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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
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've be...
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 on the Stone ...
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 War' Keep ...
8th October 2021
Year 5 Become Beowulf
In Year 5, we have started reading Beowulf. We have been reading the texts in pairs, predicting ...
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 th...
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 discussed...
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 taugh...
25th May 2021
Marine Day
The School Council promoted one of their charities, The Marine Conservation Society through a...
8th May 2021
Year 2 Purple Mash
In ICT, Year 2 have been creating their own branching database about minibeasts, The children wo...
8th May 2021
Year 3 Gardening
Last week, Year 3 children enjoyed taking part in a gardening workshop with our school gardener, ...
8th May 2021
Nursery Families Week
During Families Week, children in Nursery explored their own families, through images and by shar...
8th May 2021
Year 4 Victorians
During their Victorian unit, pupils in Year 4 have used a variety of primary and secondary sou...
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 ...
8th May 2021
Year 5 Ukulele
Year 5 have started learning the ukulele. They have learned three chords and will be putting the...
8th May 2021
Year 2 Geometry
Year 2 have been exploring and classifying 2D shapes based on the number of sides they have. Th...
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 p...
8th May 2021
Year 6 African Dance
Year 6 linked their dance unit to their topic of Ghana. During their lesson they listened to tra...
8th May 2021
Year 4 Mini-beasts
Year 4 have been studying mini-beasts. During this unit, they made predictions about a range ...
8th May 2021
Year 2 Science Materials
Year 2 have been exploring a range of natural, man-made and manufactured materials. During the...
8th May 2021
UKS2 Debate Mate
UKS2 took part in the Urban Debate League competition. Our pupils enjoyed the experience, dev...
8th May 2021
Reception Jack and the Beanstalk
Reception pupils explored the story Jack and the Beanstalk. They used this text to practise wr...
2nd March 2021
Year 2 Science
In science, Year 2 are exploring different types of materials. They took turns descri...
2nd March 2021
Year 4 Viking Art
During their art unit, Year 4 explored different ways to create texture, by using sponges, and ...
2nd March 2021
Year 6 Music
Year 6 have been learning to read and play music on a glockenspiel. They have been practicing n...
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 y...
19th January 2021
Home Learning
We are so proud of the engagement in home learning at Orchard. Don't forget all learning tasks for e...
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 'Temp...
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 mons...
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
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 opinions a...
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 your ...
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 questions ...
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 learnt about a...
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 ever...
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 library...
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. &...
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 compe...
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! htt...
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...
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 researched and...
9th February 2020
'The Planets' by Gustav Holst
In music Year 5 have been learning about 'The Planets' by Gustav Holst. This week they created their...
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 location, the cu...
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 launch. Th...
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 children...
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 enjoyed it. ...
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 Books on ...
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...
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 ...
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 w...
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, the...
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 ...
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 lots o...
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 h...
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 adul...
28th May 2019
Tesco Trip!
Nursery went on a local trip to Tesco's and bought lots of different exotic fruits to try. The child...
28th May 2019
Green Fingered Gardeners
The Nursery children have been learning about 'new life'. It was an exciting half term as the caterp...
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 Ar...
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 include: posters...
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 ...
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 childre...
12th May 2019
Super Scientists!
Year 6 combined yeast, washing up liquid, hydro peroxide and food colouring to make the 'ultimate me...
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!
...
14th March 2019
'The Carnival of the Animals'
In music Year 3 have been learning about 'The Carnival of the Animals' by Saint-Saens. This week the...
14th March 2019
Water Music
Year 5 have been learning about water music. The children were challenged to create a 'soundscape' o...
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...
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 o...
8th March 2019
Mental Health Awareness
Year 4 took part in a workshop, as part of Children's Mental Health Awareness Week. They played a ga...
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 res...
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...
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 Hack...
7th February 2019
Cross Site Digital Leader Meeting
The children met Amy and Phoebe, education officers from Childnet, to plan interactive activitie...
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 cer...
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 child...
27th January 2019
Inspired by Morris
Year 2 have been learning about William Morris and the technique of printing. They used Morris's des...
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. They discover...
27th January 2019
Stay SMART online!
Our Digital leaders delivered a powerful message to pare...
27th January 2019
NSPCC Assemblies
The NSPCC led assemblies on Keeping Safe for Years 1-6 as part of their Speak Out; Stay Safe Pro...
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 ...
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 interpretation ...
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 to desi...
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 Bank. Th...
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 ...
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...
23rd October 2018
Cycling
Children at Orchard have enjoyed cycling this half term including weekly training and race days! ...
14th October 2018
Healthy Eating Project
The 5 week healthy eating project run by Space Embrace and Cordwainers Grow ran from June to July a...
