Good morning,

Athletics training - we will be training for the Athletics today and tomorrow. Please ensure that your child is wearing suitable footwear for running in.

Book Week - This is happening Week 4. Everyone can bring along their favourite book that we will share over the week. There is also a dress up day as your favourite book character on Friday 6 November.

Drink bottles - Please make sure your child has a drink bottle at school every day. These are kept inside in the classroom. They are able to refill these at the drinking fountain outside our classroom area as needed.

Sunhats - Please make sure your child has a sunhat with them at school each day. These are kept in their school bags. Students without a hat spend their break times in a designated shaded area.  It is a good idea to also be applying sunscreen in the mornings.

Athletics Day - Please see the school Facebook page for all the details about Wednesday. 

Students will need a drink bottle, plenty of food, sunhat and to be wearing sunscreen. 

Students will be participating in their year groups.

School Photos - These are being held at school Friday 23 October. Please make sure your child is wearing their correct school uniform on this day.

Rimu Reporters/News Days:

Monday - Blaine, Cassie, Cole, Shivansh

Tuesday - Emily, Ioana, Isla, Sophia

Wednesday - Keziah, Lincoln, Lydia, Shanaya

Thursday - Nathan, O’Katalina, Phineas, Pierson

Friday - Sameeha, Sione, Azielle, Ayva

We have a specific topic or focus each week. For this week the children can share about something of their choice. For the following weeks we will have a focus of:

Week 2 - My favourite drink

Week 3 - Make your name (could be from magazine/newspaper letters, playdough, craft items, your own colouring in, lego etc)

Week 4 - Bring 7 of something 

Week 5 - Would you want to be a giant or a smurf for a day?

Week 6 - Where are you from?

Week 7 -  If I could be anyone else for a day it would be….

Week 8 - Something that is blue

Week 9 - My favourite game

Week 10 - Mystery Eggs

If you have any questions or concerns, please make contact via email rebekah.clement@ashborough.school.nz

Ngā mihi,
Rebekah

Upcoming dates:

Wednesday 21 October - Athletics Day

Friday 23 October - School Photos

Monday 26 October - Labour Day - No school

Monday 2 - Friday 6 November - Book Week - Dress up day Friday 6th

Friday 13 November - Canterbury Anniversary - No school

Fri 4 December - ABS Has Got Talent show

Thursday 10 December - Transition to 2027 classes

Friday 11 December - Certificate Assembly 9am

Monday 14 December - Prize Giving 1pm

Tuesday 15 December - Last Day of School - no juniors

Term 4 Options – Time to Choose!

Y6, 7 and 8 students only.

Kia ora parents and caregivers,

For Term 4, our options have been nominated by our students! These options link to a range of curriculum areas and give students the opportunity to explore something they are interested in, develop new skills and enjoy learning in an area they are passionate about.

Options will run on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 1:30–2:45pm, beginning Thursday 22 October and finishing Thursday 3 December.

Please take some time to read through the options with your child and discuss which activities they would most enjoy taking part in. We encourage students to think about trying something new, developing an existing interest or challenging themselves in a different area.

Here is the link to the Google Form.

Please complete and return your child’s option choices by Monday 19 October.

We look forward to another exciting term of learning, creativity and new experiences!

Ngā mihi,
The Year 6/7/8 Team

Kia ora,

Upcoming events, dates. and reminders:

Athletics Day – Wednesday 21 October
We are busy preparing for our school Athletics Day, which will take place on Wednesday 21 October at the Ashburton Domain. Students are revisiting the different athletics events and practising their skills in running, jumping and throwing. We are working on the techniques needed for events such as high jump, long jump and the various throwing activities. Athletics Day is a great opportunity for students to challenge themselves, have a go at different events, support their classmates and demonstrate our ABS values of Be Brave, Be Strong and Be Borough. A reminder that Athletics Day will be a full day at the Domain. Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather, brings plenty of water and has a sunhat.

School Photos – Friday 23 October
Our school photos are coming up on Friday 23 October. It would be great to have everyone looking their best in their school uniform, with tidy hair, ready for a photo we can all be proud of!

School Disco - Friday 23 Oct - whole school same time. 5:30-7:00 -  Halloween theme.

Te Taiao — Caring for Our Place
Our inquiry this term is all about our environment. Our learning will include plants and seeds and designing ways to support our living environment. 

Sun Safety 
Please make sure your child brings their sunhat and water bottle every day. Suitable footwear will also help them stay comfortable during athletics and outdoor learning.

Book Week- In Week 4, we are having Book Week. On the Friday 6th Nov, it will be dress up book character day.

Kind regards,

David Usher

Upcoming dates:

Wednesday 21 October - Athletics Day
Friday 23 October - School Photos
Monday 26 October - Labour Day - No school
Thursday 29th and Friday 30th October Year 5 Camp

Good morning,

The end of the school year will be upon us very quickly.  If your child received a trophy at the 2025 end of year prize giving can you please return it to the school office, as soon we will begin preparing for this year's prizegiving.

Thank you

Brigid 

Hi Everyone,

We have had a great start to the term full of athletics practise, writing poems with a focus on personification, financial literacy grocery buying challenge, a chapter book study for reading and lots of discussion, research and decision-making around what to plant in our school veggie garden. Today we spent time working on Passion Projects, and many of the students are almost ready to present them to the class. There is a lot happening over the next few weeks so please look at the dates below. Thank you to everyone who helped look after the school hens during the holidays. They are now laying and we will soon be looking at ways to use and market the eggs. 

Athletics Day – We will be bussing to the Ashburton Domain at 8:45am. This means that our students that don’t normally catch the bus to school will need to be here by 8:40am at the latest.  We will be leaving the domain at approximately 2:55pm. This will mean that our afternoon bus run will be 20-25 minutes behind it’s usual schedule. If you plan on coming to Athletics Day and wish to take your child home with you, please let us know as soon as possible. There will be a full schedule of the day's events coming out very soon.

School photos - These are next Friday (23rd Oct). Please ensure child wears clean, correct summer uniform, including black shoes, for these.

Book Week – We will be having a book character dress-up day on Friday the 6th November. We will be spending the day in town, still doing our art classes and taking part in the whole school parade.

Share a Story – As part of Book Week we would like to invite our community to come to school and read your favourite story that you and your child have enjoyed together. The times available will be 9:10am, 11:05pm and 1:20pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. This means that we can accommodate up to 12 family members. Could we please try to limit it to one person per family to enable as many families to be a part of this as possible.

As always, please don't hesitate to get in touch with me if you have any questions or need to discuss anything.

All the best,

Wendy

Upcoming dates:

Tuesday 20th October - Life Education with Harold the Giraffe

Wednesday 21st October - ABS Athletics Day at the Domain

Friday 23rd October - School photos at our town site

Friday 23rd October – Halloween Disco.  See the Skool Loop post for details.

Monday 26th October - Labour Day Holiday

Thursday 29th & Friday 30th October - year 4 Marae visit & year 5 Marae sleepover

2nd November - 6th November - Book Week

·      Friday 6th November – Book Character dress-up day

Thursday 12th November 1:30pm – Lagmhor Assembly hosted by Toetoe

Friday 13th November - Canterbury Anniversary Holiday

Thursday 10th December 1:30pm – Lagmhor final assembly hosted by Harakeke

Monday 14th December – End of Year Prize Giving at the Events Centre

Tuesday 15th November – Last day of school for 2026