The Orion is part of a federation of two fantastic schools which are located only half a mile away from each other. This is a large learning community that functions in what is best described as a ’brother/sister’ relationship. We are very close and we are a large, very happy family!
Our goal was to give the community a brighter future. Every year, we see our children learning happily and, of course, succeeding. Our positive approach, combined with the dedication of our fabulous staff team makes this a reality.
We aim to provide a primary school education with a difference. Learning here is a special experience and not just a series of lessons broken up by playtime. Our learning adventure inspires our children to be kind, caring individuals with high aspirations. The children enjoy achieving very high standards in the essential academic areas of reading, writing, and maths. They learn plenty more under the heading of World Learning, which covers those incredibly exciting areas of computing, design and technology, art, geography, religious education, and physical education. Pupils’ talents are identified from the age of five and nurtured through Smart Learning in our Champions Academy. We help the children to become musicians, sportspeople, and artists!
The Orion also provides many fantastic and exciting experiences for our children beyond the norm. These include working with The National Theatre, partnering with Barnet Football Club, and hiring a stadium for events, such as The Orion Olympics and Orion Live-Aid. In 2013 we co-presented a four-week learning festival called GO FEST with Goldbeaters. It was an event that had never before been seen in primary schools and included a replica “Summer Festival” evening where we put on our live music!
Primary school should have a dynamic impact on children’s lives it should help them develop into great people. This is our quest across the federation of Orion and Goldbeaters!
Our children love their school and describe it as “fun", "caring" and "simply the best”. That’s the way it should be for today’s young people! For all our children to be very special healthy, responsible, happy, successful, and achieving young people – Golden Children!
Learning is accelerated when pupils and staff are in an exceptionally positive and happy environment. We are a little bit different from many schools as we create learning that is fun, simple, and inspires the children to become someone very special.
We learn 3 core areas - Academic learning, Our World Learning, and Smart Learning – this is a range of essential curriculum areas organized in a creative and inspiring way. We believe children should discover, explore, and investigate their learning as well as be guided by staff. We believe that excellence and achievement is the key to succeeding on the learning adventure and becoming a Golden person.
Every day children are expected to use a very simple method of personal thinking called GO POWER. The Golden Way provides a basic guide for pupils however many other attributes for life need to be learned e.g. self-motivation, thinking skills, independence, self-management, decision making, understanding our learning style, etc.
