25th May 2020
The KS2 pupils attending school had great fun last week using Puppet Pals, an animation app on the i...
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 2020Don't forget, if you need to change home reading books, the parent room has been set up as a library...
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 2020A huge congratulations to our Debate Team who successfully participated in last month's League compe...
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...
8th March 2020This half term Year 6 have learnt how to compose and produce music using the Garageband app. They ha...
9th February 2020Year 6 successfully completed the annual Dragons' Den project, where groups of pupils researched and...
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 2020Year 6 extended their knowledge of the weather by using comparisons to describe different weather pa...
2nd February 2020This week our digital leaders presented to the whole school about the importance of staying safe onl...
19th January 2020This week Year 6 started their new music production unit of work. They are developing their understa...
19th January 2020Our school choir were busy spreading festive cheer around Hackney before Christmas. They performed a...
19th January 2020Thank you to all the families who contributed donations to the Winter Fayre and to those who came to...
19th January 2020During Design and Technology Day, Year 6 researched, planned and created excellent mobile phone cove...
11th December 2019Year 6 have been busy learning about the heart and had a great time dissecting the hearts during a w...
11th December 2019During a sustainability workshop, Year 6 participated in a range of activities related to climate ch...
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 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 2019The eco team have been busy creating a new Eco Code for the school to follow. They are passionate ab...
17th November 2019Year 6 were been learning about African music. As a class, the children created music using the djem...
10th November 2019Congratulations to our Year 6 star who has been awarded a four year scholarship from the London Musi...
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 2019Last week our Deputy Headteacher attended the IQM Awards to receive our re-accreditation for the...
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...
4th June 2019Hola, We had a safe but a bit of a long trip as our plane was a little bit delayed. We arrived in a ...
29th May 2019Year 6 visited Laburnum Boat Club today for their first kayaking session. The children practised a r...
29th May 2019Year 6 celebrated the end of their SATS with football and fun at Victoria Park. A very huge well do...
28th May 2019Our annual Families' Week was a huge success. The children had the opportunity to learn about lots o...
28th May 2019Regional winners and now....we are in the Debate Mate Finals! Well done Team!
28th 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 adul...
12th May 2019Year 6 produced excellent holiday homework around their topic 'World at War', which include: posters...
12th May 2019The School Councillors travelled to Southwold to attend ...
12th May 2019Year 6 combined yeast, washing up liquid, hydro peroxide and food colouring to make the 'ultimate me...
14th March 2019Fairtrade Fortnight got off to a great start last week and it all started with a thought-provoking a...
14th March 2019Year 6 are focusing on Ghana for Spring 2. They had to research the topic using the internet or by g...
8th March 2019Last week the Debate Mate team took part in Round One of the Urban Debate League, which was hosted a...
7th February 2019We have had a very intense day working on our second activity for this Erasmus + project visit: des...
7th February 2019Hola a todos, Our Spanish ambassadors had a really good day today full of excitement. After a res...
7th February 2019We had a safe but long trip as our plane was delayed by an hour and a half. We arrived weary...
27th January 2019Last week we celebrated our holiday homework winners. All children who participated received cer...
27th January 2019The NSPCC led assemblies on Keeping Safe for Years 1-6 as part of their Speak Out; Stay Safe Pro...
27th January 2019A team of girls and a team of boys from Orchard took part in our second cross country race at Hackne...
27th January 2019Key Stage 2 Choir were busy spreading Christmas cheer at Tesco on Well Street just before Christmas....
27th January 2019Year 6 took part in a heart dissection workshop, which was truly unique learning experience. The chi...
8th January 2019Year 6 enjoyed a trip to the London Colliseum in December to take part in an exciting La Boheme work...
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 ...
21st November 2018Great to welcome back pupils from El Caton school in Madrid, who were here to take part in the next ...
21st November 2018Year 6 have been learning about heart and the circulatory system. Using the internet and non-fiction...
21st November 2018Debate Mate children from Years 5 and 6 visited Westminster for the Debate Mate London Launch. The ...
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 Bank. Th...
24th October 2018Year 6 have been using iMovie to create their own film trailers. Using Kensuke’s Kingdom as their in...
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 6 visited Natural History Museum today to learn all about Evolution. The children worked in gro...
14th October 2018In music, Year 6 are learning about Minimalism. They have talked about how music has changed over th...
14th October 2018Our Year 6 representatives have undertaken their presentations and votes have been counted. We cant ...
10th October 2018We have held our Pupil Voice Recruitment Fair with applications filled out for many roles... head ga...
9th October 2018Thank you to all the significant males who joined us in school last week to support our learning! ...
1st August 2018Official pictures… Well done to our Year 6 pupil, to Mr Evans and the whole school… double winners o...
1st August 2018Day 1 in Madrid (Spain) Hola a todos, We have had a great and intense first day of our trip to...
1st August 2018The Year 5 and 6 Debate Mate club members took part in Round 1 of the Urban Debate League at William...
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...