14th October 2018
International Evening
As part of our World Week celebrations, we enjoyed a wonderful international evening bringing togeth...
14th October 2018
Capeoria Workshop
This week, year 3 had a fantastic opportunity to learn a Brazilian dance called Capeoria. It was a r...
14th October 2018
Evolution
Year 6 visited Natural History Museum today to learn all about Evolution. The children worked in gro...
14th October 2018
Playpod
The children enjoyed the playpod new resources last week and created some wonderful structures! &...
14th October 2018
Photograms
Year 2 have undertaken a gardening workshop to learn about the power of the sunlight and made photog...
14th October 2018
Minimalism
In music, Year 6 are learning about Minimalism. They have talked about how music has changed over th...
14th October 2018
Topic Writing
Year 2 have been working really hard on their writing in class. They have been trying to include a r...
14th October 2018
Broadgate Circus
Year 2 took part in an exciting trip to Broadgate Circus. Here they watched an amazing aerial perfor...
14th October 2018
Flax Man
Year 4 have had their first gardening workshop. This Year we will be harvesting flax to make a hat f...
14th October 2018
Democracy Day Presentations
Our Year 6 representatives have undertaken their presentations and votes have been counted. We cant ...
14th October 2018
Debate Mate
Our Debate Mate group has been successfully recruited and are excited to start their journey this ye...
14th October 2018
Digital Leaders
Our Digital Leaders have now been successfully recruited for 2018 - 2019. They are undertaking their...
14th October 2018
Language Captains
Our Language Captains for 2018 - 2019 have now been selected and are excited to start their role sup...
12th October 2018
Magical Mathematicians!
Maths in Year 1 is always fun when we are using...
12th October 2018
Senses in Science!
Year 1 had a fantastic time using their senses to explor...
12th October 2018
First Aid Alert
Year 5 have become first aid experts. The children learned a range of skills from bandaging a wound ...
10th October 2018
Pupil Voice Recruitment Fair
We have held our Pupil Voice Recruitment Fair with applications filled out for many roles... head ga...
9th October 2018
Significant Males
Thank you to all the significant males who joined us in school last week to support our learning! ...
3rd October 2018
First few days in Early Years
The children in EYFS have settled in well durin...
2nd August 2018
Green Team visit Stratford for 'Waste reduction project'
Representatives from the Green Team went to the Discover centre in Stratford to a celebration event ...
2nd August 2018
Viridis are celebrated in the Childnet Digital Leaders newsletter
The work of our digital leaders has been celebrated in the Childnet Digital Leaders newsletter, dist...
2nd August 2018
Should the monarchy be abolished?
For the second year in a row, Orchard has hosted the Debate Mate Urban Debate League which saw nine ...
2nd August 2018
Orchard makes its debut in the Urban Debate League
The Year 5 Debate Mate members took part in their first debating competition as part of the Urban De...
1st August 2018
Year 4 & 5 Digital Leaders deliver assembly
This week our year four and five digital leaders delivered an assembly to the whole school. The focu...
1st August 2018
Hackney Mayor Music Award
Official pictures… Well done to our Year 6 pupil, to Mr Evans and the whole school… double winners o...
1st August 2018
Apollo Music
Apollo Music Project visited us for the second time this year. This time Year 5 enjoyed watching and...
1st August 2018
Madrid (Spain)
Day 1 in Madrid (Spain) Hola a todos, We have had a great and intense first day of our trip to...
1st August 2018
Debate Champions
The Year 5 and 6 Debate Mate club members took part in Round 1 of the Urban Debate League at William...
1st August 2018
World Book Day
Although a day late due to the snow, World Book Day was again a huge success. With creative costumes...
1st August 2018
Visit from the Mayor
School councils from Orchard, Southwold and Hoxton Garden held a joint meeting to meet with Hackney ...
1st August 2018
Families Week
Thank you for supporting families week. The children learned about different types of families and o...
1st August 2018
Music Festival
Our Samba Band is in full rehearsal using the instruments awarded to us at the Mayor of Hackney Musi...
30th March 2018
Wonderful Cauliflowers!
A wonderful cauliflower! And the paints from plants lesson at orchard today with year 1. We also did...
3rd August 2017
Head Gardeners learn about germination
Year 3 had a wonderful time during their gardening workshop, they learnt all about the process of ge...
30th June 2017
Digital leaders design e-safety leaflet
Last week, the Viridis digital leaders met at Southwold to collaborate on and create an e-safety lea...
26th May 2017
Re-cycling Workshop
This week the Green Team organised and ran an after school workshop where they invited children from...
28th April 2017
Orchard Green Team featured in national press
The Green Team feature in a Guardian news article, 'Pupil power: how students are turning schools gr...

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