Vaughn Park is a Retreat Centre in Long Bay. As a staff we went and stayed to discuss and create the amazing culture at Ormiston Primary School. This was a great way to get to know the people that we will be working with. The three days that we spent together has brought us closer […]
At OrmPs our digital technologies ecosystem for our teaching and learning is diverse and multi-faceted. Our primary platform will be GAFE (Google Apps for Education). This platform allows learning coaches, parents, whanau and learners to access the teaching and learning where ever they have access to a digital device. Learners will be creating their own learning […]
We were very lucky to have Krista from KDEC come and spend the morning with us to give us insight into working with Deaf leaners. She gave us some great tips and tricks! We learned a few new signs, modified versions of the games Chinese Whispers and Bang and we were able to watch a […]
We are very excited to share that each of our learners will be using an ePortfolio at Ormiston Primary School which we call their Learning Pathway. Each Learning Coach will have one as well. This is the place for learners and learning coaches to share achievements and record experiences as they grow within Ormiston Primary […]
The Learning Coaches are very excited to be collaboratively designing learning for the learners in their habitat. To date they have found that it is a great way for achieving equal opportunity and full participation of everyone. When our learning coaches collaborate on their planning and teaching, they are better able to meet the needs of diverse […]
On Tuesday, January 27th, we had our first opportunity as Learning Coaches to explore OrmPS and our Learning Habitats. It was great to see the development of the site and just how close we are to day one! One of the most important aspects of our visit was to move the amazing new Furnware Furniture […]
Today we visited our iwi for powhiri at the Marae at Umupuia, which is the Mana Whenua Marae of the Ngai Tai Iwi of Umupuia and Tamaki Makaurau. It is situated on ancestral land at Umupuia adjacent to the Wairoa River with Umupuia Beach immediately in front and hundreds of acres of Ngahere (native bush) […]
It is really important to us that our families are involved with and informed about our school, it is their school too. We have been deliberately planning opportunities to connect with our OrmPS whanau, through our enrolment interviews and through family events. We have had two Family Information evenings to date.
We were fortunate to have our eight lovely learning coaches for 3 days of #oresome induction in November. This was really important relationship building time and we also used our time together to:
begin to craft our school culture,
debate habits vs requirements,
navigate our way through our Learning Model,
collaborate and draft our role descriptions
devour some digital technologies […]
During the establishment phase of our Ormiston Primary School Build we have found a temporary tip-top, happy home within the heart of Ormiston Senior College. The principal, Karen Brinsden and her team have been exceptionally accommodating and gracious in hosting us. This has lead to a jump start with regards to our connected Ormiston Community […]
