05 Feb Get Caught Reading!
Posted at 11:18h in Librarians, Nursery, Parents and Community, Subjects, Theme Days & Events, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
Author: rdavie
02 Feb Year 1 as sculptors
This term Year 1 are learning about sculptures, we used clay and modelling tools to explore and practise different techniques such as rolling and pinching to manipulate the shape. [gallery ids="12921,12922,12923,12924"]...
19 Jan Holiday Homework
Posted at 10:30h in Art & DT, Humanities, Nursery, Parents and Community, Pupil Voice, Reception, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
Remote learning has not stopped the children sharing and celebrating their holiday homework projects! There have been a range of creative outcomes across year groups linked with the half term learning theme. [gallery ids="12544,12543,12542,12541"] ...
19 Jan Cycling Autumn 2020
Posted at 10:18h in Junior Road Safety Officers, Parents and Community, Physical Education, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
At Orchard, cycling is offered to all KS2 children. Here is our Autumn 2020 summary! 63 year 4 children took part in L1 Bikeability, and 52 achieved L1 Bikeability 23 year 4 children were non-riders, 23 learnt to ride, 11 went on to achieve...
19 Jan Home Learning
Posted at 10:06h in Parents and Community, Phonics, Reading, Subjects, Writing, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
We are so proud of the engagement in home learning at Orchard. Don't forget all learning tasks for each year group are on the website and for KS2 children also on Google Classroom. Well done everyone! https://www.orchard.hackney.sch.uk/home-learning/ [gallery ids="12528,12529"]...
19 Jan Year 1 Maths
This week, the children currently accessing school in Year 1 used concrete resources to create graphs from discrete data. They used their graphs to ask and answer questions. The CPA model (concrete, pictorial, abstract) helps children understand their learning better. At home, you could use buttons,...
06 Dec Tennis!
Redwood Class had the pleasure of having a P.E lesson with our PE Specialist Teacher Mr Mulvaney from Southwold School this week. The children practised tennis skills including balancing a tennis ball on a racket and a short rally played with peers. [gallery ids="11952,11953,11955"] ...
06 Dec Year 4 DT Day
Year 4 designed and created juggling balls. After reviewing existing products based on their material, stitching, decorations and fillings, they designed their own juggling ball. They used overcast stitching to sew their material together and tested different fillings to ensure their juggling ball flies well...
22 Nov Year 1 Holiday Homework
The holiday homework for Year 1 was to create a model or write about our local area of Hackney. We had some excellent models of familiar local landmarks and some great maps and information booklets. The children have put lots of effort into their projects...
22 Nov Homework Models in Year 2
In Geography this half term, Year 2 are learning about the UK and for their half term homework, were asked to make a model or write about a famous landmark. The children have created some fantastic pieces of work and have put lots of detail into...