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21st September 2023
Year 5 Create Viking Collages
Year 5 created Viking collages using different Art techniques. They painted with shades of blue and ...
21st September 2023
Play Chess With Year 3
Year 3 had their first chess lesson. They learnt the the different chess pieces and how they move ac...
21st September 2023
EYFS Outdoor Learning
EYFS loved exploring the outdoor learning area. They built sand castles, practiced their balancing s...
20th September 2023
Year 3 Travel Back To The Stone Age
Year 3 visited The Horniman Museum to learn about the Stone Age. They explored through valuable arte...
20th September 2023
Year 2 Learn Historical Events
Year 2 have been learning about the Great Fire of London in History. They used pictorial historical ...
15th September 2023
Year 5 Experiment Sound
Year 5 experimented sound in Science by altering the pitch of their voices in order to make grains o...
14th September 2023
Year 2 Football
Year 2 have been working on their football skills in PE. They practiced tapping the ball between the...
11th September 2023
Autumn Term 1 Parent Dates
Orchard Parent Dates for Autumn1 2023
19th July 2023
EYFS Build Cars
EYFS used their imagination to build their own cars! They used props such as tyres, a seat and steer...
14th July 2023
Summer Spread For Staff
Staff enjoyed their last breakfast together to celebrate a successful and enjoyable academic year! ...
12th July 2023
Debate Mate Championship
Debate Mate club competed in Debate Mate championship earning 4th place within London Primary School...
12th July 2023
Summer Reading Challenge 2023
Ready, Set, Read! The Summer Reading Challenge has started across all Hackney Libraries – chil...
7th July 2023
Final Bike Bus - Tuesday 11th july
It’s the final bike bus of the term on Tuesday 11th July. Join us for an uplifting 20 minute group ...
7th July 2023
Celebrate Hispanic Day 2023
Here are some images from Hispanic Day. Children dressed in traditional Spasnish clothing and comple...
6th July 2023
Year 2 Celebrate Hispanics day
Year 2 loved Hispanic Day where they dressed in the colours red and yellow and had a fun filled day ...
5th July 2023
Year 6 Parasports
Year 6 took part in a parasports workshop during Healthy Living Week. Using their teamwork and coord...
5th July 2023
Head Gardeners Explore School Garden
Head Gardeners enjoyed exploring the school garden, planting and watering the selection growing! ...
5th July 2023
Year 4 Explore Science Museum
Year 4 visited the Science Museum where they explored a variety of investigations using their prior ...
30th June 2023
EYFS Learn Family Members In Spanish
EYFS enjoyed learning how to say different members of family in Spanish. They used wristbands to pla...
30th June 2023
EYFS Learn Spanish Colours
EYFS been learning to name the colours in Spanish: rojo (red) azul (blue), amarillo (yellow) and ver...
30th June 2023
Learn Spanish With Year 2
In MFL, Year 2 have been learning to name the body parts in Spanish. They perfected the Spanish vers...
30th June 2023
Year 5 Describe Spanish Artwork
Year 5 have been learning to describe the artwork of Spanish impressionist artist, Joaquín Sorolla. ...
29th June 2023
Eid Breakfast For Staff
Eid Muabark! As a kind gift from Ms Taneya, she brought in Eid treats for staff members. Thank you M...
29th June 2023
Year 4 Explore Science Museum
Year 4 visited the Science Museum where they explored a variety of investigations using their prior ...
29th June 2023
Ice Skating With Year 6
Year 6 visited Queens London as part of their ongoing post SATS celebration. They enjoyed ice skatin...
29th June 2023
Year 4 Learn Spanish Vocabulary
Year 4 have been refining their Spanish vocabulary in MFL. They learnt how to name different foods a...
29th June 2023
Language Captains Share Their Tenerife Experience
Pupils in year 5 visited the Tomlinson Centre to represent Viridis Federation at the annual Erasmus+...
23rd June 2023
Pointillism Painting With Year 1
Year 1 used their artistic skills to create seascape pictures inspired by the famous artist, George ...
22nd June 2023
Summer Attendance Competition!
It’s competition time! With our summer attendance challenge, children could win a family ticke...
21st June 2023
Year 5 Construct Bridges
Year 5 became engineers and mathematicians in their STEM lesson today. They built bridges, ensuring ...
20th June 2023
Year 5 PGL Trip
Day 1 They arrived safely at PGL and went straight into their first activities. They spent the after...
16th June 2023
Maths Coffee Morning With EYFS
EYFS enjoyed coffee morning with parents where they taught them how to use Maths frames and make num...
14th June 2023
Federation's Music Festival
We are delighted to invite all parents and families of Orchard Primary to join us at the Federation&...
14th June 2023
Debate Mate Earn 4th Place
Our Debate Mate team competed in the National competition, the Debate Mate Cup. Working in teams, th...
14th June 2023
Year 5's Successful Skating Session at the Brand New Lee Valley Ice Centre
On Wednesday 14th June, eight of our Year 5 children had the pleasure of attending the stunning new ...
9th June 2023
Year 6 Summer Stroll
Year 6 had a lovely summer stroll through the park today afternoon. They received free ice lollies ...
8th June 2023
EYFS Farm Visit
EYFS visited Spitafields City Farm to learnt about different types of animals, their habitats and be...
8th June 2023
Librarians Hard At Work
Our Year 6 librarians got hands on organising the communal bookshelves making it tidy and easily acc...
7th June 2023
Cooking Club Fun
Year 2 and 3 pupils practiced safe cutting and developed their fine motor ...
7th June 2023
Spring Clean With Art Ambassadors
Our Art Ambassadors have been busy refreshing and spring cleaning our Art spaces, sorting and organi...
7th June 2023
Language Captains Teach Spanish
Year 6 Language Captains have been hard at work teaching Year 1’s how to say the date in Spani...
7th June 2023
PE Coaches Visit Year 3
Year 3 had a visit from PE coaches from Young Hackney to help improve on their athletic skills. They...
7th June 2023
Year 3 Explore Kew Gardens
As part of their plant topic in Science, Year 3 pupils went on a trip to Kew Gardens. They explored ...
25th May 2023
Year 5 Chill Out Game
Year 5’s enjoyed their Chill Out game today, with the focus this term being #teamwork and posi...
25th May 2023
Cycle Races And Free Bike Checks On Sunday 11th June
Join Cycling Club Hackney on Sunday 11th June at Well Street Common Festival for fun cycle races as ...
24th May 2023
End Of Summer 1 Staff Breakfast
A lovely staff #breakfast to say thank you and well done for all their hard work put in throughout t...
24th May 2023
Year 6 Become Paint Artists
Year 6 enjoyed refining their artistic skills. Using water colours, they painted beautiful Alaskan a...
24th May 2023
Year 5 Paint Masks
Year 5 created their own Day of the Dead masks. They planned out their symbolism and symmetry of the...
22nd May 2023
KS2 3D Printing Project
Our KS2 children have been busy designing their very own 3D projects using a program called SketchUp...
19th May 2023
Year 4 Travel Back To Victorian Period
Year 4 visited the Ragged School Museum to travel back in time to the Victorian era. They had an int...
19th May 2023
EYFS Hold Animals
EYFS enjoyed their animal workshop where they held many different species such as snakes! They learn...
18th May 2023
Peer Mediators Helping Hand
Orchard peer mediators have been topping up their training recently at Southwold School. They comple...
18th May 2023
Times Tables Ambassadors Teach Strategies
Our Times Tables Ambassadors have been supporting peers in Years 3 and 4 three times per week, model...
17th May 2023
Sport Ambassadors Hard At Work
Sport Ambassadors have been busy ensuring pupils bring in their PE kits to school, ticking off those...
17th May 2023
EYFS Plant Seeds
EYFS took part in an interactive gardening workshop where they picked out the seeds from apples read...
17th May 2023
Year 5 Learn Fruit Life Cycle
Year 5 took part in a gardening workshop where they learnt the life cycle of a plant, from seedlings...
17th May 2023
Year 2 Nature Walk
Year 2 went on a nature walk as part of their Science topic on living organisms and habitats. They n...
16th May 2023
Earth Day Workshops
On Earth day, we had a very special guest come to Orchard Primary school. Katherine Wheatley, an aut...
16th May 2023
Earth Day Assemblies
This term we celebrated Earth Day! It was a wonderful whole school experience. The Eco Team did an a...
16th May 2023
Post SATs Celebration with Year 6
Year 6 continued their post SATs celebration by visiting Laburnum Boat Club. The children took to th...
