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, […]
‘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 […]
School Chickens
In term 3, LH2 had the opportunity to incubateand hatch baby chicks in the habitat lead by Miss Morgan. We had a variety of different eggs, some were even green! The learners thought that maybe the green eggs would be boys and the brown/white eggs would be girls, but we had to wait to […]
We had a wonderful Collaborative Community Day in spite of the rain! Our learners collaborated in their Being #oresome groups to complete the Collaborative Community Day Challenge where their team goal is to show all they have learned about being COLLABORATIVE in the term as you complete the challenges. No collaboration = no points! It […]
In Term 2 and again in Term 4 our Learners lead a conference with their Hapu Learning Coach and their whanau. This is a really great way to nurture our home-school partnership and share the #oresome learning that our wonderful young people are engaging in.
The learners in LH1 and LH3 give a short presentation to […]
We hosted the first ever @GEGNZ Sparkshop at OrmPS on Saturday, My 28, 2016. Over 50 educators attended and participated.
What is a Sparkshop?
A Sparkshop is designed to “spark” inspiration in the practice of others. The event format is similar to an unconference with a twist.
Participants who are keen to pitch a Sparkshop were invited to add […]
On Friday we were invited to Fo Guang Temple. The whole school went along for a wonderful day of activities to celebrate The Festival of Cultural Sharing. We learnt about the 3Gs; Good thoughts, good words and good deeds as well as lots of facts about Buddha and the temple itself. What a fabulous day! […]
#WOW! #oresome! Our very first Connected Community Day on April 15 was a roaring success! The learners, educators and community participated in a day of ‘connected’ learning experiences. Some examples included making Connected Meeting: connecting to make iMovies, Pic Collages etc., Connected Playing: connecting to play games with new equipment and Connected Moving: connecting in […]
We had another successful and fun evening on April 1st at our 2016 OrmPS Disco. The disco organisation was lead by Ashmira and Jasmine from LH3 with a heap of help from other learners.
The LH2 & LH4 learners dressed in their favourite superheroes so we saw everyone from Captain America and Batman to Princess Elsa […]
