1st August 2018
Our Samba Band is in full rehearsal using the instruments awarded to us at the Mayor of Hackney Musi...
1st August 2018Thank you for supporting families week. The children learned about different types of families and o...
1st August 2018School councils from Orchard, Southwold and Hoxton Garden held a joint meeting to meet with Hackney ...
1st August 2018Although a day late due to the snow, World Book Day was again a huge success. With creative costumes...
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 2018Day 1 in Madrid (Spain) Hola a todos, We have had a great and intense first day of our trip to...
1st August 2018Official pictures… Well done to our Year 6 pupil, to Mr Evans and the whole school… double winners o...
9th October 2018Thank you to all the significant males who joined us in school last week to support our learning! ...
10th October 2018We have held our Pupil Voice Recruitment Fair with applications filled out for many roles... head ga...
14th October 2018Our Year 6 representatives have undertaken their presentations and votes have been counted. We cant ...
14th October 2018In music, Year 6 are learning about Minimalism. They have talked about how music has changed over th...
14th October 2018Year 6 visited Natural History Museum today to learn all about Evolution. The children worked in gro...
14th October 2018As part of our World Week celebrations, we enjoyed a wonderful international evening bringing togeth...
23rd October 2018Children at Orchard have enjoyed cycling this half term including weekly training and race days! ...
24th October 2018Year 6 have been using iMovie to create their own film trailers. Using Kensuke’s Kingdom as their in...
24th October 2018The Green Team at Orchard visited the We Feed the World at the Bargehouse on London's South Bank. Th...
1st November 2018Friday 2nd November is our first Design & Technology Day of the year. Parents/carers are welcome...
21st November 2018Debate Mate children from Years 5 and 6 visited Westminster for the Debate Mate London Launch. The ...
21st November 2018Year 6 have been learning about heart and the circulatory system. Using the internet and non-fiction...
21st November 2018Great to welcome back pupils from El Caton school in Madrid, who were here to take part in the next ...
21st November 2018Check out some of the fantastic homework projects created by children across KS1 and KS2, including ...
21st November 2018Orchard were proud to host the first Viridis Cross Site School Council Meeting of the year. Lots of ...
8th January 2019Year 6 enjoyed a trip to the London Colliseum in December to take part in an exciting La Boheme work...
27th January 2019Year 6 took part in a heart dissection workshop, which was truly unique learning experience. The chi...
27th January 2019Key Stage 2 Choir were busy spreading Christmas cheer at Tesco on Well Street just before Christmas....
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 2019The NSPCC led assemblies on Keeping Safe for Years 1-6 as part of their Speak Out; Stay Safe Pro...
27th January 2019Last week we celebrated our holiday homework winners. All children who participated received cer...
7th February 2019We had a safe but long trip as our plane was delayed by an hour and a half. We arrived weary...
7th February 2019Hola a todos, Our Spanish ambassadors had a really good day today full of excitement. After a res...
7th February 2019We have had a very intense day working on our second activity for this Erasmus + project visit: des...
8th March 2019Last week the Debate Mate team took part in Round One of the Urban Debate League, which was hosted a...
14th March 2019Year 6 are focusing on Ghana for Spring 2. They had to research the topic using the internet or by g...
14th March 2019Fairtrade Fortnight got off to a great start last week and it all started with a thought-provoking a...
12th May 2019Year 6 combined yeast, washing up liquid, hydro peroxide and food colouring to make the 'ultimate me...
12th May 2019The School Councillors travelled to Southwold to attend ...
12th May 2019Year 6 produced excellent holiday homework around their topic 'World at War', which include: posters...
28th May 2019The new family cycling club got off to a great start this half term. Four children and four adul...
28th May 2019Check out some of the fantastic Easter holiday homework produced by children across the school. Thes...
28th May 2019Regional winners and now....we are in the Debate Mate Finals! Well done Team!
28th May 2019Our annual Families' Week was a huge success. The children had the opportunity to learn about lots o...
29th May 2019Year 6 celebrated the end of their SATS with football and fun at Victoria Park. A very huge well do...
29th May 2019Year 6 visited Laburnum Boat Club today for their first kayaking session. The children practised a r...
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 ...
14th July 2019Last week Orchard enjoyed celebrating Hispanic Day. The children enjoyed an assembly let by Ms Josep...
22nd September 2019This Summer holiday, pupils from Year 2 to 6 were entered in a Times Tables Rockstars Summer League....
22nd September 2019This week Orchard hosted the annual pupil voice fair to explore the responsibilities children might ...
22nd September 2019Digital Leaders from Orchard, Southwold and Hoxton Gardens, conducted their first cross-site meeting...
29th September 2019Last week our Deputy Headteacher attended the IQM Awards to receive our re-accreditation for the...
29th September 2019We were delighted to welcome our significant males into school again this week to join in with learn...
10th November 2019We have again received the Gold Travel Stars Award at Orchard Primary School. We are again in the to...
10th November 2019Congratulations to our Year 6 star who has been awarded a four year scholarship from the London Musi...
17th November 2019Year 6 were been learning about African music. As a class, the children created music using the djem...
17th November 2019The eco team have been busy creating a new Eco Code for the school to follow. They are passionate ab...
17th November 2019The Eco Team presented assemblies to the whole school this week. They gave top tips on how we can al...
17th November 2019A big congratulations to everyone who took part in the Summer Reading Challenge!
11th December 2019In recognition of Anti-Bullying Day, children dressed up in blue as Orchard showed that no bullying ...
11th December 2019Orchard hosted the first cross site School Council meeting of the academic year last week. School Co...