15th May 2023
Victorian Classroom with Year 4
Year 4 visited the Ragged School Museum where they experienced a Victorian classroom. It had authent...
12th May 2023
Play Chess With Year 3
Year 3 have been refining their chess skills with a lesson from a specialist teacher. They learnt de...
10th May 2023
Year 6 Create Light Circuits
Year 6 created electricity in Science by building their own circuits. They added and removed compon...
10th May 2023
Best Crown Winners
Congratulations to our ‘best crown’ winners for having spectacular creations, selected b...
4th May 2023
EYFS Tea Party
EYFS have been celebrating the coronation of King Charles III with a tea party at their small world ...
2nd May 2023
EYFS Observe Caterpillars
EYFS have have been busy observing and taking care of caterpillars, expanding their vocabulary and k...
28th April 2023
Crown Competition - Friday 5th May
On Friday 5th May, we are inviting children to make a crown and wear it to school to celebrate the c...
28th April 2023
Bring a Significant Female to School Day
A massive thank you to the adults who joined us on ‘Bring a #Significant Female to School̵...
28th April 2023
Measure Angles With Year 5
Year 5 have been gaining new skills in Maths, learning how to use protractors and measure angles acc...
28th April 2023
Year 3 Play Chess
Year 3 have been refining their tactical and strategic skills by competing with each other in a game...
27th April 2023
EYFS Watch Eggs Hatch
EYFS enjoyed eye witnessing the process of eggs hatching. They are excited to take care and feed the...
27th April 2023
Special Author Visits Year 4
Year 4 had a special visit from author, Katherine Wheatley. They learnt about the process of writing...
25th April 2023
Kings Coronation Day Menu – 5th May 2022
Click here to view our special lunch menu that will be served on Friday 5th May for the Kings Corona...
30th March 2023
Create Easter Baskets With EYFS
EYFS enjoyed spending DT day with their family members. They used a range of colourful materials and...
29th March 2023
Debate Mate Win Second Place
Debate Mate Club is pleased to announce that after two rounds of UDL Debate Mate competitions, they...
29th March 2023
Great British Clean-Up
As part of the Great British Clean-Up, the Eco-Team and School Council collaborated to help clean up...
24th March 2023
Road Safety Meeting
The Junior Road Safety Officers had a special visit from Max Moorcroft, a Road Safety Officer. He di...
23rd March 2023
Year 5 Dissect Plants
Year 5 enjoyed dissecting a plant in Science. As part of their new topic on ‘all living things...
23rd March 2023
Year 2 Visit St John's Church
Year 2 visited St John’s Church as part of their RE topic on Easter and Christianity. They lea...
23rd March 2023
School Council Cross-Site Meeting
School Councillors from across Viridis Federation gathered for their termly cross-site meeting. The ...
22nd March 2023
Eco-Warriors Meeting
Eco-warriors from Hoxton Garden, Southwold and Orchard came together to have a group meeting. They d...
22nd March 2023
Year 5 Experiment pH Levels
Year 5 have been learning about Global Resourcing in Science. They went on a field trip to Victoria ...
22nd March 2023
Year 5 Assembly To Parents
Year 5 performed a special assembly to their families today! They showcased their learning of The Tu...
22nd March 2023
EYFS Nature Walk
EYFS enjoyed their local walk to the park to look for signs of Spring. They found a bird’s nes...
22nd March 2023
Erasmus Tenerife Trip - March 2023
Monday 20th March 2023 The Erasmus trip to Tenerife began today at (an eye-watering) 5am wh...
15th March 2023
St Patrick's Day Fun With EYFS
EYFS have been creating shamrocks for St. Patrick’s Day at the outdoor creative area. They sel...
15th March 2023
Guest Author Visits KS2
KS2 was visited by the author, Danny Wallace. He shared his experience of how he become an author an...
15th March 2023
Year 5 Create Poems
Year 5 enjoyed creating poems in Literacy as part of their topic on ‘Cosmic World’. They...
15th March 2023
Year 5 Travel Through Time
Year 5 explored the London Transport Museum further using interactive trail cards. They learned the ...
15th March 2023
Head Gardeners Brainstorm Ideas
Head Gardeners got together to discuss the importance of having a garden, brainstorming their ideas ...
15th March 2023
Year 4 Visit Postal Museum
Year 4 visited the Postal Museum and explored the history and journey of postal communication and it...
15th March 2023
Year 5 Become Train Engineers
Year 5 became engineers for the day at the London Transport Museum. Using coding, they made their ow...
15th March 2023
Year 2 Practise Dance Sequences
Year 2 have been working in pairs and groups to create a dance sequence in PE. Role-playing as sea-c...
15th March 2023
Year 4 Explore Kew Gardens
As part of the Year 4 children’s Rainforest topic in Geography, they went for an exciting trip...
9th March 2023
Explore National Gallery With Year 2
Year 2 loved their visit to the National Gallery. They toured around and saw still life paintings fr...
6th March 2023
Kidical Mass - Sunday 12th March 2023
Join Kidical Mass London on 12th March to ride from Stonebridge Gardens, E8 to Tate Modern. There wi...
3rd March 2023
Online Safety Video
The Digital Leaders across all three schools enjoyed their cross-site meeting this term. They shared...
3rd March 2023
World Book Day
Orchard did an amazing job of dressing up in their favourite characters for World Book Day! You all ...
3rd March 2023
Year 6 Share Their Favourite Books
For World Book Day, Year 6 enjoyed reading their favourite books to EYFS and then they shared who th...
1st March 2023
Year 2 Create Map Of The World
Year 2 have been learning about Continents and Oceans in Humanities. They used an atlas to locate th...
22nd February 2023
Pancakes For Breakfast
Staff celebrated Shrove Tuesday with a spread full of scrumptious goodies and pancakes to enjoy for ...
22nd February 2023
EYFS Holiday Homework Creations
As part of EYFS new topic on fairy tales, they brought in some fantastic masterpieces they made over...
22nd February 2023
Year 2 Compare Everyday Materials
Year 2 enjoyed exploring the topic on ‘everyday materials’ in Science. They loved feelin...
22nd February 2023
Children's Mental Health Week With EYFS
As part of Children’s Mental Health Week, EYFS explored and shared their experiences of skills...
22nd February 2023
EYFS Become Gardeners
EYFS enjoyed their first week back where they took part in a gardening workshop. They got hands on, ...
9th February 2023
Year 1 Explore Science Museum
Year 1 visited the Science Museum this week. They explored through the museum and learned about the ...
8th February 2023
EYFS Thread Spools
EYFS have been enjoying their interactive maths lesson on the topic ‘patterns’. They use...
1st February 2023
Apollo Orchestra Perform For Year 4
Year 4 visited the Apollo Chamber Orchestra at The Regent Hall. They enjoyed a live performance from...
27th January 2023
Reception Become Doctors
Reception spent a day learning the role of a Doctor and what their day consists of! They also learnt...
25th January 2023
Nursery Local Walk
Nursery enjoyed catching the breeze as they went for a walk to their local Tesco. They explored thro...
25th January 2023
Year 2 Get Flexible
Year 2 loved getting flexible in their gymnastics lesson. They learnt new skills such as mastering t...
19th January 2023
Year 5 Learn Treble Clef
Year 5 have been finetuning their music knowledge, learning how to read the notes on the treble clef...
19th January 2023
EYFS Stick Hunt
EYFS enjoyed learning about measurements where they compared the lengths of different sticks with th...
19th January 2023
Year 2 Count Money
Year 2 have been learning about money in Maths. They did a fun activity which included coins; identi...
13th January 2023
Play Chess With Year 3
Year 3 kick started the New Year refining their chess skills. They focused on the technique castling...
12th January 2023
Year 2 Create History Posters
Year 2 researched and learnt all about Christopher Columbus, the famous explorer. They designed and ...
12th January 2023
Year 5 Gardening Experiment
Year 5 took part in a gardening workshop where they actively learnt how plant growth may be affected...
12th January 2023
EYFS Travel Around The World
EYFS enjoyed exploring their new topic on transport. They role-played in their creative airport area...
16th December 2022
Orchard Choir At Homerton Hospital
Year 5 and 6 choir joined Hoxton and Southwold to bring festivity to Homerton Hospital. They sang to...
16th December 2022
Year 2 Plant Seeds
Year 2 took part in an enjoyable gardening workshop this week. They learned the differences between ...
14th December 2022
Year 3 Create Light
Year 3 had a great time experimenting with light in their science workshop today where they created ...
14th December 2022
Play In Snow With EYFS
EYFS loved playing in snow, creating their own footprint and feeling the texture of it with their fr...
