Posted on 21 July 2020
Our Year 11 students embraced Graham Hyman's leadership seminar, which challenged them to think about who they are, who they want to be, and how they can achieve their goals.
Posted on 09 July 2020
Ormiston College was delighted to hear they had been named, yet again, for their most recent architectural addition, the Centre for Learning and Innovation. This prestigious acknowledgement was announced by the national association, Learning Environments Australasia (LEA), during their 13th Annual Awards event in the middle of June.
Posted on 16 June 2020
Inspired by a Term 1 excursion to Wellington Point, the Year 10 Visual Artists opened their exhibition, ‘What’s the Point?’ on Tuesday 16 June in the Shared Space Gallery.
Posted on 01 June 2020
Every new acknowledgement of the wonderful work we do here at Ormiston College confirms for us that we are continuing to do a superb job when it comes to providing our students with the very best education that a school can offer.
Posted on 12 May 2020
Recently, the Drama Department presented an Online Theatre Masterclass with Ainsley Melham.
Posted on 27 April 2020
Each year, the students of Ormiston College take part in a ceremony commemorating ANZAC Day, allowing them to demonstrate their respect for this important historic tradition.
Posted on 03 March 2020
In 2020, the Drama Department will be facilitating another unique performance opportunity. This activity will culminate in the presentation of a full-length play on Friday 8 and Saturday 9 May at The Lingo Lin Performing Arts Theatre, 7.30pm
Posted on 07 February 2020
On Friday 7 February, staff and all students from Year 3 to Year 12 made their way across campus to gather in the Somerset Sports Centre for the very first whole school assembly for 2020, celebrating the Prefects’ Investiture and Presentation of the Year 6 Student Leaders.
Posted on 25 November 2019
Our Year 11 UQ Science Ambassadors worked tirelessly throughout 2019 promoting Science activities and events. Their efforts were recently acknowledged when we received news that they had won the award for the ‘Best Ambassador School’ (Metro Queensland).
Posted on 18 November 2019
On Friday 15 November, the Ormiston College community bid farewell to this year's Year 12 cohort at a whole school assembly which was followed by a Graduation and Valedictory ceremony.
Posted on 13 November 2019
Graduating Year 12 language students followed College tradition by spending their last lessons involved in German and Japanese activities.
Posted on 12 November 2019
Over the years, many adventurous and unusual works of art have been presented in the Shared Art Gallery space by this particular group of Visual Art students. This year’s final art exhibition by the Graduating Class of 2019 was yet another exceptional display of creativity and talent.
Posted on 08 November 2019
The annual Innovative Schools Award defines excellence in the K – 12 education sector. To be acknowledged and selected as one of the Australia’s top schools from its inception was certainly an honour. However, to remain in that position, whereby we are continually being recognised for progressive development and further improvement in the teaching and learning at the cutting-edge of technology, proves that Ormiston College is delivering the very best in education. We were delighted to again receive the Award for 2019.
Posted on 07 November 2019
Every Speech Night is a special occasion, but this year marks 25 years since its inauguration.
Posted on 04 November 2019
On Friday 1 November, Ormiston College held the inaugural Generations’ Breakfast, an occasion that is to become a biennial tradition for the school.
Posted on 18 October 2019
An out-of-this-world music Gala was presented on Friday 18 October, in the Somerset Sports Centre.
Posted on 18 October 2019
Throughout the entire year, Ormiston College students are given many opportunities in which to demonstrate their genuine care and consideration for others. From as early as Prep, through to Year 12, students are taught to look out for their friends and to assist in any way they can, should they feel there is an upset or a challenge.
Posted on 17 October 2019
Posted on 15 October 2019
Ormiston College is extremely proud of 23, Year 12 girls who took part in The Chop 2019 on Tuesday 15 October. The girls individually consented to have 20cm of their hair chopped to donated to Children with Hair Loss.
Posted on 14 October 2019
The evening of Friday 11 November, saw our Class of 2019 take on an outstandingly elegant transformation, appearing very different from earlier in the day when the Year 12 students walked the campus in their Ormiston College uniform that we are so used to seeing.
Posted on 09 October 2019
It has been a proud and gratifying year for the College with continuing awards bestowed upon the school and more importantly upon several members of College staff.
Posted on 05 September 2019
On Thursday 5 September, I had the pleasure of accompanying Max Klitscher (Year 12) and Tarni McCosker (Year 10) to the State Library of Queensland as two of the ten shortlisted nominees in the state for the Brisbane Writers Festival microfiction competition.
Posted on 23 August 2019
Year 10 Modern History students have had the opportunity to work with representatives from the Queensland Museum to provide feedback on a new app. Anzac Correspondent, brings wartime history to life, igniting an engaging learning experience for students using augmented reality.
