Newsletters

Long Bay Primary School Newsletter Term 2, Week 8 – Friday 21 June 2024 Principal’s Chat Kia ora Parents/Caregivers I remember clearly bringing home my hand written primary school reports in an envelope. Waiting patiently for both parents to be in the same space and then the official opening process. To be fair it was … Read moreLBP Newsletter – Term 2, Week 8

Long Bay Primary School Newsletter Term 2, Week 4 – Friday 7 June 2024 Principal’s Chat Kia ora Parents/Caregivers Yesterday we enjoyed a spectacular day of athletic endeavour, AKA the Cross Country. I know that there are two cross country camps – a bit like beetroot. You either love it or loathe it, there is … Read moreLBP Newsletter – Term 2, Week 6

Long Bay Primary School Newsletter Term 2, Week 4 – Friday 7 June 2024 Principal’s Chat Kia ora Parents/Caregivers Yesterday we enjoyed a spectacular day of athletic endeavour, AKA the Cross Country. I know that there are two cross country camps – a bit like beetroot. You either love it or loathe it, there is … Read moreLBP Newsletter – Term 2, Week 6

Long Bay Primary School Newsletter Term 2, Week 4 – Friday 24 May 2024 Principal’s Chat Kia ora Parents/Caregivers As children my parents decided to plant a tree for my brother and I. Keith got a Queensland Kauri (agathis robusta) and I planted a Five Finger (neopanax arboreus). Of course the Kauri grew like a … Read moreLBP Newsletter – Term 2, Week 4

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