Ormiston Senior College

Kia ora Ormiston Flat Bush community.
As many of you will know, Ormiston Senior College is going through a period of rapid roll growth. The Ministry of Education will be starting the process of a permanent extension to the school along Collier Drive near the end of the year. I have had confirmation that the Short Term Roll Growth classrooms for the school will begin to be placed on our field, and this process will begin in the next couple of weeks. It is likely that a haul road will be going in place in the next couple of days. This has only been confirmed with us this morning.
I have attached a brief update that provides further information.
Disruption to the community will be minimised as much as possible.

The Board of Trustees will be holding community meetings to go over the permanent build later in the year.

Further communication will go out to our families directly via email.

Ormiston senior college building update.pdf

Congratulations to Selena Ly and Kaylen Soong who participated in the NIWA South & East Auckland STEM fair.

Selena and Kaylen came 3rd. Their project aims is to establish a causal link between mould and flood damaged homes.

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Mālō e lelei,

Next week is our Hui Fono for our Māori and Pacific families...

Details in poster!

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Don't forget to RSVP! 😃

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Our Young Entrepreneurs on the move.

Pupils boosting educational opportunities in the Pacific - Times Compassionate east Auckland school pupils have created a boardgame that will be donated to underprivileged children in Fiji with the goal of promoting environmental education. Ormiston Senior College’s Viti Initiative is comprised of pupils Aahana Sharma, Armaan Hora, Maanvi Prakash, Gloria Prasad...

Welcome to the week for celebrating the Indian Diaspora at Ormiston Senior College. Come along and celebrate with us!

We Sustainable Tea Towels 4 You selling today at Ormiston Market outside the food court! our designs celebrate the spoken languages in our community. Our funds are going towards a veggie pod to continue growing greens for the homeless or those in need.

What a great showcase for 2024! - Well done to all of the schools that entered, and especially to our AMAZING Ormiston Senior College team for placing 2nd in the Nation! Great to see such an awesome overall result and Highly Commended placing for our team in so many categories. All the hard work certainly paid off and we are very proud of you all for how well you demonstrated our school norms in this process. Congratulations team!

Come and Support our Young Entrepreneurs at Ormiston Town Centre on Saturday 3rd August, 10.00 - 1.00pm - behind the food court.

OSC Bollywood Dance group achieved '1st Runner Up' and 'The Most Popular School' awards at the Bollywood High School Dance Competition held on June 28th. With 18 participating schools, the competition was fierce. The girls garnered thousands of social media likes and community recognition for their poster. Teacher-in-charge Ms Patel commends the girls for their dedication in representing the Ormiston community and leaving a significant impact on the dance community.

AN AMAZING WIN!!!

Led by students Alex Lin and Stephanie Ly, Ormiston Senior College was represented by 42 students in the Auckland regional heats for the national Performing Arts competition, Showquest. They managed to take out the win on day 2! Other notable awards OSC received were:
First place

Best styling (Elise Yu and Joanne Wang)
Highly commended lighting (Daniel Ng)
Best use of video wall (Daniel Ng)
Best original composition (Hazelle Lee and Georgina Pico)

Other student leaders include Samara Ndoro for choreography, Charlotte Peters for helping lead the props team and Hannah Hun as lead performer.

Many lunch time and late night after school rehearsals were dedicated to making this performance a success. All students involved deserve to be celebrated! We are already looking forward to the 2025 competition for which we hope to take an even larger team, to take another win!

Keep an eye out on the Showquest Facebook, Instagram and Youtube channel as the full footage of the performance will be released in the coming months. Photo credits go to Chontalle Musson. Follow her Insta !!

UNDER 14 BASKETBALL TRIALS! 🏀
If you are interested in playing rep basketball for Counties Manukau and were born in either 2011 or 2012 please see details below.

All trialists must either live or attend school within the Counties Manukau basketball catchment. Cost to trial is $20.

Register for trials via this link: https://membership.mygameday.app/regoform.cgi?formID=114753

Girls Trial 1
Allan Brewster Leisure Centre, Papatoetoe
Monday May 27, 6.00-7.30pm

Girls Trial 2
Allan Brewster Leisure Centre, Papatoetoe
Thursday June 6, 6.30-8.30pm

Girls Final Trial
Pulman Arena, Takanini
Saturday June 15, 6.00-8.30pm
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Boys Trial 1
Allan Brewster Leisure Centre, Papatoetoe
Thursday May 30 6.00-7.30pm (players born 2012)
Thursday May 30 7.30-8.50pm (players born 2011)

Boys Trial 2
Allan Brewster Leisure Centre, Papatoetoe
Monday June 10, 6.00-7.30pm

Boys Final Trial
Pulman Arena, Takanini
Saturday June 15, 6.00-8.30pm

Register for trials via this link: https://membership.mygameday.app/regoform.cgi?formID=114753

Please note: Trial registration fee covers the athlete's first trial. Invitation to attend further trials is at the discretion of the coaches. There is no additional cost for further trials.

We have a group taking part in the annual Bollywood Showdown competition on June 28th. Could you please support them by going to this link and liking their poster. Tickets are also on sale - see poster for details if you would like to come support them.

We are so proud of the number of our student leaders who showed up to represent our community at the ANZAC Civil Service earlier today. ( photo credit to Zaara Ahmadi)

Come and join OSC Environment Students and members of our local community next weekend. To celebrate Buddha Day, a BBQ with educational activities around our local environment, Te Taiao.
Our students work closely with Otara Waterways & Lakes / Auckland Council, monitoring stream water quality, pest control, planting and combating moth plants, etc.

Find out more using the QR code.

Just a reminder before next week that schools in NZ are closed on Tuesday 2nd April for the long weekend.
OSC is closed: Friday 29 March - Tuesday 2 April.
School resumes Wednesday, 3rd April.

We are very proud of our Kapa Haka group as part of Ngā Pou Kahikatea at Polyfest. You can watch their performance here:

MĀORI+ | Whakaata Māori (Māori Television)

Wednesday 20 March was a stunning day at Umupuia Marae preparing for Polyfest with some OSC students joining Ngā Pou Kahikatea Kapa Haka

Noa'ia, Tālofa lava, Mauri, Kia orāna, Mālō e lelei, Talofa, Ni sa bula vinaka, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Mālo ni, Halo olgeta, Halo Oloketa, Tēnā koutou kātoa and warm Pacific greetings to you all

Quick update on Oceania: It will now be held in our Theatre

Rain or shine come and enjoy the Pacific warmth with us at Ormiston Senior College.

Performances start at 5:30pm
[You're welcome to arrive at 5pm 😀]
Parking is in the staff parking lot
You are welcome to bring your own kai, we will have tables set up for you to enjoy before and during intermission.

Blessed Ramadan for our Ormiston Senior College students, families and community.

Calling all keen coaches and managers for our Netball Season.