11th December 2019Our Arts Ambassadors took their ambassadorial duties beyond the school walls this week when they wer...
11th December 2019The Orchard Eco Team decided they want to focus on tackling litter around our school and in our loca...
11th December 2019During a sustainability workshop, Year 6 participated in a range of activities related to climate ch...
11th December 2019Year 6 have been busy learning about the heart and had a great time dissecting the hearts during a w...
19th January 2020During Design and Technology Day, Year 6 researched, planned and created excellent mobile phone cove...
19th January 2020Thank you to all the families who contributed donations to the Winter Fayre and to those who came to...
19th January 2020Our school choir were busy spreading festive cheer around Hackney before Christmas. They performed a...
19th January 2020This week Year 6 started their new music production unit of work. They are developing their understa...
2nd February 2020This week our digital leaders presented to the whole school about the importance of staying safe onl...
2nd February 2020Year 6 extended their knowledge of the weather by using comparisons to describe different weather pa...
2nd February 2020The School Council launched a whole school Book Corner and Inspiration Station competition. This wee...
2nd February 2020The children had the opportunity to sell products made during Work Week at the Enterprise Fayre. The...
9th February 2020Year 6 successfully completed the annual Dragons' Den project, where groups of pupils researched and...
8th March 2020This half term Year 6 have learnt how to compose and produce music using the Garageband app. They ha...
15th March 2020To support Fairtrade Fortnight the Eco Team organised ‘Fairtrade Friday’. Children were asked to dre...
15th March 2020Spring Dr Bike and Bikers Breakfast event on the 17th March 8.30am - 10.30am
15th March 2020This term the digital leaders have been busy raising the profile of e-safety. They have designed and...
15th March 2020The School Council visited Hackney Town Hall. They met the Speaker and were given a tour around the ...
15th March 2020As a school, the children have chosen to support Shelter this year as the school charity. The target...
15th March 2020As part of World Book Day the Head Librarians organised a book swap. Children brought in books that ...
15th March 2020A huge congratulations to our Debate Team who successfully participated in last month's League compe...
15th March 2020The Eco Teams from Orchard, Hoxton Garden and Southwold met up to discuss Eco issues and what each s...
14th April 2020Science Day was a huge success and ended in a wonderful celebration of the experiments undertaken ac...
23rd April 2020Don't forget, if you need to change home reading books, the parent room has been set up as a library...
28th April 2020Well done Orchard! It is wonderful to see such continued commitment to learning. Thank you to ever...
28th April 2020This week is Families’ Week at Orchard, an opportunity to celebrate the diversity both in our school...
3rd May 2020Some more wonderful examples of creative home learning, well done everyone! ...
25th May 2020The KS2 pupils attending school had great fun last week using Puppet Pals, an animation app on the i...
9th June 2020We have seen a number of holiday projects sent in to the home learning email address. What an amazin...
15th June 2020Last week, pupils enjoyed another virtual Debate Mate session, demonstrating significant improvement...
15th June 2020A huge thank you to everyone who continues to send in examples of home learning to the email address...
21st June 2020Year 6 used Garage Band to create their own song using a range of instruments. The children learned ...
25th June 2020Have you tried the virtual challenges on the home learning web page yet? Don't forget to email your ...
13th July 2020There was culture and creativity throughout the school during Hispanic Day! The theme was Art & ...
13th July 2020During Keeping Healthy Week, Year 6 participated in the Sports Day, which included various tasks suc...
13th July 2020This week during their music lesson, KS2 pupils learnt how to read and play a piece of music from Be...
20th September 2020Over the summer break, Year 5 and 6 pupils prepared for their new topic learning by undertaking proj...
12th October 2020Year 6 have been developing their dribbling and shooting techniques in basketball over the past two ...
12th October 2020Year 6 have been reading and discussing Kensuke’s Kingdom. The children have been practising point, ...
1st November 2020Dr Bike & Bikers Breakfast at Orchard was busy, with 42 bikes receiving a safety check and minor...
1st November 2020During Democracy Day, children in Years 1-6 had the opportunity to cast their own vote for Year 6 Sc...
22nd November 2020Year 6 used Chromebooks to annotate and look closely at examples of tapestries ready for designing t...
22nd November 2020Year 6 have been making music! They explored playing chords then performed a chord sequence. They le...
22nd November 2020Year 6 took part in the Youth Climate Summit. This year the summit was being held online, which mean...
6th December 2020Redwood Class had the pleasure of having a P.E lesson with our PE Specialist Teacher Mr Mulvaney fro...
19th January 2021We are so proud of the engagement in home learning at Orchard. Don't forget all learning tasks for e...
19th January 2021At Orchard, cycling is offered to all KS2 children. Here is our Autumn 2020 summary! 63 y...
19th January 2021Remote learning has not stopped the children sharing and celebrating their holiday homework projects...
30th September 2021Parents/Carers in Hackney - Have your Say!
8th October 2021Well done to our Year 6 Homework Winners who presented amazing work based on 'World at War' Keep ...
22nd October 2021Year 6 had an amazing time when they visited the zoo. They attended a workshop where they looked at ...
22nd October 2021The Junior Road Safety Officers (JRSOs) had their first meeting this week. Max Moorcroft, a road saf...
10th November 2021Children in years 5 and 6 visited the Emmanuel centre in Westminster last week to receive their indu...
17th January 2022Year 6 have been using the app Garageband to start composing their own songs. To do this, they've be...
19th January 2022Digital leaders had their second cross site meeting this week in order to look at essential work the...