ORCHARD JUNIOR SCHOOL
Growing Together. Branching Out.
Headteacher: Mrs Carol Taylor
Phone: 02380 843162
Year 5 Christingle
What a wonderful Christingle service yesterday morning - well done to Year 5. Thank you to everyone who joined us for this thoroughly enjoyable occasion.
Thank you to Tesco for donating all the oranges for our Christingle.
3JD
3JD have been getting messy this afternoon and were making the walls of a stone age house using "wattle and daub!" Some great weaving going on here!
Celebration Assembly
6th December 2024
We have just had our celebration assembly for our stars of the week! Well done to them all!
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Hedgehog Rescue
Our Afterschool Football club found a poorly hedgehog on the field. One of our LSA's took him to a hedgehog rescue. He is safe and is now being looked after and has been called Orchard! He is a boy and he weighs 243 grams
Poppy Appeal
We have had an update from the Poppy Appeal and as a school we raised £318.02 this year, compared to last year when we raised £136.40. Thank you so much for all your generosity.
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Baby Necessities Collection
Parents and carers,
Thank you so much for the generous donations that have already come in for the Southampton based charity, Baby Necessities. We already have a baby bath, Moses basket, craft items, baby shampoo, wet wipes and a selection of both new and good quality second-hand baby clothing. Thank you!
We still have another couple of weeks for donations before we organise collection. Whether it's £1 spent on a pack of wet wipes or something more, it really doesn't matter. 'Keep Giving' is one of the Back to Basics strands we focus on when considering our own emotional health. It's great for the children to see this is action.
Mrs Fenton and the School Council are so encouraged by your generosity! Thank you so much.
Year 6
Year 6 were visited by Marc, a local historian yesterday. They learnt about the part our local area played during World War 2. The children were fascinated and Marc's delivery kept them fully engaged for an hour. We are so grateful when people like Marc come and enrich our curriculum.
Marc has sent through these additional links for the children to explore at home. We think our families would enjoy it too! So much we have learnt about various places in our area linked to the war,
Bronze Age to WW2 Anti-Invasion Defences in 13 Steps (filmed on Fawley Enclosure)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDcvmDtolXA
Trenches & Tree Carvings in New Forest (left by Canadians in WW2?) (filmed on Dibden Enclosure)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPAId-cNsY0
The BEAULIEU Letters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYpoEBRkLVc
The Beaulieu Dairy House (Hidden Gun Position)
Snow Day
The whole school enjoyed the snow during breaktime
4RK
4RK were a little distracted this morning
3JD
3JD have been learning about how rock families have been created over time using sweets!
Year 4
Today we completed a sound experiment in year 4. We used elastic bands and different containers to explore pitch and volume.
Year 3
Year 3 have been testing the properties of rocks this afternoon.
They looked at the hardness, the permeability, if it fizzes when vinegar is added and whether it floats or not!
Safe to say, 3JD stinks!
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Year 3
This week, Year 3 have been learning about the Stone Age and have begun by creating their own cave paintings!
Year 4
We have worked in groups to construct our Anglo -Saxon model settlements. We have included the main key elements of a village such as the homes and fires. Also, we have tried to show the location factors such as rivers and forests.
Year 5 Water Walk
Children had a great time on Wednesday raising money for the Kisoboka Trust by undertaking a Water Walk around the playground.
We will let you know how much money has been raised when we have a total.
Year 6 Multiplication Support
If your child would like some support with Multiplication or would like to do some more multiplication work. Please use the QR Codes Provided.
PTFA Cake Sale
Orchard's Got Talent
Yesterday we had our Orchard's Got Talent Competition within the school,
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We had twelve amazingly talented finalists and the judges had a very tricky time deciding the top 3! Congratulations to all our finalists!! Well done to everyone who auditioned!
Sports at Orchard
Year 4
In Year 4, we have been creating abstract animal art. Here are some of our final pieces.
Orchard's Harvest Festival
We are all very grateful for all of the Harvest contributions. Four of the School Council have been organising all of the gifts this morning. It will be collected this Friday by a member of the Waterside Foodbank.
