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RHS Newsletter - March 2023

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Tēnā koutou

by Mr Neil Haywood, Principal

It is hard to believe that Term one is almost over. A big thank you to parents, caregivers and students for your support as we have navigated ourselves through what has been an incredibly busy ten weeks.

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Mr Joel Hammond & Mrs Anthea Knowles.

Meet the Team

by Leah Williams - RHS MAD

The RHS MAD (Media Advertising Division) team will be sharpening our journalism skills and contributing to the monthly newsletter. We thought it would be great if each month we introduced two RHS staff members, allowing our ākonga and whānau to learn a little bit more about each of them. This month we sat down with Mr Joel Hammond and Mrs Anthea Knowles.

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Whare news from Atatū, Uranga, Whaiao & Kōtuhi

by RHS Kaiarataki

The Riccarton Way is the spirit, the wairua that underpins the way we think, act and feel about ourselves, others at the school and those in our local and international community.

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Culture Fest - Captured Memories

by Tisi Sharnali

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Kia ora from the Careers Department at Riccarton High School

by Mrs Lou Heenan & Mrs Jane Hall

It has been a wonderfully busy month for our careers department with a number of activities and events taking place.

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RHS - Where Diversity Thrives

by Tisi Sharnali

Term one has been fantastic for the cultural diversity communication team doing lots of activities. Here are some highlights.

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Korfball is growing at Riccarton High and we are super excited

by Jena Johnston

We have three amazing teams who give up their Friday nights and commit to early mornings to play Korfball. All our players have shown so much potential and enthusiasm for the sport. Our junior teams have developed and improved over the season with the help of our four amazing senior coaches.

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RHS Porcupines

by Hugh Ryan 13 UGI

Success at Canterbury Regional Debating Competition.

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RHS Junior and Senior Boys' volleyball teams.

Riccarton High School boys' volleyball hold all of the trophies for school volleyball in the South Island!

by Riccy Raccoon

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Bronze medalists

Volleyball Nationals 2023

by Chris Nielsen

The NZ Volleyball Nationals is the biggest indoor event in New Zealand with 168 teams competing at the Central Energy Trust Arena in Palmerston North. The national tournament goes over 5 days with teams playing 9 games and also being on duty for 5 games with 5 sections of 16 for the boys and 6 sections for the girls.

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UNITY WEEK

by Tisi Sharnili

Thank you to all who joined us for Unity Week this year !!

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Oliver!

by Emma Cusdin

OLIVER! is now in full swing with P Block full of actors, dancers, singers and musicians rehearsing night and day.

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The NZ Physics & Mathematics Competition (NZPMC)

by Mrs June Milne

NZPMC is a nationally standardised Physics and Mathematics competition open to all secondary students across Aotearoa.

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Te Kete Wānanga o Pūtaringamotu

Upper Riccarton Library to close for repair

by CCC Libraries

The library and café on Main South Road will be closed from Monday 10 April until Sunday 30 April as work to replace the bathrooms and upgrade the air conditioning, lighting systems and paintwork takes place. The library is scheduled to re-open on Monday 01 May 2023 at 9.00am.

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Happy Easter 🐣

by Riccy Raccoon

Easter morning wouldn't be complete without a breakfast of freshly baked hot cross buns (and a few Easter eggs too, of course!). We have found a wonderfully easy recipe that you can make with your whānau this easter.

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Term 2 reminder

by Riccy Raccoon

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Ramadan Kareem

by Tisi Sharnali

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Later school start times research: have your say

by Barbara Balland - Otago University

You may have seen recent media reports about the idea of later morning start times for rangatahi (Years 12 & 13), as a pathway towards better sleep and health and wellbeing for teens. The intense media interest has started the conversation across the motu, and following on from that, we now ask you to have your say.

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