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This week the Green Team organised and ran an after school workshop where they invited children from...
Last week, the Viridis digital leaders met at Southwold to collaborate on and create an e-safety lea...
Year 3 had a wonderful time during their gardening workshop, they learnt all about the process of ge...
A wonderful cauliflower! And the paints from plants lesson at orchard today with year 1. We also did...
Our Samba Band is in full rehearsal using the instruments awarded to us at the Mayor of Hackney Musi...
Thank you for supporting families week. The children learned about different types of families and o...
School councils from Orchard, Southwold and Hoxton Garden held a joint meeting to meet with Hackney ...
Although a day late due to the snow, World Book Day was again a huge success. With creative costumes...
The Year 5 and 6 Debate Mate club members took part in Round 1 of the Urban Debate League at William...
Day 1 in Madrid (Spain) Hola a todos, We have had a great and intense first day of our trip to...
Apollo Music Project visited us for the second time this year. This time Year 5 enjoyed watching and...
Official pictures… Well done to our Year 6 pupil, to Mr Evans and the whole school… double winners o...
This week our year four and five digital leaders delivered an assembly to the whole school. The focu...
The Year 5 Debate Mate members took part in their first debating competition as part of the Urban De...
For the second year in a row, Orchard has hosted the Debate Mate Urban Debate League which saw nine ...
The work of our digital leaders has been celebrated in the Childnet Digital Leaders newsletter, dist...
Representatives from the Green Team went to the Discover centre in Stratford to a celebration event ...
Thank you to all the significant males who joined us in school last week to support our learning! ...
We have held our Pupil Voice Recruitment Fair with applications filled out for many roles... head ga...
Year 5 have become first aid experts. The children learned a range of skills from bandaging a wound ...
Our Language Captains for 2018 - 2019 have now been selected and are excited to start their role sup...
Our Digital Leaders have now been successfully recruited for 2018 - 2019. They are undertaking their...
Our Debate Mate group has been successfully recruited and are excited to start their journey this ye...
Our Year 6 representatives have undertaken their presentations and votes have been counted. We cant ...
Year 4 have had their first gardening workshop. This Year we will be harvesting flax to make a hat f...
Year 2 took part in an exciting trip to Broadgate Circus. Here they watched an amazing aerial perfor...
Year 2 have been working really hard on their writing in class. They have been trying to include a r...
In music, Year 6 are learning about Minimalism. They have talked about how music has changed over th...
Year 2 have undertaken a gardening workshop to learn about the power of the sunlight and made photog...
The children enjoyed the playpod new resources last week and created some wonderful structures! &...
Year 6 visited Natural History Museum today to learn all about Evolution. The children worked in gro...
This week, year 3 had a fantastic opportunity to learn a Brazilian dance called Capeoria. It was a r...
As part of our World Week celebrations, we enjoyed a wonderful international evening bringing togeth...
The 5 week healthy eating project run by Space Embrace and Cordwainers Grow ran from June to July a...
Children at Orchard have enjoyed cycling this half term including weekly training and race days! ...
The children in Early Years have been learning about how to look after their world. They have been l...
Year 6 have been using iMovie to create their own film trailers. Using Kensuke’s Kingdom as their in...
Year 4 had an exciting World Week. The theme was Our World, Our Responsibility and we reflected ...
Year 4 classes worked with professional musicians from Apollo Music this week. They worked on their ...
The Green Team at Orchard visited the We Feed the World at the Bargehouse on London's South Bank. Th...
Friday 2nd November is our first Design & Technology Day of the year. Parents/carers are welcome...
Last half term, Year 5 Holly had a fantastic trip to Winchester, where they investigated a real Angl...
Nursery have been reading the Traditional Tale, Rapunzel. They showed great problem solving skills a...
Debate Mate children from Years 5 and 6 visited Westminster for the Debate Mate London Launch. The ...
Year 6 have been learning about heart and the circulatory system. Using the internet and non-fiction...
Year one had an excellent DT Day! The topic was dips and dippers - children worked as a team to desi...