It's not to late to add to the Harvest! Bring anything in by this Friday 18th October in the morning. What a brilliant community we have at Orchard- thank you!
3JD Art Work
3JD are coming to the end of their art unit of work and have had the opportunity to get creative.
They have used multimedia to create their own Mondrian picture.
Here they are at work..
3LM Trip to Dibden Purlieu
3LM our last class to complete the trip to Dibden Purlieu had a great time especially during their traffic survey. They also enjoyed the biscuits that St Andrew's offered.
3JD Trip to Dibden Purlieu
3JD have had a fab morning walking to Dibden Purlieu and understanding how the area has changed over time. Some great discussions and understanding of the importance of change and all topped off with a biscuit and drink (or 2) kindly given to us by the church!
Harvest Festival
Thank you so much for the Harvest donations so far. As you can see, the Bring a Tin campaign is well underway. Keep them coming! The last date is Friday 18th October.
Thanks also to the wonderful Harvest posters made by members of the School Council. They are decorating the school and a lot of time has been put into making them. Well done to the newly elected Council members
PCSO'S Visit
We welcomed our local PCSO'S Mike and Charlie into School on Monday, They will be visiting us on the playground.
3HY Trip to Dibden Purlieu
3HY had fun on their trip into Dibden Purlieu on Monday, they did not let any rain dampen their spirits
5DW River Trip
5DW had a brilliant time on their trip on Friday and loved going in the river and finding out what lived in the pond!
Sport at Orchard
Mr Dyer had the pleasure of taking out the first sports team of this academic year. 6 Year 4 pupils attended a multi-sports festival at Testwood School, and had an amazing time, competing in 6 different activities with pupils from 7 different schools
School Council
Our School Council are asking for help for the foodbank and one of our talented year 3 pupils designed this poster. Thank you for the donations so far!
Year 4 Hillier's Garden Trip
This week, Year 4 went to Hillier Gardens as part of their Science topic ' Living Things and their Habits'. We enjoyed pond dipping, minibeast hunting and building habitats for woodland creatures.
5MT River Trip
5MT went to Beaulieu last week to have a guided river tour. They enjoyed themselves immensely
Victoria's Garden
Calling all knitters and crochet experts. Victoria's Garden is looking so much with the flowers that have been kindly gifted. We could do with some more to cheer up this space!
3JD
3JD have been learning about Mondrian and have begun creating our own versions. We have started with paper and did a silent gallery today and then will be moving on to painting in the upcoming weeks!
An Update Regarding last year's Water Walk
Mrs Fenton was delighted to receive an update this week from The Kisoboka Trust following fundraising last year. All of the pupils took part in a Water Walk, raising money to support the building of toilets for a school in Uganda.
As promised. the charity have kept us updated with the building progress and the children have had photos shared with them this week in class.
As a school, we are incredibly proud of the children- their efforts and fundraising will make such a difference to hygiene at the school. What a difference £600 has made!
If you would like to read the update and see photos, have a look at this link.
PTFA Update
Thank you so much to the hard work fundraising by our PTFA, We have now taken delivery of our new minibus! Our first outing will be a cross country race next week.
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Thanks again to the PTFA.
School Notices
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The Road Safety Team are responsible for educating young people and their families on the importance of keeping safe when travelling in a vehicle. Part of this education includes ensuring young people are travelling with correct restraints. Are you aware that 37% of children are in the wrong type of seat for their age and/or height? The Road Safety Team would like to share this car restraint leaflet with you to ensure you know how to always keep your child(ren) safe – in the correct restraint. There are also hints and tips about choosing the right seat, transporting other people’s children and how to fit different types of car seat. To read this informative leaflet, please visit – In car safety parent guide.
We have been shared this information regarding gifts this christmas, please have a read when you are able to.
https://capt.org.uk/8-dangerous-gifts-to-avoid-this-christmas/
February Half Term Soccer School here at Orchard Junior School for boys and girls in Years 1-3, hosted by Mr Ramsey’s Football Clinic. Two days of fun football challenges, games and tournaments. Thursday 20th & Friday 21st February, scan the QR code to book or email footballclinicuk@gmail.com