Posted on 21 August 2019
On Monday 19 and Tuesday 20 August, String students from Ormiston College travelled to Brisbane Grammar School, to take part in the Combined Schools String Festival
Posted on 12 August 2019
On Friday 9 August, OC entered a Year 9 boys team and a Year 11 girls team in the Volleyball Senior Schools Cup.
Posted on 09 August 2019
Congratulations to Kristina Newton (Year 11), who has been invited, after completing a rigorous audition process, to perform with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra at RPAC on Thursday 3 October as part of the QSO Prodigy Project.
Posted on 02 August 2019
Ormiston College prides itself on the results it receives annually from a variety of national and international competitions. Not only do the results give teaching staff an unbiased, independent benchmark on overall student performance; they also provide comparability over many different subject areas, confirming the high academic position the College holds on a global scale.
Posted on 25 July 2019
Senior Visual Art students recently enjoyed a day at GOMA, Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) and the QUT Art Museum. A highlight of the day was seeing the thickly painted, highly direct and expressive work of Australian artist, Ben Quilty
Posted on 19 July 2019
Wednesday 17 July, our Year 11 and 12 girls participated in a workshop entitled “The Butterfly Effect”, presented by Storm from Enlighten Education.
Posted on 18 June 2019
On Friday 14 June, the Ormiston College Music Department hosted the annual ‘Singing for Your Supper’ evening, which showcased the College Choirs from Prep to Year 12.
Posted on 17 June 2019
Last week, 10 students from Years 5 to 8 participated in the Bayside Regional Readers’ Cup Competition.
Posted on 11 June 2019
On Tuesday 11 June, our Year 11 Hearts & Hands crew members visited the Redland Hospital to donate knitted blankets and octopuses, made by parents, grandparents and staff members of the OC community.
Posted on 22 May 2019
Every new acknowledgement of the wonderful work we do here at Ormiston College confirms for us that we are continuing to do a superb job when it comes to providing our students with the very best education that a school can offer.
Posted on 15 May 2019
Students from across the Secondary School took to the stage for the College’s annual Senior Soirée and Music Recital on on Tuesday 14 May.
Posted on 08 May 2019
This week, our Year 10 students participated in the Career Industry Professional Talks.
Posted on 07 May 2019
Recently, our Year 11 Geography students visited Cleveland Point Recreation Reserve and Wellington Point Recreation Reserve to investigate the sustainability of these locations (i.e. do they meet the needs of the current generation while also allowing for the needs of future generations to be met).
Posted on 06 May 2019
Recently, Year 11 Design students visited Brisbane and Cleveland CBDs to consider what the urban and business precincts might look like in 2040.
Posted on 03 May 2019
On Tuesday 30 April, special guests, staff, students and parents gathered to share the experience of yet another milestone for Ormiston College as the new Centre for Learning and Innovation was officially opened by His Excellency, the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC, Governor of Queensland.
Posted on 26 April 2019
Ormiston College staff and students, plus special guests, Mr Paul Oates from the Cleveland RSL Branch and Redlands Councillor Tracey Huges, attended a special ANZAC Day commemoration service on Wednesday 24 April.
Posted on 16 April 2019
Year 11 student Lauren Sullivan has been named in this year's cohort to represent the Redlands at Queensland Youth Parliament.
Posted on 04 April 2019
The Ormiston College Redbacks capped off an excellent start to the TAS sporting year being crowned the Trimester 1 Champion School.
Posted on 04 April 2019
On Wednesday evening, the Ormiston College Band Extravaganza was held in the Lingo Lin Performing Arts Theatre.
Posted on 30 March 2019
After a tremendous term of cricket, the TAS Cricketers, along with their families, celebrated with an end of season party hosted by the Cricket Support Group.
Posted on 27 March 2019
During the Student Enhancement Program, Year 11 students are preparing for the new ATAR system by learning about Cognitive Verbs.
Posted on 21 March 2019
It was a huge day at the TAS Swimming Carnival with OC finishing in 4th position behind JPC, WestMAC and CHAC.
Posted on 15 March 2019
The National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence (NDA) is an opportunity for the whole school community to 'take a stand together' against bullying.
Posted on 12 March 2019
Early on Sunday morning we farewelled twenty students and two teachers from our sister school in Japan, Kanagawa Gakuen. Although many tears were shed as the visitors boarded the bus, everyone has many happy memories of the visit.
Posted on 05 March 2019
Students from all over the campus came together this morning to enjoy a free pancake outside the Chapel to celebrate Shrove Tuesday and Chaplaincy at OC.
