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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A Journey of Learning – jhack
Jhack is a competition supported by Microsoft and Manukau Institute of Technology.
It is an opportunity for young people to be involved in a series of programming challenges.
We have three Ormiston teams Competing in jhack.
Collaboration, Curiosity, Capability, Connectedness and now Constructing in our Challenge.
Our Challenge is to Construct an online game […]
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 […]
In 2006, NZSL sign language became the third official language in New Zealand. Last week, Ormiston Primary School celebrated NZSL week 2016. It was a special occasion for all learners to learn more about Deaf people’s culture and identity.
Many of our learners enjoyed the benefits of being able to talk with their hands as they […]
