This term, we had three teams with over 30 learners from Year 5 and 6, participate in the Football Field Day. One of the teams won all their games. Thank you Mr Dyer and Mr McNeil for taking them. In the meantime, we are busy training for a Rugby 7s Field Day which is coming up next week Monday 29the May. As well as that, a mixed hockey team will be taking part in a Hockey Field Day next month. We are also starting up a Gymnastics team to take part in a Field Day in August.

Our sports trolley is now in action and has been very busy this term.  It is filled with sports gear such as hula hoops, sports balls (basketballs, footballs, netballs, rugby balls, tennis balls), moon hoppers, balance boards, paddle boards and lots of other gear for learners to use during each iBreak. Learning coaches will supervise but the sports monitors from each habitat are assigned a day and are responsible for giving out at the beginning and collecting all the gear at the end of each break.

Calling all parents and caregivers of Oresome Ormiston Primary School!We are offering a Digital Technologies session for all of our parent community on Wednesday March 8th at 2pm, 3pm and 6pm in Te Manawa, so choose the time that works for you.

Come and learn how to access your child’s learning pathways and blogs. It is essential for you to know how to do this in order to access your child’s narrative assessments, progress reports and learning progressions. We can show you how to comment on blogs and take you through the list of apps that we use.  Devices will be provided. This is an exciting opportunity for you to come and learn different ways to keep our children safe online and how to manage the digital world inside your home.

We also intend to offer English language learning classes for people of all ages and from all backgrounds and for a range of purposes in Term 2. If you or your family need extra english tutoring to increase employment opportunities or to advance yourself in your place of employment or if Nana and Grandad want to communicate in English with your children, come along to the workshop and hear more about how this can become a reality.  

Any further inquiries about this event, please come to the school office and ask for Miss Aerenga or email baerenga@ormistonprimary.school.nz. See you there!

Oresome 奥米斯顿小学的家长

在3 月 8 日周3 下午 2时,3时和晚上 6时, 本学校在图书馆提供家长数字技术会议, 家长可以选择适当时间。

学习如何访问您孩子的学习路径和博客, 知道你孩子的叙事评估，进展报告和学习进步。

帮您通过我们使用的应用程序列表, 可以告诉您如何评论博客。

学校将会提供设备。这是一个令人兴奋的机会，你可以学习使用不同的方式，以保持我们的孩子安全在线，以及如何管理你家里的数字世界。

我们还打算在第2学期为不同年龄和背景的人提供英语语言学习课程。如果您或您的家人

需要额外的英语辅导以增加就业机会, 或帮助您提高工作的英语水平, 或帮助祖

父母和你的孩子以英语沟通，请来参加便可以实现。

关于此活动的查询，请到学校办公室Aerenga小姐可以帮助您或电邮baerenga@ormistonprimary.school.nz。

到时候那里见！

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 child’s Learner Led Conferences. It was pleasing to see the confidence that our learners are already demonstrating when sharing their learning. We received a lot of positive feedback about these conferences. A big thank you to all of our educators who prepared the learners for these learning celebrations.  This type of conference is for the learner to discuss their progress and achievement with their family, guided by a Learning Coach.   We are so proud of all of our learners!


We encourage all of the families to continue to visit the learning pathways and blogs as an ongoing opportunity for your child to formally discuss their next learning steps and what they are already capable of doing in their learning.

The clubs are as follows:

• NZ Sign Language
• Art
• Zumba
• Desi Dance
• Samoan
• Jump Jam

In addition, Te Manawa, is being monitored by learners during each iBreak.  These learners work under the supervision of Mr Dyer and help other learners issue their best fit books.

It is a great time for all of us to gather together as a whanau, cement our expectations for attending events and share learning. In addition, we have a longer school focused assembly every second Tuesday where mr McNeil shares school wide learning, gives our certificates and we practice our waiata.  We are fortunate to have our lovely NZSL interpreters with us each day, not only for communicating with the deaf learners, but also for the entire school to be truly inclusive while learning more NZSL at the same time.  However, we have made some changes to maximize our iExplore learning time. Our new schedule for huis and assemblies:

Mondays

• New learners (all new enrolments will start on Mondays, unless exceptional circumstances)
• MVPs / Achievements
• NZSL – signs for the week

Wednesdays

• Waiata (even weeks)
• School Focus Assembly (odd weeks) – No iActive on these days?
• Learner Led Hui – last week of each term: Club Celebration