14th December 2022
Christmas Lunch Fun
Children enjoyed their festive lunch of roast turkey with potatoes, mini sausages and stuffing,...
14th December 2022
Staff Christmas Breakfast
Staff enjoyed their festive Christmas breakfast today. Thank you for all your hard work this term!
8th December 2022
EYFS Celebrate Hanukkah
EYFS have been celebrating Hanukkah by learning and understanding the significance of the eight day ...
1st December 2022
EYFS Decorate Christmas Hoops
EYFS have been busy creating their Christmas hoop decorations this week. They chose from a range of ...
30th November 2022
Year 1 Hunt For Minibeasts
Year 1 loved their workshop where they looked at different types of mini beasts in Science. They use...
24th November 2022
Year 5 Explore The 20th Century
Year 5 have been learning about the 20th century in Humanities this week. They did many activities s...
24th November 2022
Year 4 Learn Digestive System
Year 4 enjoyed their science lesson this week where they learned all about animals, including humans...
23rd November 2022
Recycling Workshop
At Orchard, we are focusing on waste reduction and recycling. As a school, we are becoming more awa...
23rd November 2022
Year 2 Practical Division Lesson
Year 2 enjoyed their Maths lesson this week where they took part in a practical division lesson. Thi...
23rd November 2022
EYFS Make Fruit Baskets
EYFS have been exploring the story ‘Handa’s Surprise’ this week. They completed many activitie...
16th November 2022
Year 4 Learn About Brazil
Year 4 have been learning about the culture and history of Brazil this week. To showcase their knowl...
16th November 2022
Creating Waterproof Bags With Year 3
Year 3 loved designing and making waterproof bags as part of DT Day. With the help of parents, they ...
10th November 2022
Year 2 Produce Their Own Story
Year 2 enjoyed their English lesson where they created their own story! Using inspiration from the s...
10th November 2022
Year 2 Build Moving Cars
As part of DT Day, Year 2 had the opportunity to create their own moving cars. They used constructiv...
9th November 2022
Creating Igloos With EYFS
EYFS loved having their parents come in for DT Day. They used a range of materials and resources to ...
9th November 2022
Reception Celebrate World Week
As part of World Week, Reception participated in many fun activities to celebrate World Week. They d...
9th November 2022
EYFS New Desert Area
EYFS have been exploring their new role-play ‘desert’ area. They used their sensory skil...
8th November 2022
Junior Road Safety Officer Training
The Junior Road Safety Officers (JRSOs) had their first meeting this week, delivered by Max Moorcrof...
20th October 2022
Sport Ambassadors 2022/23
The selected Sport Ambassadors were informed of their new roles this week and were eager to commence...
19th October 2022
Year 4 Mental Maths
Year 4 have been using the Learn Emile app on their iPads to test their times tables knowledge in Ma...
19th October 2022
Year 2 Explore The Museum Of London
Year 2 visited the Great Fire of London exhibition at the Museum of London. They enjoyed touring aro...
14th October 2022
Fingerprinting Fun With EYFS
EYFS have been exploring the Autumn season by observing and talking about the changes that have noti...
13th October 2022
Year 3 Bake Bread
Year 3 enjoyed their bread workshop where they explored and processed raw materials into ingredients...
12th October 2022
Year 4 Visit Planetarium
Year 4 visited Planetarium where they had an immersive and thrilling experience on how life would be...
12th October 2022
Year 6 Mould Clay Sculptures
Year 6 have been studying and analysing the artwork of Henry Moore. With inspiration from his style ...
12th October 2022
Reception Build Horses
Reception have been busy playing in their fun, designated construction area outside. They learned ho...
11th October 2022
Hackney Council's Cost of Living Crisis Guide
Please click here to access Hackney Council’s guide which aims to inform Hackney residents abo...
7th October 2022
Year 2 Visit The Library
Year 2 enjoyed their visit to Hackney Library. They attentively listened to a story read by the libr...
5th October 2022
Year 1 Reading
Year 1 loved reading ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’ during Literacy. They completed fun tas...
29th September 2022
Year 3 Teach Maths
Year 3 enjoyed taking turns to teach maths in front of the whole class! They taught the column addit...
29th September 2022
Year 2 Conduct Electricity
Year 2 loved their Science lesson involving circuits. They were given electrical components, includi...
29th September 2022
Year 4 Gardening Workshop
Year 4 learned intriguing facts about flax seeds in their gardening workshop. They enjoyed understan...
29th September 2022
Year 2 Grasp How To Use 'Kidrex'
Year 2 enjoyed learning how to use child-safe search engines in ICT. They used the search engine ...
28th September 2022
Bring Significant Male To School Day
EYFS and KS1 loved bringing their Significant Male to school this morning. There was a range of acti...
28th September 2022
Learn Sikhism With Year 2
Year 2 enjoyed learning about Sikhism in RE. They learned about the different Sikh symbols and looke...
28th September 2022
Year 4 Play Netball
Year 4 enjoyed playing netball during PE. They explored and practised new skills such as chest and o...
23rd September 2022
Year 4 Sing Along
Year 4 sang along to ‘Living it up in Greece’ in preparation for their class assembly ne...
22nd September 2022
Year 1 Perform Owl Babies
Year 1 loved acting out the story of ‘Owl Babies’ in Literacy. They rehearsed using the ...
22nd September 2022
Year 3 Investigate Rock Samples
Year 3 examined different types of rocks in Science this week. They enjoyed comparing a range of roc...
14th September 2022
Year 6 Learn World War II
Year 6 began their journey back in time to 1939, where they learned the history of World War II. The...
21st July 2022
Year 5 Play Basketball
Year 5 learned many new skills in their basketball session such as dribbling, shooting and the three...
21st July 2022
Hispanic Day 2022
To celebrate Hispanic Day everyone dressed in red and yellow to match the Spanish flag! An exciting ...
21st July 2022
Year 5 Visit The Science Museum
Year 5 enjoyed exploring around the Science Museum. They had an entertaining workshop on forces and ...
11th July 2022
Year 6 at PGL
Day 1 The children conquered their fears of heights straight away this afternoon,...
6th July 2022
Hispanic Day Menu - 13th July 2022
Click here to view our special lunch menu that will be served on Hispanic Day!
6th July 2022
Year 6 Bake Off
Year 6 spent the afternoon baking and decorating scrumptious cupcakes. Well done to our bake off win...
6th July 2022
Year 4 Learn Taekwondo
Year 4 participated in a Taekwondo workshop as part of ‘Keeping Healthy Week’. They enjo...
1st July 2022
Year 5 Gardening Workshop
Year 5 enjoyed their gardening workshop where they learned about the importance of weather change fo...
1st July 2022
Year 5 Create Water Collages
Year 5 have been experimenting with different materials from tissue paper to magazine cut-outs to cr...
20th June 2022
Day 3 - Erasmus Project International Partner Schools Visit
This was the day that they had all been waiting for… Cooking the Spanish and English recipes a...
20th June 2022
Day 2 - Erasmus Project International Partner Schools Visit
After getting to know one another, our international pupils got down to translating some authentic S...
20th June 2022
Art Ambassadors Judging Summer Art Competition Entries
Our Art Ambassadors recently came together and judged work submitted during the Summer art competiti...
20th June 2022
Exploring Outdoors With Reception Class
Reception classes are enjoying exploring the outdoor area in the sunshine. They have been making the...
20th June 2022
Day 1 - Erasmus Project International Partner Schools Visit
There was excitement and a warm welcome at Southwold with the arrival of children from our ...
13th June 2022
Orchard Choir Perform at the Well Street Common Festival
The school choir performed very well at the Well Street Common Festival on Sunday 12th June and were...
13th June 2022
Erasmus Project Visit - 13th -1th June 2022
From today until Wednesday we will be hosting our partner Erasmus schools at our Southwold site. Chi...
10th June 2022
Nursery Become Superheroes!
Nursery class are enjoying their new topic this term on superheroes by role playing in the superhero...
30th May 2022
Day 5 - Year 5 at Kench Hill
And on our final day at the Kench Hill Centre, we showcased our team working and problem solving ski...
27th May 2022
Create Mayan Masks With Year 5
Year 5 enjoyed moulding clay masks to create colourful and intricate Mayan masks! Inspired by Day of...
27th May 2022
Day 4 - Year 5 at Kench Hill
After breakfast, we went to play before doing our activities. We played basketball, football, ping p...
26th May 2022
Day 3 - Year 5 at Kench Hill
Despite the wind, the children had a fantastic time at the beach on day 3, finding shells, digging h...
