Our super #oresome team participated in our 3rd annual #oresome challenge. This year they worked in their whanau teams: Connected Whanau, Capable Whanau, Collaborative Whanau and Curious Whanau. They visited areas around our community to participate in challenges and complete tasks , tweeting their evidence on Twitter along the way. We are very proud of […]
A group of educators, Board members and OrmPS learners went to OJC on February 7th for the official powhiri to open Ormiston Junior College and welcome all of their learners. Our group was represented by Tim Botting from Ormiston Senior College and Zaelene Maxwell-Butler from the Ngai Tai iwi (Umpuia Marae) who both spoke eloquently […]
Wow. Time flies when you are having fun learning and growing! We are now in our third year: we opened with 101 learners in February 2015 and are now over 370! We had a ‘Meet the Educator’ night in Week 2 so our #oresome families could meet our spectacular team.
We have 6 Learning Habitats this […]
TRANS-FO-MINDS
Every Monday, Thursday and Friday we have a leadership programme which is called Trans-fo-minds- and it is held in the OrmPS Te Manawa. On Monday’s their is an activity called dance persona which is where we learn to dance and become more comfortable when doing a performance. On a Thursday there is an activity called […]
Term 3 was all about celebrating our OPS ‘Capable’ Vision Principle. Capable Community Day gave learners the opportunity to showcase their abilities in Ormiston’s Got Talent 2016. Learners from age 5 to 11 battled their way through auditions, rehearsals and into an epic final show. We were delighted with movement and magic, drumming and dance, […]
As part of our Being #oresome Program @OrmPS Mr Dyer has been leading a group of talented young people- our OrmPS Learner Leaders. They have written a little about who they are and what they do:
Who are we?
Leon, Justin V, Aleena and Jasmine
What do us learner leaders do??
We discuss plans to help younger learners become […]
English Language Learner Support.
The English Language Learner’s support team are now very busy working in habitats supporting the development of language. Learners are being supported both individually and in small groups in all of our Learning Habitats. We have recently purchased a lot of specific resources to help us support learning English and make […]
Diwali – In the week prior to Diwali learners across all habitats explored the Hindu celebration. Learners were curious to find out about this important celebration and how the people from this culture celebrated. Learners choose from a range of experiences that explored the history and art of Diwali. A huge thank you to Mrs Abinesh, […]
On Wednesday 12th October our Years 3-5 learners visited MOTAT to enjoy the Da Vinci Exhibition. And learn more about simple machines.
Inventor * Artist * Genius
Da Vinci imagined and was extremely curious.
He envisioned many ideas before the technology to build them actually existed.
Curiosity is an important habit to foster when we a living in a […]
‘And the winner of best defence trophy for Howick and Pakuranga Netball Association 2016 goes to Ormiston Primary School’. The proud holders of this trophy are nine enthusiastic, committed and humble year 6 and 7 girls, who over the past two terms have reliably week in and week out braved wild Auckland weather to showcase […]
