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Year 3 had their first chess lesson. They learnt the the different chess pieces and how they move ac...
EYFS loved exploring the outdoor learning area. They built sand castles, practiced their balancing s...
Year 3 visited The Horniman Museum to learn about the Stone Age. They explored through valuable arte...
Year 2 have been learning about the Great Fire of London in History. They used pictorial historical ...
Year 5 experimented sound in Science by altering the pitch of their voices in order to make grains o...
Year 2 have been working on their football skills in PE. They practiced tapping the ball between the...
EYFS used their imagination to build their own cars! They used props such as tyres, a seat and steer...
Staff enjoyed their last breakfast together to celebrate a successful and enjoyable academic year! ...
Debate Mate club competed in Debate Mate championship earning 4th place within London Primary School...
Ready, Set, Read! The Summer Reading Challenge has started across all Hackney Libraries – chil...
It’s the final bike bus of the term on Tuesday 11th July. Join us for an uplifting 20 minute group ...
Here are some images from Hispanic Day. Children dressed in traditional Spasnish clothing and comple...
Year 2 loved Hispanic Day where they dressed in the colours red and yellow and had a fun filled day ...
Year 6 took part in a parasports workshop during Healthy Living Week. Using their teamwork and coord...
Head Gardeners enjoyed exploring the school garden, planting and watering the selection growing! ...
Year 4 visited the Science Museum where they explored a variety of investigations using their prior ...
EYFS enjoyed learning how to say different members of family in Spanish. They used wristbands to pla...
EYFS been learning to name the colours in Spanish: rojo (red) azul (blue), amarillo (yellow) and ver...
In MFL, Year 2 have been learning to name the body parts in Spanish. They perfected the Spanish vers...
Year 5 have been learning to describe the artwork of Spanish impressionist artist, Joaquín Sorolla. ...
Eid Muabark! As a kind gift from Ms Taneya, she brought in Eid treats for staff members. Thank you M...
Year 4 visited the Science Museum where they explored a variety of investigations using their prior ...
Year 6 visited Queens London as part of their ongoing post SATS celebration. They enjoyed ice skatin...
Year 4 have been refining their Spanish vocabulary in MFL. They learnt how to name different foods a...
Pupils in year 5 visited the Tomlinson Centre to represent Viridis Federation at the annual Erasmus+...
Year 1 used their artistic skills to create seascape pictures inspired by the famous artist, George ...
It’s competition time! With our summer attendance challenge, children could win a family ticke...
Year 5 became engineers and mathematicians in their STEM lesson today. They built bridges, ensuring ...
Day 1 They arrived safely at PGL and went straight into their first activities. They spent the after...
EYFS enjoyed coffee morning with parents where they taught them how to use Maths frames and make num...
We are delighted to invite all parents and families of Orchard Primary to join us at the Federation&...
Our Debate Mate team competed in the National competition, the Debate Mate Cup. Working in teams, th...
On Wednesday 14th June, eight of our Year 5 children had the pleasure of attending the stunning new ...
Year 6 had a lovely summer stroll through the park today afternoon. They received free ice lollies ...
EYFS visited Spitafields City Farm to learnt about different types of animals, their habitats and be...
Our Year 6 librarians got hands on organising the communal bookshelves making it tidy and easily acc...
Year 2 and 3 pupils practiced safe cutting and developed their fine motor ...
Our Art Ambassadors have been busy refreshing and spring cleaning our Art spaces, sorting and organi...
Year 6 Language Captains have been hard at work teaching Year 1’s how to say the date in Spani...
Year 3 had a visit from PE coaches from Young Hackney to help improve on their athletic skills. They...
As part of their plant topic in Science, Year 3 pupils went on a trip to Kew Gardens. They explored ...
Year 5’s enjoyed their Chill Out game today, with the focus this term being #teamwork and posi...
Join Cycling Club Hackney on Sunday 11th June at Well Street Common Festival for fun cycle races as ...
Year 6 enjoyed refining their artistic skills. Using water colours, they painted beautiful Alaskan a...
Year 5 created their own Day of the Dead masks. They planned out their symbolism and symmetry of the...
Our KS2 children have been busy designing their very own 3D projects using a program called SketchUp...
Year 4 visited the Ragged School Museum to travel back in time to the Victorian era. They had an int...
EYFS enjoyed their animal workshop where they held many different species such as snakes! They learn...