Posted on 01 March 2019
Our new Centre for Learning and Innovation opened to the school community at the beginning of the year. It has been wonderful seeing our students, parents and staff begin to embrace the facility for learning activities, events and social gatherings. It has certainly become the hub of the school community!
With so much happening, we will be providing regular updates to showcase the spaces, learning activities and the numerous events occurring in the building.
In each update we will include a spotlight learning area to highlight how this space supports teaching and learning in the 21st Century.
Posted on 28 February 2019
We recently held the Creating a Culture of Reading Volunteer Workshop in the CLI and are happy to welcome a number of new parents to the volunteer program this year. This event always reminds me of the importance of involving our parents in their children’s learning and especially, in ways that they can encourage a love of reading at home.
Posted on 25 February 2019
This year the Social Justice Committee are focusing support for the Redlands Community Centre program ‘Homeless United’. The support gained from Ormiston College will go towards making a positive difference to the homeless youth in Redlands.
Posted on 08 February 2019
On Friday 8 February, staff and all students from Year 1 to Year 12 made their way across campus to gather in the Somerset Sports Centre for the very first whole school assembly for 2019, celebrating the Prefects’ Investiture and Presentation of the Year 6 Student Leaders.
Posted on 07 February 2019
Every two years a burgeoning wave of excitement starts to flow around campus. When that happens, you know that it is a College Musical year!
Posted on 17 December 2018
Ormiston College is delighted to share the academic results of the 2018 Year 12 Graduates, who will now progress to tertiary education on an exciting journey towards their future careers.
Posted on 16 November 2018
Excitement was in the air in the Somerset Sports Centre today as students from Prep to Year 12, plus teaching staff and the parents and families of our Year 12 cohort, gathered to farewell the Seniors of 2018.
Posted on 02 November 2018
The traditional Year 12 Tree Planting Ceremony, this week, once again marked the beginning of a number of special occasions which celebrate and recognise the contributions of the Seniors during their time at the College.
Posted on 22 October 2018
In the September school holidays, 17 Japanese students from Year 10 and Year 11 travelled to Japan as part of the biannual Japan Tour.
Posted on 11 October 2018
Year 10 Visual Art students enjoyed seeing the ‘Redland Art Awards’ at the Redland Art Gallery recently.
Posted on 26 September 2018
In the last week of term, Senior Secondary Drama students across Years 10, 11 and 12 impressed their audience of family and friends when they presented their assessment-based work.
Posted on 19 September 2018
On Tuesday 18 September,128 students from 14 different schools competed in three hours of fast, furious and fantastic chess at Ormiston College’s biennial chess competition.
Posted on 04 September 2018
At OC Night of The Proms, the Headmaster revealed that Ormiston College will present MARY POPPINS: THE BROADWAY MUSICAL in 2019.
Posted on 01 August 2018
Lunch times last week at Ormiston College saw our Senior College students make the most of popular visiting universities.
Posted on 30 July 2018
Posted on 25 June 2018
On Thursday 14th June, Year 10 Japanese students embarked on a fun-filled adventure to the Gold Coast.
Posted on 22 June 2018
The Ormiston College OCTAVE ensemble has made it to the Ensemble Championships Final (school division) of the AUSACA 2018 Australian A Cappella Awards.
Posted on 20 June 2018
The culminating Year 10 Visual Art student experience was held on Monday night at the Shared Space Gallery. Students exhibited their work from across Semester One.
Posted on 19 June 2018
This week, a group of passionate Drama performers across Years 7 to 12 put on an exceptional show when they presented "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in the Lingo Lin Theatre.
Posted on 13 June 2018
After a couple of years absence from the German Film Festival and the cancellation of the event last year, 2018 brought a renewed opportunity for high school students to experience German language and culture on the big screen.
Posted on 28 May 2018
It was wonderful to so see so many of our Secondary School students interacting and enjoying the arts during International Arts Week.
Posted on 18 May 2018
Year 10, 11 and 12 Visual Art students enjoyed a day at Brisbane galleries on Thursday, May 17.
Posted on 04 May 2018
Year 10 students participated in the Career Industry Professional Talks which were held on Thursday 26 April in the Somerset Sports Centre’s Hall of Fame.
Posted on 04 May 2018
In our first year of involvement in the University of Queensland Science Ambassador program, a record twelve students were accepted from Ormiston College. These students were awarded with their badges on assembly on Friday 4 May.
Posted on 20 April 2018
Former Ormiston College Prefect, Niamh Conway, returned to our college last week to address Year 10 Business Management students.
Posted on 16 April 2018
Prefect, Oliver Breadmore, has demonstrated what it means to be a leader not only in our community but much further afield.