25th May 2022
Erasmus - Welcoming our Erasmus Partner Schools to Viridis
With the easing of travel restrictions, children from the partner schools will be visiting us in Jun...
25th May 2022
Erasmus - Partnership Competition
Children were invited to design a logo for the partnership which will eventually will appear on a we...
25th May 2022
Erasmus - Food and Drink Activities
Year 4 have continued to work on their food and drink topic with their partners from Portug...
24th May 2022
Day 2 - Year 5 at Kench Hill
The children all slept well last night and after a hearty breakfast of toast, yogurt and Rice Krispi...
24th May 2022
Day 1 - Year 5 at Kench Hill
After arriving and making our beds, we began working together in teams to build shelters and perfect...
12th May 2022
Year 4 Spanish Lesson
During their Spanish lesson, Year 4 learnt how to say and describe where they live. This involved us...
31st March 2022
Free Lunches Over Easter Provided by Hackney Food Bank
Hackney Foodbank will be handing out free children’s packed lunches* from all of their distribution...
1st March 2022
Statistics and Data Analysis with Year 5
Year 5 have been learning about statistics during their maths lessons. In pairs, they’ve been ...
1st March 2022
Mosaic Art with Year 3
Year 3 have been learning how to make mosaic art pieces by carefully planning and designing their mo...
1st March 2022
Year 5 Learn About Global Natural Resources
In humanities, year 5 have been learning about what natural resources are and how they are distribut...
25th February 2022
Have Your Say in Improving Well Street Common Play Area
Dear Parents & Carers, Hackney Council want your input in the design change for the Well Street ...
23rd February 2022
Digital Leaders Deliver an Online Safety Assembly
The Digital Leaders from years 5 and 6 helped to create and deliver an assembly to their year groups...
10th February 2022
Year 4's Westminster Abbey Visit
Year 4 enjoyed visiting Westminster Abbey where they had tour guides show them around the majestic b...
3rd February 2022
Year 2 Visit the Van Gogh Immersive Experience
Year 2 had a fantastic day visiting the Van Gogh Immersive Experience. They learnt all about Vincent...
3rd February 2022
Dragon's Den With Year 6
Year 6 became young entrepreneurs during Work and Enterprise Week, presenting their proposed idea/in...
3rd February 2022
Year 3 Learn About Jobs in the Food Industry
Year 3 have been learning more about jobs in the food industry. Last week, they visited the school k...
2nd February 2022
Exploring Jobs Working With Animals With Year 2
Year 2 have been learning about jobs around caring for animals. They had a visit from Zoo Lab who sh...
25th January 2022
Peer Mediators Ready To Go!
Our peer mediators were incredibly busy during the Autumn term with their peer mediator training. Th...
25th January 2022
Sports Ambassadors Working Hard
This term, the Sports Ambassadors have been tasked with reminding their classmates about the importa...
25th January 2022
Climate Change Awareness Assembly
Our Green Team held a very informative assembly where they educated the school about climate change,...
20th January 2022
Tudor Stories With Year 5
Year 5 worked as teams to develop a climax for their Tudor narrative. Their protagonist was a poor T...
20th January 2022
Gardening Fun With Nursery and Year 4
The Year 4 Gardening Ambassadors visited Nursery to help create Bird Feeders using apples and seeds....
19th January 2022
Digital Leaders Meeting
Digital leaders had their second cross site meeting this week in order to look at essential work the...
19th January 2022
Learning New Spanish Vocabulary With Year 4
This week in Spanish, the children in year 4 have started to learn new vocabulary related to familie...
17th January 2022
Reading Six Dinner Sid With EYFS
This week children in reception have been reading Six Dinner Sid. They have enjoyed exploring simila...
17th January 2022
Special School Lunch Menu - Thursday 20th January 2021
We will be having a special lunch on Thursday, 20th January 2022. If your child usually has a packed...
17th January 2022
Year 5 Incorporate ICT into PSHCE
Year 5 have been applying their ICT skills in PSHCE lessons by using Google slides to create present...
17th January 2022
Composing Music With Year 6
Year 6 have been using the app Garageband to start composing their own songs. To do this, they’...
10th January 2022
Mosaic Tiles With Year 3
Year 3 have been learning how to make mosaics in their art lessons. They have been looking at pictur...
10th December 2021
Year 5's Handcrafted Christmas Decorations
Year 5 really got into the festive spirit by spending an afternoon making some fantastic Christmas d...
30th November 2021
Teeth Workshop With Year 4
Year 4 took part in a workshop where they learned about the different types of teeth and what they a...
30th November 2021
Lessons In Loaf With Year 3
Year 3 carried out a full-day workshop called ‘Lessons in Loaf’, linked to their topic o...
30th November 2021
Animals Workshop With Year 1
In science, year 1 are learning about the different animal groups and the similarities and differenc...
30th November 2021
Year 2 Geography
Year 2 have been using atlases in Geography to identify the seas around the UK with the help of comp...
12th November 2021
Building Homes with Nursery
In nursery the children are thinking about different types of homes. The children have enjoyed fishi...
10th November 2021
Year 5 and 6 Receive Their Debate Mate Inductions
Children in years 5 and 6 visited the Emmanuel centre in Westminster last week to receive their indu...
10th November 2021
Year 4 Explore Narrative Writing
In Year 4 our Literacy focus is Narrative writing linked to our topic of Brazil and our DR core text...
10th November 2021
Autumn Poems with Year 3
During literacy lessons, we have been writing autumn poems. After writing their first draft, the stu...
2nd November 2021
Year 3's Chinese Flag Making Workshop
During World Week, Year 3 attended a workshop on Chinese Flag making, where they enjoyed learning mo...
2nd November 2021
Year 4 Celebrate Different Cultures in World Week 2021
During World Week, Year 4 participated in many activities from different cultures, including African...
22nd October 2021
Junior Road Safety Officer Training
The Junior Road Safety Officers (JRSOs) had their first meeting this week. Max Moorcroft, a road saf...
22nd October 2021
Year 6 Visit The Zoo
Year 6 had an amazing time when they visited the zoo. They attended a workshop where they looked at ...
22nd October 2021
Nursery Class Explore Objects and Materials
In nursery this week, the children have been exploring the sizes on composition of objects and mater...
22nd October 2021
Reception Class Learn New Words
The children in reception have been learning to read and spell tricky words this week. To help them ...
22nd October 2021
Year 3 Visit The Museum of London
Year 3 visited the Museum of London, where they looked at artefacts from the Stone Age and identifie...
8th October 2021
Year 6 Homework Winners
Well done to our Year 6 Homework Winners who presented amazing work based on ‘World at WarR...
8th October 2021
Year 5 Become Beowulf
In Year 5, we have started reading Beowulf. We have been reading the texts in pairs, predicting the...
8th October 2021
Year 4 Learn About Greek Mythology
Year 4 have been reading and writing about Greek Myths. For our Literacy lesson we broke down the s...
8th October 2021
Year 3 Learn to Play Hockey
We have been learning how to play hockey in Year 3. We have learnt how use our sticks to keep contro...
8th October 2021
Year 3 Explore Fables
Year 3 explored a range of fables, commenting on the structure and identifying key language features...
8th October 2021
Year 3 Learn About Place Value
Year 3 played a game which helped them to practise their understanding of place value. Each student ...
8th October 2021
Year 2 Learn About Sikhism
In RE, Olive Class have been studying Sikhism. They have looked at the 5K’s of Sikhism and dis...
8th October 2021
Year 2 Explore Number Sequences
Year 2 have been finding the missing numbers in number sequences by using cubes, number lines or the...
8th October 2021
Year 2 Learn About Circuits
In Science, Year 2 have been looking at circuits. They have been using the different components of a...
7th October 2021
Year 1 Learn About Human Body Parts
Year 1 have started to learn about the human body. Pupils labelled and discussed the importance of t...
30th September 2021
Parents as Partners - Hackney Education Online Event
Parents/Carers in Hackney - Have your Say!
25th May 2021
EYFS Gardening
The children in Cherry Class took part in a group activity with our school gardener, who taught t...
25th May 2021
Marine Day
The School Council promoted one of their charities, The Marine Conservation Society through a Ma...
8th May 2021
Year 2 Purple Mash
In ICT, Year 2 have been creating their own branching database about minibeasts, The children wor...
8th May 2021
Year 3 Gardening
Last week, Year 3 children enjoyed taking part in a gardening workshop with our school gardener, w...
8th May 2021
Nursery Families Week
During Families Week, children in Nursery explored their own families, through images and by shari...
