Year 1

Welcome to the Year 1 page

30th November 2021
Animals Workshop With Year 1
In science, year 1 are learning about the different animal groups and the similarities and differenc...
22nd October 2021
Junior Road Safety Officer Training
The Junior Road Safety Officers (JRSOs) had their first meeting this week. Max Moorcroft, a road saf...
7th October 2021
Year 1 Learn About Human Body Parts
Year 1 have started to learn about the human body. Pupils labelled and discussed the importance of t...
30th September 2021
Parents as Partners - Hackney Education Online Event
Parents/Carers in Hackney - Have your Say!
5th February 2021
Get Caught Reading!
2nd February 2021
Year 1 as sculptors
This term Year 1 are learning about sculptures, we used clay and modelling tools to explore and prac...
19th January 2021
Holiday Homework
Remote learning has not stopped the children sharing and celebrating their holiday homework projects...
19th January 2021
Cycling Autumn 2020
At Orchard, cycling is offered to all KS2 children. Here is our Autumn 2020 summary! 63 y...
19th January 2021
Home Learning
We are so proud of the engagement in home learning at Orchard. Don't forget all learning tasks for e...
19th January 2021
Year 1 Maths
This week, the children currently accessing school in Year 1 used concrete resources to create graph...
22nd November 2020
Year 1 Holiday Homework
The holiday homework for Year 1 was to create a model or write about our local area of Hackney. We h...
1st November 2020
Democracy Day 2020
During Democracy Day, children in Years 1-6 had the opportunity to cast their own vote for Year 6 Sc...
1st November 2020
Dr Bike
Dr Bike & Bikers Breakfast at Orchard was busy, with 42 bikes receiving a safety check and minor...
12th October 2020
Dr Bike is coming!
20th September 2020
Practical Maths!
In Year 1 the children are learning to add and subtract 1 from any number. To support their learning...
14th September 2020
Year 1 Explorers
Year 1 enjoyed exploring their new playground last week. They are particularly excited to try out th...
13th July 2020
Hispanic Day
There was culture and creativity throughout the school during Hispanic Day! The theme was Art & ...
25th June 2020
KS1 Home Learning
This week the teachers in KS1 have seen children taking part in a wide range of exciting hands on ac...
25th June 2020
Seasonal Changes
Children in Year 1 have been busy learning about their new topic, ‘Seasonal Changes’. Across the las...
25th June 2020
Sports Day!
Have you tried the virtual challenges on the home learning web page yet? Don't forget to email your ...
21st June 2020
Nursery Spaces Available
21st June 2020
Timestable Rockstars Competition!
9th June 2020
Home Learning Projects
We have seen a number of holiday projects sent in to the home learning email address. What an amazin...
26th May 2020
Bubbles!
Last week the younger children in school started the day off with a Joe Wicks PE lesson. They then p...
25th May 2020
Bird's Nests!
Last week, the children attending school read the book 'Mama Built a Little Nest' and learnt about a...
3rd May 2020
Home Learning 2
Some more wonderful examples of creative home learning, well done everyone! ...
28th April 2020
Families' Week
This week is Families’ Week at Orchard, an opportunity to celebrate the diversity both in our school...
28th April 2020
Home Learning Holiday Homework
Well done Orchard! It is wonderful to see such continued commitment to learning. Thank you to ever...
23rd April 2020
Changing Home Readers
Don't forget, if you need to change home reading books, the parent room has been set up as a library...
23rd April 2020
Creative Learning
The children attending school this week are enjoying getting creative and linking literacy and art! ...
17th April 2020
In the sunshine
The children in KS1 and EYFS have been enjoying the sunshine and experiencing outdoor learning. &...
14th April 2020
Science Fayre
Science Day was a huge success and ended in a wonderful celebration of the experiments undertaken ac...
15th March 2020
Librarians at Work!
As part of World Book Day the Head Librarians organised a book swap. Children brought in books that ...
15th March 2020
Pyjama Day!
As a school, the children have chosen to support Shelter this year as the school charity. The target...
15th March 2020
Digital Leader Safety Focus
This term the digital leaders have been busy raising the profile of e-safety. They have designed and...
15th March 2020
Spring Dr Bike and Bikers Breakfast
Spring Dr Bike and Bikers Breakfast event on the 17th March 8.30am - 10.30am
2nd February 2020
Enterprise Fayre
The children had the opportunity to sell products made during Work Week at the Enterprise Fayre. The...
2nd February 2020
Competition Winners!
The School Council launched a whole school Book Corner and Inspiration Station competition. This wee...
2nd February 2020
Year 1 investigate materials!
Year 1 are learning about everyday materials in science. The children investigated materials and dis...
2nd February 2020
Family Gardening Club
Join us each Tuesday 3.30pm to 4.30pm!
19th January 2020
Creative Choir!
Our school choir were busy spreading festive cheer around Hackney before Christmas. They performed a...
19th January 2020
Winter Fayre
Thank you to all the families who contributed donations to the Winter Fayre and to those who came to...
11th December 2019
Eco Team Activity
The Orchard Eco Team decided they want to focus on tackling litter around our school and in our loca...
11th December 2019
School Council Cross Site Meeting
Orchard hosted the first cross site School Council meeting of the academic year last week. School Co...
11th December 2019
Dressed in Blue!
In recognition of Anti-Bullying Day, children dressed up in blue as Orchard showed that no bullying ...
17th November 2019
Hackney Summer Reading Challenge
A big congratulations to everyone who took part in the Summer Reading Challenge!
