Year 5 created their own Day of the Dead masks. They planned out their symbolism and symmetry of their designs and painted their final piece with precision and accuracy.

Our KS2 children have been busy designing their very own 3D projects using a program called SketchUp. This video shows weeks of hard work being brought to life in a…

Year 4 visited the Ragged School Museum to travel back in time to the Victorian era. They had an intense lesson of reciting the alphabet and learning the 3 R's:…

EYFS enjoyed their animal workshop where they held many different species such as snakes! They learnt the origins of where they came from and how to take care of them.…

Orchard peer mediators have been topping up their training recently at Southwold School. They completed work on emotional regulation with peer mediators from across the federation. Now, they are putting…

Our Times Tables Ambassadors have been supporting peers in Years 3 and 4 three times per week, modelling how to effectively recall multiplication facts using a range of strategies and…

Sport Ambassadors have been busy ensuring pupils bring in their PE kits to school, ticking off those who have on their uniform tracker. Well done to Year 1 Pine class…

EYFS took part in an interactive gardening workshop where they picked out the seeds from apples ready to soil and plant them!

Year 5 took part in a gardening workshop where they learnt the life cycle of a plant, from seedlings all the way to full grown fruits. 

Year 2 went on a nature walk as part of their Science topic on living organisms and habitats. They noted down different micro-habitats seen and investigated how worms live.  

On Earth day, we had a very special guest come to Orchard Primary school. Katherine Wheatley, an author, provided workshops to years 3 and 4. The children had a wonderful…

This term we celebrated Earth Day! It was a wonderful whole school experience. The Eco Team did an amazing job teaching the whole school the importance of Earth Day and…