Middle School Notices
Keeping our middle school parents informed
In this section you’ll find all news relating to our middle school students. If there is something that you’re looking for, or you think we’ve missed, please let us know. You can also view all the School News.
What’s coming up this week at RAS? Term 3 Week 9
RAS Newsletter, 14 September 2018
E ngā mana, e ngā reo o te hapori o Whaingaroa tena tatou katoa. Ngā mihi matakuikui, ngā mihi matakoakoa i tēnei wiki i a tatou e whakanui nei i te reo Māori. Kia ora whanau it’s been a busy few weeks and there is much to be thankful for. Thanks to all who...
RAS Newsletter, 31 August 2018
Tēnā koutou e te whānau, Often we hear sport is character building, perhaps though one could argue it is more character revealing. Last night Quenten and I were privileged to witness our Junior Boys Basketball Team take the court for the finals in Rototuna. When you...
RAS Newsletter, 2 August 2018
Ka nui te mihi ki a koutou e te whanau o Te Kura a Rohe o Whaingaroa! Change is upon us. We welcome it. Recognising great things doesn’t come from comfort zones, we accept and trust the magic of new beginnings. While this does not come without its challenges,...
Free Ear Clinic at Kura Today
Open from 9:15 am - 2:00 pm, lunch between 12:30 pm and 1:00 pm. Visit the ear nurse for advice on: Glue ear assessment and management; wax/foreign body removal; grommet checks; treatment of discharging ears. For further information regarding this service, please...
School Bus Stop
We would like to ask all parents and caregivers not to park in the bus stop or on the broken yellow lines around the roundabout when dropping off or picking up students. We need enough space for three buses to manoeuvre around the roundabout, pull in and pull out...
Can you help us to increase donations and fund raising at our school?
As part of our strategic planning process (formalised in our 2018 School Charter), we set some pretty ambitious goals for our school and students for the coming years. In order to support our plans it is critical that we increase the amount of donations and...
What is the school’s position on allowing onsite vaccinations to our students?
At times some members of our community have raised concerns about the School being used as a site for vaccinations of students by the Ministry of Health. Our Board of Trustees believes it has an obligation to support parental choices for the health and wellbeing of...
RAS Newsletter, 25 May 2018
Tena koutou te whanau o Te Kura a Rohe o Whaingaroa, Greetings to all of our whanau and to our students. A reminder that our next Teachers Only Day (TOD) is on Tuesday 5 June (attached to Queen’s Birthday weekend). These days do not shorten the teaching year and are...
Year 7/8 RAS Students to walk the length of NZ in June 2018
After focusing on the topic of measurement in recent math lessons, Year 7 and 8 Raglan Area School students pondered how many metres, kilometres and/or steps it would take to walk the length of New Zealand. After discovering that it is about 2000 kilometres, they...