Last week the Debate Mate team took part in Round One of the Urban Debate League, which was hosted at Orchard. Five schools debated two motions, including ‘School summer holidays should be reduced to three weeks’, a debate which proved highly controversial! Our Debate Mate children worked fantastically as a team, and were successful in winning 4 out of the 6 debates. Well done to all who took part!
Last week the Debate Mate team took part in Round One of the Urban Debate League, which was hosted at Orchard. Five schools debated two motions, including ‘School summer holidays should be reduced to three weeks’, a debate which proved highly controversial! Our Debate Mate children worked fantastically as a team, and were successful in winning 4 out of the 6 debates. Well done to all who took part!
Last week, EYFS enjoyed exploring colours and colour mixing as they designed and decorated special cars for the significant males ahead of Father’s Day. Using their fine motor skills, the…
Orchard was pleased to welcome Deputy Mayor Dylan Law to speak with our Year 5 and 6 pupils. He shared his journey into local government, explained how he came to…
EYFS enjoyed listening to the story of The Little Red Hen and exploring its message about teamwork and fairness. Everyone helped Ms Mendoza make delicious banana bread, making sure they…
Year 6 enjoyed their first kayaking session, where they learned how to use their paddles effectively and began developing their kayaking skills. The children took part in a range of…
Our JRSOs took part in a recent meeting where they joined in with road safety demonstrations for Orchard’s upcoming road safety music video.
After noticing that rubbish had been scattered outside the school, our Eco Team were eager to help tidy the area and clear away the remaining mess. Although Hackney Council had…
For Earth Day, our Eco Team members helped to share the message of protecting our planet when they delivered an assembly to the rest of the school. The assembly focused…
During Families Week, Year 1 discussed how all families are different and how these differences make each of us unique. They talked about who is in their family, where they…
EYFS had the opportunity to interact with a range of exotic animals and learned interesting facts about each one. They enjoyed safely holding and observing creatures such as a millipede,…