Orchard peer mediators have been topping up their training recently at Southwold School. They comple...
Our Times Tables Ambassadors have been supporting peers in Years 3 and 4 three times per week, model...
Sport Ambassadors have been busy ensuring pupils bring in their PE kits to school, ticking off those...
EYFS took part in an interactive gardening workshop where they picked out the seeds from apples read...
Year 5 took part in a gardening workshop where they learnt the life cycle of a plant, from seedlings...
Year 2 went on a nature walk as part of their Science topic on living organisms and habitats. They n...
On Earth day, we had a very special guest come to Orchard Primary school. Katherine Wheatley, an aut...
This term we celebrated Earth Day! It was a wonderful whole school experience. The Eco Team did an a...
Year 6 continued their post SATs celebration by visiting Laburnum Boat Club. The children took to th...
Year 4 visited the Ragged School Museum where they experienced a Victorian classroom. It had authent...
Year 3 have been refining their chess skills with a lesson from a specialist teacher. They learnt de...
Year 6 created electricity in Science by building their own circuits. They added and removed compon...
Congratulations to our ‘best crown’ winners for having spectacular creations, selected b...
EYFS have been celebrating the coronation of King Charles III with a tea party at their small world ...
EYFS have have been busy observing and taking care of caterpillars, expanding their vocabulary and k...
On Friday 5th May, we are inviting children to make a crown and wear it to school to celebrate the c...
A massive thank you to the adults who joined us on ‘Bring a #Significant Female to School̵...
Year 5 have been gaining new skills in Maths, learning how to use protractors and measure angles acc...
Year 3 have been refining their tactical and strategic skills by competing with each other in a game...
EYFS enjoyed eye witnessing the process of eggs hatching. They are excited to take care and feed the...
Year 4 had a special visit from author, Katherine Wheatley. They learnt about the process of writing...
Click here to view our special lunch menu that will be served on Friday 5th May for the Kings Corona...
EYFS enjoyed spending DT day with their family members. They used a range of colourful materials and...
Debate Mate Club is pleased to announce that after two rounds of UDL Debate Mate competitions, they...
As part of the Great British Clean-Up, the Eco-Team and School Council collaborated to help clean up...
The Junior Road Safety Officers had a special visit from Max Moorcroft, a Road Safety Officer. He di...
Year 5 enjoyed dissecting a plant in Science. As part of their new topic on ‘all living things...
Year 2 visited St John’s Church as part of their RE topic on Easter and Christianity. They lea...
School Councillors from across Viridis Federation gathered for their termly cross-site meeting. The ...
Eco-warriors from Hoxton Garden, Southwold and Orchard came together to have a group meeting. They d...
Year 5 have been learning about Global Resourcing in Science. They went on a field trip to Victoria ...
Year 5 performed a special assembly to their families today! They showcased their learning of The Tu...
Monday 20th March 2023 The Erasmus trip to Tenerife began today at (an eye-watering) 5am wh...
EYFS have been creating shamrocks for St. Patrick’s Day at the outdoor creative area. They sel...
KS2 was visited by the author, Danny Wallace. He shared his experience of how he become an author an...
Year 5 enjoyed creating poems in Literacy as part of their topic on ‘Cosmic World’. They...
Year 5 explored the London Transport Museum further using interactive trail cards. They learned the ...
Head Gardeners got together to discuss the importance of having a garden, brainstorming their ideas ...
Year 4 visited the Postal Museum and explored the history and journey of postal communication and it...
Year 5 became engineers for the day at the London Transport Museum. Using coding, they made their ow...
Year 2 have been working in pairs and groups to create a dance sequence in PE. Role-playing as sea-c...
As part of the Year 4 children’s Rainforest topic in Geography, they went for an exciting trip...
Year 2 loved their visit to the National Gallery. They toured around and saw still life paintings fr...
Join Kidical Mass London on 12th March to ride from Stonebridge Gardens, E8 to Tate Modern. There wi...
The Digital Leaders across all three schools enjoyed their cross-site meeting this term. They shared...
Orchard did an amazing job of dressing up in their favourite characters for World Book Day! You all ...
For World Book Day, Year 6 enjoyed reading their favourite books to EYFS and then they shared who th...
Year 2 have been learning about Continents and Oceans in Humanities. They used an atlas to locate th...
