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NCEA and our Senior School Curriculum
The Senior school references years 11-14 and for most of us from a previous system this would have been Form Five to Form Seven and might have included a second year at any one or other level. NCEA has yet to be with us long enough for any of our current parents of...
Passion Learning – Learning from the Heart
Today Hineora started their Inquiry Learning around their passions. Inquiry learning is a way of learning that encourages a process of exploration. It is a way of helping students to ask questions and search for new understandings and learn! It is really exciting to...
Maui Dolphin Day -8th March
Despite the awful weather at the start of the day, fun was had by everyone who came down to this event, at Te Kopua. Lots of interest was shown by the people who walked around the Raglan Area School tents. Under the blue gazebos delicious cakes, cookies, muffins...
Yrs 0-3 Swimming Sports-11th March
Dear Parents /Caregivers/Whanau Excitement is building for our D-Block/Te Roopu Aroha Ki Te Reo Year 0-3 Swimming Sports on Wednesday 11th March.. It will start at 11.00am. Please make sure that all students have their swimming togs and towels. We will be...
Flossie and Cracker Jim entertain us…
On Wednesday 4 March 2015, the children's author Mr Jim Henderson, alias Cracker Jim came to visit us at Te Rapunga. The D block classes and Matua Jason's class got to hear him read his stories and entertain us with his puppets. (Apparently E3 had their own special...
Hineora students making clay labels for harakeke (flax)
As part of our Community Service project the Hineora class has started making name-tags out of clay to label the different harakeke in the harakeke garden (pa harakeke), located near the front school car park. Once this is done the girls are looking to make art pieces...
Sea Week – Dive into a good book!
Seaweek 2015 is on now - Saturday 28 February to Sunday 8 March 2015. The theme is “Look beneath the surface – Papatai ō roto – Papatai ō raro“. Check out our deep sea books on display . Did you know we have 255 books in Te Rapunga about the sea? C4, a Year 1 class...
Yrs 4-7 Swimming Sports Tuesday 3rd March
Excitement is building for our E-Block/Te Ropu Aroha Ki Te Reo Year 4-7 Swimming Sports on Tuesday 3rd March. It will be a 9.15am start. Please make sure that all students have their swimming togs and two towels as they sometimes get into the pool several times. There...
D Block (Yrs0-3) Notice – 27 February 2015
Kia Ora Parents, Whanau We would like to update you with some information and dates for the next couple of weeks to put into your calendar! *Swimming Sports (new date) Wednesday 11th March (further details next week) Please can children remember to bring in their...
Yrs 8-10 Swimming Sports Notice – Monday 2 March
We are once again holding our annual swimming sport. This year’s event is on Monday 2 March between 9:30am - 3:00 p.m. It is compulsory for all the Year 8 – 10 students to participate in the swimming sports this year. They will be expected to compete in either the...
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