Ormiston Primary School

Choices For Life
Primary Seven went to Choices For Life on the 21st of May.
We were all excited to go because we heard that there was a concert. When we got there, [...]

At the end of the class assembly today, Primary Four surveyed all the adults and pupils on whether they thought it was fair to keep wild animals like the giant panda in zoos?
Here are the results: 171 people took part
84 said Yes, it was right; 75 said No, it was wrong and 12 said [...]

Junkyard Angel
All children are getting the chance to design an outfit or fashion accessory made from recycled materials.  We have had some excellent ideas so far!  The week beginning the 2nd of June we will start to make these creations in school.  Children in P4 - P7 should try to bring in materials they might [...]

Primary Four visited the Nursery this week to see the tadpoles. Some of the children took photos of the displays about frogs and their lifecycle. Then we noticed how Primary one have been learning about minibeasts. They made their own lifecycle pictures for a frog. In primary four we have been [...]

African art was great , we had a man called Andrew.
He put us in groups of six then we got two big bits of paper.
Andrew told us that we had to do all different shapes.
We were designing patterns to make an African house. He showed us all different patterns on the houses and their clothes.
We [...]

Primary 3 have just had a busy afternoon creating a Wildlife Garden.  Mr Richard English, the Countryside Ranger, Mrs McLeod and Mrs Greenwood were all a fantastic help.  The children dug holes to put stepping stones in, planted seedlings and scattered wildflower seeds.  The Wildlife Garden is beside Sharon, the lollipop lady’s seat!

[ May 16, 2008; 11:00 am to 11:30 am. May 23, 2008; 11:00 am to 11:30 am. ] Primary 5/6 are busy preparing for their assembly on Friday 16th of May. The following week it is the turn of Primary 4 whose theme is Caring for the Environment.

Primary seven pupils have certainly been busy this week. Here are some photos of them conducting a river study down at the river Esk near the school (helped by some glorious weather). Also shown is some of the pupils practising on their chanters and finally the african drum session (with even Mrs Gardyne [...]

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On Thursday 1st May, the East Lothian cross country competition took place at Hallhill, Dunbar.  Ormiston had a strong team and we all made it through the very muddy course, finishing 2nd overall in the small schools’ races.
Congratulations to Aaron who came 2nd in the boys race and to Kirsty who finished 3rd in the [...]