25th May 2023
Join Cycling Club Hackney on Sunday 11th June at Well Street Common Festival for fun cycle races as ...
22nd May 2023Our KS2 children have been busy designing their very own 3D projects using a program called SketchUp...
19th May 2023Year 4 visited the Ragged School Museum to travel back in time to the Victorian era. They had an int...
15th May 2023Year 4 visited the Ragged School Museum where they experienced a Victorian classroom. It had authent...
10th May 2023Congratulations to our ‘best crown’ winners for having spectacular creations, selected b...
28th April 2023On Friday 5th May, we are inviting children to make a crown and wear it to school to celebrate the c...
27th April 2023Year 4 had a special visit from author, Katherine Wheatley. They learnt about the process of writing...
25th April 2023Click here to view our special lunch menu that will be served on Friday 5th May for the Kings Corona...
29th March 2023As part of the Great British Clean-Up, the Eco-Team and School Council collaborated to help clean up...
22nd March 2023Eco-warriors from Hoxton Garden, Southwold and Orchard came together to have a group meeting. They d...
22nd March 2023Monday 20th March 2023 The Erasmus trip to Tenerife began today at (an eye-watering) 5am wh...
15th March 2023KS2 was visited by the author, Danny Wallace. He shared his experience of how he become an author an...
15th March 2023Head Gardeners got together to discuss the importance of having a garden, brainstorming their ideas ...
15th March 2023Year 4 visited the Postal Museum and explored the history and journey of postal communication and it...
15th March 2023As part of the Year 4 children’s Rainforest topic in Geography, they went for an exciting trip...
6th March 2023Join Kidical Mass London on 12th March to ride from Stonebridge Gardens, E8 to Tate Modern. There wi...
3rd March 2023Orchard did an amazing job of dressing up in their favourite characters for World Book Day! You all ...
22nd February 2023Staff celebrated Shrove Tuesday with a spread full of scrumptious goodies and pancakes to enjoy for ...
1st February 2023Year 4 visited the Apollo Chamber Orchestra at The Regent Hall. They enjoyed a live performance from...
14th December 2022Children enjoyed their festive lunch of roast turkey with potatoes, mini sausages and stuffing,...
24th November 2022Year 4 enjoyed their science lesson this week where they learned all about animals, including humans...
23rd November 2022At Orchard, we are focusing on waste reduction and recycling. As a school, we are becoming more awa...
16th November 2022Year 4 have been learning about the culture and history of Brazil this week. To showcase their knowl...
20th October 2022The selected Sport Ambassadors were informed of their new roles this week and were eager to commence...
19th October 2022Year 4 have been using the Learn Emile app on their iPads to test their times tables knowledge in Ma...
12th October 2022Year 4 visited Planetarium where they had an immersive and thrilling experience on how life would be...
29th September 2022Year 4 learned intriguing facts about flax seeds in their gardening workshop. They enjoyed understan...
28th September 2022Year 4 enjoyed playing netball during PE. They explored and practised new skills such as chest and o...
23rd September 2022Year 4 sang along to ‘Living it up in Greece’ in preparation for their class assembly ne...
21st July 2022To celebrate Hispanic Day everyone dressed in red and yellow to match the Spanish flag! An exciting ...
6th July 2022Click here to view our special lunch menu that will be served on Hispanic Day!
6th July 2022Year 4 participated in a Taekwondo workshop as part of ‘Keeping Healthy Week’. They enjo...
20th June 2022This was the day that they had all been waiting for… Cooking the Spanish and English recipes a...
20th June 2022After getting to know one another, our international pupils got down to translating some authentic S...
20th June 2022There was excitement and a warm welcome at Southwold with the arrival of children from our ...
13th June 2022The school choir performed very well at the Well Street Common Festival on Sunday 12th June and were...
13th June 2022From today until Wednesday we will be hosting our partner Erasmus schools at our Southwold site. Chi...
25th May 2022With the easing of travel restrictions, children from the partner schools will be visiting us in Jun...
25th May 2022Children were invited to design a logo for the partnership which will eventually will appear on a we...
25th May 2022Year 4 have continued to work on their food and drink topic with their partners from Portug...
12th May 2022During their Spanish lesson, Year 4 learnt how to say and describe where they live. This involved us...
31st March 2022Hackney Foodbank will be handing out free children’s packed lunches* from all of their distribution...
25th February 2022Dear Parents & Carers, Hackney Council want your input in the design change for the Well Street ...
23rd February 2022The Digital Leaders from years 5 and 6 helped to create and deliver an assembly to their year groups...
10th February 2022Year 4 enjoyed visiting Westminster Abbey where they had tour guides show them around the majestic b...
25th January 2022Our peer mediators were incredibly busy during the Autumn term with their peer mediator training. Th...
25th January 2022This term, the Sports Ambassadors have been tasked with reminding their classmates about the importa...