8th May 2021
Year 4 Victorians
During their Victorian unit, pupils in Year 4 have used a variety of primary and secondary source...
8th May 2021
Year 6 Blitz Workshop
Year 6 took part in a workshop learning more about the Blitz in London during WWII. They learned m...
8th May 2021
Year 5 Ukulele
Year 5 have started learning the ukulele. They have learned three chords and will be putting thes...
8th May 2021
Year 2 Geometry
Year 2 have been exploring and classifying 2D shapes based on the number of sides they have. They ...
8th May 2021
Nursery Construction
Our Nursery pupils have been undertaking a variety of construction opportunities. They have been ...
8th May 2021
Year 6 Photosynthesis
Year 6 took part in a gardening session about photosynthesis, creating a photo sensitive sun prin...
8th May 2021
Year 6 African Dance
Year 6 linked their dance unit to their topic of Ghana. During their lesson they listened to trad...
8th May 2021
Year 4 Mini-beasts
Year 4 have been studying mini-beasts. During this unit, they made predictions about a range of ...
8th May 2021
Year 2 Science Materials
Year 2 have been exploring a range of natural, man-made and manufactured materials. During their ...
8th May 2021
UKS2 Debate Mate
UKS2 took part in the Urban Debate League competition. Our pupils enjoyed the experience, develo...
8th May 2021
Reception Jack and the Beanstalk
Reception pupils explored the story Jack and the Beanstalk. They used this text to practise writi...
2nd March 2021
Year 2 Science
In science, Year 2 are exploring different types of materials. They took turns describing t...
2nd March 2021
Year 4 Viking Art
During their art unit, Year 4 explored different ways to create texture, by using sponges, and var...
2nd March 2021
Year 6 Music
Year 6 have been learning to read and play music on a glockenspiel. They have been practicing note...
5th February 2021
Thanking our School Crossing Patrol
Pupils at Orchard took time to thank our school crossing patrol, who keep children safe when travell...
5th February 2021
Get Caught Reading!
2nd February 2021
Year 1 as sculptors
This term Year 1 are learning about sculptures, we used clay and modelling tools to explore and prac...
19th January 2021
Holiday Homework
Remote learning has not stopped the children sharing and celebrating their holiday homework projects...
19th January 2021
Cycling Autumn 2020
At Orchard, cycling is offered to all KS2 children. Here is our Autumn 2020 summary! 63 year 4 ch...
19th January 2021
Home Learning
We are so proud of the engagement in home learning at Orchard. Don’t forget all learning tasks...
19th January 2021
Year 1 Maths
This week, the children currently accessing school in Year 1 used concrete resources to create graph...
6th December 2020
Tennis!
Redwood Class had the pleasure of having a P.E lesson with our PE Specialist Teacher Mr Mulvaney fro...
6th December 2020
Year 4 DT Day
Year 4 designed and created juggling balls. After reviewing existing products based on their materia...
22nd November 2020
Year 1 Holiday Homework
The holiday homework for Year 1 was to create a model or write about our local area of Hackney. We h...
22nd November 2020
Homework Models in Year 2
In Geography this half term, Year 2 are learning about the UK and for their half term homework, were...
22nd November 2020
Sketch Up in Year 5
Year 5 are creating Tudor style houses using Sketch Up. They used the rectangle and push/pull tools ...
22nd November 2020
Youth Climate Summit
Year 6 took part in the Youth Climate Summit. This year the summit was being held online, which mean...
22nd November 2020
Weather Fun for Year 3
Year 3 explored a new point of view on gardening! The session linked to their Humanities topic ̵...
22nd November 2020
Reception Roleplay
The children have been reading ‘Blue Penguin’ this week. They explored the role-play area, pretendin...
22nd November 2020
Photo Frames in Year 5
In Year 5, we learnt to design picture frames. The process involved designing a frame that was fit f...
22nd November 2020
Making Music in Year 6
Year 6 have been making music! They explored playing chords then performed a chord sequence. They le...
22nd November 2020
Year 4 Reading Ready
Year 4 have been reading the text The Great Kapok tree which links to their topic on Brazil. The chi...
22nd November 2020
Researching Art
Year 6 used Chromebooks to annotate and look closely at examples of tapestries ready for designing t...
1st November 2020
Chatterboxes
Year 4 have been practising asking and answering question about themselves in Spanish and made chatt...
1st November 2020
Healthy Hands!
Children in Nursery have learnt about germs and the importance of washing hands. All children took p...
1st November 2020
Weekly Mile!
Year 4 have been taking part in their weekly daily mile around Well Street Common as part of their P...
1st November 2020
Year 2 Fire Safety workshop
The children enjoyed learning all about fire safety in school and at home. They were able to share w...
1st November 2020
Democracy Day 2020
During Democracy Day, children in Years 1-6 had the opportunity to cast their own vote for Year 6 Sc...
1st November 2020
Dr Bike
Dr Bike & Bikers Breakfast at Orchard was busy, with 42 bikes receiving a safety check and minor...
1st November 2020
Bike Loans!
12th October 2020
Celebrating Black History Month
12th October 2020
Spanish in Year 2
Year 2 children have been learning how to name some fruit in Spanish and have used their Spanish num...
12th October 2020
Chess Masters
Year 3 have started chess this week. We welcomed James, the chess master, who explained basics rules...
12th October 2020
Buy Bees in Reception
The children in Reception have been enjoying a range of activities including counting and recognisin...
12th October 2020
Year 4 Making Music
In music, Year 4 used a virtual piano to compose and play a leitmotif for Hades, the Greek god of th...
12th October 2020
Kensuke's Kingdom
Year 6 have been reading and discussing Kensuke’s Kingdom. The children have been practising point, ...
12th October 2020
Year 6 PE
Year 6 have been developing their dribbling and shooting techniques in basketball over the past two ...
12th October 2020
Dr Bike is coming!
20th September 2020
London's Burning!
Year 2 had their first music lesson of the term last week. The children learned lots of body percuss...
20th September 2020
Settling into Reception
This week in Reception the children have had an exciting settling in week. The children have practis...
20th September 2020
Project Learning
Over the summer break, Year 5 and 6 pupils prepared for their new topic learning by undertaking proj...
20th September 2020
Practical Maths!
In Year 1 the children are learning to add and subtract 1 from any number. To support their learning...
20th September 2020
Fire of London
The children in Year 2 are very excited to be learning about The Great Fire of London. They have bee...
14th September 2020
Back to learning in KS2
Back to learning in KS2! Year 4 are exploring the Greek myth of ‘Perseus and the snake-haired...
14th September 2020
Year 1 Explorers
Year 1 enjoyed exploring their new playground last week. They are particularly excited to try out th...
14th September 2020
Welcome back EYFS!
We are excited to welcome our Early Years children full time today. Last week, all children had a wo...
19th July 2020
Timestable Rockstar Competition
19th July 2020
From Scratch!
This term our Year 4 pupils have been leaning to code on scratch. They have developed their understa...
13th July 2020
Outdoor Learning in Nursery
The children in the afternoon Nursery pod enjoyed experimenting with ice and nature last week. They ...
13th July 2020
Year 5 Music
This week during their music lesson, KS2 pupils learnt how to read and play a piece of music from Be...
13th July 2020
Debate Mate online
In today’s Debate Mate session, pupils continued to practise defining the motion, sharing opin...
13th July 2020
Year 6 Sports Day
During Keeping Healthy Week, Year 6 participated in the Sports Day, which included various tasks suc...
13th July 2020
Hispanic Day
There was culture and creativity throughout the school during Hispanic Day! The theme was Art & ...
25th June 2020
KS1 Home Learning
This week the teachers in KS1 have seen children taking part in a wide range of exciting hands on ac...
25th June 2020
Seasonal Changes
Children in Year 1 have been busy learning about their new topic, ‘Seasonal Changes’. Across the las...
25th June 2020
Sports Day!
Have you tried the virtual challenges on the home learning web page yet? Don’t forget to email...
21st June 2020
Hands On Home Learning
Pupils in Year 2 have been taking part in some hands on home learning. Children and their families h...
21st June 2020
Nursery Spaces Available
21st June 2020
Garage Band in Year 6
Year 6 used Garage Band to create their own song using a range of instruments. The children learned ...
21st June 2020
Timestable Rockstars Competition!
15th June 2020
Home Learning
A huge thank you to everyone who continues to send in examples of home learning to the email address...
15th June 2020
Debate Mate Live!
Last week, pupils enjoyed another virtual Debate Mate session, demonstrating significant improvement...
9th June 2020
This week the children in Reception have settled back into the school routine brilliantly. They have...