Great to welcome back pupils from El Caton school in Madrid, who were here to take part in the next ...
Check out some of the fantastic homework projects created by children across KS1 and KS2, including ...
Orchard were proud to host the first Viridis Cross Site School Council Meeting of the year. Lots of ...
In Reception lots of learning has been linked to the story ‘The Gingerbread Man’. The children have...
Year 4 had the exciting opportunity to engage in a second gardening workshop, aimed at furthering th...
Nursery have been busy making salt dough bread, painting with hay and building bridges!
Year 1 took inspiration from Paul Klee's use of geometric shapes to create their own interpretation ...
Year 6 enjoyed a trip to the London Colliseum in December to take part in an exciting La Boheme work...
The children did some sketching and printing inspired by nature on their recent visit to the William...
Year 4 learnt how to turn their homegrown flax fibre into linen yarn which will be knitted into a ha...
Year 5 Holly performed beautifully in their assembly about Henry VIII and his six wives, with a ...
A pupil from Year 5 performed at the Royal Festival Hall as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival. A...
Year 6 took part in a heart dissection workshop, which was truly unique learning experience. The chi...
Key Stage 2 Choir were busy spreading Christmas cheer at Tesco on Well Street just before Christmas....
A team of girls and a team of boys from Orchard took part in our second cross country race at Hackne...
The NSPCC led assemblies on Keeping Safe for Years 1-6 as part of their Speak Out; Stay Safe Pro...
Lots of Nursery and Reception parents attended the 'fine motor skills' coffee morning. They discover...
Year 5 visited the Tower of London to deepen their understanding of Tudor History and the developmen...
Year 2 have been learning about William Morris and the technique of printing. They used Morris's des...
Last week Year One went on an exciting trip to the V&A Museum of Childhood. This was to enrich o...
Last week we celebrated our holiday homework winners. All children who participated received cer...
Southwold and Orchard school bikes getting some much needed TLC. The first step in turning our old s...
The children met Amy and Phoebe, education officers from Childnet, to plan interactive activitie...
Year 4 went to visit St John of Jerusalem Church in Hack...
Year One visited Homerton Fire Station for their work week. Once they arrived, they had a team of fi...
As part of work week, Year 2 were visited by a vet. He told us about all the work vets do in the loc...
For the Enterprise Fair, Year 4 designed a photobooth! Can you spot a Viridis Governor enjoying the ...
We had a safe but long trip as our plane was delayed by an hour and a half. We arrived weary...
Hola a todos, Our Spanish ambassadors had a really good day today full of excitement. After a res...
We have had a very intense day working on our second activity for this Erasmus + project visit: des...
During Work Week the Reception children were visited by Doctor George, an A&E doctor from UCL Ho...
As part of their work week experience, Year 3 learned all about seafood. Each child explored a varie...
Year 4 took part in a workshop, as part of Children's Mental Health Awareness Week. They played a ga...
Well done to our Digital Leaders who participated in the Safer Internet Day. They are at the top o...
This week reception have been learning about time. We have been discussing our daily routines as wel...
Last week the Debate Mate team took part in Round One of the Urban Debate League, which was hosted a...
Y1 Poetry Year 1 have been developing their poetry skills through practising...
Year 6 are focusing on Ghana for Spring 2. They had to research the topic using the internet or by g...
Fairtrade Fortnight got off to a great start last week and it all started with a thought-provoking a...
Year 5 have been learning about water music. The children were challenged to create a 'soundscape' o...
In music Year 3 have been learning about 'The Carnival of the Animals' by Saint-Saens. This week the...
Reception children celebrated their 100th day of school in the Spring Term. To mark this special day...
Our Year 1 and Year 5 pupils celebrated reading for pleasure by swapping classes to share books. Bot...
Year 6 combined yeast, washing up liquid, hydro peroxide and food colouring to make the 'ultimate me...
As part of their PSHCE learning about relationships, Year 4 visited St Joseph's Hospice. The childre...
Year one had a visit from Claire Alexander. Claire is the author of Small Florence, a book about a s...
