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

Be Brave, Be Strong, Be Borough

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

Latest Notices

Wed 18

Pōhutukawa Week 3

18 Feb 2026

Kia ora,

In maths we are looking at statistics and data handling. In writing we are looking at our read and feed novel and making predictions, examining vocabulary, and making comparisons between the novel and the relevant film.

On Friday we have swimming sports at the EA Networks pool. All students are expected to bring their togs and towel. We have races for the competitive swimmers and a ‘have a go’ pool session for everybody else. It is happening between 11:00 - 12:45 if you want to come and watch the action.

There is a tummy bug going around. If you children become ill then they need to stay home until 48hrs after their last symptom. Thank you to parents who are letting the office know if their children are sick.

Kind regards,

David Usher

Wed 18

Rimu - Week 3

18 Feb 2026

Hello everyone,

Welcome to Week 3 already!

Swimming lessons - All our junior students will be participating in swimming lessons at the EA Networks Centre from Monday 2 to Friday 6 March (Week 5) in the afternoons. We will be leaving school at 12.30pm. We will be requiring some parents to help walk us down there and back again. If you are able to help out, please email me. All four junior classes will be going down and back together.

Tissues - If each family is able to send along a box of tissues that would be fantastic please.

Rimu Reporters / News Days:

We have a specific topic or focus each week:

Week 3 - Something you have made

Week 4 - Bring 5 of something

Week 5 - Would you rather be a cat or dog?

Week 6 - Your favourite book

Week 7 - A sea creature you like

Week 8 - Would you rather live in a treehut or a cave?

Week 9 - What would you like to have a life-time supply of?

Please make sure any items sent along are small enough to fit in our news tub (where they stay for the day). The tub is about the size of a shoe box. Feel free to email me a photo of any bigger items.

Monday - Audrey, Blaine, Cassie, Cole

Tuesday - Emily, Ioana, Irihapeti-Paranihi, Isla

Wednesday - Keziah, Lincoln, Lydia, Mikha

Thursday - Nathan, O’Katalina, Phineas, Pierson

Friday - Sameeha, Seini, Sione

Upcoming dates:

Monday 2 - Friday 6 March - Junior Swim Week

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

Nga mihi

Rebekah

Tue 17

Kauri Week 3

17 Feb 2026

Kia Ora e te whānau,

It’s already week 3, that went by too quickly. We have enjoyed getting to know your child and have been very pleased with how they have adapted to their new environment- class and teachers. Thank you to those whanau who came on Thursday to the meet and greet picnic, it was lovely to see. Lastly, a farewell to our class mate Umal, who is moving to Auckland. We will all miss you and wish you the best of luck.

What have we been up to?

We wrote our letters for leadership roles
We started our Art and PE sessions on a Thursday
Started our ‘Weaving Wellness’ topic which is a 6 week wellbeing programme provided by Mana Ake/St Johns
We started Tech

What is coming up?

Swimming Sports- FRIDAY @11am- at the EA Network

We look forward to the next coming weeks.

Ngā Mihi,

Hinehau and Jess