Excellence at Ormiston Primary

Ormiston Primary continues to model Ko Taku Reo's values.

Our sense of belonging deepens each day as we continue to develop our Deaf Identity through our growing knowledge of our language and our many cultures. Our students are at different stages on this journey, but we work together to support each other. We have had several opportunities to share this new learning with our whānau, school leaders and partner schools.

Ormiston Provision continues to grow. As our numbers grow, our teachers continue to create engaging learning programmes to support our needs. This year's highlight was our swimming lessons, which Field of Dream donated. We learned swimming skills, but more importantly, we were taught about survival skills should we ever get into trouble in the water.

Choose is our third value, which is important to all of us. We choose to be advocates for our Deaf Culture and share these with others, especially the students in our mainstream school, as we encourage them to "raise their hands high and give it a try."

Finally, we strive for excellence in all that we do. Everyone has different strengths and they excel at different times. We have amazing artists, dancers, readers, writers, scientists and engineers. It is a team effort.

As we come to the end of 2024, we have to farewell five students as they end their time with Ormiston Primary. Thankfully, they are only going next door to Ormiston Junior College; we will see them often.