17th November 2019
Eco Assembly
The Eco Team presented assemblies to the whole school this week. They gave top tips on how we can al...
17th November 2019
Garden Delights!
Look what we harvest from the school garden!
17th November 2019
Holiday Homework!
Look at the fantastic holiday homework created by pupils in Year 1 - 4. As geographers, the children...
10th November 2019
Creativity in the Play Pod
KS1 have been showing their creativity and engineering skills by constructing imaginative places to ...
10th November 2019
Parent Reading Partners
Every Friday morning, Lower School enjoy Parent Reading. It is always a wonderful to see so many adu...
10th November 2019
World Week
World Week is a part of our enrichment programme which celebrates the diversity within our school. O...
10th November 2019
Gold Stars!
We have again received the Gold Travel Stars Award at Orchard Primary School. We are again in the to...
29th September 2019
Significant Males
We were delighted to welcome our significant males into school again this week to join in with learn...
29th September 2019
Year 1 Gardening
Year 1 had a lovely visit from the Gardening Team. The children learnt about the different parts of ...
29th September 2019
Flagship Again!
Last week our Deputy Headteacher attended the IQM Awards to receive our re-accreditation for the...
22nd September 2019
Smelly Science!
This week Year 1 have continued their learning about the human body by exploring their senses. They ...
22nd September 2019
Parent Reading Returns!
We were delighted to welcome our new parents in Nursery to Parent Reading last week. Adults joined c...
22nd September 2019
Pupil Voice Fayre
This week Orchard hosted the annual pupil voice fair to explore the responsibilities children might ...
11th September 2019
Florence visits Year One!
Year 1 started their History learning this week with a trip back in time to meet Florence Nightingal...
14th July 2019
Hispanic Day
Last week Orchard enjoyed celebrating Hispanic Day. The children enjoyed an assembly let by Ms Josep...
29th May 2019
Language Learners
Some children in Year 1 have been widening their vocabulary by taking part in a vocabulary intervent...
29th May 2019
Church Visit
As part of the Year 1 RE topic on places of worship, the...
28th May 2019
Matisse
Year One worked hard to create their final outcomes for our topic on Matisse. They thought carefully...
28th May 2019
Families' Week
Our annual Families' Week was a huge success. The children had the opportunity to learn about lots o...
28th May 2019
Homework Creations
Check out some of the fantastic Easter holiday homework produced by children across the school. Thes...
28th May 2019
Family Cycling
The new family cycling club got off to a great start this half term. Four children and four adul...
13th May 2019
Parent Reading
Parent Reading continues to be a much loved part of our weekly routine at Orchard. We love seeing al...
12th May 2019
Garden Explorers!
Year 1 classes took part in gardening workshops with our resident gardeners. They focussed on the pa...
12th May 2019
Claire Alexander visits Orchard!
Year one had a visit from Claire Alexander. Claire is the author of Small Florence, a book about a s...
12th May 2019
Celebrating Reading
Our Year 1 and Year 5 pupils celebrated reading for pleasure by swapping classes to share books. Bot...
14th March 2019
Fairtrade Fortnight
Fairtrade Fortnight got off to a great start last week and it all started with a thought-provoking a...
11th March 2019
Poetry Performers
Y1 Poetry Year 1 have been developing their poetry skills through practising...
7th February 2019
Fire!
Year One visited Homerton Fire Station for their work week. Once they arrived, they had a team of fi...
27th January 2019
Spring Winners!
Last week we celebrated our holiday homework winners. All children who participated received cer...
27th January 2019
V&A Museum of Childhood
Last week Year One went on an exciting trip to the V&A Museum of Childhood. This was to enrich o...
27th January 2019
NSPCC Assemblies
The NSPCC led assemblies on Keeping Safe for Years 1-6 as part of their Speak Out; Stay Safe Pro...
8th January 2019
Local Landmarks
Year 1 took inspiration from Paul Klee's use of geometric shapes to create their own interpretation ...
21st November 2018
Holiday Homework Champions!
Check out some of the fantastic homework projects created by children across KS1 and KS2, including ...
21st November 2018
Dips and Dippers
Year one had an excellent DT Day! The topic was dips and dippers - children worked as a team to desi...
1st November 2018
DT Day
Friday 2nd November is our first Design & Technology Day of the year. Parents/carers are welcome...
14th October 2018
International Evening
As part of our World Week celebrations, we enjoyed a wonderful international evening bringing togeth...
12th October 2018
Magical Mathematicians!
Maths in Year 1 is always fun when we are using...
12th October 2018
Senses in Science!
Year 1 had a fantastic time using their senses to explor...
9th October 2018
Significant Males
Thank you to all the significant males who joined us in school last week to support our learning! ...
1st August 2018
World Book Day
Although a day late due to the snow, World Book Day was again a huge success. With creative costumes...
1st August 2018
Visit from the Mayor
School councils from Orchard, Southwold and Hoxton Garden held a joint meeting to meet with Hackney ...
1st August 2018
Families Week
Thank you for supporting families week. The children learned about different types of families and o...
1st August 2018
Music Festival
Our Samba Band is in full rehearsal using the instruments awarded to us at the Mayor of Hackney Musi...
30th March 2018
Wonderful Cauliflowers!
A wonderful cauliflower! And the paints from plants lesson at orchard today with year 1. We also did...

