Starting the season off with a win these girls displayed their capabilities and sportsmanship as they played their first games against Baverstock Oats School participating in lunchtime netball. Committed to working collaboratively as a team over the past term each and every one of the girls has shown up enthusiastically to weekly practices and fortnightly games. Always giving their best efforts and both encouraging each other and the other teams they have consistently role modelled the Ormiston Primary’s  school principles, and as a coach this has been incredibly humbling to be part of.

A highlight as identified by the girls was the Netball Fun Day held at the Howick and Pakuranga Netball Courts on the cold and stormy Tuesday 12th June. Despite the weather the girls passionately played 6 games against local schools, coming away with 5 wins and one draw.  The pride of the supporters that lined the court was obvious to onlookers as they cheered and congratulated the girls not only on each goal but on every effort they were whole- heartedly putting into the games.

As a coach I was incredibly proud to be part of this day and watch the Ormiston culture shine through.  As the end of Term 2 approaches we as a team are all looking forward to the challenges, triumphs and enjoyment Term 3 games will hold and invite you to come along and support us on the courts.

Our #oresome road patrollers are continuing to do a fantastic job with helping our learners (and parents) to safely cross the road outside our school.  In Term 1 we held some road crossing workshops with LH1, 2 & 4 and it’s great to see that many of these young learners are now educating their own parents and grandparents on how to use the patrolled crossings.

Don’t forget to use the refuge crossing on Kerrykeel Drive, opposite our top field.   This road is getting extremely busy so it’s best to support our learners to keep safe and cross where there is a safe place to wait in the middle of the road.

English Language classes have started for  term 2. We had originally signed up 16 adults prior to the commencement of this term. On the first session 23 adults attended with a further 7 extra signups. Julia Castle the Leader of Language Partners NZ who are supplying tertiary qualified tutors was also in attendance and asked if Ormiston Primary could provide an extra room a group of this size with many quite high needs would need to be broken down into two groups. These classes will continue throughout the term on a Wednesday and Friday morning from 9.30am to 11.30am. The interest in these sessions continue to grow. There is another tutor being sought out for the second group as we speak. The student social workers were also in attendance as one speaks mandarin and cantonese. The social workers have carried out most of the signups on site. The tutor, June Tupua is accessing the use of the wifi and projector too and has complimented the facility as being “world class”. If you know any adults that may need some english tutoring, ask them to consider signing up for these classes.

Congrats to the Capable Whanau!

We have 6 Learning Habitats this year:

LH1- Years 2-3 with Mrs Moopanar, Mr Dyer, Miss Morgan, Mrs Lavakula and Miss Benz

LH2- Our New Entrants with Miss Hans, Mrs Jacob and Miss Blake

LH3- Years 3-4 with Miss Aeranga, Mr Davidson, Miss Barber and Miss Kay

LH4- Years 1-2 with Mrs Patrick/Mrs Hickey, Mrs Lennon, Mr Morrow and Miss Bachu

LH5- KDEC Learning Habitat with Mrs Kobayashi & Ms Francis and Mrs Whilford, Miss Vili and interpretors

LH6- Years 4,5 & 6 with Mrs Pearson, Miss Love, Mrs Croll and Mrs G (this is the Marama hub at Ormiston Junior College)

ELL Team- Karyn Patterson, Ivy Uy, Donna Telfer, May Paraha and Kiki Walton

Our SLT is now Heath McNeil -Leader of Learning, Diana Wilkes, Associate Leader of Learning, Koral Doidge-Executive Officer and Cassandra Everts- Office Administrator

Capable Community Day- OrmPS Has Got Talent on PhotoPeach 

Who are we?

Leon, Justin V, Aleena and Jasmine

What do us learner leaders do??

We discuss plans to help younger learners become efficient learners and manage their time wisely. We are also role models for the next generation of learners.

What we do to improve the school?

We are being to support Mrs Doidge in the reception area so Learning Coaches get a break. We also support younger learners in their learning and participate in learning projects across the school.  In addition, we are leaders in our Being #oresome groups which are vertical groups of learners in our school who learn about our PB4L approach together.  For example, last week we learned about ‘Curious Playing’ together.

What do our Being #oresome groups do?

We learn about our different vision principles and how we can use them as a school. Our #Oresome groups discuss and come up with ideas of how we can use PB4L when we’re learning, moving, meeting, playing, eating and well being.

What does it mean to be #oresome?

It encourages us to know that we all are learning coaches and learners. Being #Oresome encourages us to be leaders and it helps us remember that you can be a role model and a leader without being told and even if people don’t think you are.

When do we have them?

We have them on Friday every two weeks. Each learner is in a PB4L group with a few learning coaches in their group. This helps us to collaborate with other people and share our knowledge with them too.

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 this learning fun.  Each week the English Language Assistants are spending time developing their skills to help support our learners acquisition of English easier.  Look out for our #oresome new English Learners pages in our Learning Habitat Websites!