Posted on 13 April 2018
Dried up dams and dusty, parched fields were the introduction to the sheep and cattle country of northern New South Wales for eleven of our Secondary School students and two teachers who took part in the Duke of Edinburgh Jackaroo and Jillaroo experience.
Posted on 19 March 2018
The Year 11 mentors guide, support and advise the Year 7 cohort as they begin their secondary journey.
Posted on 13 March 2018
Ormiston College continues to lead the way through its continual introduction of innovative pedagogy.
Posted on 13 March 2018
The TAS Swimming Team were treated to the annual Headmaster’s Breakfast last week.
Posted on 13 March 2018
On Saturday 3 March, Ormiston College welcomed twenty Japanese students and two teachers from our Sister City School, Kanagawa Gakuen in Yokohama, Japan.
Posted on 06 February 2018
An outstanding 34% of graduates achieved an OP of five or better; 72% achieved an OP of 10 or better and 95% of the 123 graduates achieved an OP score of 15 or better. A remarkable and well-earned result for the Class of 2017.
Posted on 16 November 2017
This year's Speech Night was another wonderful celebration for the students of Ormiston College.
Posted on 02 November 2017
The Sports Awards Evening was held on Wednesday 1 November. The exciting evening ran very smoothly, providing everyone involved with lots of fun and entertainment.
Posted on 01 November 2017
The Year 11 Mentors of the 2017 did a wonderful job. They continually guided and supported the Year 7 group as they made their transition into secondary school.
Posted on 12 October 2017
Ormiston College takes innovation to a whole new level.
Posted on 11 October 2017
Drama challenges students to role-play and learn practically through the senses. Drama is also a subject that supports holistic development. Drama provides real-world learning experiences that strive to prepare students for the twenty first century.
Posted on 09 October 2017
On June 19 this year, a lucky group of eighteen students and three teachers journeyed to Hervey Bay airport, where they boarded two small planes for the flight to the tiny coral cay called Lady Elliot Island at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef.
Posted on 05 October 2017
Commencing in Week 2, the Social Justice Committee will begin project 'Give it up for BABI' to help support and fundraise for a BABI Youth Centre to be refurbished.
Posted on 03 October 2017
Throughout last term, regular checks were being made on the snowfalls at Perisher, so the perfect skiing season came as no surprise to 49 of our Year 12 students and
accompanying staff.
Posted on 13 September 2017
On 8 September the Ormiston College OCATVE ensemble consisting of Alena Olds, Chiara Gay, Emily Pearson, Molly Snaylam, Kyle Bryant, Matthew Garnett, Thomas Whyte and Fraser Todd, made their way down to Melbourne in order to compete in the AUSACA 2017 Australian A Cappella Awards. This festival saw the best school a cappella groups from around the country battle it out to be crowned the AUSACA Australian A Cappella Champions.
Posted on 13 September 2017
Both staff and students were fortunate to have Dr Gary Stager, one of the world’s leading experts and advocates for computer programming, robotics and learning-by-doing in classrooms, visit our College recently.
Posted on 05 September 2017
Our Debating teams did us proud this season.
Posted on 16 August 2017
Four Ormiston College teams entered this year’s RoboCup Junior Queensland Championships held on 12 and 13 August at the University of Queensland. In this exciting and challenging competition students brought home two trophies.
Posted on 11 August 2017
Ormiston College was pleased to be informed recently that George Storey (Year 12) has been awarded an Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) Education Award.
Posted on 09 August 2017
Wow! What a wonderful selection of music activities and achievements!
Posted on 21 July 2017
Wednesday 12 July our Year 11 and Year 12 girls participated in a ‘Girl Essentials’ workshop presented by Enlighten Education.
Posted on 19 July 2017
The Coolum hills were filled with the sound of music from Friday 14 July to Sunday 16 July as students from the Ormiston College Chorale went to choral camp.
Posted on 19 July 2017
Year 10 Art students recently held an art exhibition showcasing their Semester 1 work.
Posted on 19 June 2017
International Arts week was recently celebrated by staff and students with the focus for the week on ‘Sustainable Living’.
Posted on 26 May 2017
The Computational and Algorithmic Thinking Competition is run by the Australian Mathematics Trust to promote logical and algorithmic thinking. This competition is a one-hour problem-solving competition which seeks to identify computer programming potential, although no prior programming experience is necessary.
Posted on 08 May 2017
This term, Year 12 students are studying texts such as Bram Stoker's Dracula, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, J.R.R Tolkien's Fellowship of the Ring and Ian Fleming's Casino Royale with a view to why and how texts are adapted to film. The purpose of this unit is for students to consider how literary texts written in the past can connect with people who live in contemporary times. Currently students are working on their character monologue oral task. Within this context, we were very happy to host a performance of The Australian Playhouse's The Great Gatsby.
