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23/07/21

From September we will be offering Breakfast & Afterschool clubs as we team up with ! Take a look at the information on the images for your child to take part https://t.co/vnzqBUX6Hb

22/07/21

Today Year 1 have invented ‘Tennis-ball’ and ‘Foot-boules’, whilst Year 4 made the creatively-named ‘cones, cones, cones’ and ‘10 foot bag’ with some incredible rules. Great to see the sharing of rules and games with each other! https://t.co/zGByNevs5r

21/07/21

Year 6 leavers party in full swing out in the sun! Teachers using all of their experience to pass on the dance moves to the best party songs in history 🕺🏾💃🏻 ☀️🔊 https://t.co/l5XgP80lgj

21/07/21

Year 2 have been using their leadership skills this morning. When given a box of equipment they have set up a mini football pitch, a tennis court, a ‘superstar-chicken arena’, “piggy in the middle tennis edition” and taken ownership of it all. Fantastic peer-teaching throughout! https://t.co/sFh5Pzg6f1

20/07/21

Huge thanks to the PTA for paying for ice creams for every child. Due to the weather forecast, Year 6 plans for today changed from a Park Visit to a School Cinema and an Ice Cream treat! https://t.co/cGwEZM7omN

20/07/21

Year 1 have spent time outside this morning recreating the story ‘We are going on a Lion Hunt’ using musical instruments 🦁 🥁🪘 https://t.co/qGXhWDtRdQ

16/07/21

Congratulations to Queen’s! We look forward to next year, when we will be able to have a real festival of sports and finally welcome all of the parents/guardians to enjoy the day with us!

16/07/21

The final count-up has been done, and the trophy has been handed… to Queen’s! The final scores were- 291- Queen’s 289- St Andrews 282- Oxbridge 269- Cardiff Well done to everyone that took part over the last 2 days, some amazing effort and learning opportunities through out! https://t.co/xYkxU9dVPE

16/07/21

Year 6 finished the day off to add the final points to the board…. Results are being counted and will shortly be announced! https://t.co/LNsKnNfaW5

16/07/21

Before lunch, year 5 had their turn to try and change the leaderboard! https://t.co/HLaUf1BLCF

16/07/21

Year 4 then took their chance to add some points to the leaderboard, with some pretty close finishes in the running! https://t.co/41PXZk2s0r

16/07/21

Next up was Cowell class, which produced maybe the best photo of the entire Sports Day! It doesn’t matter which team you are on, we always help out a friend! https://t.co/9lAUgKPpu9

16/07/21

And they thoroughly enjoyed the obstacle race! https://t.co/jPActH4cOC

16/07/21

Inkpen class were first up for Sports Day today! https://t.co/AaIOtoTqJM

15/07/21

The scores at the halfway point of the Sports Days: 1st- Queen’s 2nd- St Andrews 3rd- Oxbridge 4th- Cardiff There are 17 points between 1st and 4th, so it is all still to play for!

15/07/21

The day finishes with Year 3 adding some much-needed points to the tally of their teams! https://t.co/iQj5QWdMs4

15/07/21

Year 2 having some fun with the obstacle race! https://t.co/akMheSVXBF

15/07/21

Before a break for lunch, year 2 put in an incredible effort for their events! https://t.co/3s8ydGMFxc

15/07/21

Year 1 are up now! Some amazing teamwork going on today! https://t.co/K45xWRT7wo

15/07/21

What a great start to sports day with EYFS! Looks like red is in the lead! https://t.co/xRL0MsQHze

Harris Academies
All Academies in our Federation aim to transform the lives of the students they serve by bringing about rapid improvement in examination results, personal development and aspiration.

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School Trips and visits

Each Half term each year group will welcome a guest speaker or enjoy a trip, to reinforce their learning.  Trips and visits help to ignite the children's interest in a new topic or theme. 

Trips include:

  • The Cutty Sark
  • Greenwich Observatory
  • Local museums
  • Local theatres
  • Garden Centres
  • The O2
  • The London Eye
  • The Houses of Parliament
  • Our local shopping centre

Academy visitors include:

  • The Mobile Farm
  • Fantastic Science
  • Theatre Groups
  • Religious Groups
  • Students from local secondary schools
  • TfL
  • The Fire Service and Police Service

We also ensure every Harris Primary Academy Orpington student has a residential trip experience each year. In 2018-2019 the Year 6 pupils are going on a PGL adventure residential. In 2019-20 our new Year 6 pupils will be working as farmers for a week on Treginnis Farm (Farms for City Children) which is part of Michael Morpurgo's charitable group of farms.