Find out about all the exciting things that are happening recently.
For the second year in a row, Orchard has hosted the Debate Mate Urban Debate League which saw nine schools from East London come to debate two very contentious topics. Should…
2 August 2018
The Year 5 Debate Mate members took part in their first debating competition as part of the Urban Debate League. They had the opportunity to debate with teams from other…
2 August 2018
This week our year four and five digital leaders delivered an assembly to the whole school. The focus of the discussion was on how to stay safe online and they…
1 August 2018
Official pictures… Well done to our Year 6 pupil, to Mr Evans and the whole school… double winners of the Hackney Mayor Music Award! An amazing achievement!
1 August 2018
Apollo Music Project visited us for the second time this year. This time Year 5 enjoyed watching and listening to a string quartet. They performed music by Joseph Haydn and…
1 August 2018
Day 1 in Madrid (Spain) Hola a todos, We have had a great and intense first day of our trip to Madrid. Our children were surprised to see the snow…
1 August 2018
The Year 5 and 6 Debate Mate club members took part in Round 1 of the Urban Debate League at William Tyndale School, Islington. The motions included ‘This house would ban…
1 August 2018
Although a day late due to the snow, World Book Day was again a huge success. With creative costumes from all year groups, our staff really got into the spirit…
1 August 2018
School councils from Orchard, Southwold and Hoxton Garden held a joint meeting to meet with Hackney Mayor Philip Granville. Mayor Granville took a great interest in the ideas and questions…
1 August 2018
Thank you for supporting families week. The children learned about different types of families and our school hall was packed with grandparents and children for our special afternoon tea. There…
1 August 2018
Our Samba Band is in full rehearsal using the instruments awarded to us at the Mayor of Hackney Music Awards. The Orchard Orchestra is also growing with our new guitarist and…
1 August 2018
A wonderful cauliflower! And the paints from plants lesson at orchard today with year 1. We also did drawings of plants using charcoal. They did some beautiful work.
30 March 2018
