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Tena koutou, Talofa Lava, Mālō e lelei, Mālō ni, Kia Orana, Kumusta, Salam, Namaste, Halo, Namaskāra, Āyubōwan, Helo, Xin chào and Greetings to you all.
I am delighted to present myself as your Principal and Tumuaki of Ashburton Borough School, including the Lagmhor site.
I started here at the beginning of 2025 and have taken my time to get to know parents, students and staff and to reacquaint myself with the community. I began my teaching career here at Ashburton Borough in the late 80’s so much of the environment feels familiar and comfortable to me.
A lot has changed in that time and I am excited to be part of a very diverse and inclusive community. Students at Ashburton Borough are accepted for who they are and yet are encouraged to be the best they can be by living our school values: Be Brave, Be Strong, Be Borough.
I am impressed by the dedication and commitment of staff to provide learning experiences that excite and challenge students but also how they strive to build respectful positive relationships with them and their whānau.
We are a family/whānau based school, where we care and look after each other. My big dream is to make Ashburton Borough School, including our Lagmhor site, the best place to be.
I look forward to sharing our special place with you. Please feel free to contact me or ask any questions at principal@ashborough.school.nz .
Dianne Prendergast
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Kia Ora,
Union Meeting: A reminder that on Thursday, teachers will be attending a Paid Union Meeting, and so students can be collected from 12:30pm. There will be some supervision at school if you are not collecting them.
Winter Tournament: Many of our children will be representing our school at the Winter Tournament this Friday.
Request: If you happen to have any plastic bottles at home, then could we please use these as part of our science exploration.
Important dates:
August 29th - Naked Baker pies being delivered
September 10th - Wigs and Wacky Hair Day to raise money for the Child Cancer Foundation
September 19th - Final day of Term 3
Nga Mihi
Jason
jason.hagan@ashborough.school.nz
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Kia ora,
We are now halfway through the term! We are less than 2 weeks away from camp. Thank you to those families who have paid for camp already. We have sold 1046 pies for our fundraier which is super impressive!! Our class sold the most of 646 pies but I didn't include us in the overall total as we have the prize of going to camp. Congratulations to Jack, Sienna and Harlin for selling over 75 pies.
Union Meeting: A reminder that on Thursday, teachers will be attending a Paid Union Meeting and we would appreciate students being collected at 12:30pm. Please let me know what your intentions are for this. There is some supervision at school if you definitely cannot collect them.
Winter Tournament - This Friday! Footballers need shin pads (boots are also a good idea). Rugby players need mouthguard and boots. Football is at Argyle Park and rugby is at the Allenton Rugby grounds. Netball is at EA Networks. The draw is coming out today and I will edit this notice with the time to report to the venue. Please report to venue by 9:30 am. Please let me know if you need any of the gear.
Science fair- Thank you to those who have been helping at home and or at school. These are coming along well!
Stationery - These students below are needing new stationery:
Literacy books: These can be purchased from the Warehouse.
Ella, Carley, Lizzie, Skyla, Sophie, Aaliyah, Joel, Stella, Fergus, Jack, Tayo, Odin and Juliet
Maths books: These can be purchased from the Warehouse.
Mareta, Ahorangi, Stella, Hadi, Ava, Carley, Ella, Fergus, Jack, Noah, Juliet, Aaliyah, Joel, Harlin, Sophie, Annie, Hazel, Skyla, Sienna
Some students are also lacking in pencils and rubbers. If your child is needing these can you please purchase also.
In Literacy we have been looking at idioms, get your child to share the idioms that they have been learning about in class.
Maths: We have been doing financial maths, looking at budgeting and grocery lists with certain amounts of money. Get your child to write the shopping list for the week and work out how much it is going to cost.
Have a good week
Ella
Good morning,
Please find attached our Board of Trustees Candidate Statements for our upcoming election on 15th September. These have also been posted and were included in last weeks newsletter as well.
Your child has been issued with green voting papers for you to cast your vote and return to the school office either by post or delivery. ( please check their school bag )
( I must have the physical green form , votes will not be considered valid if sent by email)
Kind regards
Brigid
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