In 2020 our school will be comprised of 4 Whare (Houses) where students will be supported by their Kaiarataki (Head of House), Kaitiaki (Dean) and their Whānau Teacher.

There were applications aplenty but in the end it came down to two. A big congratulations to both our Peerswick Scholarship recipients for 2020.

Freemasons support individuals and organisations in communities throughout NZ. There has been a Freemasons Unity Lodge here in Riccarton for nearly 100 years.

There has been coverage in the news recently about the new school donation scheme. Under this, schools can opt in to receive a government-funded donation of $150 per student instead of asking families for the general school donation.

Riccarton High School entered 5 teams into the Canterbury Junior Volleyball Champs with the highlight being the Year 10 A Boys taking out the Canterbury Title for the second time in a row.

EVolocity in partnership with Orion, Enviroschools, Assist Energy Ltd, ETCO, University of Auckland and MeloYelo, proudly hosted the school’s programme for the fifth year of competition.

In week 4 around 70 of our Filipino students gathered together for an end of year celebration in the Riccarton Primary school hall.

Anna Fischer is one of the longest serving astronauts in NASA's history and three lucky RHS students were given the opportunity to meet her and hear her speak.

Many of our students are currently involved in work experience in the community. Without the support of these businesses, our students would not get the opportunity to develop their work ethic, problem solving, communication and teamwork skills.

9HN recently wrapped up what has been a very successful term of art making; visually exploring cultural diversity alongside learning about the elements of art.

Riccarton High are National Champions.

One of the most popular festivals of Hinduism, Diwali symbolises the spiritual "victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance"

Student to student interaction is becoming more prevalent. While there are still students that spend most of their school day working alone there are increasing examples of students collaborating in groups; working in self-paced, self-directed ways; or having greater flexibility in their interactions. The Riccarton High School Media and Advertising programme is an elective for Years 11-13 students, with a focus on developing skills through communicating with community. This student driven programme has students creating content for many different communication pathways including newsletter, website, billboard, video, Facebook, snapchat and Instagram.

Sarah Gillespie, Dominic Hasselberg and Carmen Holdaway have recently all had successes within St John Youth. The three have been named as a part of the 2020 South Island Representative Squad at the National Youth Festival to be held in Wellington in April. The trio will be tested on their responses to various first aid and communication scenarios.

Riccarton High Year 11 Student, Spencer Lindsay, shares his incredible achievement with us.

On the 5th & 6th of September 2019, Riccarton High School competed in the South Island Secondary Schools Rock Climbing Championships, held at the YMCA Roxx.

RHS students have been busy achieving greatness during the recent school holidays.

These delicious yet super nutritious carrot and apple flapjacks are the perfect "pick me up" for busy students.

We have been fortunate to be able to arrange for the St John New Zealand Community Education Team to come to our school in November to train all of our Year 9 and 10 students in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).

Stationery packs for the 2020 Year 9 students are available to purchase now from the school office.

The PTA sells second-hand uniforms on behalf of families. With the end of the school year just around the corner, now is a great time to wash any unwanted items and bring them in.

Call for Scholarship Applications.

Our aim is to ensure that parents in New Zealand feel fully supported to do the best parenting job they can and to know that they can call on us whenever they need that extra bit of parenting support.

This is the fifth year that Te Kura have offered summer study, which has grown in popularity every year. More than 1500 students took advantage of Summer School last year to top up their NCEA credits, enabling them to go on to either further study, training or employment.

Order your child's stationery in December and you decide when you pay.