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