9th June 2020
In today’s Spanish lesson , Year 4 and 5 children practised asking and answering familiar ques...
9th June 2020
Arty Afternoon
The key worker pupils learned to tear, overlap and layer using various paper and colour types to cr...
9th June 2020
Home Learning Projects
We have seen a number of holiday projects sent in to the home learning email address. What an amazin...
26th May 2020
Bubbles!
Last week the younger children in school started the day off with a Joe Wicks PE lesson. They then p...
25th May 2020
Animation
The KS2 pupils attending school had great fun last week using Puppet Pals, an animation app on the i...
25th May 2020
Bird's Nests!
Last week, the children attending school read the book ‘Mama Built a Little Nest’ and le...
25th May 2020
Year 4 Author Visit
Year 4 were visited by Salvatore Rubbino author and illustrator of A Walk in London. He shared his s...
25th May 2020
Year 2 Author Visit
As part of Booklinks, children from Year 2 were visited by the author and illustrator Karin Littlewo...
3rd May 2020
Home Learning 2
Some more wonderful examples of creative home learning, well done everyone! ...
28th April 2020
Families' Week
This week is Families’ Week at Orchard, an opportunity to celebrate the diversity both in our school...
28th April 2020
Home Learning Holiday Homework
Well done Orchard! It is wonderful to see such continued commitment to learning. Thank you to every...
23rd April 2020
Changing Home Readers
Don’t forget, if you need to change home reading books, the parent room has been set up as a l...
23rd April 2020
Creative Learning
The children attending school this week are enjoying getting creative and linking literacy and art! ...
17th April 2020
In the sunshine
The children in KS1 and EYFS have been enjoying the sunshine and experiencing outdoor learning. &nbs...
14th April 2020
Science Fayre
Science Day was a huge success and ended in a wonderful celebration of the experiments undertaken ac...
15th March 2020
Eco Team Cross Site Meeting
The Eco Teams from Orchard, Hoxton Garden and Southwold met up to discuss Eco issues and what each s...
15th March 2020
Year 5 Cycling
Year 5 are enjoying cycling this term and are learning the basic skills of riding a bike. Children r...
15th March 2020
Debate Mate Update
A huge congratulations to our Debate Team who successfully participated in last month’s League...
15th March 2020
Practical Learning in Year 2!
The resident gardeners visited Year 2 this week and all children took part in a workshop. The childr...
15th March 2020
Year 2 Literacy
In Literacy this week Year 2 have been reading the text Crown: An Ode to a Fresh Cut. Inspired by th...
15th March 2020
Librarians at Work!
As part of World Book Day the Head Librarians organised a book swap. Children brought in books that ...
15th March 2020
Year 2 World Book Day Visit
Children in Year 2 took part in a special World Book Day workshop run by the publishing house, Pengu...
15th March 2020
Pyjama Day!
As a school, the children have chosen to support Shelter this year as the school charity. The target...
15th March 2020
School Council visit the Town Hall
The School Council visited Hackney Town Hall. They met the Speaker and were given a tour around the ...
15th March 2020
Digital Leader Safety Focus
This term the digital leaders have been busy raising the profile of e-safety. They have designed and...
15th March 2020
Spring Dr Bike and Bikers Breakfast
Spring Dr Bike and Bikers Breakfast event on the 17th March 8.30am – 10.30am
15th March 2020
100th Day!
The children in Reception had a wonderful day celebrating their 100th day of school last week! The c...
15th March 2020
Fair Trade Friday
To support Fairtrade Fortnight the Eco Team organised ‘Fairtrade Friday’. Children were asked to dre...
15th March 2020
Year 5 Spanish Roleplay
Year 5 have tried their first try at directing and preparing a role play – En el Restaurante! ...
8th March 2020
Spanish across the Curriculum
Viridis joined Hackney teachers for excellent CPD on how to use Spanish in other curriculum subjects...
8th March 2020
Garage Band Year 6
This half term Year 6 have learnt how to compose and produce music using the Garageband app. They ha...
9th February 2020
Reception visit the Hackney City Farm!
Reception children had a wonderful time visiting Hackney City Farm. They identified a range of anima...
9th February 2020
Shakespeare!
Some of our children participated in a KS2 drama workshop. Watch it here! A big, big thank you to Ms...
9th February 2020
Time to Learn!
Year 4 have been learning how to convert analogue to digital using 24 and 12 hour times handling han...
9th February 2020
¿Qué llevas puesto hoy?
Year 2 have been learning how to describe what they are wearing in Spanish and practised their phras...
9th February 2020
Dragons' Den again!
Year 6 successfully completed the annual Dragons’ Den project, where groups of pupils research...
9th February 2020
'The Planets' by Gustav Holst
In music Year 5 have been learning about ‘The Planets’ by Gustav Holst. This week they c...
9th February 2020
EYFS Coffee Morning
Thank you to all the parents who attended the EYFS Early Maths coffee morning. There were some fanta...
2nd February 2020
Enterprise Fayre
The children had the opportunity to sell products made during Work Week at the Enterprise Fayre. The...
2nd February 2020
Competition Winners!
The School Council launched a whole school Book Corner and Inspiration Station competition. This wee...
2nd February 2020
Year 1 investigate materials!
Year 1 are learning about everyday materials in science. The children investigated materials and dis...
2nd February 2020
Year 2 research... Christopher Columbus!
Year 2 are learning about Christopher Columbus in history. To help find out more information they co...
2nd February 2020
Year 6 Spanish Links
Year 6 extended their knowledge of the weather by using comparisons to describe different weather pa...
2nd February 2020
Digital Leaders Stay Safe Campaign
This week our digital leaders presented to the whole school about the importance of staying safe onl...
2nd February 2020
Paddington Patrol
Year 2 have been reading different stories about Paddington. As part of their learning they have res...
2nd February 2020
Year 2 explore germination
In Year 2, we explored germination and what the word meant before dissecting a bulb and labelling ea...
2nd February 2020
Year 2 with the Animals
Year two have been looking at animals, because of this we were lucky enough to get to meet some very...
2nd February 2020
Family Gardening Club
Join us each Tuesday 3.30pm to 4.30pm!
19th January 2020
Chess!
Year 3 took part in another session of chess this week. Pupils continued to develop a range of skill...
19th January 2020
Y6 Music Production
This week Year 6 started their new music production unit of work. They are developing their understa...
19th January 2020
Nursery News
Our Nursery children have enjoyed going to the post office and sending letters to their families. Th...
19th January 2020
Creative Choir!
Our school choir were busy spreading festive cheer around Hackney before Christmas. They performed a...
19th January 2020
Oscar Niemeyer
Year 4 have studied the life and work of Oscar Niemeyer. With the use of photography, they have expl...
19th January 2020
Winter Fayre
Thank you to all the families who contributed donations to the Winter Fayre and to those who came to...
19th January 2020
Year 4 investigate...teeth!
As part of their topic on humans in science, Year 4 learned about the wonders of teeth and how they ...
19th January 2020
Y3 Design and Technology
Year 3 had the opportunity to make waterproof bags for DT day. They first looked at a range of diffe...
19th January 2020
Year 6 Design and Technology
During Design and Technology Day, Year 6 researched, planned and created excellent mobile phone cove...
11th December 2019
Heart to Heart
Year 6 have been busy learning about the heart and had a great time dissecting the hearts during a w...
11th December 2019
Y6 Sustainability Workshop
During a sustainability workshop, Year 6 participated in a range of activities related to climate ch...
11th December 2019
Y3 Temple Trip
Year 3 enjoyed a trip to the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, where they learned about how the temple ...
11th December 2019
A to Z of Brazil
Hazel Class assembly this half term was ‘A-Z of Brazil’, sharing learning about the loca...
11th December 2019
Eco Team Activity
The Orchard Eco Team decided they want to focus on tackling litter around our school and in our loca...
11th December 2019
Active Early Years
The children in Nursery have been enjoying taking part in physical activities in the outdoor area. T...
11th December 2019
London Symphony Orchestra
Year 2 travelled to the Barbican to watch the London Symphony Orchestra. They listened to lots of di...
11th December 2019
Art Ambassadors Alive!
Our Arts Ambassadors took their ambassadorial duties beyond the school walls this week when they wer...
11th December 2019
School Council Cross Site Meeting
Orchard hosted the first cross site School Council meeting of the academic year last week. School Co...
11th December 2019
Year 2 Explorers
Year 2 had a fantastic day out orienteering at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. They were able to read ...
11th December 2019
Brazil News Bites
Year 4 watched BBC news to learn more about deforestation in Brazil. We recorded what the journalist...
