Welcome to Old Orchard Primary School
Principal's welcome
I am delighted to welcome you to the Old Orchard Primary School website.
Our school is very proud of its reputation as an outstanding community school, catering for a diverse range of students and their families. Our enrolments have stabilised at approximately 420 students which allows us to offer a broad and rich curriculum.
We have a strong history of producing confident, respectful, happy, healthy and positive students with excellent literacy and numeracy skills. Our students are encouraged to develop a broad social conscience and a sense of community. The positive achievements of our former students as they move into and through secondary educations is reflective of the wonderful grounding they receive in the Old Orchard environment, complementing the work and support of their families.
Old Orchard is a wonderful school, with fantastic students, a dedicated and talented staff and an extremely supportive and active parent community. I encourage you to explore our website or better still, make an appointment to visit our school - we would love to share it with you.
Kind regards,
Duncan Cant
Principal
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land and pay our respects to the Elders past, present and emerging.
Upcoming Events
2025 TERM DATES
Term 4: Monday 6th October - Friday 19th December (early dismissal on Thursday 18th due to Pupil free day)
2026 TERM DATES
Term 1: Wednesday 28th January - Thursday 2nd April (2.30pm dismissal)
Term 2: Monday 20th April - Friday 26th June (2.30pm dismissal)
Term3: Monday 13th July - Friday 18th September (2.30pm dismissal)
Term 4: Monday 5th October - Thursday 17th December (early dismissal on Thursday 17th due to Pupil free day on 18th)
2025 PUPIL FREE DAYS
Friday 19th December
2026 PUPIL FREE DAYS
Tuesday 27th January
Friday 6th February (Literacy PL)
Tuesday 9th June
Monday 2nd November
Friday 18th December
