Monthly Archives: November 2018

Poetry Recitations – Why Do We Do That?

We get asked quite often why the children are made to do poetry recitations every Monday morning. I suppose from the outside, it might seem conventional and rote. So here is a story about one of the recitations we heard … Continue reading

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Screen Printing in Maker Studio

The kids were screenprinting in Maker Studio on Wednesday. They learned the technique for creating a negative image, cutting it out of vinyl cling fling then adhering it to the screen to be inked. This child created an image of … Continue reading

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Today in Anatomy

We have been working on the body systems in Anatomy class. Last week, we completed studies on the circulatory system and this week, we made a model of a lung to show how the diaphram functions before sketching the respiratory system. … Continue reading

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Music at Orchard

The Orchard’s music program is rich and diverse. Beginning with the bells in casa, the children are introduced to the idea of musical form early on. The bells are actually two sets of eight bells, tuned perfectly to an octave … Continue reading

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