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Orchard Primary & Pre-School

"Small enough to care, Big enough to inspire"

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  • Christmas Fayre

    Mon 30 Nov 2015

    There was a lovely festive atmosphere in the hall on Friday after school at our annual Christmas Fayre.  The children were very excited to see Father Christmas and families were able to buy early Christmas presents at a variety of stalls, have a go on the tombola, play games and take part in art activities as well as treating themselves to a turkey or brie and cranberry roll!  Thank you to the Friends for organising this event and to everyone who supported the Christmas Fayre this year. 

  • Pershore Christmas Lights Switch On

    Fri 20 Nov 2015
    Congratulations to Connie in Year 4 for winning the Christmas Lights Switch On competition for the Best Picture!  Connie will be switching on the Christmas lights in Pershore on Saturday 21 November during the Georgian Christmas Fayre.
  • The Scarecrows' Wedding

    Wed 18 Nov 2015
    Yesterday morning our Year 3 class enjoyed a trip to Malvern Theatre to watch The Scarecrows' Wedding, a play based on the book by Julia Donaldson.  The children have been learning about this author and the books she has written during their topic work this term.
  • Children-in-Need

    Mon 16 Nov 2015
    Thank you to everyone who supported Children-in-Need on Friday.  All the children and staff dressed up as their favourite hero and donated 1p and 2p coins, raising a grand total of £164.70 for Children-in-Need!
  • Y1, 2, 3 and 4 Trip to the Cinema

    Thu 12 Nov 2015
    This morning it was the turn of children in Years 1 - 4 to visit the cinema as part of the Into Film Festival.  They travelled to Worcester by coach to watch the film Minions and were very excited to be able to watch it in 3D!  Many thanks to the Friends for subsidising this trip and also to all the parents and carers who helped us during the morning.
  • Remembrance Day

    Wed 11 Nov 2015

    This morning our Year 4 class took part in the Armistice Day Service at Pershore Abbey together with children from other local schools.  The children laid a wreath at the end of the Service before returning to school to observe a one minute silence with the whole school on the playground.

     

    We were very pleased that Reverend Claire was also able to lead our school assembly this afternoon.

  • Reception Class visit the Cinema

    Tue 10 Nov 2015
    This morning, as part of the "Into Film Festival", all the children in Reception visited Number 8 in Pershore to watch the film Inside Out.  This was Reception's first school trip and everyone enjoyed the film; Miss Robinson was very proud of all the children.  Thank you to all the parents and grandparents who helped on this visit.
  • Celebration Assembly

    Fri 06 Nov 2015

    Thank you to all our parents and carers who came to our Celebration Assembly this morning.  This month we celebrated the achievements of: Millie P (Level 6, 7 and 8 Gymnastics Award),  Emily  and Michael(completing 19 miles on the Bredon Hill Bikeaway), Isabel L (25m swimming distance award and Stage 5 swimming award), Frankee (Stage 7 swimming award), Tiffany (Stage 2 swimming award), Cody (10m swimming distance award), Malia (Stage 5 and 6 swimming award), Riley (10m swimming distance award and Stage 2 swimming award), Lily (Level 8 Gymnastics Award), Carla (Stage 3 swimming award and 10m swimming distance award), Daisie (Stage 4 swimming award), Sophie (5m swimming distance award and Stage 2 swimming award), Paige (Stage 1 swimming), Katie (Grade 5 Duckling Award), Finley (Grade 5 Duckling Award and 5m swimming distance award), Joshua (Level 7 Gymnastics Proficiency Award), and Ethan S (Stage 2 swimming award).  Farah, Anya and Liam also received a certificate for conquering Tree Top Junior at Go Ape!

     

    The following children also completed the Summer Reading Challenge at the library: Millie P, Richard, Alex, Michael, Alice, Paige and Emily.

     

    Mrs Bitcon handed out 100% Attendance Awards to 97 children for the first half of the Autumm Term; we celebrated the birthdays of all the children born in October and Mrs Bitcon gave out invitations to her Tea Party for all the children who had achieved "20 reads".

     

    Well done everyone, we are very proud of you all!

     

     

     

  • Open Afternoon

    Wed 04 Nov 2015
    Yesterday we held our Open Afternoon, giving parents who have children starting school next September an opportunity to come and have a look at what we do!  Our Year 4 pupils acted as guides for the parents giving them an in-depth tour of the school and Mrs Bitcon was also on hand to answer any other questions the parents had.
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