As part of Book Links Week, Year 2 had a visit from author and illustrator David Lucas. The children...
The School Councillors travelled to Southwold to attend ...
During Science Day, Reception and Nursery explored changes and materials by mixing different ingredi...
Year 2 children really enjoyed DT Day! They had a fantastic time learning about a balanced diet and ...
Our Digital Leaders have created a SMART poster for KS2 classes reminding children how to stay safe ...
Year 1 classes took part in gardening workshops with our resident gardeners. They focussed on the pa...
The parents of Nursery and Reception children enjoyed our Maths Workshop. They discovered a range of...
Year 6 produced excellent holiday homework around their topic 'World at War', which include: posters...
Parent Reading continues to be a much loved part of our weekly routine at Orchard. We love seeing al...
In Year 5, we were very fortunate to have a workshop delivered, where we looked at Mayan food and Ma...
The Nursery children have been learning about 'new life'. It was an exciting half term as the caterp...
Nursery went on a local trip to Tesco's and bought lots of different exotic fruits to try. The child...
The new family cycling club got off to a great start this half term. Four children and four adul...
Check out some of the fantastic Easter holiday homework produced by children across the school. Thes...
Regional winners and now....we are in the Debate Mate Finals! Well done Team!
Year 4 have been fortunate to be working with our artist in resident on 3d mythical creature sculptu...
Our annual Families' Week was a huge success. The children had the opportunity to learn about lots o...
Year 4 took part in an interactive and engaging road safety workshop. During this workshop, the chil...
Year One worked hard to create their final outcomes for our topic on Matisse. They thought carefully...- Year 5 have made Mexican inspired masks. The children have researched, investigated and observed tec...
Year 6 celebrated the end of their SATS with football and fun at Victoria Park. A very huge well do...
The children in EYFS have been fascinated by our eggs, which have now hatched into chicks. This has ...
Year 2 enjoyed their educational trip to Hampstead Heath, where they explored two different habitats...
Year 6 visited Laburnum Boat Club today for their first kayaking session. The children practised a r...
Some children in Year 1 have been widening their vocabulary by taking part in a vocabulary intervent...
Orchard are proud to have been re-accredited the Inclusion Flagship Award for the third time. Assess...
The parents of Nursery and Reception children enjoyed our Writing Workshop which focused on supporti...
The children visiting Kench Hill got settled in quickly after a long journey still with bags of ener...
Hola, We had a safe but a bit of a long trip as our plane was a little bit delayed. We arrived in a ...
What a wonderful Week 2! Ten Year 5 pupils enjoyed their trip to Kench Hill last week along with the...
Week 3: Day 1 and 2 has seen a range of adventures! Trekking, collecting, football and campfires! Ke...
Last week Orchard enjoyed celebrating Hispanic Day. The children enjoyed an assembly let by Ms Josep...
Year 1 started their History learning this week with a trip back in time to meet Florence Nightingal...
This Summer holiday, pupils from Year 2 to 6 were entered in a Times Tables Rockstars Summer League....
This week Orchard hosted the annual pupil voice fair to explore the responsibilities children might ...
We were delighted to welcome our new parents in Nursery to Parent Reading last week. Adults joined c...
This week Year 1 have continued their learning about the human body by exploring their senses. They ...
Digital Leaders from Orchard, Southwold and Hoxton Gardens, conducted their first cross-site meeting...
Last week our Deputy Headteacher attended the IQM Awards to receive our re-accreditation for the...
Year 4 enjoyed their trip to the British museum, where they explored the different aspects of life i...
Year 2 created their own poetry. The children were able to identify adventurous verbs, interesting a...
This week in Year 5 we have been using dienes and place value to add number and solidify our knowled...
Year 1 had a lovely visit from the Gardening Team. The children learnt about the different parts of ...
Our Junior Road Safety Officers attended a training event at The Round Chapel. They learnt more abou...
This week Reception have been engaging in a range of activities which explore the different things t...
We were delighted to welcome our significant males into school again this week to join in with learn...
We have again received the Gold Travel Stars Award at Orchard Primary School. We are again in the to...
