Kia Ora,
Welcome to Ardgowan School, a welcoming country school with mountain views. We have extensive grounds with a large field, playground area, covered basketball courts and lots of space for the children to enjoy. We are lucky enough to have our library in the historic original school building. We are proud of our heritage and how the school has continued to develop and prosper over the years.
Your child may wish to take part in some of our many sports activities including soccer, hockey, touch, netball, mini ball and basketball. We also have a popular choir and Kapa Haka. We provide an opportunity to develop academic, sporting, cultural and social skills and take part in activities for gifted and talented students. We offer a variety of opportunities for our senior students to develop their social and leadership skills. We also offer a popular and successful programme for our pre school children, involving visits before they start. This helps to make that first big day a happy and memorable one. We have high standards of behaviour, attitudes, values, involvement and academic achievement.
Our students are given every opportunity to be the best that they can be. Our school has a welcoming atmosphere and a strong community feel. We believe that good, open communication with our community is an important aspect of our partnership and we endeavour to inform and listen to the needs and concerns of our families. Our Board of Trustees is dedicated to improving standards. We offer all the benefits of a country school (multi level classes, small class sizes meaning more teacher time per student, differentiated learning to cater for specific needs, friendly supportive community, space…) whilst still having the convenience of being only 5 minutes from the centre of town.
We look forward to welcoming you to our school community.
A Trunk or Treat update from our Home and School.
We will run the Trunk or Treat event tomorrow (Saturday 31st October at 4pm).
If you have ordered food and are unable to attend please message the Home and School Facebook page or message Jahana 02041940432 your order name so we can organise a refund.
We hope you can all attend.
Thanks.
Good afternoon Ardgowan families,
Unfortunately due to the wild weather the Home and School have decided to postpone the Trunk or Treat Halloween event planned for tonight.
They will try to find an alternative date and we will send this out as soon as we know when it will be.
Have a great weekend.
Ardgowan School Office.
Good afternoon,
I am sorry to say we are going to postpone athletics for today. The cold wind is picking up here! We want our athletics afternoon to be fun and enjoyable for all and we don't think being out in the cold wind and potential rain will be a nice experience when the kids have a lot of waiting but also throwing, running and jumping to do. Thank you for your support in this decision and we are sorry for any inconvenience.
We will sort out a postponement date as soon as our junior teachers can get together and find a free afternoon!
Thanks again,
Junior team.
Good afternoon,
Our zone athletics children have just arrived back from Glenavy so our school bus will be leaving in just a few minutes. It is running around 10 minutes later than normal. Our apologies for any inconvenience.
Good morning Ardgowan families,
Just a reminder that we have a mufti day tomorrow for our camp raffle prizes.
This is not a gold coin donation. Instead we are asking for children to please bring in an item (or similar) from the flyer which is attached to go in the raffle hampers.
A reminder also that our Community Consultation closes at 3pm tomorrow afternoon. To be in the draw for the $100 New World Gift card, please complete the survey - link below.
https://forms.gle/Qnuja1DNPb26j2tD9
Thank you.
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