What lovely weather this afternoon perfect for our snack time in the sunshine☀️ #literacy #PSED Orchard Primary Orchard Pastoral Team

Morning nursery rhymes takes us down the stream, where we see a scary crocodile 🐊 roaring lion 🦁and a icy polar bear 🐻‍❄️
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🕷️We have been really engaged with the spider 🕷️enhancements 🕷️within nursery this week!🕷️We have created them from play dough, represented them in the mark making & creative areas, and even rescued them from the web 🕸️🕷️ #ArtatOrchard #finemotor Orchard Primary Orchard Pastoral Team 🕷️

Last week Mrs Hall taught us how to ‘chit’ potatoes (get them ready to plant!) This week we planted them by burying them down into the soil, we used our halving and doubling knowledge to work out how to share them evenly between two planting bags.🥔Orchard Pastoral Team Orchard Primary

Our bi-weekly visit to the library to change our books 📚 Orchard Primary Orchard Pastoral Team #ReadingatOrchard

Another fantastic outdoor athletic lesson for Maples. The children are really enjoying challenging themselves and learning new skills. Orchard Pastoral Team Orchard Primary

‘ BEEP BEEP WEEK’ Today we listened to the story of ‘Teddy takes a walk’ today. We discussed how to walk next to and cross a road safely. Remember to STOP, LOOK,LISTEN and THINK. @modeshiftstars Orchard Primary Orchard Pastoral Team

In PE this week we used our gross motor skills and hand eye coordination as we practiced throwing bean bags into hoops, once confident we moved further away to make it more challenging. Orchard Primary #PEatOrchard

Working hard creating some super fact files about the Zulu tribe. #UnityDay #SMSCatOrchard Orchard Primary

The children in 4Ash draw Māori tattoos from New Zealand for unity day Orchard Primary

For unity day today, 2 Willow have been learning all about Japanese culture. We even tried sushi and had a go at making some origami fish too! Orchard Pastoral Team Orchard Primary #Unityafternoon

Our task for the afternoon was to focus on a particular Inuit artist, Kenojuak Ashevak. We chose some difference animal drawings and tried to use the same sketching and colours to replicate these. Orchard Primary Orchard Pastoral Team #SMSCatOrchard #Unityafternoon

For unity afternoon, we are looking at cultural diversity and our focus is the Inuit culture. Orchard Pastoral Team Orchard Primary #SMSCatOrchard #Unityafternoon

We have had so much fun today with the number games in our outdoor area. We had beanbag toss where we had to land on a number then read and copy it. Also we had an hopscotch which the children enjoyed. #mathsatorchard #numberrecognition #grossmotor Orchard Primary Orchard Pastoral Team

The children in 5 Sycamore tried dark chocolate today as we are learning all about the Mayans and Guatemala, where chocolate originates from 😋🍫 Orchard Pastoral Team Orchard Primary #EnglishatOrchard #HistoryatOrchard

Using concrete resources today in maths to apply our knowledge of volume. Orchard Primary Orchard Pastoral Team NRICH maths White Rose Education Tes_Maths #DreamBig #successfulstudents #maths

We are really enjoying the enhancements in provision based around our new English text ‘ Jasper’s Beanstalk’. We are rolling beanstalks, painting Jasper and practising our planting skills! Orchard Pastoral Team Orchard Primary

Back into a new half term and 5 Sycamore are swapping their library books 📚 Orchard Pastoral Team Orchard Primary #ReadingatOrchard

My phonics group are really enjoying the challenge of reading together using all our phonic skills to read a short story together. 🤓📚📕Orchard Primary Orchard Pastoral Team

We loved the weather being a little better this morning to do some outside PE! It was great to have so much space! Orchard Pastoral Team Orchard Primary