Upcoming events

Jan

Fri

Parent Coffee Morning – Music

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Jan 21 @ 9:15 am – 10:15 am

Music: What does the music curriculum look like at our school?

Jan

Mon

Work & Enterprise Week

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Jan 24 – Jan 28 all-day

Categories: EYFS Nursery Parents Reception Term Dates Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Jan

Thu

Work and Enterprise Fayre

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Jan 27 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Front playground

Categories: Nursery Parents Reception Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Jan

Fri

Parent Coffee Morning – Writing

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Jan 28 @ 9:15 am – 10:15 am

Writing: How can I engage my child to write creatively at home?

Categories: Coffee Mornings Nursery Reception Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Feb

Fri

Parent Coffee Morning – Writing

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Feb 4 @ 9:00 am – 9:45 am

Writing: How can I engage my child to write creatively at home?

Categories: Nursery Parents Reception Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Parent Coffee Morning – Wellbeing:

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Feb 4 @ 9:15 am – 10:15 am

Wellbeing: What will my child learn during the Children’s Mental Health Week?

Categories: Coffee Mornings Nursery Reception Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Feb

Wed

Safer Internet Day

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Feb 9 all-day

Categories: EYFS Nursery Parents Reception Term Dates Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Feb

Fri

Parent Coffee Morning – Online Safety

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Feb 11 @ 9:15 am – 10:15 am

Online safety: How to support my child to use digital technologies safely, positively and responsibly? (Safer Internet Day parent workshop for KS2 parents only)