Staff celebrated Shrove Tuesday with a spread full of scrumptious goodies and pancakes to enjoy for ...
As part of EYFS new topic on fairy tales, they brought in some fantastic masterpieces they made over...
Year 2 enjoyed exploring the topic on ‘everyday materials’ in Science. They loved feelin...
As part of Children’s Mental Health Week, EYFS explored and shared their experiences of skills...
EYFS enjoyed their first week back where they took part in a gardening workshop. They got hands on, ...
Year 1 visited the Science Museum this week. They explored through the museum and learned about the ...
EYFS have been enjoying their interactive maths lesson on the topic ‘patterns’. They use...
Year 4 visited the Apollo Chamber Orchestra at The Regent Hall. They enjoyed a live performance from...
Reception spent a day learning the role of a Doctor and what their day consists of! They also learnt...
Nursery enjoyed catching the breeze as they went for a walk to their local Tesco. They explored thro...
Year 2 loved getting flexible in their gymnastics lesson. They learnt new skills such as mastering t...
Year 5 have been finetuning their music knowledge, learning how to read the notes on the treble clef...
EYFS enjoyed learning about measurements where they compared the lengths of different sticks with th...
Year 2 have been learning about money in Maths. They did a fun activity which included coins; identi...
Year 3 kick started the New Year refining their chess skills. They focused on the technique castling...
Year 2 researched and learnt all about Christopher Columbus, the famous explorer. They designed and ...
Year 5 took part in a gardening workshop where they actively learnt how plant growth may be affected...
EYFS enjoyed exploring their new topic on transport. They role-played in their creative airport area...
Year 5 and 6 choir joined Hoxton and Southwold to bring festivity to Homerton Hospital. They sang to...
Year 2 took part in an enjoyable gardening workshop this week. They learned the differences between ...
Year 3 had a great time experimenting with light in their science workshop today where they created ...
EYFS loved playing in snow, creating their own footprint and feeling the texture of it with their fr...
Children enjoyed their festive lunch of roast turkey with potatoes, mini sausages and stuffing,...
EYFS have been celebrating Hanukkah by learning and understanding the significance of the eight day ...
EYFS have been busy creating their Christmas hoop decorations this week. They chose from a range of ...
Year 1 loved their workshop where they looked at different types of mini beasts in Science. They use...
Year 5 have been learning about the 20th century in Humanities this week. They did many activities s...
Year 4 enjoyed their science lesson this week where they learned all about animals, including humans...
At Orchard, we are focusing on waste reduction and recycling. As a school, we are becoming more awa...
Year 2 enjoyed their Maths lesson this week where they took part in a practical division lesson. Thi...
EYFS have been exploring the story ‘Handa’s Surprise’ this week. They completed many activitie...
Year 4 have been learning about the culture and history of Brazil this week. To showcase their knowl...
Year 3 loved designing and making waterproof bags as part of DT Day. With the help of parents, they ...
Year 2 enjoyed their English lesson where they created their own story! Using inspiration from the s...
As part of DT Day, Year 2 had the opportunity to create their own moving cars. They used constructiv...
EYFS loved having their parents come in for DT Day. They used a range of materials and resources to ...
As part of World Week, Reception participated in many fun activities to celebrate World Week. They d...
EYFS have been exploring their new role-play ‘desert’ area. They used their sensory skil...
The Junior Road Safety Officers (JRSOs) had their first meeting this week, delivered by Max Moorcrof...
The selected Sport Ambassadors were informed of their new roles this week and were eager to commence...
Year 4 have been using the Learn Emile app on their iPads to test their times tables knowledge in Ma...
Year 2 visited the Great Fire of London exhibition at the Museum of London. They enjoyed touring aro...
EYFS have been exploring the Autumn season by observing and talking about the changes that have noti...
Year 3 enjoyed their bread workshop where they explored and processed raw materials into ingredients...
Year 4 visited Planetarium where they had an immersive and thrilling experience on how life would be...
Year 6 have been studying and analysing the artwork of Henry Moore. With inspiration from his style ...
Reception have been busy playing in their fun, designated construction area outside. They learned ho...
Year 2 enjoyed their visit to Hackney Library. They attentively listened to a story read by the libr...
Year 1 loved reading ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’ during Literacy. They completed fun tas...
Year 3 enjoyed taking turns to teach maths in front of the whole class! They taught the column addit...