11th December 2019
Secondary Science!
Year 5 had the opportunity to visit Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy last week. The children got to ...
11th December 2019
Dressed in Blue!
In recognition of Anti-Bullying Day, children dressed up in blue as Orchard showed that no bullying ...
17th November 2019
Hackney Summer Reading Challenge
A big congratulations to everyone who took part in the Summer Reading Challenge!
17th November 2019
Eco Assembly
The Eco Team presented assemblies to the whole school this week. They gave top tips on how we can al...
17th November 2019
Debate Mate Launch
Pupils from Year 5 visited The Emmanuel Centre in Westminster for this year’s Debate Mate laun...
17th November 2019
Garden Delights!
Look what we harvest from the school garden!
17th November 2019
Happy Diwali!
In Nursery the children have been learning about Diwali. They were very excited to learn something n...
17th November 2019
Apollo Music in Year 4
Year 4 were visited by Apollo music. Apollo music are professionally trained musicians that perform ...
17th November 2019
Lovely Linen!
Year 4 took part in an exciting workshop demonstrating how linen is produced. Starting from flax as ...
17th November 2019
Holiday Homework!
Look at the fantastic holiday homework created by pupils in Year 1 – 4. As geographers, the ch...
17th November 2019
Exploring Movement in Year 2
In year 2 we were learning movement through exploring vehicles in dance. We thought hard about how t...
17th November 2019
Peace at Last
The children in Reception and Nursery attended the “Peace at Last” opera. They really e...
17th November 2019
Eco Code created by the Green Team
The eco team have been busy creating a new Eco Code for the school to follow. They are passionate ab...
17th November 2019
Year 6 Drumming
Year 6 were been learning about African music. As a class, the children created music using the djem...
10th November 2019
Creativity in the Play Pod
KS1 have been showing their creativity and engineering skills by constructing imaginative places to ...
10th November 2019
Special Books in EYFS
Thank you for all the parents who came in to view and contribute to the children’s Special Boo...
10th November 2019
Mask Making in Year 5
Year 5 were very lucky to have the chance to engage in a workshop making African masks for world wee...
10th November 2019
Insta - tabletop
The children in Reception enjoyed using ipads to take ‘selfies’! ...
10th November 2019
Reception Make Music!
The children in Elm class have been enjoying music lessons with Mrs Batup, where they have been expe...
10th November 2019
Baking Bread
Year 3 had a fantastic experience learning how to make bread from scratch. They had to make sure the...
10th November 2019
Parent Reading Partners
Every Friday morning, Lower School enjoy Parent Reading. It is always a wonderful to see so many adu...
10th November 2019
World Week
World Week is a part of our enrichment programme which celebrates the diversity within our school. O...
10th November 2019
British Museum
The children in Year 3 had a lovely time exploring real prehistoric artefacts from the Stone Age in ...
10th November 2019
Chess Masters!
In Year 3 our children are receiving lessons in how to play chess from a respected International Mas...
10th November 2019
Music Scholarship!
Congratulations to our Year 6 star who has been awarded a four year scholarship from the London Musi...
10th November 2019
Gold Stars!
We have again received the Gold Travel Stars Award at Orchard Primary School. We are again in the to...
29th September 2019
Significant Males
We were delighted to welcome our significant males into school again this week to join in with learn...
29th September 2019
Things Reception like!
This week Reception have been engaging in a range of activities which explore the different things t...
29th September 2019
Y5 Road Safety Officers
Our Junior Road Safety Officers attended a training event at The Round Chapel. They learnt more abou...
29th September 2019
Year 1 Gardening
Year 1 had a lovely visit from the Gardening Team. The children learnt about the different parts of ...
29th September 2019
Place Value Practise!
This week in Year 5 we have been using dienes and place value to add number and solidify our knowled...
29th September 2019
Year 2 Poets
Year 2 created their own poetry. The children were able to identify adventurous verbs, interesting a...
29th September 2019
Year 4 at the British Museum
Year 4 enjoyed their trip to the British museum, where they explored the different aspects of life i...
29th September 2019
Flagship Again!
Last week our Deputy Headteacher attended the IQM Awards to receive our re-accreditation for the Fl...
22nd September 2019
Digital Leaders
Digital Leaders from Orchard, Southwold and Hoxton Gardens, conducted their first cross-site meeting...
22nd September 2019
Smelly Science!
This week Year 1 have continued their learning about the human body by exploring their senses. They ...
22nd September 2019
Parent Reading Returns!
We were delighted to welcome our new parents in Nursery to Parent Reading last week. Adults joined c...
22nd September 2019
Pupil Voice Fayre
This week Orchard hosted the annual pupil voice fair to explore the responsibilities children might ...
22nd September 2019
Rockstars!
This Summer holiday, pupils from Year 2 to 6 were entered in a Times Tables Rockstars Summer League....
11th September 2019
Florence visits Year One!
Year 1 started their History learning this week with a trip back in time to meet Florence Nightingal...
14th July 2019
Hispanic Day
Last week Orchard enjoyed celebrating Hispanic Day. The children enjoyed an assembly let by Ms Josep...
19th June 2019
Kench Hill 3
Week 3: Day 1 and 2 has seen a range of adventures! Trekking, collecting, football and campfires! Ke...
19th June 2019
Kench Hill 2
What a wonderful Week 2! Ten Year 5 pupils enjoyed their trip to Kench Hill last week along with the...
4th June 2019
Spanish Studies!
Hola, We had a safe but a bit of a long trip as our plane was a little bit delayed. We arrived in a ...
4th June 2019
Kench Hill begins....
The children visiting Kench Hill got settled in quickly after a long journey still with bags of ener...
29th May 2019
Early Learning
The parents of Nursery and Reception children enjoyed our Writing Workshop which focused on supporti...
29th May 2019
A visit to the Tate
Year 6 visited Tate Modern to vie...
29th May 2019
Flagship Inclusion Award
Orchard are proud to have been re-accredited the Inclusion Flagship Award for the third time. Assess...
29th May 2019
Language Learners
Some children in Year 1 have been widening their vocabulary by taking part in a vocabulary intervent...
29th May 2019
Peer Mediator Training
Our peer mediators went to...
29th May 2019
Kayaking
Year 6 visited Laburnum Boat Club today for their first kayaking session. The children practised a r...
29th May 2019
Church Visit
As part of the Year 1 RE topic on places of worship, they w...
29th May 2019
Hampsted Hunters
Year 2 enjoyed their educational trip to Hampstead Heath, where they explored two different habitats...
29th May 2019
Hackney Half Marathon
A selection children from Year 3-6 competed in the...
29th May 2019
Happy Chicks
The children in EYFS have been fascinated by our eggs, which have now hatched into chicks. This has ...
29th May 2019
Well done Year 6!
Year 6 celebrated the end of their SATS with football and fun at Victoria Park. A very huge well do...
28th May 2019
Mexican Masks
Year 5 have made Mexican inspired masks. The children have researched, investigated and observed tec...
28th May 2019
Matisse
Year One worked hard to create their final outcomes for our topic on Matisse. They thought carefully...
28th May 2019
Road Safety
Year 4 took part in an interactive and engaging road safety workshop. During this workshop, the chil...
28th May 2019
Families' Week
Our annual Families’ Week was a huge success. The children had the opportunity to learn about ...
28th May 2019
Mythical Creatures
Year 4 have been fortunate to be working with our artist in resident on 3d mythical creature sculptu...
28th May 2019
Minibeast Madness
Year 2 children have...
28th May 2019
Debate Mate Regional Winners!
Regional winners and now….we are in the Debate Mate Finals! Well done Team!
28th May 2019
Homework Creations
Check out some of the fantastic Easter holiday homework produced by children across the school. Thes...
28th May 2019
Family Cycling
The new family cycling club got off to a great start this half term. Four children and four adults ...
28th May 2019
Tesco Trip!
Nursery went on a local trip to Tesco’s and bought lots of different exotic fruits to try. The...
28th May 2019
Green Fingered Gardeners
The Nursery children have been learning about ‘new life’. It was an exciting half term a...
28th May 2019
Mayan Life
In Year 5, we were very fortunate to have a workshop delivered, where we looked at Mayan food and Ma...
28th May 2019
KS2 Art Ambassadors
KS2 pupils completing their Arts ...
13th May 2019
Parent Reading
Parent Reading continues to be a much loved part of our weekly routine at Orchard. We love seeing al...
12th May 2019
World at War
Year 6 produced excellent holiday homework around their topic ‘World at War’, which incl...
