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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.
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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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1 Jun 2026
2 Jun 2026
Hi Everyone
I hope you have all enjoyed the long weekend. Just a reminder that we are having a teacher only day tomorrow (Tuesday 2nd June). The Lagmhor staff will be spending the day at the town site engaged in professional development. Students will return to school on Wednesday.
We are official past the halfway point of term 2. It has been pleasing to see the progress all of the students in Toetoe have made in their spelling. Their current lists may reflect some spelling patterns that needed revisiting.
Matariki sleepover and community breakfast - There will be a notice coming home soon for those who wish to join our Lagmhor sleepover at the end of term.
Science - We have had lots of fun running our science experiments in Toetoe, in particular our egg experiment. We have been learning some new words: Osmosis, Membrane and Permeable. Our classroom egg Tim has been on quite a journey, changing shape, size and colour as we ran our experiments. We ended the experiment by breaking the egg open to see the changes in the inside and were surprised to see the yolk was still intact.
See below for upcoming dates
Tuesday 2nd June - Teacher Only Day - School will be closed.
Thursday 25th June - Lagmhor Assembly from 1:30pm.
Thursday 2nd July - Lagmhor Sleepover
Friday 3rd July - Matariki Breakfast
Friday 3rd July - Final day of term 2.
Many thanks
Jason
Please see attached , Ashburton College Barista training students are operating a coffee cart whilst the open evening is on
Kia ora,
Thank you to Pōhutukawa for the assembly last week. You did us proud!
Upcoming dates:
1st June- Kings Birthday- no school
2nd June- Teacher Only Day- no school
5th June- School Disco
3rd July- Last day of Term 2.
Kind regards,
David Usher
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