Newsletters

Long Bay Primary School Newsletter Term 1, Week 4 – Friday 24 February 2023 Principal’s Chat Kia ora Parents/Caregivers The Les Mills Born to Move video team came to visit us this week. They are going to use the school as a location to create some Born to Move video magic. The drone operator and … Read moreLBP Newsletter – Term 1, Week 4

Long Bay Primary School Newsletter Term 1, Week 2 – Friday 10 February 2023 Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle With Gabrielle predicted to make landfall in Auckland early next week we are preparing for a potential communication from the Ministry of Education which may require schools to close once again. At this point, we anticipate being open … Read moreLBP Newsletter – Term 1, Week 2

Long Bay Primary School Newsletter Term 4, Week 9 – Wednesday 14 December 2022 Principal’s Chat Kia ora Parents/Caregivers When I look back on my time as a student at school there is no doubt that Mrs Matkin, my Standard 4 teacher at Murrays Bay Primary, is the one who stands out the most in … Read moreLBP Newsletter – Term 4, Week 9

Long Bay Primary School Newsletter Term 4, Week 7 – Friday 2 December 2022 Principal’s Chat Kia ora Parents/Caregivers My primary school didn’t go on school camp, luckily however Murrays Bay Intermediate did. We went to Snells Beach and Matamata for a week each year. Both were awesome experiences. Away from home, hanging out with … Read moreLBP Newsletter – Term 4, Week 7

Long Bay Primary School Newsletter Term 4, Week 5 – Friday 18 November 2022 Principal’s Chat Kia ora Parents/Caregivers When I was at school there was always great excitement when ‘Blue Light Disco’ appeared on the school calendar. (Just in case you are not sure a Blue Light Disco was one run by the local … Read moreLBP Newsletter – Term 4, Week 5

Long Bay Primary School Newsletter Term 4, Week 3 – Friday 4 November 2022 Principal’s Chat Kia ora Parents/Caregivers It turns out that running a marathon is a lot like getting your school report. You spend a large amount of time planning and preparing. There is the selection of footwear, socks and running clothes. You … Read moreLBP Newsletter – Term 4, Week 3

Long Bay Primary School Newsletter Term 4, Week 1 – Friday 21 October 2022 Principal’s Chat Kia Ora Parents/Caregivers The Rainbows End Roller Coaster is an experience I managed to dodge for over 40 years quite happily. It wasn’t until it was just my son and I standing in front of it looking up and … Read moreLBP Newsletter – Term 4, Week 1

Long Bay Primary School Newsletter Term 3, Week 9 – Friday 23 September 2022 Principal’s Chat We have been working hard to promote our school values – kindness, resilience and creativity with the students. Pushing the positive and looking around the playground and within classrooms to find everyone who is living our school values daily. … Read moreLBP Newsletter – Term 3, Week 9

Long Bay Primary School Newsletter Term 3, Week 7 – Friday 9 September 2022 Principal’s Chat Dear Parents/Caregivers Donating your time to help others is one of the things we can all do to show not only that we care, but we want to make a difference. Last year 22% of the population contributed 159 … Read moreLBP Newsletter – Term 3, Week 7

Long Bay Primary School Newsletter Term 3, Week 5 – Friday 26 August 2022 Principal’s Chat Dear Parents/Caregivers This week I have stepped aside from Newsletter duties to allow our budding Year 5 and 6 writers to take over. They may yet end up with a permanent job! You can view their contribution to our … Read moreLBP Newsletter – Term 3, Week 5