Te Kāpehu Riccarton School

20/09/2026

🌿 Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori | Celebrating Te Reo Māori at Our Kura 🌿
Last week, as a kura, we proudly celebrated Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori. 💚

Our Māori learners came together to sing the national anthem while proudly raising Te Tino Rangatiratanga – the Māori flag. 🇳🇿❤️

We are incredibly proud of our learners and the way they continue to embrace and celebrate te reo Māori and tikanga Māori within our kura.

Our commitment to te reo Māori does not stop at Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori. It will continue to be seen, felt and heard across all learning areas of our kura, as we work together to strengthen and celebrate te reo Māori every day. 🌿

He reo, he mana.
He reo, he taonga. 💚

A special thank you to our learners for sharing their voices and helping us celebrate this important week.

14/09/2026

Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori | Māori Language Week

This week, our school community is celebrating Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori!

Throughout the week, we will be embracing te reo Māori through fun, phrases, games, waiata, greetings and everyday conversations.

It’s a wonderful opportunity for our tamariki and staff to learn, practise and celebrate te reo Māori together, strengthening its place in our everyday school life.

We encourage our whole school community to give it a go, have fun and use te reo Māori wherever we can!

Kia kaha te reo Māori!

13/09/2026

🏆 STAUNTON CUP 2026 🏆

What a fantastic day of sport at Staunton Cup against Wharenui! 🙌🏽

Our learners showed incredible teamwork, determination and sportsmanship across all five codes:

🏐 Touch: Draw 🤝
🏈 Football: Draw 🤝
🏀 Basketball: WIN! 🎉
🏐 Netball: WIN! 🎉
🏑 Hockey: Loss

Another great and successful Staunton Cup tournament! 👏🏽 We are incredibly proud of the way our learners represented our school, supported one another, and displayed manawaroa and mana throughout the day!

A huge thank you to Wharenui School for their awesome day of amazing kai, fierce competition, meaningful connection and sportsmanship. 💙 Incredibly grateful to our coaches and refs for volunteering their time and making this day possible for the learners!

Well done, everyone! He waka eke noa – we are all in this together! 🌟

31/08/2026

🌷 Spring is on its way! 🌷

Our Space 10 learners have been working hard to get our spring bulbs ready for our upcoming Spring Bulb Sale! 🌱

Keep an eye out for more information coming soon — we can’t wait to share our beautiful bulbs with you! 🌸

25/08/2026

Abseiling update! The manawaroa shown by these learners was amazing!

24/08/2026

Group 1 are on their last trip for Junior Inspire today. We are at Cattlestop Crag doing rock climbing and abseiling. What an amazing opportunity! We have loved our trips out. Thank you Adventure Specialities Trust!

20/08/2026

🌺 Uike Kātoanga’i ‘o e lea faka-Tonga! Tongan Language Week 2026 🇹🇴

At Te Kāpehu Riccarton School, we celebrate the beauty, strength and the culture of our Tongan learners. It is an opportunity for our ākonga, whānau and wider school community to share, learn and embrace lea faka-Tonga, in our classrooms.

A special thank you to Losaline and her wonderful parents for sharing their culture with us at assembly today! 🌺

Uike Kātoanga’i ‘o e lea faka-Tonga! 🇹🇴

20/08/2026

Today Junior Inspire had a fantastic time snow tubing and sledging at Porters.

13/08/2026

This week our Junior Inspire group are at Cass Bay. We have found a playground, looked at maps, played on the beach and are going kayaking! What a busy day!

07/08/2026

Kia ora whānau,

I hope you have all had a wonderful week.

Our latest school newsletter is now ready for you to read. It is always a pleasure to reflect on the fantastic learning and activities happening across Te Kāpehu Riccarton School, and this edition is no exception. We have packed it with important updates, a look at what our tamariki have been up to in their learning programmes, and a few key reminders for the weeks ahead.

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