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Ormiston Junior College

Mega Newsletter Term 1 | 2018

Be sure to keep checking Signmee, The Notices Google Classroom, and Facebook for key dates and events coming up! Term 2 School Camp info is also out now on Signmee!

Contents

A Message from the Leader of Learning: Luke Sumich

by Kat Liu - Asomua

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Boys Junior Cricket Team

by Kat Liu - Asomua

In Term one our Boys year 7&8 Cricket team competed in a one day South Eastern Zone cricket tournament at Papatoetoe.

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1st OJC Junior Touch Team

by Kat Liu - Asomua

OJC attends Counties Manukau Rugby Touch Tournament.

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Outdoor Education Whanau Ora

by Kat Liu - Asomua

During this Whanau Ora option students had to get in groups and compete against each other competitively while remaining a positive sportsmanship attitude toward others.

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OJC Surf Trip

by Kat Liu - Asomua

This term, a group of intrepid explorers took the opportunity to join in on our first OJC surf trip.

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Aumoana Provocation Trip to Gibbs Farm

by Kat Liu - Asomua

Gibbs farm is a place that boasts a variety of sculptured that were on a scale that is out of this world.

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Cross Campus Skateboarding Group Rides Again

by Kat Liu - Asomua

One of the OJC extra-curricular groups on offer is an after-school skateboarding group held on the courts on a Wednesday.

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OJC Maths Coaches attend Primary Mathematics Association Seminar

by Kat Liu - Asomua

What do dedicated Numeracy Learning Coaches from OJC do on a Saturday? Attend the Primary Mathematics Association Annual Seminar of course!

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Accelerator TAIP Builds Rocket Launcher and Instructions for other kids

by Kat Liu - Asomua

One of our TAIP groups in the Accelerator worked with a number of experts including RocketLab to develop their own rocket launcher.

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First OJC Student Leaders Announced

by Kat Liu - Asomua

This year OJC had its first selection for student leaders at our school.

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OJC Performs in the Auckland Arts Festival

by Kat Liu - Asomua

This was not your ordinary drama class. This was not an average theater production.

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Art Club in Term Two

by Kat Liu - Asomua

Art Club tentatively started in Term One to scout the talents at OJC.

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National Future Schools Expo

by Kat Liu - Asomua

Nick Pattison, Aleena Dean, Peter Willis and Niklesh Naidu took the stage twice today at the National Future Schools Expo and Conference in Melbourne to highlight and explain the accelerator programme, (specifically that of their robotics company, the VR and water rocket projects) being run through TAIP at OJC.

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Pestival!

by Kat Liu - Asomua

What do Rats, Moth Plant and single-use plastics have in common? Nine OJC learners were lucky enough to find out when they attended the ‘East Auckland Pestival’ at Sancta Maria in March. Learners were exposed to the perils of having these pests so close to and surrounding our everyday environment.

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Te Tuhi Gallery Workshop

by Kat Liu - Asomua

As part of Term 1’s Transdisciplinary Authentic Inquiry Project (TAIP), a group of learners in Aumoana Kainga participated in a workshop at the Te Tuhi Arts Centre facilitated by Salome Tanuvasa.

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English Language Learning at OJC

by Kat Liu - Asomua

Learning a new language as an addition to their home language can be daunting yet many students at OJC have embraced the challenge of learning to listen, speak, read and write in English.

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Summerset By The Park Village

by Kat Liu - Asomua

As part of their inquiry, Shivi Shankar, Veen Mangat and Vrishti Mani were interested in creating a relationship with a group of residents from the Village.

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Community Connect Day a Success!

by Kat Liu - Asomua

On the afternoon of the 7th March, Ormiston Junior College hosted our first ever school-wide community connect day. Staff and students welcomed members of our extended community to the school.

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OJC's First Singing Group Begins

by Kat Liu - Asomua

Welcome to OJC Choir! We are a group of fantastic and talented singers who love singing and performing. There are 27 members in the very first OJC choir.

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Whanau Ora: K-Pop Dancing Round 1

by Kat Liu - Asomua

In Kpop this term learners focused on gaining confidence to dance in front of our whole school. Each learner created a dance and had 6 weeks to complete the dance, touch it up and perform for the whole school.

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