Ormiston Primary School is fundraising for our school playground. You have the opportunity to purchase an Entertainment Book or a digital version. The Entertainment Books are valid for 14 months.
The Entertainment Books cost $65.00 and can be purchased at the office or online https://www.entertainmentbook.co.nz/orderbooks/9294w45
These books contain vouchers up to the value of $20,000. Huge discounts […]
We had some great fun celebrating how far we have come on our PB4L journey and receiving ‘top marks’ on our external evaluation. The learning coaches received a bag of goodies in alignment with our PB4L actions and our 4Cs. Please see our PB4L Matrix here and our 2016 Action Plan here.
Mr Dyer, who is […]
The Learners in LH2 and LH4 were treated to a really immersive learning experience in Week 9 when Little Bo Beeps (http://littlebopeeps.co.nz/) travelling petting zoo visited our school. The learners were able to interact with a range of animals including:
a pig with 11 piglets
a rescued battery hen
a donkey
a pony
a calf
a goat
a rabbit
2 alpacas
The learners learned […]
Chris and Leanne from Edge Work (Auckland University of Technology) engaged our educators in some intense and valuable professional learning in Week 8. They are skilled facilitators who challenge the status quo and believe that the Future needs something different from education. Some of the key takeaways:
We need to meet to create rather than inform. […]
Our Official Opening was a roaring success! We were pleased to see so many of our whanau, our special invited guests, our Establishment Board of Trustees, our #oresome speaker William Pike (Young New Zealander of the Year Finalist, Adventurer & Author http://williampike.co.nz/ who’s mantra is “All passion, no limits”), our super amazing Educators and of course our learners. […]
LH1 went to the zoo in Week 2 and had a super fantastic learning adventure.
As part of their learning this term the learners are exploring animals, habitats, adaptations and innovation. They will all be designing an animal habitat for a real or imaginary animal by drawing it, making it, digitizing it or localising it. So, […]
We all had an amazing time at our first ever Disco. Big congratulations to Ash and her helpers for organising, selling tickets and ensuring the night ran smoothly. A big thank you to the Gupta family for their support on the night as well. It was so wonderful to see our learners let their hair […]
Marae Learning Adventure-
We visited the Umupuia Marae on June 18-19, located in Maraetai. The Marae is the home of our local iwi, Ngāi Tai and we want to strengthen our connections with them. The iwi was involved in our opening day blessing in February. The iwi are an important part of our community and it […]
Learner Led Conferences:
In addition to the reports which our Learning Coaches for the learners who have been with us since Term 1 (available online in the learner’s learning pathway), all learners and their families had an individual ‘Learner Led Conference’ in Week 11 with a Learning Coach. Thanks to all the families that attended their […]
Cefpi evening
On Monday, June 29 we hosted a CEFPI evening and beamed with pride as we showed our over 100 guests around our fabulous school. The Council of Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI) visits new schools often and our Leader of Learning shared how our building enables us to realise our vision which was gifted […]
