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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

Latest Notices

Sun 16

Harakeke T1W8

16 Mar 2025

Kia ora koutou,

Please see below for our week 8 notices.

School Choir - Our first rehearsal for the school choir is on this week! We will travel to and from the Intermediate to participate in the first Massed Choir practice, Monday 17th. The students involved will head into town with me just before lunch and then we will return before the end of the school day. Choir students - Arya, Jasneet, Raine, and Samantha (Libres).

SIAFD - Car lists went out earlier today. Thank you to everyone that is able to provide transport.

Assembly - Our first Lagmhor assembly is set for Monday 7th April at 1:30pm. We will have plenty to celebrate as we will have certificates from our swimming sports and cross country to hand out.

Upcoming Dates:

21/3 - Art session @ ABS

25/3 - Learning Conferences

26/3 - SIAFD

2/4 - Cross Country

4/4 - Art session @ ABS

7/4 - Lagmhor Assembly

9-10/4 - Noho Marae

11/4 - Last day of term one

28/4 - First day of term two

Sun 16

William Pike Challenge - Outing #2

16 Mar 2025

Kia ora koutou,

We are getting organised for out second William Pike challenge outing, on Friday 28 March. This is a local outing to Lake Hood, where we will try our hands at a variety of water based activities. The wonderful people from the Ashburton Sailing Club are coming along to help teach our tamariki how to use their sail boats. These will be in small groups and we'll have other water activities at the same time such as kayaking, paddleboarding and the jumping platforms. To allow us to do this safely, we are asking for parent helpers on the day. Water activities require a lower adult to student ratio than other events. We are also hoping to get our students to the Lake via parent transport, rather than buses.

Please pop on to the forms tab here in skool loop to fill in the permission form and let us know if you are available or if you can contribute to the day by transporting children or providing equipment for our activities.

Fri 14

missing device

14 Mar 2025

Kia ora whānau,

Mid Canterbury Technology Centre have noticed a device has gone missing this week. They are asking all schools that have been at tech this week to ask around. Can you please check with your children in case they have accidently popped it in their school bags? It should have the number 451 on the back of it. If you find it, just flick through an email so we can notify them, and you can return it Monday morning.

Kind regards,

Angela Winchester