Orchard Primary
& Pre-School
Orchard Primary & Pre-School
"Small enough to care, Big enough to inspire"
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During the first week of the Summer Term, children in Year 4 and Year 5 had the opportunity to take part in bellboating sessions on the River Avon in Pershore. These enabled the children to practice before taking part in the Pershore Schools Bellboating Regatta on Thursday 29 June 2023.
The children really enjoyed the experience and showed great teamwork during the regatta - the practice certainly paid off as Year 4 were awarded the trophy as winners of their age group!
On Tuesday afternoon, we were treated to a lovely concert by our Year 5 class. They have been working really hard in their FAME lessons this year, learning to play the cornet with a music teacher from SevernArts. We would like to thank their parents and carers for coming to the concert and also for allowing their children to practice at home!
Yesterday, our Year 5 class took part in a Monks Day Experience. The children walked to Pershore Abbey in silence and wearing Monks habits borrowed from the Abbey. They learned about life as a Monk and shared a frugal meal! We would like to thank staff at the Abbey for providing this experience for the children.
We are very proud of our Year 5 pupils Amelia-May and Leonie who were invited to take part in the QinetiQ Robotics Challenge Final on Thursday 22 June 2023 at QinetiQ Malvern Technology Centre as they were the winners from the STEM day in school. What an amazing achievement!
The children had an amazing time on Friday when they all took part in our Sports Morning; all the children were fantastic and showed great sportsmanship. A big thank you to Miss Mabbott and our Sports Coach, Mr Ferman, for organising the events.
Sports Day was followed at lunchtime by our Summer Garden Party organised by the Friends/PTA. Thank you to all the parents who helped to organise this event and everyone who supported it by buying raffle tickets, having a go on the tombola, buying ice creams and tickets for the the bouncy slide! There was a lovely family atmosphere on the playground; we hope you all enjoyed sharing a picnic with your child.
Please join us for the Summer Garden Party on Friday 23 June! Bring a picnic - we will have a tombola, ice cream and a HUGE inflatable slide. Wristbands for the slide must be purchased in advance from the office - (UNLIMITED rides just £3 each). We will also have our raffle tickets available from the office for 50p a ticket or £2.50 a book (raffle prizes are listed on the Friends Facebook page). Raffle tickets will also be on sale at the "Ice Pole Fridays" every Friday starting this week! Please bring change with you.
Thanks for your continued support.
The PTA team!
This morning our Year 1 class went down to the river to find out about their new literacy topic "The Three Billy Goats Gruff". The children enjoyed listening to the story and then had even more fun acting it out!