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Year 9&10 Get 2 Go Challenge 2017
This year we took a team of eight Year 9 and 10 students over the hill to Cambridge to compete in the Waikato Regional Get2Go Challenge. This was a full on day of activities that saw our team competing against the best high school teams in the Waikato. They began with...
Year 9 Buddy Reading
This term as part of our Social Science and English programme, Whaea Lizzy's Year 9 class has been doing Tuakana-Teina reading with the three D block classes. Also known as buddy-reading, this is where older students visit younger students in class to read together....
“Read to a Dog” programme run by local Library
The Raglan Library runs a programme once a week where children can read to a dog. It’s an initiative in several public libraries around the country to encourage literacy, particularly for those children who struggle to read or are disengaged with reading. The dogs are...
Senior Exams
Years 11-13 will be sitting their 'derived grade' exams during the last week of Term 3 (27-29 October). These exams serve 2 purposes. Firstly, if students are unable to attend the end of year exams due to illness, the grade from their 'derived grade' exams can...
NZQA Fees and Financial Assistance
Students are required to pay their fees in order to have their results recorded on their Record of Achievement and to receive their certificates. Fees remain unchanged for 2017: - Student entry for all NCEA standards - $76.70 - Student entry for a scholarship subject...
Growth Mindset – Ways to help your child
Talk About It Talk with your child about his or her day, but guide the discussion by asking questions like: - Did you make a mistake today? What did you learn? - What did you do that was difficult today? Encourage Failure (say what?!) Your child needs to know...
RAS Newsletter 1 September 2017
Kia ora te whanau o Te Kura a Rohe o Whaingaroa Theatre Sports Success A huge congratulations to Sasha, Jack, Connor and Mason and to their dedicated teacher Ruth, for their impressive win at the Regional Theatre Sports competition where as first time entries from...
Senior Exams
Years 11-13 will be sitting their 'derived grade' exams during the last week of term 3 (27-29 October). These exams serve 2 purposes. Firstly, if students are unable to attend the end of year exams due to illness, the grade from their 'derived grade' exams can...
Teacher Only Day Friday 29 September
There will be no school for students on Friday 29th September, this is a Teacher Only Day. The last day of term for students will be Thursday 28th September. The senior science exam will still take place in the school hall from 9.30 am - 12.30 pm on Friday 29th...
RAS Newsletter 18 August 2017
Kia ora whanau and families of Te Kura a Rohe o Whaingaroa, Raglan Area School. I am very grateful to all of those who came to the ‘Working Bee’ for our gardens, particularly around the new junior block. Plenty of helpers with skills to share, great camaraderie,...
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