25th January 2022Our Green Team held a very informative assembly where they educated the school about climate change,...
20th January 2022The Year 4 Gardening Ambassadors visited Nursery to help create Bird Feeders using apples and seeds....
19th January 2022Digital leaders had their second cross site meeting this week in order to look at essential work the...
19th January 2022This week in Spanish, the children in year 4 have started to learn new vocabulary related to familie...
30th November 2021Year 4 took part in a workshop where they learned about the different types of teeth and what they a...
10th November 2021In Year 4 our Literacy focus is Narrative writing linked to our topic of Brazil and our DR core text...
2nd November 2021During World Week, Year 4 participated in many activities from different cultures, including African...
22nd October 2021The Junior Road Safety Officers (JRSOs) had their first meeting this week. Max Moorcroft, a road saf...
8th October 2021Year 4 have been reading and writing about Greek Myths. For our Literacy lesson we broke down the s...
30th September 2021Parents/Carers in Hackney - Have your Say!
2nd March 2021During their art unit, Year 4 explored different ways to create texture, by using sponges, and var...
19th January 2021Remote learning has not stopped the children sharing and celebrating their holiday homework projects...
19th January 2021At Orchard, cycling is offered to all KS2 children. Here is our Autumn 2020 summary! 63 year 4 ch...
19th January 2021We are so proud of the engagement in home learning at Orchard. Don’t forget all learning tasks...
6th December 2020Year 4 designed and created juggling balls. After reviewing existing products based on their materia...
22nd November 2020Year 4 have been reading the text The Great Kapok tree which links to their topic on Brazil. The chi...
1st November 2020Year 4 have been practising asking and answering question about themselves in Spanish and made chatt...
1st November 2020Year 4 have been taking part in their weekly daily mile around Well Street Common as part of their P...
1st November 2020During Democracy Day, children in Years 1-6 had the opportunity to cast their own vote for Year 6 Sc...
1st November 2020Dr Bike & Bikers Breakfast at Orchard was busy, with 42 bikes receiving a safety check and minor...
12th October 2020In music, Year 4 used a virtual piano to compose and play a leitmotif for Hades, the Greek god of th...
14th September 2020Back to learning in KS2! Year 4 are exploring the Greek myth of ‘Perseus and the snake-haired...
19th July 2020This term our Year 4 pupils have been leaning to code on scratch. They have developed their understa...
13th July 2020This week during their music lesson, KS2 pupils learnt how to read and play a piece of music from Be...
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...
15th June 2020A huge thank you to everyone who continues to send in examples of home learning to the email address...
15th June 2020Last week, pupils enjoyed another virtual Debate Mate session, demonstrating significant improvement...
9th June 2020The key worker pupils learned to tear, overlap and layer using various paper and colour types to cr...
9th June 2020We have seen a number of holiday projects sent in to the home learning email address. What an amazin...
25th May 2020The KS2 pupils attending school had great fun last week using Puppet Pals, an animation app on the i...
25th May 2020Year 4 were visited by Salvatore Rubbino author and illustrator of A Walk in London. He shared his s...
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 every...
23rd April 2020Don’t forget, if you need to change home reading books, the parent room has been set up as a l...
14th April 2020Science Day was a huge success and ended in a wonderful celebration of the experiments undertaken ac...
15th March 2020The Eco Teams from Orchard, Hoxton Garden and Southwold met up to discuss Eco issues and what each s...
15th March 2020As part of World Book Day the Head Librarians organised a book swap. Children brought in books that ...
15th March 2020As a school, the children have chosen to support Shelter this year as the school charity. The target...
15th March 2020The School Council visited Hackney Town Hall. They met the Speaker and were given a tour around the ...
15th March 2020This term the digital leaders have been busy raising the profile of e-safety. They have designed and...
15th March 2020Spring Dr Bike and Bikers Breakfast event on the 17th March 8.30am – 10.30am
15th March 2020To support Fairtrade Fortnight the Eco Team organised ‘Fairtrade Friday’. Children were asked to dre...
9th February 2020Some of our children participated in a KS2 drama workshop. Watch it here! A big, big thank you to Ms...
9th February 2020Year 4 have been learning how to convert analogue to digital using 24 and 12 hour times handling han...
2nd February 2020The children had the opportunity to sell products made during Work Week at the Enterprise Fayre. The...
2nd February 2020The School Council launched a whole school Book Corner and Inspiration Station competition. This wee...
2nd February 2020This week our digital leaders presented to the whole school about the importance of staying safe onl...
19th January 2020Our school choir were busy spreading festive cheer around Hackney before Christmas. They performed a...
19th January 2020Year 4 have studied the life and work of Oscar Niemeyer. With the use of photography, they have expl...
19th January 2020Thank you to all the families who contributed donations to the Winter Fayre and to those who came to...