Year 2 loved their Science lesson involving circuits. They were given electrical components, includi...
Year 4 learned intriguing facts about flax seeds in their gardening workshop. They enjoyed understan...
Year 2 enjoyed learning how to use child-safe search engines in ICT. They used the search engine ...
EYFS and KS1 loved bringing their Significant Male to school this morning. There was a range of acti...
Year 2 enjoyed learning about Sikhism in RE. They learned about the different Sikh symbols and looke...
Year 4 enjoyed playing netball during PE. They explored and practised new skills such as chest and o...
Year 4 sang along to ‘Living it up in Greece’ in preparation for their class assembly ne...
Year 1 loved acting out the story of ‘Owl Babies’ in Literacy. They rehearsed using the ...
Year 3 examined different types of rocks in Science this week. They enjoyed comparing a range of roc...
Year 6 began their journey back in time to 1939, where they learned the history of World War II. The...
Year 5 learned many new skills in their basketball session such as dribbling, shooting and the three...
To celebrate Hispanic Day everyone dressed in red and yellow to match the Spanish flag! An exciting ...
Year 5 enjoyed exploring around the Science Museum. They had an entertaining workshop on forces and ...
Day 1 The children conquered their fears of heights straight away this afternoon,...
Click here to view our special lunch menu that will be served on Hispanic Day!
Year 6 spent the afternoon baking and decorating scrumptious cupcakes. Well done to our bake off win...
Year 4 participated in a Taekwondo workshop as part of ‘Keeping Healthy Week’. They enjo...
Year 5 enjoyed their gardening workshop where they learned about the importance of weather change fo...
Year 5 have been experimenting with different materials from tissue paper to magazine cut-outs to cr...
This was the day that they had all been waiting for… Cooking the Spanish and English recipes a...
After getting to know one another, our international pupils got down to translating some authentic S...
Our Art Ambassadors recently came together and judged work submitted during the Summer art competiti...
Reception classes are enjoying exploring the outdoor area in the sunshine. They have been making the...
There was excitement and a warm welcome at Southwold with the arrival of children from our ...
The school choir performed very well at the Well Street Common Festival on Sunday 12th June and were...
From today until Wednesday we will be hosting our partner Erasmus schools at our Southwold site. Chi...
Nursery class are enjoying their new topic this term on superheroes by role playing in the superhero...
And on our final day at the Kench Hill Centre, we showcased our team working and problem solving ski...
Year 5 enjoyed moulding clay masks to create colourful and intricate Mayan masks! Inspired by Day of...
After breakfast, we went to play before doing our activities. We played basketball, football, ping p...
Despite the wind, the children had a fantastic time at the beach on day 3, finding shells, digging h...
With the easing of travel restrictions, children from the partner schools will be visiting us in Jun...
Children were invited to design a logo for the partnership which will eventually will appear on a we...
Year 4 have continued to work on their food and drink topic with their partners from Portug...
The children all slept well last night and after a hearty breakfast of toast, yogurt and Rice Krispi...
After arriving and making our beds, we began working together in teams to build shelters and perfect...
During their Spanish lesson, Year 4 learnt how to say and describe where they live. This involved us...
Hackney Foodbank will be handing out free children’s packed lunches* from all of their distribution...
Year 5 have been learning about statistics during their maths lessons. In pairs, they’ve been ...
Year 3 have been learning how to make mosaic art pieces by carefully planning and designing their mo...
In humanities, year 5 have been learning about what natural resources are and how they are distribut...
Dear Parents & Carers, Hackney Council want your input in the design change for the Well Street ...
The Digital Leaders from years 5 and 6 helped to create and deliver an assembly to their year groups...
Year 4 enjoyed visiting Westminster Abbey where they had tour guides show them around the majestic b...
Year 2 had a fantastic day visiting the Van Gogh Immersive Experience. They learnt all about Vincent...
Year 6 became young entrepreneurs during Work and Enterprise Week, presenting their proposed idea/in...
Year 3 have been learning more about jobs in the food industry. Last week, they visited the school k...
Year 2 have been learning about jobs around caring for animals. They had a visit from Zoo Lab who sh...
Our peer mediators were incredibly busy during the Autumn term with their peer mediator training. Th...
This term, the Sports Ambassadors have been tasked with reminding their classmates about the importa...
Our Green Team held a very informative assembly where they educated the school about climate change,...