Congratulations to our Year 6 star who has been awarded a four year scholarship from the London Musi...
In Year 3 our children are receiving lessons in how to play chess from a respected International Mas...
The children in Year 3 had a lovely time exploring real prehistoric artefacts from the Stone Age in ...- World Week is a part of our enrichment programme which celebrates the diversity within our school. O...
Every Friday morning, Lower School enjoy Parent Reading. It is always a wonderful to see so many adu...
Year 3 had a fantastic experience learning how to make bread from scratch. They had to make sure the...
The children in Elm class have been enjoying music lessons with Mrs Batup, where they have been expe...
The children in Reception enjoyed using ipads to take 'selfies'! ...
Year 5 were very lucky to have the chance to engage in a workshop making African masks for world wee...
Thank you for all the parents who came in to view and contribute to the children's Special Books on ...
KS1 have been showing their creativity and engineering skills by constructing imaginative places to ...
Year 6 were been learning about African music. As a class, the children created music using the djem...
The eco team have been busy creating a new Eco Code for the school to follow. They are passionate ab...
The children in Reception and Nursery attended the "Peace at Last" opera. They really enjoyed it. ...
In year 2 we were learning movement through exploring vehicles in dance. We thought hard about how t...
Look at the fantastic holiday homework created by pupils in Year 1 - 4. As geographers, the children...
Year 4 took part in an exciting workshop demonstrating how linen is produced. Starting from flax as ...
Year 4 were visited by Apollo music. Apollo music are professionally trained musicians that perform ...
In Nursery the children have been learning about Diwali. They were very excited to learn something n...
Pupils from Year 5 visited The Emmanuel Centre in Westminster for this year's Debate Mate launch. Th...
The Eco Team presented assemblies to the whole school this week. They gave top tips on how we can al...
A big congratulations to everyone who took part in the Summer Reading Challenge!
In recognition of Anti-Bullying Day, children dressed up in blue as Orchard showed that no bullying ...
Year 5 had the opportunity to visit Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy last week. The children got to ...
Year 4 watched BBC news to learn more about deforestation in Brazil. We recorded what the journalist...
Year 2 had a fantastic day out orienteering at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. They were able to read ...
Orchard hosted the first cross site School Council meeting of the academic year last week. School Co...
Our Arts Ambassadors took their ambassadorial duties beyond the school walls this week when they wer...
Year 2 travelled to the Barbican to watch the London Symphony Orchestra. They listened to lots of di...
The children in Nursery have been enjoying taking part in physical activities in the outdoor area. T...
The Orchard Eco Team decided they want to focus on tackling litter around our school and in our loca...
Hazel Class assembly this half term was 'A-Z of Brazil', sharing learning about the location, the cu...
Year 3 enjoyed a trip to the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, where they learned about how the temple ...
During a sustainability workshop, Year 6 participated in a range of activities related to climate ch...
Year 6 have been busy learning about the heart and had a great time dissecting the hearts during a w...
During Design and Technology Day, Year 6 researched, planned and created excellent mobile phone cove...
Year 3 had the opportunity to make waterproof bags for DT day. They first looked at a range of diffe...
As part of their topic on humans in science, Year 4 learned about the wonders of teeth and how they ...
Thank you to all the families who contributed donations to the Winter Fayre and to those who came to...
Year 4 have studied the life and work of Oscar Niemeyer. With the use of photography, they have expl...
Our school choir were busy spreading festive cheer around Hackney before Christmas. They performed a...
Our Nursery children have enjoyed going to the post office and sending letters to their families. Th...
This week Year 6 started their new music production unit of work. They are developing their understa...
Year 3 took part in another session of chess this week. Pupils continued to develop a range of skill...
Year two have been looking at animals, because of this we were lucky enough to get to meet some very...
In Year 2, we explored germination and what the word meant before dissecting a bulb and labelling ea...
Year 2 have been reading different stories about Paddington. As part of their learning they have res...
This week our digital leaders presented to the whole school about the importance of staying safe onl...
