I had two visitors yesterday who put a smile on my face. Monty and Max with their cheeky grins brought themselves and a few cicada shells to see me. How cute!
Beach Day at Whites Bay
What a great day we had for our annual Beach Day! The sun shone, the children were busy swimming, exploring rock pools, sailing home-made boats, cricket, climbing rocks and running down sand hills. I was impressed with the organisation, thanks to the staff, and the behaviour of all the children. Of course, to make this […]
Elgregro – You’ve got the power
Elgregro visited Rapaura School to teach five key values in the show – respect, responsibility, courage, integrity and acceptance. The show included the students, some magic and lots of laughter.
2017, it’s going to be a great year!
Welcome back to all our tamariki and whanau for an exciting year at Rapaura School. I would like to welcome back our existing staff and students and extend a warm welcome to our new staff members and tamariki. Mr Phil Funnell – Bassett Room Mr Chris Valli – O’Dwyer Room Mrs Honour Welbourn – Soper […]
The wooden pencil case!
This is another of Rapaura School’s amazing traditions. Part of the tradition is to acknowledge the unforgiving past tragedy of the loss of Olivia Hope. Olivia’s name is on the pencil case which adds another whole meaning. It is said the pencil case may have been Olivia’s as she was a past Rapaura student. The […]
Y8 tradition of carving initials in Plane Tree
The hammers are singing against the chisels as the 17 Y8’s leave their final mark on the school’s Plane Tree. This is a tradition of the schools that has been happening for more years than we can imagine. Every passed student who visits has fond memories of doing the same. It is common for us […]
Water Fight 2016
The sun was shining, guns were poised, water tanks were filled and the fire truck was ready. 1.30pm the bell rang which alerted the two teams to commence. The water guns, water balloons and buckets of water were launched and 30 minutes later there wasn’t a dry person in sight. This year we were very […]