Year 5 worked as teams to develop a climax for their Tudor narrative. Their protagonist was a poor T...
The Year 4 Gardening Ambassadors visited Nursery to help create Bird Feeders using apples and seeds....
Digital leaders had their second cross site meeting this week in order to look at essential work the...
This week in Spanish, the children in year 4 have started to learn new vocabulary related to familie...
This week children in reception have been reading Six Dinner Sid. They have enjoyed exploring simila...
Year 5 have been applying their ICT skills in PSHCE lessons by using Google slides to create present...
Year 6 have been using the app Garageband to start composing their own songs. To do this, they’...
Year 3 have been learning how to make mosaics in their art lessons. They have been looking at pictur...
Year 5 really got into the festive spirit by spending an afternoon making some fantastic Christmas d...
Year 4 took part in a workshop where they learned about the different types of teeth and what they a...
Year 3 carried out a full-day workshop called ‘Lessons in Loaf’, linked to their topic o...
In science, year 1 are learning about the different animal groups and the similarities and differenc...
Year 2 have been using atlases in Geography to identify the seas around the UK with the help of comp...
In nursery the children are thinking about different types of homes. The children have enjoyed fishi...
Children in years 5 and 6 visited the Emmanuel centre in Westminster last week to receive their indu...
In Year 4 our Literacy focus is Narrative writing linked to our topic of Brazil and our DR core text...
During literacy lessons, we have been writing autumn poems. After writing their first draft, the stu...
During World Week, Year 3 attended a workshop on Chinese Flag making, where they enjoyed learning mo...
During World Week, Year 4 participated in many activities from different cultures, including African...
The Junior Road Safety Officers (JRSOs) had their first meeting this week. Max Moorcroft, a road saf...
Year 6 had an amazing time when they visited the zoo. They attended a workshop where they looked at ...
In nursery this week, the children have been exploring the sizes on composition of objects and mater...
The children in reception have been learning to read and spell tricky words this week. To help them ...
Year 3 visited the Museum of London, where they looked at artefacts from the Stone Age and identifie...
Well done to our Year 6 Homework Winners who presented amazing work based on ‘World at WarR...
In Year 5, we have started reading Beowulf. We have been reading the texts in pairs, predicting the...
Year 4 have been reading and writing about Greek Myths. For our Literacy lesson we broke down the s...
We have been learning how to play hockey in Year 3. We have learnt how use our sticks to keep contro...
Year 3 explored a range of fables, commenting on the structure and identifying key language features...
Year 3 played a game which helped them to practise their understanding of place value. Each student ...
In RE, Olive Class have been studying Sikhism. They have looked at the 5K’s of Sikhism and dis...
Year 2 have been finding the missing numbers in number sequences by using cubes, number lines or the...
In Science, Year 2 have been looking at circuits. They have been using the different components of a...
Year 1 have started to learn about the human body. Pupils labelled and discussed the importance of t...
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The children in Cherry Class took part in a group activity with our school gardener, who taught t...- The School Council promoted one of their charities, The Marine Conservation Society through a Ma...
- In ICT, Year 2 have been creating their own branching database about minibeasts, The children wor...
- Last week, Year 3 children enjoyed taking part in a gardening workshop with our school gardener, w...
- During Families Week, children in Nursery explored their own families, through images and by shari...
- During their Victorian unit, pupils in Year 4 have used a variety of primary and secondary source...
- Year 6 took part in a workshop learning more about the Blitz in London during WWII. They learned m...
- Year 5 have started learning the ukulele. They have learned three chords and will be putting thes...
- Year 2 have been exploring and classifying 2D shapes based on the number of sides they have. They ...
- Our Nursery pupils have been undertaking a variety of construction opportunities. They have been ...
- Year 6 took part in a gardening session about photosynthesis, creating a photo sensitive sun prin...
- Year 6 linked their dance unit to their topic of Ghana. During their lesson they listened to trad...
- Year 4 have been studying mini-beasts. During this unit, they made predictions about a range of ...
- Year 2 have been exploring a range of natural, man-made and manufactured materials. During their ...
- UKS2 took part in the Urban Debate League competition. Our pupils enjoyed the experience, develo...
- Reception pupils explored the story Jack and the Beanstalk. They used this text to practise writi...
- In science, Year 2 are exploring different types of materials. They took turns describing t...