Year 6 extended their knowledge of the weather by using comparisons to describe different weather pa...
Year 2 are learning about Christopher Columbus in history. To help find out more information they co...
Year 1 are learning about everyday materials in science. The children investigated materials and dis...
The School Council launched a whole school Book Corner and Inspiration Station competition. This wee...
The children had the opportunity to sell products made during Work Week at the Enterprise Fayre. The...
Thank you to all the parents who attended the EYFS Early Maths coffee morning. There were some fanta...
In music Year 5 have been learning about 'The Planets' by Gustav Holst. This week they created their...
Year 6 successfully completed the annual Dragons' Den project, where groups of pupils researched and...
Year 2 have been learning how to describe what they are wearing in Spanish and practised their phras...
Year 4 have been learning how to convert analogue to digital using 24 and 12 hour times handling han...
Some of our children participated in a KS2 drama workshop. Watch it here! A big, big thank you to...
Reception children had a wonderful time visiting Hackney City Farm. They identified a range of anima...
This half term Year 6 have learnt how to compose and produce music using the Garageband app. They ha...
Viridis joined Hackney teachers for excellent CPD on how to use Spanish in other curriculum subjects...
Year 5 have tried their first try at directing and preparing a role play - En el Restaurante! htt...
To support Fairtrade Fortnight the Eco Team organised ‘Fairtrade Friday’. Children were asked to dre...
The children in Reception had a wonderful day celebrating their 100th day of school last week! The c...
Spring Dr Bike and Bikers Breakfast event on the 17th March 8.30am - 10.30am
This term the digital leaders have been busy raising the profile of e-safety. They have designed and...
The School Council visited Hackney Town Hall. They met the Speaker and were given a tour around the ...
As a school, the children have chosen to support Shelter this year as the school charity. The target...
Children in Year 2 took part in a special World Book Day workshop run by the publishing house, Pengu...
As part of World Book Day the Head Librarians organised a book swap. Children brought in books that ...
In Literacy this week Year 2 have been reading the text Crown: An Ode to a Fresh Cut. Inspired by th...
The resident gardeners visited Year 2 this week and all children took part in a workshop. The childr...
A huge congratulations to our Debate Team who successfully participated in last month's League compe...
Year 5 are enjoying cycling this term and are learning the basic skills of riding a bike. Children r...
The Eco Teams from Orchard, Hoxton Garden and Southwold met up to discuss Eco issues and what each s...
Science Day was a huge success and ended in a wonderful celebration of the experiments undertaken ac...
The children in KS1 and EYFS have been enjoying the sunshine and experiencing outdoor learning. &...
The children attending school this week are enjoying getting creative and linking literacy and art! ...
Don't forget, if you need to change home reading books, the parent room has been set up as a library...
Well done Orchard! It is wonderful to see such continued commitment to learning. Thank you to ever...
This week is Families’ Week at Orchard, an opportunity to celebrate the diversity both in our school...
Some more wonderful examples of creative home learning, well done everyone! ...
As part of Booklinks, children from Year 2 were visited by the author and illustrator Karin Littlewo...
Year 4 were visited by Salvatore Rubbino author and illustrator of A Walk in London. He shared his s...
Last week, the children attending school read the book 'Mama Built a Little Nest' and learnt about a...
The KS2 pupils attending school had great fun last week using Puppet Pals, an animation app on the i...
Last week the younger children in school started the day off with a Joe Wicks PE lesson. They then p...
We have seen a number of holiday projects sent in to the home learning email address. What an amazin...
The key worker pupils learned to tear, overlap and layer using various paper and colour types to cr...
Last week, pupils enjoyed another virtual Debate Mate session, demonstrating significant improvement...
A huge thank you to everyone who continues to send in examples of home learning to the email address...
Year 6 used Garage Band to create their own song using a range of instruments. The children learned ...
Pupils in Year 2 have been taking part in some hands on home learning. Children and their families h...
Have you tried the virtual challenges on the home learning web page yet? Don't forget to email your ...
Children in Year 1 have been busy learning about their new topic, ‘Seasonal Changes’. Across the las...
