20th September 2020
This week in Reception the children have had an exciting settling in week. The children have practis...
14th September 2020We are excited to welcome our Early Years children full time today. Last week, all children had a wo...
13th July 2020There was culture and creativity throughout the school during Hispanic Day! The theme was Art & ...
25th June 2020Have you tried the virtual challenges on the home learning web page yet? Don't forget to email your ...
9th June 2020We have seen a number of holiday projects sent in to the home learning email address. What an amazin...
25th May 2020Last week, the children attending school read the book 'Mama Built a Little Nest' and learnt about a...
3rd May 2020Some more wonderful examples of creative home learning, well done everyone! ...
28th April 2020This week is Families’ Week at Orchard, an opportunity to celebrate the diversity both in our school...
28th April 2020Well done Orchard! It is wonderful to see such continued commitment to learning. Thank you to ever...
23rd April 2020The children attending school this week are enjoying getting creative and linking literacy and art! ...
14th April 2020Science Day was a huge success and ended in a wonderful celebration of the experiments undertaken ac...
15th March 2020As part of World Book Day the Head Librarians organised a book swap. Children brought in books that ...
15th March 2020Spring Dr Bike and Bikers Breakfast event on the 17th March 8.30am - 10.30am
15th March 2020The children in Reception had a wonderful day celebrating their 100th day of school last week! The c...
9th February 2020Reception children had a wonderful time visiting Hackney City Farm. They identified a range of anima...
9th February 2020Thank you to all the parents who attended the EYFS Early Maths coffee morning. There were some fanta...
19th January 2020Thank you to all the families who contributed donations to the Winter Fayre and to those who came to...
11th December 2019In recognition of Anti-Bullying Day, children dressed up in blue as Orchard showed that no bullying ...
17th November 2019The children in Reception and Nursery attended the "Peace at Last" opera. They really enjoyed it. ...
10th November 2019Thank you for all the parents who came in to view and contribute to the children's Special Books on ...
10th November 2019The children in Reception enjoyed using ipads to take 'selfies'! ...
10th November 2019The children in Elm class have been enjoying music lessons with Mrs Batup, where they have been expe...
10th November 2019Every Friday morning, Lower School enjoy Parent Reading. It is always a wonderful to see so many adu...
10th November 2019We have again received the Gold Travel Stars Award at Orchard Primary School. We are again in the to...
29th September 2019We were delighted to welcome our significant males into school again this week to join in with learn...
29th September 2019This week Reception have been engaging in a range of activities which explore the different things t...
22nd September 2019We were delighted to welcome our new parents in Nursery to Parent Reading last week. Adults joined c...
14th July 2019Last week Orchard enjoyed celebrating Hispanic Day. The children enjoyed an assembly let by Ms Josep...
29th May 2019The parents of Nursery and Reception children enjoyed our Writing Workshop which focused on supporti...
29th May 2019The children in EYFS have been fascinated by our eggs, which have now hatched into chicks. This has ...
28th May 2019Our annual Families' Week was a huge success. The children had the opportunity to learn about lots o...
12th May 2019The parents of Nursery and Reception children enjoyed our Maths Workshop. They discovered a range of...
12th May 2019During Science Day, Reception and Nursery explored changes and materials by mixing different ingredi...
2nd May 2019Reception children celebrated their 100th day of school in the Spring Term. To mark this special day...
14th March 2019Fairtrade Fortnight got off to a great start last week and it all started with a thought-provoking a...
8th March 2019This week reception have been learning about time. We have been discussing our daily routines as wel...
8th March 2019During Work Week the Reception children were visited by Doctor George, an A&E doctor from UCL Ho...
27th January 2019Lots of Nursery and Reception parents attended the 'fine motor skills' coffee morning. They discover...
21st November 2018In Reception lots of learning has been linked to the story ‘The Gingerbread Man’. The children have...
24th October 2018The children in Early Years have been learning about how to look after their world. They have been l...
9th October 2018Thank you to all the significant males who joined us in school last week to support our learning! ...
1st August 2018Although a day late due to the snow, World Book Day was again a huge success. With creative costumes...
1st August 2018School councils from Orchard, Southwold and Hoxton Garden held a joint meeting to meet with Hackney ...
1st August 2018Thank you for supporting families week. The children learned about different types of families and o...
1st August 2018Our Samba Band is in full rehearsal using the instruments awarded to us at the Mayor of Hackney Musi...
