A wonderful day was had where the schools of the Wairau Cluster; Tua Marina, Spring Creek, Grovetown, Mayfield, Blenheim and Rapaura came together to participate in Tabloid Sports.  A big thanks to Grovetown for organising, the staff supporting the day and the parents for transporting.  It is great to see the enjoyment and the friends […]

A huge congratulations to all the students and staff of Rapaura School for an amazing exhibit of Kapa Haka.   The students have been practising hard and it truly showed throughout the performance.  A huge thank you to Kuia Merehira for all the wonderful support and encouragement she has given to our students and staff. […]

What an event it was!  Smiles, mud, and success as the 30 Rapaura students confidently competed and gave all to come home with the trophy.  The Seddon School team kindly identified that the event required recognition of the primary grades and the Y7/8 grades which resulted in Rapaura winning the primary grade and second overall. […]

We had a very successful and exciting morning as we unveiled our new school mural.  Paura M started the event welcoming the dawn/day, blessing the mural and welcoming the school community.  I shared how a visual was something I had been working on for a couple of years. The journey started from a wero (challenge) […]

It gave us great pleasure to recognise two of our Y8 students as young leaders at Friday’s assembly.  Jake G and Jonty L have the proven qualities of young leaders as they have represented their class as Prime Minister and Speaker, captains of sport teams, coached younger students and always willing to step up when […]

Our whole kura has been learning around the concept of Discovery.  ‘Discovery’ is one of the three Tuia 250 Encounter areas. We value the opportunity to share the learning of our whole school not segments.  From 4.30pm to 6pm our school came together to share the variety of learning to our wider community.  We had […]

Well done to the winners of Grade 4.  This is a fantastic result especially with the players and coaches coming from our school.  Well done boys and we look forward to watching you grow as a team. Players in the front row: Bill A , Gus M, Marshall C and Dylan G. Coaches and referees: […]