Ormiston Primary School

Thank you to all the parents who attended this afternoons craft session. We were making our own family Christmas cards early so that they are ready for a professional printers to make in to cards.
It was a great afternoon with lots of creative mess.

Last week every pupil took home their Learning Story for the first time. The pupils have added photographs and personal details to their Learning Stories and have set their first 2 Health and Well Being Targets.
Download and print off these communication slips if you have any evidence of your child working towards their target and [...]

This week everyone in Primary 2 has been pretending to be a member of Captain Ross’ Ocean Crew. The boys and girls filled out application forms requesting to be part of a Pirate Adventure.
On Wednesday and Friday everyone dressed up and went out to sea.
Look at the photos to see what we got up [...]

David: It was really fun because we got to dress up.
Katie: We got to dress up like maids. We had mop hats and showels it was really cool.
Joshua: I saw a dead rabbit and chicken hanging up in the kitchen because they didnt have any fridges in those days.
Amy: I liked dressing up [...]

Primary 1, Primary 2 and Primary 3 will be tasting 16 different vegeatables this week as part of a East Lothian wide project. We hope the children will try out all the vegetables, learn their names then decide on their favourite. All 3 classes will be getting together to talk about which vegetables they enjoyed [...]

On Thursday 7th February P1 and P2 were out in the playground with Bill and Emma from the Outdoor Education Centre. They were using maps of the school and finding numbers and objects. This is what they thought.
David P2: I thought it was cool being out and about after playtime
Morgan R: I [...]

P2’s friend Mr Taffy is missing. He was last seen on the last day of term before Christmas. All the children and Mrs Ross are very concerned about where he might be. He had been invited to spend Christmas helping Santa in Lapland but has not yet returned.
He is a little brown bear with a [...]

Thank you to all the parents who attended the assembly. The children worked really hard and I was extremely proud of them.
They have learnt lots during this topic. It was lovely as a teacher to see them all using their skills to pick out new facts from a Library of Space books.
Well Done boys and [...]

This group of children were having fun pretending to be teachers on the class whiteboard. Can their class meet the teacher’s targets?
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We have been busy exploring our senses this term. Primary 2 have been inside the classroom and outside in the playgrounds using all our senses to investigate.
We have been: doing experiments, drawing diagrams, writing stories, making mind maps and analysing graphs to find out all about our: sight, smell, touch, taste and hearing.
Look at [...]