12th May 2019
Maths Masters
The parents of Nursery and Reception children enjoyed our Maths Workshop. They discovered a range of...
12th May 2019
Garden Explorers!
Year 1 classes took part in gardening workshops with our resident gardeners. They focussed on the pa...
12th May 2019
SMART Leaders
Our Digital Leaders have created a SMART poster for KS2 classes reminding children how to stay safe ...
12th May 2019
Designer Lunches
Year 2 children really enjoyed DT Day! They had a fantastic time learning about a balanced diet and ...
12th May 2019
Mini Scientists
During Science Day, Reception and Nursery explored changes and materials by mixing different ingredi...
12th May 2019
Cross Site School Council Meeting 2
The School Councillors travelled to Southwold to attend the...
12th May 2019
David Lucas visits Orchard!
As part of Book Links Week, Year 2 had a visit from author and illustrator David Lucas. The children...
12th May 2019
Claire Alexander visits Orchard!
Year one had a visit from Claire Alexander. Claire is the author of Small Florence, a book about a s...
12th May 2019
Caring for our community
As part of their PSHCE learning about relationships, Year 4 visited St Joseph’s Hospice. The c...
12th May 2019
Super Scientists!
Year 6 combined yeast, washing up liquid, hydro peroxide and food colouring to make the ‘ultim...
12th May 2019
Celebrating Reading
Our Year 1 and Year 5 pupils celebrated reading for pleasure by swapping classes to share books. Bot...
2nd May 2019
100th Day
Reception children celebrated their 100th day of school in the Spring Term. To mark this special day...
19th March 2019
Picasso Partnerships!
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14th March 2019
'The Carnival of the Animals'
In music Year 3 have been learning about ‘The Carnival of the Animals’ by Saint-Saens. T...
14th March 2019
Water Music
Year 5 have been learning about water music. The children were challenged to create a ‘soundsc...
14th March 2019
Fairtrade Fortnight
Fairtrade Fortnight got off to a great start last week and it all started with a thought-provoking a...
14th March 2019
Ghana!
Year 6 are focusing on Ghana for Spring 2. They had to research the topic using the internet or by g...
11th March 2019
Poetry Performers
Y1 Poetry Year 1 have been developing their poetry skills through practising th...
8th March 2019
Urban Debate League
Last week the Debate Mate team took part in Round One of the Urban Debate League, which was hosted a...
8th March 2019
Tick Tock
This week reception have been learning about time. We have been discussing our daily routines as wel...
8th March 2019
Safer Internet Day
Well done to our Digital Leaders who participated in the Safer Internet Day. They are at the top of...
8th March 2019
Mental Health Awareness
Year 4 took part in a workshop, as part of Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week. They playe...
8th March 2019
Sustainable Food Sources
As part of their work week experience, Year 3 learned all about seafood. Each child explored a varie...
8th March 2019
Dr George
During Work Week the Reception children were visited by Doctor George, an A&E doctor from UCL Ho...
7th February 2019
Spanish Day 3
We have had a very intense day working on our second activity for this Erasmus + project visit: des...
7th February 2019
Spanish Day 2
Hola a todos, Our Spanish ambassadors had a really good day today full of excitement. After a restfu...
7th February 2019
Spanish Trip Day 1
We had a safe but long trip as our plane was delayed by an hour and a half. We arrived weary but...
7th February 2019
Enterprise Envy!
For the Enterprise Fair, Year 4 designed a photobooth! Can you spot a Viridis Governor enjoying the ...
7th February 2019
Flaxman Returns!
Flaxman has his hat on! Hip hip hip hooray!
7th February 2019
Visit from the Vet!
As part of work week, Year 2 were visited by a vet. He told us about all the work vets do in the loc...
7th February 2019
Fire!
Year One visited Homerton Fire Station for their work week. Once they arrived, they had a team of fi...
7th February 2019
Understanding our community
Year 4 went to visit St John of Jerusalem Church in Hackney...
7th February 2019
Cross Site Digital Leader Meeting
The children met Amy and Phoebe, education officers from Childnet, to plan interactive activities f...
27th January 2019
UKS2 Homework Winners
Even more winners!
27th January 2019
Spring Clean!
Southwold and Orchard school bikes getting some much needed TLC. The first step in turning our old s...
27th January 2019
Spring Winners!
Last week we celebrated our holiday homework winners. All children who participated received certif...
27th January 2019
V&A Museum of Childhood
Last week Year One went on an exciting trip to the V&A Museum of Childhood. This was to enrich o...
27th January 2019
Letters Home!
Reception went on a local walk to Well Street. The children...
27th January 2019
Inspired by Morris
Year 2 have been learning about William Morris and the technique of printing. They used Morris’...
27th January 2019
Tower Trip
Year 5 visited the Tower of London to deepen their understanding of Tudor History and the developmen...
27th January 2019
Fine Motor Skills
Lots of Nursery and Reception parents attended the ‘fine motor skills’ coffee morning. T...
27th January 2019
Stay SMART online!
Our Digital leaders delivered a powerful message to parents...
27th January 2019
NSPCC Assemblies
The NSPCC led assemblies on Keeping Safe for Years 1-6 as part of their Speak Out; Stay Safe Progra...
27th January 2019
Cross Country Champions
A team of girls and a team of boys from Orchard took part in our second cross country race at Hackne...
27th January 2019
Christmas Choir
Key Stage 2 Choir were busy spreading Christmas cheer at Tesco on Well Street just before Christmas....
27th January 2019
The 'heart' of Science!
Year 6 took part in a heart dissection workshop, which was truly unique learning experience. The chi...
27th January 2019
Classical meets Jazz!
A pupil from Year 5 performed at the Royal Festival Hall as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival. A...
27th January 2019
Holly Class Assembly
Year 5 Holly performed beautifully in their assembly about Henry VIII and his six wives, with a fan...
27th January 2019
Flax Man Update
Year 4 learnt how to turn their homegrown flax fibre into linen yarn which will be knitted into a ha...
8th January 2019
Year 2 visit the William Morris Gallery
The children did some sketching and printing inspired by nature on their recent visit to the William...
8th January 2019
Year 6 at London Colliseum
Year 6 enjoyed a trip to the London Colliseum in December to take part in an exciting La Boheme work...
8th January 2019
Local Landmarks
Year 1 took inspiration from Paul Klee’s use of geometric shapes to create their own interpret...
8th January 2019
Tabletops!
Nursery have been busy making salt dough bread, painting with hay and building bridges!
21st November 2018
Flax Again...
Year 4 had the exciting opportunity to engage in a second gardening workshop, aimed at furthering th...
21st November 2018
Run run...
In Reception lots of learning has been linked to the story ‘The Gingerbread Man’. The children have...
21st November 2018
Cross Site School Council
Orchard were proud to host the first Viridis Cross Site School Council Meeting of the year. Lots of ...
21st November 2018
Holiday Homework Champions!
Check out some of the fantastic homework projects created by children across KS1 and KS2, including ...
21st November 2018
El Caton
Great to welcome back pupils from El Caton school in Madrid, who were here to take part in the next ...
21st November 2018
Dips and Dippers
Year one had an excellent DT Day! The topic was dips and dippers – children worked as a team t...
21st November 2018
Science in Year Six
Year 6 have been learning about heart and the circulatory system. Using the internet and non-fiction...
21st November 2018
Debate Mate Launch
Debate Mate children from Years 5 and 6 visited Westminster for the Debate Mate London Launch. The ...
18th November 2018
Traditional Tales
Nursery have been reading the Traditional Tale, Rapunzel. They showed great problem solving skills a...
18th November 2018
Year 5 in Winchester!
Last half term, Year 5 Holly had a fantastic trip to Winchester, where they investigated a real Angl...
1st November 2018
DT Day
Friday 2nd November is our first Design & Technology Day of the year. Parents/carers are welcome...
24th October 2018
We Feed The World
The Green Team at Orchard visited the We Feed the World at the Bargehouse on London’s South Ba...
24th October 2018
Autism Awareness
Robert Raby (autism intervention worker) led a workshop for parents on autism spectrum disorder yest...
24th October 2018
Apollo Music
Year 4 classes worked with professional musicians from Apollo Music this week. They worked on their ...
24th October 2018
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
Year 4 had an exciting World Week. The theme was Our World, Our Responsibility and we reflected on ...
24th October 2018
Movie Makers!
Year 6 have been using iMovie to create their own film trailers. Using Kensuke’s Kingdom as their in...
24th October 2018
Our World
The children in Early Years have been learning about how to look after their world. They have been l...

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