Newsletters

Long Bay Primary School Newsletter Term 2, Week 2 – Friday 10 May 2024 Principal’s Chat Kia ora Parents/Caregivers One of the awesome things that I noticed when I arrived at Long Bay Primary was the signing that we do while singing the National Anthem. When I was at primary school using sign language was … Read moreLBP Newsletter – Term 2, Week 2

Long Bay Primary School Newsletter Term 1, Week 11 – Friday 12 April 2024 Principal’s Chat Kia ora Parents/Caregivers As a child I had great visions of being a digger driver or a truck driver. It was great living at the end of a road where new houses were getting built, along with the many, … Read moreLBP Newsletter – Term 1, Week 11

Long Bay Primary School Newsletter Term 1, Week 9 – Wednesday 27 March 2024 Principal’s Chat Kia ora Parents/Caregivers Tomorrow over 300 teachers from six of the schools in our Kāhui Ako will gather together at Long  Bay College for a conference. The theme is He Waka eke noa – We’re all in this together … Read moreLBP Newsletter – Term 1, Week 9

Long Bay Primary School Newsletter Term 1, Week 7 – Friday 15 March 2024 Principal’s Chat Kia ora Parents/Caregivers My brother and I used to walk to school every day. Conveniently we lived close to all three schools we attended. Murrays Bay Primary, Murrays Bay Intermediate and Rangitoto College were all about the same distance … Read moreLBP Newsletter – Term 1, Week 7

Long Bay Primary School Newsletter Term 1, Week 5 – Friday 1 March 2024 Principal’s Chat Kia ora Parents/Caregivers Sixth Form Certificate seemed to mean you stopped working at school in October and were left without much to do. I spent some of that time helping out Torbay School and their Waterwise programme. My Mum … Read moreLBP Newsletter – Term 1, Week 5

Long Bay Primary School Newsletter Term 1, Week 3 – Friday 16 February 2024 Principal’s Chat Kia ora Parents/Caregivers I think I was about 14 when I participated in one of my most memorable experiences involving a spade. Mr and Mrs London (my parents neighbours) had a very large silver dollar gum with an extensive … Read moreLBP Newsletter – Term 1, Week 3

Long Bay Primary School Newsletter Term 1, Week 1 – Friday 2 February 2024 Principal’s Chat Kia ora Parents/Caregivers Starting the new school year is a bit like a roller coaster (for the record the Log Flume Ride at Rainbows End is the full extent of my thrill ride enthusiasm). On the first day everyone … Read moreLBP Newsletter – Term 1, Week 1

Long Bay Primary School Newsletter Term 4, Week 9 – Friday 8 December 2023 Principal’s Chat Kia ora Parents/Caregivers The graduation for our 2023 Year 6 class last night was a wonderful event. As things tend to be at this time of the year there were smiles and a few sad faces at what was … Read moreLBP Newsletter – Term 4, Week 9

Long Bay Primary School Newsletter Term 4, Week 7 – Friday 24 November 2023 Principal’s Chat Kia ora Parents/Caregivers As my son grew up and The Wiggles vanished in the rear view mirror it became apparent that Arthur the Aardvark had taken over. Arthur’s friends and family can help him solve most life issues that … Read moreLBP Newsletter – Term 4, Week 7

Long Bay Primary School Newsletter Term 4, Week 5 – Friday 10 November 2023 Principal’s Chat Kia ora Parents/Caregivers A couple of weeks ago the PTA hosted a quiz night in the school hall. It was well attended and one of the items up for auction was the opportunity to be Principal for the day. … Read moreLBP Newsletter – Term 4, Week 5