Riccarton Primary School "Encouraging life long learning-Expanding Horizons"

Welcome back!!!!!

2012-01-23T19:36:00.001-08:00

Hi everyone,

I hope that you all have had a fantastic holiday!!!! I have been back for about two weeks now after enjoying two great weeks of Central Otago sun!!!!

Remember that we start back on Wednesday 1st February at 8.55am in the hall!!!! It will be great to see everyone! If you know of new enrolements and /or want to enroll we are back at school now!!!

Enjoy the rest of the holidays!

Mr Irving

Riccarton Rugby World Cup Launch Photos

2011-09-21T19:35:00.000-07:00

Some term 2 photos

2011-08-01T17:38:00.000-07:00

RPS Pasifika Group

2011-08-01T16:35:00.000-07:00

Watch our Pasifika group and their performance at the end of term two!

Wednesday 22 June

2011-06-21T14:04:00.001-07:00

Hi all, School as normal today after the shakes last night. We have been through the whole school and there is no damage. Take care.

Earth quake update 14 June 1pm

2011-06-13T18:07:00.000-07:00

A big thank you to all of the staff, children and parents yesterday for the amazing response to the earthquakes yesterday. I was down in Dunedin for a funeral and got back late last night and am extremely proud of every one for their efforts.

I have been through the school this morning and it appears there is only minor cracking. The plan is to have the school thoroughly checked and if all is OK to open as soon as possible. Hopefully this will be tomorrow but we will have to wait and see if we can be inspected today.

When school opens all children are to bring their own bottled boiled water.

Take care!

Year 8 and Overall Speech Winner

2011-05-23T20:52:00.000-07:00

Year 6 Winner

2011-05-23T20:51:00.000-07:00

Year 6 Speech Winner

2011-05-23T20:50:00.001-07:00

Senior School Speech Winners

2011-05-17T21:37:00.000-07:00

School Student Leaders

2011-04-03T16:22:00.000-07:00

At the end of last week we announced our Club R3 leaders. Club R3 is our internal school club that promotes our school rule of being Respectful,Responsible Real Learners. To be a Club R3 leader students had to apply with a short video clip stating why they wanted to be a ClubR3 leader. The leaders are going to promote our school rule throughout the year and are going to be involved in a wide range of tasks. They have job descriptions and will meet regularly with me to discuss their progress. Here is an examples of one of the application videos;

We are excited about this new student leadership role in our school and are looking forward to watching them work over the year.

Friday 18th March is a public holiday!

2011-03-10T14:30:00.000-08:00

Please note that this Friday 18th March is a public holiday in Canterbury so people can attend the memorial service for the victims of the earth quake. As such there will be no school this Friday 18th March. All children are to return to school on Monday 21 March.

First day back after earth quake!

2011-03-08T18:56:00.000-08:00

It was great to see everyone back at school today. There were a big group of parents who come in for a cup of coffee and biscuits and it was great to catch up with some of our Riccarton community. The children quickly settled down to learning and all classes have reported an excellent day. There were lots of smiles as children were leaving the ground which is a great sign. Caleb and Emma came in at lunch time and made some pop corn using a pop corn maker from a movie theatre. We also had a large game of tee ball on the front field.
The children were excellent at bringing their boiled bottled water. I can't wait for tomorrow and to see the school get back into full swing again.