Good afternoon everyone,

Interviews - Thank you to everyone who made the time to come along to school last week to hear about your child’s learning progress. It was great to meet some of you for the first time and share what we have been up to in class. Once again feel free to come and see me or email me at another time if you have any questions or concerns.

Sausage Sizzle - Every Friday, there will be a sausage sizzle at school, fundraising for the Borough Bus. You should have received a form last week. They are due back tomorrow for a sausage this week. You are welcome to pre-order for the rest of the term. Please drop the form and money into the office.

Lucky Book Club - Don't forget about the Lucky Book Club orders - due by the 29th May.

I am on a course on Wednesday so Mr Hooper will be in class.

Have a great week!

Ngā Mihi

Eirinn

eirinn.maclean@ashborough.school.nz

Upcoming dates:

1st June- Kings Birthday- no school
2nd June- Teacher Only Day- no school
3rd July- Last day of Term 2.

Kia ora whānau,

Over the next 3 days, students will be completing the SMART assessments. (Sorry, I think I said Week 5 initially).

Please don’t stress about these assessments at home — they are designed to help show students’ current understanding and identify next steps for learning. They are to help support progress in the classroom.

Today we spent time practising how to use the SMART Tool features on the iPads, including navigating questions, using the tools and understanding the layout. The students coped really well and adapted quickly — they are definitely a very tech-savvy group!

Science & Writing

As part of our Curiosity theme this term, students have begun researching famous inventors and scientists linked to forces, motion, and energy in science.
Students are using their research to support our focus on writing to inform, where they are learning how to organise facts, explain ideas clearly and write for an audience. Over the next few weeks, students will also take part in some hands-on science investigations and experiments. These activities will help students explore scientific ideas in practical and engaging ways while encouraging curiosity, problem solving and teamwork.

Maths

We will be exploring number, financial maths, measurement and probability until the end of term. As well as keeping up with our fact families (times, division, add/sub).

Key Dates Coming Up

Monday 1 June – King’s Birthday (School Closed)
Tuesday 2 June – Staff Only Day
Friday 3 July – Last Day of Term 2 / School Holidays Begin

Ngā mihi,
Anna Davies

Kia ora,

Sausage Sizzle order forms for this week order are due tomorrow. (Sorry that the dates were Sundays - I made the form late at night and never proofread my work) 

Please make sure orders are in by 9am every Tuesday to get in by FRIDAY! 

Thanks

Ella 

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

The University of Canterbury is offering your child the opportunity to participate in the KIWI English, Mathematics and Science competitions. These skills-based competitions take place annually and are designed by New Zealand teachers for New Zealand students and closely align with the New Zealand Curriculum. For further information, please consult the CAM website www.canterbury.ac.nz/cam/.

The competitions are open to all Year 5-10 students in English, Mathematics and Science. Students can only register for the year level they are currently in. Each student can enter in one or more subject. Each competition will provide parents/caregivers with an individual student report of their child’s overall performance. These are available through your school. The supervised online tests will take place in the last 3 weeks of Term 2 and the first week of Term 3. The competitions are to be administered at school, under exam conditions and supervised.

All participating students will receive a certificate, and a prize will be awarded to the top student nationally in each competition. If two or more students share the same top score, then the prize is awarded to the student with the highest speed and accuracy.

NOTE: Our policy is not to release test papers. The tests are provided primarily as a competition and not as a teaching resource.

Entries are administered by the school. For further information, please consult the CAM website www.canterbury.ac.nz/cam/

Each individual assessment has a cost of $9.90

Please pay this at the office by eftpos or online into the ABS school account 12 3271 0043284 00

(childs name and kiwi comp) in the reference fields please

Entries close on Wednesday 13th May 2026

Ngā mihi,

Jackie Brown

Good morning! Hope you've had a great weekend.

Sausage Sizzle: Every Friday, there will be a sausage sizzle at school, fundraising for the Borough Bus. You should have received a form last week. They are due back tomorrow for a sausage this week. You are welcome to pre-order for the rest of the term. Please drop the form and money into the office.

Interviews: Thank you to all of you for taking the time to come in and see me. My door is always open for any concerns or questions you have.

Lucky Book Club: Don't forget about the Lucky Book Club orders- due by the 29th May. Every little bit helps the school!

It is Mrs Reid's last week with us- we have loved having her and will miss her!

Have a great week, 

Anna

anna.harper@ashborough.school.nz

Upcoming dates:

1st June- Kings Birthday- no school
2nd June- Teacher Only Day- no school
3rd July- Last day of Term 2.