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May 24, 20170 min read
Food Week – 27th March to 31st March 2017
What a fantastic week we have had in Food week! The children learned about healthy food and the many industries of food e.g. GM foods,...
Apr 3, 20171 min read
Ready steady cook at Buttercup -31st March 2017
To end Food week with a bang, we invited Ian from the School food showdown company to demonstrate a live cooking workshop in the ‘Ready...
Mar 31, 20171 min read
Book Week at Buttercup
Book Week at Buttercup started off with a bang with the Hobgoblins theatre company who put on a fantastic show for the Key stage 2...
Mar 6, 20172 min read
Young Writers Award
A very big congratulations to Mehak in Year 5 and Saira in Year 6 for winning the ‘Young writers’ competition and getting their stories...
Feb 27, 20171 min read
Science week
Alhumdulillah Science Week was a great success! Over the week, the children learned about the different aspects of Chemistry, Biology and...
Feb 27, 20171 min read
Victorian lesson-Freshwater theatre company Yr 3 and 4
As part of Year 3 and 4’s topic work on the Victorians , the Freshwaters theatre company were invited to run a Victorian classroom...
Feb 27, 20171 min read
Bike training
Cycling has many benefits; health and wellbeing, environmental, social and economic. It is an inclusive, empowering, inexpensive activity...
Jan 31, 20172 min read
Parliament Visit – 8th November 2016
constituencies around England and how only one person (MP) represents that area. The children had a wonderful experience touring the...
Nov 20, 20161 min read
Oct 21, 20160 min read
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...
Oct 21, 20161 min read
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...
Oct 12, 20161 min read
Black History week
Black History Week Assembly The children at Buttercup Primary celebrated Black History week with a wonderful assembly. Each class shared...
Oct 10, 20161 min read
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...
Oct 3, 20161 min read
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...
Sep 29, 20161 min read
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...
Sep 27, 20161 min read
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...
Sep 27, 20161 min read
Year 6 and Reception class Graduation Ceremony 2016
Reception and Year 6 Class Graduates of 2016
Jul 25, 20161 min read
Jul 25, 20160 min read
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...
Feb 5, 20161 min read
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