This week the teachers in KS1 have seen children taking part in a wide range of exciting hands on ac...
There was culture and creativity throughout the school during Hispanic Day! The theme was Art & ...
During Keeping Healthy Week, Year 6 participated in the Sports Day, which included various tasks suc...
In today's Debate Mate session, pupils continued to practise defining the motion, sharing opinions a...
This week during their music lesson, KS2 pupils learnt how to read and play a piece of music from Be...
This term our Year 4 pupils have been leaning to code on scratch. They have developed their understa...
We are excited to welcome our Early Years children full time today. Last week, all children had a wo...
Year 1 enjoyed exploring their new playground last week. They are particularly excited to try out th...
Back to learning in KS2! Year 4 are exploring the Greek myth of 'Perseus and the snake-haired mons...
The children in Year 2 are very excited to be learning about The Great Fire of London. They have bee...
In Year 1 the children are learning to add and subtract 1 from any number. To support their learning...
Over the summer break, Year 5 and 6 pupils prepared for their new topic learning by undertaking proj...
This week in Reception the children have had an exciting settling in week. The children have practis...
Year 2 had their first music lesson of the term last week. The children learned lots of body percuss...
Year 6 have been developing their dribbling and shooting techniques in basketball over the past two ...
Year 6 have been reading and discussing Kensuke’s Kingdom. The children have been practising point, ...
In music, Year 4 used a virtual piano to compose and play a leitmotif for Hades, the Greek god of th...
The children in Reception have been enjoying a range of activities including counting and recognisin...
Year 3 have started chess this week. We welcomed James, the chess master, who explained basics rules...
Year 2 children have been learning how to name some fruit in Spanish and have used their Spanish num...
Dr Bike & Bikers Breakfast at Orchard was busy, with 42 bikes receiving a safety check and minor...
During Democracy Day, children in Years 1-6 had the opportunity to cast their own vote for Year 6 Sc...
The children enjoyed learning all about fire safety in school and at home. They were able to share w...
Year 4 have been taking part in their weekly daily mile around Well Street Common as part of their P...
Children in Nursery have learnt about germs and the importance of washing hands. All children took p...
Year 4 have been practising asking and answering question about themselves in Spanish and made chatt...
Year 6 used Chromebooks to annotate and look closely at examples of tapestries ready for designing t...
Year 4 have been reading the text The Great Kapok tree which links to their topic on Brazil. The chi...
Year 6 have been making music! They explored playing chords then performed a chord sequence. They le...
In Year 5, we learnt to design picture frames. The process involved designing a frame that was fit f...
The children have been reading ‘Blue Penguin’ this week. They explored the role-play area, pretendin...
Year 3 explored a new point of view on gardening! The session linked to their Humanities topic 'Temp...
Year 6 took part in the Youth Climate Summit. This year the summit was being held online, which mean...
Year 5 are creating Tudor style houses using Sketch Up. They used the rectangle and push/pull tools ...
In Geography this half term, Year 2 are learning about the UK and for their half term homework, were...
The holiday homework for Year 1 was to create a model or write about our local area of Hackney. We h...
Year 4 designed and created juggling balls. After reviewing existing products based on their materia...
Redwood Class had the pleasure of having a P.E lesson with our PE Specialist Teacher Mr Mulvaney fro...
This week, the children currently accessing school in Year 1 used concrete resources to create graph...
We are so proud of the engagement in home learning at Orchard. Don't forget all learning tasks for e...
At Orchard, cycling is offered to all KS2 children. Here is our Autumn 2020 summary! 63 y...
Remote learning has not stopped the children sharing and celebrating their holiday homework projects...
This term Year 1 are learning about sculptures, we used clay and modelling tools to explore and prac...
- Pupils at Orchard took time to thank our school crossing patrol, who keep children safe when travell...
- Year 6 have been learning to read and play music on a glockenspiel. They have been practicing n...
- During their art unit, Year 4 explored different ways to create texture, by using sponges, and ...
- In science, Year 2 are exploring different types of materials. They took turns descri...