During their art unit, Year 4 explored different ways to create texture, by using sponges, and var...- Year 6 have been learning to read and play music on a glockenspiel. They have been practicing note...
- Pupils at Orchard took time to thank our school crossing patrol, who keep children safe when travell...
This term Year 1 are learning about sculptures, we used clay and modelling tools to explore and prac...
Remote learning has not stopped the children sharing and celebrating their holiday homework projects...
At Orchard, cycling is offered to all KS2 children. Here is our Autumn 2020 summary! 63 year 4 ch...
We are so proud of the engagement in home learning at Orchard. Don’t forget all learning tasks...
This week, the children currently accessing school in Year 1 used concrete resources to create graph...
Redwood Class had the pleasure of having a P.E lesson with our PE Specialist Teacher Mr Mulvaney fro...
Year 4 designed and created juggling balls. After reviewing existing products based on their materia...
The holiday homework for Year 1 was to create a model or write about our local area of Hackney. We h...
In Geography this half term, Year 2 are learning about the UK and for their half term homework, were...
Year 5 are creating Tudor style houses using Sketch Up. They used the rectangle and push/pull tools ...
Year 6 took part in the Youth Climate Summit. This year the summit was being held online, which mean...
Year 3 explored a new point of view on gardening! The session linked to their Humanities topic ̵...
The children have been reading ‘Blue Penguin’ this week. They explored the role-play area, pretendin...
In Year 5, we learnt to design picture frames. The process involved designing a frame that was fit f...
Year 6 have been making music! They explored playing chords then performed a chord sequence. They le...
Year 4 have been reading the text The Great Kapok tree which links to their topic on Brazil. The chi...
Year 6 used Chromebooks to annotate and look closely at examples of tapestries ready for designing t...
Year 4 have been practising asking and answering question about themselves in Spanish and made chatt...
Children in Nursery have learnt about germs and the importance of washing hands. All children took p...
Year 4 have been taking part in their weekly daily mile around Well Street Common as part of their P...
The children enjoyed learning all about fire safety in school and at home. They were able to share w...
During Democracy Day, children in Years 1-6 had the opportunity to cast their own vote for Year 6 Sc...
Dr Bike & Bikers Breakfast at Orchard was busy, with 42 bikes receiving a safety check and minor...
Year 2 children have been learning how to name some fruit in Spanish and have used their Spanish num...
Year 3 have started chess this week. We welcomed James, the chess master, who explained basics rules...
The children in Reception have been enjoying a range of activities including counting and recognisin...
In music, Year 4 used a virtual piano to compose and play a leitmotif for Hades, the Greek god of th...
Year 6 have been reading and discussing Kensuke’s Kingdom. The children have been practising point, ...
Year 6 have been developing their dribbling and shooting techniques in basketball over the past two ...
Year 2 had their first music lesson of the term last week. The children learned lots of body percuss...
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...
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 opin...
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...
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 le...
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 every...
Don’t forget, if you need to change home reading books, the parent room has been set up as a l...
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. &nbs...
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...
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! ...
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 Ms...
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 research...
In music Year 5 have been learning about ‘The Planets’ by Gustav Holst. This week they c...
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 loca...
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 laun...
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 ch...
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 e...
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 Boo...
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 Fl...
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 ...
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 adults ...
Nursery went on a local trip to Tesco’s and bought lots of different exotic fruits to try. The...
The Nursery children have been learning about ‘new life’. It was an exciting half term a...
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 incl...
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 the...
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 c...
Year 6 combined yeast, washing up liquid, hydro peroxide and food colouring to make the ‘ultim...
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. T...
Year 5 have been learning about water music. The children were challenged to create a ‘soundsc...
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 of...
Year 4 took part in a workshop, as part of Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week. They playe...
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 restfu...
We had a safe but long trip as our plane was delayed by an hour and a half. We arrived weary but...
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 Hackney...
The children met Amy and Phoebe, education officers from Childnet, to plan interactive activities f...
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 certif...
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’...
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. T...
The NSPCC led assemblies on Keeping Safe for Years 1-6 as part of their Speak Out; Stay Safe Progra...
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 fan...
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 interpret...
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 t...
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 Ba...
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 on ...
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! &nbs...
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...
Our Language Captains for 2018 – 2019 have now been selected and are excited to start their ro...
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… hea...
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 Madri...
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 scho...
