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NAU MAI, HAERE MAI - WELCOME TO ABS BOROUGH & ABS LAGMHOR

Be Brave, Be Strong, Be Borough

Nau Mai, Haere Mai, welcome to Ashburton Borough School.

At Ashburton Borough School we have high expectations for our year 1 - 8 students. We enjoy encouraging and challenging them to reach their personal excellence. We pride ourselves on personalising the education of our learners, having students at the centre of all decisions, and developing a sense of belonging to the school and wider community.

Ashburton Borough School is a diverse school leading the way in future focused innovative education. Being an ethnically diverse community we value the customs and traditions our families can share with us.

The school has been recently renovated and its collaborative, modern spaces provide an enriching, empowering and engaging learning environment. Our vision is for all our stakeholders to Be Brave, Be Strong, Be Borough. Students, Staff and whanau work hard together to live our strategic vision of Achieve Believe Succeed. We actively seek ways to provide learning experiences that meet the needs of students. Our Discovery Approach benefits the school at large, where students with additional learning needs are supported and students needing extending are invited to be part of our enrichment opportunities.

I welcome you to visit us at Ashburton Borough School where I can show you around and have the opportunity to share more about our school aSection - New SectionActive: nd answer any questions you may have.

Acting Principal, Mrs Emma Hewett

Upcoming Events in April

Mon 28

School

28 Apr 2025

Latest Notices

Thu 10

Lagmhor - Final day of term.

10 Apr 2025

Hi everyone

Just a quick reminder that we will be having our shared lunch tomorrow. Please send a covered plate of food to school with your child in the morning. They will still need to bring their lunch box so that they have something to eat out of. Please let us know asap if your child has any special dietary requirements.

Nga mihi

The Lagmhor Team

Wed 9

Sausage Sizzle Friday! Orders due tomorrow!

9 Apr 2025

Kia ora koutou,

As part of the William Pike Challenge, which our year 7 and 8 students are participating in, there is a component of 20 hrs community service involved. One of our year 7 student's has been working to organise a sausage sizzle for tomorrow to support PussN Boots cat rescue. All proceeds will go to the charity to help provide treatments for the cats.

A notice went home yesterday with an order form attached. If you would like to order sausages from the sausage sizzle on Friday, please return the form to the school office between 8:30am and 9:00am tomorrow. If your child has lost their form, feel free to email and let me know child's name, class and how many sausages they would like. Also let me know if halal or gluten free is required.

Thank you for supporting Louis' efforts.

Wed 9

Kauri T1 W11

9 Apr 2025

Kia ora whānau,

Last week of term. There will be no school from Friday until Monday the 28th of April.

There will be a sausage sizzle on Friday at school. Sauasges are $2 and need to be preordered. Please email me if your child has not come home with a form and would like a sausage.

Chicken Pox - This is present in the school at the moment and is very contagious. Please look out for red, itchy spots which appear after flu-like symptoms.

Kai for Kids - We have a new system for this at school, so you won't usually see the cardboard containers coming home as we now use plastic reusable ones. There does appear to be some students who are coming to school with a full and ample lunchbox who are also receiving Kai for Kids but not eating it, as well as those who are eating it but have food in their lunchbox. Please, if you do not require this, let Brigid or myself know.

Sunhats - we don't require these in Term 2 or 3 so after Friday, these can stay at home.

Upcoming dates:
Fri 11 April - Last day of Term 1
Mon 28 April - First day of Term 2

I hope you all have a lovely break over the holidays. See you in term 2!

Ngā mihi,

Gemma McDonald