19th January 2020As part of their topic on humans in science, Year 4 learned about the wonders of teeth and how they ...
11th December 2019Hazel Class assembly this half term was ‘A-Z of Brazil’, sharing learning about the loca...
11th December 2019The Orchard Eco Team decided they want to focus on tackling litter around our school and in our loca...
11th December 2019Our Arts Ambassadors took their ambassadorial duties beyond the school walls this week when they wer...
11th December 2019Orchard hosted the first cross site School Council meeting of the academic year last week. School Co...
11th December 2019Year 4 watched BBC news to learn more about deforestation in Brazil. We recorded what the journalist...
11th December 2019In recognition of Anti-Bullying Day, children dressed up in blue as Orchard showed that no bullying ...
17th November 2019A big congratulations to everyone who took part in the Summer Reading Challenge!
17th November 2019The Eco Team presented assemblies to the whole school this week. They gave top tips on how we can al...
17th November 2019Year 4 were visited by Apollo music. Apollo music are professionally trained musicians that perform ...
17th November 2019Year 4 took part in an exciting workshop demonstrating how linen is produced. Starting from flax as ...
17th November 2019Look at the fantastic holiday homework created by pupils in Year 1 – 4. As geographers, the ch...
17th November 2019The eco team have been busy creating a new Eco Code for the school to follow. They are passionate ab...
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 2019Year 4 enjoyed their trip to the British museum, where they explored the different aspects of life i...
29th September 2019Last week our Deputy Headteacher attended the IQM Awards to receive our re-accreditation for the Fl...
22nd September 2019Digital Leaders from Orchard, Southwold and Hoxton Gardens, conducted their first cross-site meeting...
22nd September 2019This week Orchard hosted the annual pupil voice fair to explore the responsibilities children might ...
22nd September 2019This Summer holiday, pupils from Year 2 to 6 were entered in a Times Tables Rockstars Summer League....
14th July 2019Last week Orchard enjoyed celebrating Hispanic Day. The children enjoyed an assembly let by Ms Josep...
29th May 2019Year 4 took part in an interactive and engaging road safety workshop. During this workshop, the chil...
29th May 2019Our annual Families’ Week was a huge success. The children had the opportunity to learn about ...
29th May 2019Year 4 have been fortunate to be working with our artist in resident on 3d mythical creature sculptu...
29th May 2019Check out some of the fantastic Easter holiday homework produced by children across the school. Thes...
28th May 2019The new family cycling club got off to a great start this half term. Four children and four adults ...
12th May 2019The School Councillors travelled to Southwold to attend the...
12th May 2019As part of their PSHCE learning about relationships, Year 4 visited St Joseph’s Hospice. The c...
14th March 2019Fairtrade Fortnight got off to a great start last week and it all started with a thought-provoking a...
8th March 2019Year 4 took part in a workshop, as part of Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week. They playe...
7th February 2019For the Enterprise Fair, Year 4 designed a photobooth! Can you spot a Viridis Governor enjoying the ...
7th February 2019Year 4 went to visit St John of Jerusalem Church in Hackney...
27th January 2019Last week we celebrated our holiday homework winners. All children who participated received certif...
27th January 2019The NSPCC led assemblies on Keeping Safe for Years 1-6 as part of their Speak Out; Stay Safe Progra...
27th January 2019Key Stage 2 Choir were busy spreading Christmas cheer at Tesco on Well Street just before Christmas....
27th January 2019Year 4 learnt how to turn their homegrown flax fibre into linen yarn which will be knitted into a ha...
21st November 2018Year 4 had the exciting opportunity to engage in a second gardening workshop, aimed at furthering th...
21st November 2018Orchard were proud to host the first Viridis Cross Site School Council Meeting of the year. Lots of ...
21st November 2018Check out some of the fantastic homework projects created by children across KS1 and KS2, including ...
1st November 2018Friday 2nd November is our first Design & Technology Day of the year. Parents/carers are welcome...
24th October 2018The Green Team at Orchard visited the We Feed the World at the Bargehouse on London’s South Ba...
24th October 2018Year 4 classes worked with professional musicians from Apollo Music this week. They worked on their ...
24th October 2018Year 4 had an exciting World Week. The theme was Our World, Our Responsibility and we reflected on ...
23rd October 2018Children at Orchard have enjoyed cycling this half term including weekly training and race days! ...
14th October 2018As part of our World Week celebrations, we enjoyed a wonderful international evening bringing togeth...
14th October 2018Year 4 have had their first gardening workshop. This Year we will be harvesting flax to make a hat f...
10th October 2018We have held our Pupil Voice Recruitment Fair with applications filled out for many roles… hea...
9th October 2018Thank you to all the significant males who joined us in school last week to support our learning! ...
1st August 2018This week our year four and five digital leaders delivered an assembly to the whole school. The focu...
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...
