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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

Year 3 had a wonderful time during their gardening workshop, they learnt all about the process of germination. We can’t wait to see what our seeds turn into by summer!

Last week, the Viridis digital leaders met at Southwold to collaborate on and create an e-safety leaflet for parents, with a focus on age restrictions for social media websites. The…

This week the Green Team organised and ran an after school workshop where they invited children from all year groups to come along and decorate recycled jars to create products…

The Green Team feature in a Guardian news article, 'Pupil power: how students are turning schools green' https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2017/apr/28/pupil-power-how-students-are-turning-schools-green