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 of the university and a museum workshop looking at artifacts found in Cambridge. The children came back feeling inspired and excited about going to university in the future!
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 why. The children enjoyed eating the cheese with crackers, bread sticks and bread. They learnt that cheese does not only come from England or the local shops but they are imported from different parts of the world. They explored the different tastes, textures and appearances cheese can have therefore understanding every cheese tastes different. They appreciated that cheese can be eaten with many things such as crackers, breadsticks, olives and more. The Italian cheese Ricotta fresca was the most popular amongst the children!
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 the safe way of placing fruits in the skewers, we enjoyed choosing our favourite fruits and eating them as fruit kebabs. The impact of this lesson allowed for pupils to eat fruits that they may have not previously tasted and to understand the influence of trading between countries. Eating fruits from South Africa, Egypt and Kenya gave a whole new meaning to the daily experience of eating fruits.
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 about Asabiyah (nationalism) as opposed to being united upon the firm belief under the banner of the Shahadah. They understood that the ummah of Rasool Allah SAW is a global multicultural family and that what matters most is the belief in Allah.
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 countries. We also explored international fruits and where they came from. The children went to the local market to buy international fruits and used them to make their own kebab fruit sticks. They were delicious.
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 and inspired by the professionals. They asked intriguing questions and took a keen interest in finding out more about these careers. Children challenged typical stereotypes by asking key questions such as whether or not women are found in these careers. They were left inspired with the knowledge that women are increasing in these careers. We hope that this experience plants seeds of high aspirational goals into our children.
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 went on the Emirate cable cars to travel towards Royal Victoria DLR station coming back to Shadwell DLR. The kids and adults had a amazing time.
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 and providing much needed resources that will benefit the children now and in the future.
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 gifted with a rose as a mark of appreciation to recognise the hard work and passion they dedicate to the school. You are all amazing!
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 show was enjoyed by all!
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 children came to school wearing their pyjamas and we had cookies and milk as we listened to our favourite stories. The children really enjoyed dressing up as their favourite character on Friday and the adults all joined in too. It was great fun and a great opportunity to promote reading and story telling!
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!
