Ormiston Junior College

"Education is actually so bad they just give us worksheets and make us do them without any explanation most the time and theres so much unprofessional teachers as well.."

"Hello. My name is Soltan Bolan. I have been at this school for the whole 4 years, and this is my honest honest review. I personally thought this school was gonna be good. The previous one, Ormiston Primary was my favourite school and it was memorable because I had a ton of fun time there. But the reason I miss those fun memories is because this school is so bland in personality and everyone in the school (including 50% of the teachers) are edgy, rude and annoying. I've been in a few fights before in this school, but I've also tried my best to learn in this school. This school is terrible with learning. It's utterly disgusting at sometimes, and this school tries their hardest to look good in the photos, but behind the scenes it's bad. A lot of people have been talking bad about this school, and I agree. It's bad, and from what I've seen, it gets worse every year. The teachers are bad (except a few, which make this school a good thing). The teachers don't teach and the students don't learn. Simple. This school just can't seem to get things right, and year by year they try their hardest to improve. The school has a bunch of teachers that are apart of the LGBTQ+ community, and one time I said something about my religion not respecting it, and "those" teachers shamed me and my religion. Im Muslim by the way, I've seen Christians and Buddhists get treated in a similar way, if not worse. This school is bad. Don't bring your child here. In a few years they'll either become drug dealers or something worse. Or just work at McDonalds. This school gives no hope for your child. Most children here get into disgusting relationships where they end up doing disgusting stuff and the school does nothing about it. This school, in my eyes, will never be fixed."

"*Please read* Although the teachers are pretty nice, I honestly think it's a waste of time to send your child to this school. To be honest, as a student who has "studied" here for 2 years, I haven't learned much during these two years. As you may know, Ormiston Junior College is a school for students years 7-10. All years 7-10s are put into mixed classes except for Hauora (Health+Wellbeing class). Personally, I would say that this type of grouping for classes like math and English is very unorganized. You won't get the amount of education you need at the year level you're on. Although the academics aren't that good, the sports are OKAY. Volleyball is a popular sport at OJC, and so is Netball and Basketball (?). The teachers are caring and nice but most of them cannot teach. They have poor teaching skills and all they do is for you to do work based on knowledge you haven't been taught. Most students at this school are okay. Although there are people who may be a bad influence. Once I caught someone vaping in the girl's bathroom during lunchtime, like what?"

"So far I have been at OJC since 2020. And over the past four years that I have been a student at OJC. I can say that it is a wonderful working environment, and it has quite a lot of opportunities that people can pursue. Clubs and Extra Curriculars like Chess Club, Filmmakers Club, you could even learn how to use softwares like Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects and many more. MAC time is also an opportunity to form new friendships and bonds, however the only downside in my personal opinion is Badges but that’s all. I rate this school a 10/10."

"here is a complete honest review from a student who has studied at ormiston junior college for four years. i’ve seen many reviews that tend to over exaggerate certain things which is because they have a strong hate for this school. i am someone who was a school leader for most of my time at this school yet i’m willing to give my unbiased constructive criticism. this school has a lot of ups and a lot of downs. the learning system is very different from other schools as there’s a lot of freedom in what you want to learn. with freedom comes with the responsibility from students to proactively do their work, but most of the time this doesn’t happen. i’ve had alot of projects where the outcome doesn’t help with anything and it was merely a waste of time. but i’ve also had projects where the outcome is able to help me in the future. ojc is a school where if you want to work you can and if you don’t, you don’t. the first class of the day is called mac where in other schools is also known as tutor/homeroom. in mac you form relationships and bonds with your coach and your mac members, which i highly appreciate. relationships is one of the things i think makes ojc different than other schools, in a good way. usually students in other schools aren’t too comfortable with their teachers but in this school they’re someone you can trust, you can talk to and get heaps of support from. i know a handful of teachers who have helped me shape myself in the person i am. i think that a lot of the time, the success of a student comes from the learning coaches, at this school we have a lot of teachers who put lots of effort into making sure that the students see success but there are a lot of teachers who don’t. i have been in classes where i have achieved nothing for my time being, but i have also been in classes where i have learnt so much that could help me in the future. there is a subject called taip where you have the freedom to choose which class you go to (each class is focused on something different) and in those classes you are able to create a project of your liking. i can’t deny, there has been heaps of success within taip in the past where students were even sent overseas to different countries. but taip is also seen as a time to mess around, play games and achieve nothing. ojc is based around digital learning using ipads everyday to learn but there is also alot of opportunities there to use your ipad for bad intentions. it is hard to see big success in taip nowadays as people stop putting effort and some of the teachers aren’t there to support them. the extracurricular activities in this school however i really enjoy and found myself heavily involved in. there’s a wide range of clubs and groups you can involve yourself in! whether it’s sports or the arts, ojc has a big variety to choose from. the mental health support in this school provides is also something that i think makes a big difference, we have the hauora hub which is a room where if you are feeling upset you’re allow to go there, talk to an adult and more. the school highly encourages students to talk to the councillor if they are needing support. compared to other hauora support in other schools such as botany downs secondary college, ojcs support is definitely better. the way ojc assesses their students is through something called badges. it basically is the nz curriculum. students have to compose a presentation to connect their learning to the curriculum. badges is something that people in the school despise as they see no point in it. and i somewhat agree. the bad reviews that i have seen on ormiston junior college comes from students who have put little to no effort into school, they are dependent on teachers to guide them through each step of the way which is why they did not see success in this school. if you are able to be independent and self managing, if you are able to put use your personal skills into your projects, if you are able to put yourself forward and involve yourself then you will see success in this school. i have learnt a lot from my time at ojc."