OrmPS Official School Opening

Tommorow is the Ormiston Primary School official opening which is also the 23 of October. If you are a parent and are not able to come I will be telling you about some of the things that will be happening. Tommorow is not going to be a normal school day but it will be starting on the same time as everyday. The students will be coming to school and when school starts the learning coaches will do the roll then we will then do one final practice of our waiata for the opening. The parents will be able to come and learn with us at 10:00 am to 12:00 am. When it's 12:00 am, the school opening will start. The students will be singing Te Pu, Te Aroha and one more song. One of our special guest is William Pike. After that the students will activities to do. When the students have done all the activities, they will be going back to their habitat for home time. Just remember, school ends at 1pm. I hope you now know what some of the things that will be happening at our official school opening if you are not able to come.

Arborio

Arboria is a Luminarium made by a company called Architects of Air. My family got to go to Arboria on Sunday 11 October which was also the last day of the term 3 holiday. It was our first time for all of us. It was very interesting that from the outside it was red blue or green depending what area it was and it was mainly white. From the insde it was either green, red or blue. For example, in one of the rooms where there is green at the top and white all around on the outside, in the inside it was fully green. These are some of the pictures I took:

When you look at this from the outside it looks nothing like the inside for example

I hope you have enjoyed this blog post about Arboria.

Justin's Cities presentation Narrative Assessment

Learner: Justin                                                                Date: August 2015

Learning Area: iExplore                                     Learning Coach: John Dyer

Learning Observed

Justin recently developed an interest in cities of the world and chose to delight his Hapu group recently with a speech.. He enjoyed researching his topic and finding facts and information that was unusual and interesting. He chose a slide show to present his learning and engaged with the audience as he explained where in the world his chosen cities were and fun facts about each of them. The audience enjoyed finding out about these. Justin knew the continents and where countries and their capital cities were located. He also answered some simple questions from the audience. I look forward to hearing about more wonders of the world in Term 4. Good Job Justin.

Evidence of learning

“And by the age of 3, I had travelled by myself to over 200 countries in a canoe made from a bathtub!” Justin takes his learning about the world very seriously and he gets up close and personal explaining about many of the wonderful cities of the world to us all.

Key Competencies/Vision Principles being demonstrated

Thinking - Making sense of information, experiences and ideas. Using language, symbols, and texts - Making sense of words, numbers and images. Managing self - knowing when to lead, when to follow and when to act independently. Relating to others - Interacting effectively in a range of contexts. Participating and contributing - Being actively involved in school and the community Curious Collaborative Connected Capable

Next Learning Steps

Justin needs to aware of his audience and present research that is at their level as some learners were not able to engage with the language and content used. He needs to present with the enthusiasm that he has for his chosen area. Justin should also try to take his learning further by using his ideas and findings to launch an iExplore than goes beyond just a presentation. E.g. It would have been lovely to see this iExplore develop into running a day devoted to Justin’s favourite city and have all the learners get involved..