Last Wednesday night, we hosted over 70 in-zone parents and their children who had completed an ‘Intention to Enrol’ online form in becoming a part of the Ormiston Primary School team for 2015

It was designed to provide our parent community with a  sense of where we have been and where we are heading over the next few months. It also gave them a chance to talk to us about what they are wanting for their children in an education at Ormiston Primary School. The uniform and logo was also unveiled on this night. 

I have included the Prezi that we designed for the presentation.

http://prezi.com/_pnkscohirdr/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

The Ministry of Education has now provided a draft map and description of an enrolment zone for Ormiston Primary School – see the details under the Enrolments tab.

The draft zone, which is still subject to public consultation, has been based on the Ministry’s discussions with neighbouring school boards of trustees, on its evaluation of the developments taking place in the Flat Bush area and on its own considerations for making the best use of the schooling network.

The Ormiston Primary School Board of Trustees has arranged for two public consultation meetings to take place in May. There will be an afternoon meeting on Tuesday 20th May at 2:00pm at the Flat Bush Hall (corner of Flatbush School Road and Murphys Road) and an evening meeting on Thursday 22nd May at 7:00pm at the same venue.  All are welcome.

The establishment board for Ormiston Primary School is under way with a busy programme to ensure the school is open for teaching and learning in February 2015.

The first few meetings have been about setting up the administration and developing the vision for the school to enable us to advertise for a principal to join the board from Term 2 this year.

We have met with the architects and project managers to see how they are progressing with the design and this work will be further advanced in the new year.   Once the contract is let work should start on the site (just along from Ormiston Senior College) in February or March.

We have also been engaged with local iwi to develop a lasting relationship which will see them closely engaged throughout the project.