Count down to World Book Day 2025 begins! We will be celebrating World Book Day on Thursday 6th March. Children are encouraged to dress up as their favourite book character as there will be prizes for the best costumes!

Count down to World Book Day 2025 begins! We will be celebrating World Book Day on Thursday 6th March. Children are encouraged to dress up as their favourite book character as there will be prizes for the best costumes!
Orchard hosted its annual Pupil Voice Fayre, giving children the opportunity to explore the different pupil voice groups and discover how they could contribute to school life. Children then applied…

This week, EYFS have been exploring the seasonal changes of autumn, particularly the changing colours of the leaves. They developed their understanding of colours and colour mixing through a range…

Year 3 visited the Natural History Museum, where they had the exciting opportunity to become palaeontologists! They explored how fossils are formed and took part in a fossil dig, carefully…

Year 3 had the exciting opportunity to take part in a bread-making workshop. They learnt about the process of making bread and had the chance to make their own loaves…

This week at Orchard, we welcomed some very special family members for our Bring a Significant Male to School morning! Year 3 explored charcoal techniques and created amazing cave drawings,…

Year 4 enjoyed a Managing Emotions session with our Education Mental Health Practitioner, Hannah Graham. They explored the Zones of Regulation, learning about different emotions and simple strategies to help…

Year 3 have been building their understanding of 3-digit numbers using Base 10 resources, exploring how hundreds, tens and ones work together to make a number.

This week in EYFS, children are celebrating their first day of school! They show big smiles and excitement in starting their learning journeys.

Our first golden assembly of the academic year celebrated the fantastic models and projects that children completed during the holidays linked to their new topics and learning. Congratulations to our…
