Congratulations to our Jazz Combo on gaining a silver award at the Southern Jam Youth Jazz Festival in Blenheim last week. The group performed at Vines Village, a cafe, a tavern, and two primary schools while at the festival. They also performed at the ASB Theatre in Blenheim for their adjudication session and the Gala Finale concert and attended masterclasses. Special mention to trumpeter Toby for his selection in the All Stars Big Band for the finale concert.

Fleur Carter-Hodder (12RB) competed recently in the 2018 Canterbury Interschools One Day Event at McLeans Island Equestrian Centre.

Ngā Manu Kōrero is a Māori speech competition that aims to encourage fluency in both Te Reo Māori and English among Māori secondary students.

Riccarton High School's Ukulele Band are playing with the ukulele ensemble in a musical event showcasing marimbas, ukuleles and recorders - 1200 students playing together for an hour.

In week 9 of Term 2, a team of four Year 11 students: Jorja Dowty, Ziad Abdelmaksoud, Jack Rutherford and Jessica Yu travelled down to Dunedin to take part in the 2018 Brain Bee Competition at Otago University.

Once again, Riccarton High School participated in this global competition – with great success for our students.

Did you hear Thomas Chin’s inspirational speech at Ngā Manu Kōrero last term? Did you see the passion and power with which the kapahaka supported him?

On Thursday, 2 August, RHS hosted the NZ Blood Service. The hall was the venue for this event and throughout the day it was busy with staff and senior students donating blood. Our collective donations meant we helped save 114 lives. Well done and thank you to everyone involved.

Members of the student council sold hot milo before school on Wednesday to support sending Thomas Chin and supporters to Ngā Manu Kōrero Nationals.

Congratulations to the following students who have achieved sporting success on and off the sports field.

In 2018, Riccarton High School is Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) for the whole junior school and it is heartening to know that most students are being the best that they can be in how they self-manage their use of devices inside and outside the classroom.

Earlier this year the Riccarton High School board asked for feedback from our school community on the proposed school zone expansion. We received some encouraging and constructive feedback and would like to thank everyone who took the time to respond.

Our 2018 school leavers have been busy trying out a range of new experiences to help them plan for a good life when they leave school.

For our senior students whose time at Riccarton High School is rapidly coming to an end, here's a brief recap of everything you need to know to get your University Entrance.

With social media having such a large impact on our lives nowadays, it's very important to be creating and sharing positive and respectful posts. That can be difficult when every individual has just as much influence as each other.

Mental wellbeing describes your mental state - how you are feeling and how well you can cope with day-to-day life.

Jay Kang piano, Carmen Holdaway saxophone, Toby Buckner trumpet, William Baxter guitar, Jordan Riddell bass and Daniel Bruerton drums.

With the end of this year's Riccarton-Westland sports exchange, here are the final results.