Ormiston Primary School

[ March 8, 2010; 7:00 pm; ] [gallery]Last Thursday (4thMarch) was World Book Day. We celebrated this in school by listening to well known children’s author Michael Rosen. Classes from P3 to P7 listened to him through a live internet link. He kept everyone enthralled by his stories and poems written in his very own style for forty minutes.

[ February 12, 2010; 10:45 am to 11:30 am. ] Pupils are almost at the end of very busy fortnight in school. Over the past two weeks, you may have noticed a few children around the village on their way to the library, the Day Centre or local houses. In school, each class hosted a coffee morning to help the children of Mozambique. [...]

[ February 3, 2010; ] On Wednesday 3rd February primary four visited Edinburgh Castle to find out more about castle life and Mary Queen of Scots for their castle topic.  Although it was very chilly at the castle we had a super time and learned lots from our tour guide Calum.  As we were visiting the castle in the afternoon [...]

[ February 1, 2010 to February 12, 2010. ] The children are all going to very busy over the next two weeks before half term as they think about how they can help others in the community.
Primary six and seven pupils will be walking dogs, clearing paths, dusting rooms, hoovering carpets just to name a few jobs for the elderly community in Ormiston.
Primary three [...]

[ January 29, 2010; 10:45 am to 11:30 am. ] Classes are working hard on their poems and songs for our Scots Assembly next Friday 29th of January. Parents are welcome to come along and hear the performers.

Many classes are linking this work to other areas of the curriculum. Here you can read a poem written by Niamh Gillies in Primary 7.

This New [...]

[ January 13, 2010; ] [gallery]
Primary 3 had a very busy day on Wednesday 13th January.
In the morning they got to meet author Lori Dan who has several children’s books published.
They listened to a story from one of her books called First Aid for Fairies and Other Fabled Beasts, then told them a story about a Viking which she [...]

[ November 25, 2009 to November 27, 2009. ] This week, ten Primary Five children are off to Kingswood School Camp in Northumberland for 3 days with class teacher, Mrs James and school secretary, Mrs Shillinglaw. This will give them a taster of what camp life is like when they go to Benmore in Primary seven. They are all looking forward to [...]

[ October 13, 2009; 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm. October 14, 2009; 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm. October 16, 2009 12:00 am to October 27, 2009 12:00 am. ] Parent Consultation Days are next Tuesday evening and Wednesday afternoon.
October School Holiday break starts on Friday 16th until 27th (teacher’s inservice day on Monday 26th)

[ September 26, 2009; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] The date for the school fair is the 26th of September. All the usual stalls and more. Letters are coming home telling you how you can help or donate.

[ June 16, 2009 to June 18, 2009. June 16, 2009 to June 18, 2009. ] Primary six are learning how to be safer on the roads around Ormiston. This week they have been learning how to let other road users know when they are on the road and how to stay safe when cycling their bikes. [rockyou 139204495]