackie with parents and families.
Trip to the Royal Observatory
Children in year 5 and 6 went to the world’s centre of time as they visited the Royal Observatory to explore the significance of establishing the longitude. Children shared pivotal moments with their peers on the Meridian line as they stood aside the eastern and western hemisphere. Children also discovered how significant the sense of direction was to Muslims as Islam spread and the need to face the Qibla became a scientific geographic inquiry. They discovered how the British government had encouraged the community to find the best solution to invent a mechanism to establish the longitude for sailors who went put to sea. Children also enjoyed the show at the Planetarium which contextualised children’s learning of Earth and Space which was a wonderful way to end the term.
Islam Awareness Week Exhibition
Islam awareness week this year was around the topic ‘who is Muhammed (saw)’
A 2 day Exhibition displaying models of the two holy mosques and artefact from the past was held on show for the public.
A variety show of nasheeds recitation of the Quran and drama performances was also on show by the children of Buttercups! It was a great week!
Science Week at Buttercup
This week was Science week and like always it was a huge success again this year alhumdulilah . We had lots of exciting activities and workshops going on.
The week kicked off with a science assembly highlighting some of the greatest inventors and scientists in the Muslim world. A Quiz show was held midweek that was won by House team ‘Salahudeen’! Mashaalah a very big well done to them!
The Super Science week ended with a dressing up day for the children and teachers, indoor and outdoor workshops carrying out experiments and a crazy science food fete!
A big thank you to all of you for all the effort that you put into your competition entries and donations of the cakes!. Another big thank you to some of our parents who spared some of their precious time to inspire our pupils by talking to them about their work and their interest in science.!
Soo here it goes Jazakallahu khairun!! ( THANK YOU!)
Here are the highlights …..
Tudors visit Buttercup Primary School
The Tudors made a surprise visit to Buttercup Primary School. The eventful day showed the children how the Tudors lived and the funny things they got up to.
Vist to the Parliament
This week our pupils visited the Houses of Parliament to see how the laws passed in Parliament affect our daily lives.
Topic work on WW2
Buttercup primary had a visiting drama group acting out incidents from World War 2.
Have a look at our videos of the session.
Buttercup Primary School New Site
Buttercup Primary School has acquired a brand new school site which we will be moving into in September 2014.
Our new address and telephone number is as follows:
Buttercup Primary School
181 Cannon Street Road
London
E1 2LX
Telephone: 020 3759 7408
Nearest bus 115, & D3
Nearest tube stations Shadwell, Aldgate East or Whitechapel.
DLR: Shadwell Station
Year 6 graduation ceremony 2014
They conquer their fears, achieve ambitious goals and learn to act with enormous amounts of integrity. The staff at Buttercup Primary School are always very proud of the children and the achievements they have made; personally, socially, spiritually and academically. It’s because of this that the children have their own opportunity to celebrate all of their achievements with their families and teachers before their transition to Secondary School.
The children sing songs of farewell and some choose to read a poem, famous readings and their own letters of thanks.
It has been a very moving celebration full of emotions of happiness and sadness.
The staff consider our graduation to be a short goodbye as we know that the children will soon return to let us know how they are getting on at Secondary School and we will see them at breakfast club or even work experience opportunities in the future in’sha’Allah.
Here are some highlights…
Visit to Oxford University
Upper KS2 went out for a day trip to the very famous Oxford University.
The trip was part of our school transition programme designed to plant the seeds within our Year 6 students, to work hard and aim high.
