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Another successful Quiz Night

7/8/2019

Thanks to all our quiz teams who came along on Saturday night to support us. We had a fantastic night and we were able to raise nearly $5000 which was a brilliant result for one night!

We do have to acknowledge our lovely business sponsors who donated prizes for the raffles and also food items for the delicious platters put together by Switch New Brighton. How lucky are we to have such a great community supporting our efforts. Thank you!

Winners, winners & More winners

4/12/2018

Thanks to the support of many, many awesome businesses we were able to run a series of raffles and competitions. Here are all the winners...

MEGA RAFFLE WINNERS

This was the BIG raffle with $3000 worth of prizes, including an $1800 fridge/freezer donated by Haier New Zealand.

WINNERS

1. #299 Mary West
2. #100 Lee Waddleton
3. #212 Keren Cook
4. #288 Mary West
5. #470 Lauren Yaxley

6. #357 Steve Norman
7. #94 Raymer Ann Cook
8. #438 Dan Black
9. #443 Meg Ager
10. #312 Di Hubrick

Brighton Businesses Raffle

Thanks to the generosity of many local businesses including Hair Plus, QE2 Pharmacy, Urban Corner Cafe, Mike Pero Real Estate, Shizoku Karate and many more we we able to offer this special $2 raffle.

WINNERS
1. #151 Colin Foster
2. #103 Phil Jones
3. #21 Sandy Waddell
4. #174 Emma Snow
5. #6 Janine Gray

PTA XMAS HAMPER RAFFLE

We held a special mufti day at the school in which children bought an item of food instead of a gold coin, and with extra special donations from Barkers Geraldine, Gloria Jean Coffee and Devonport Chocolate we put together 23 fantastic food hampers, which we raffled off at $1 each, just in time for Christmas! The first prize also included a ham and a delicious home-baked Christmas cake by Bev.

WINNERS

1. Mark McCallum
2. Michelle C
3. Jo Ragg
4. Glenys Francis
5. Annie Joe
6. Marion Haskell
7. Shirley Flintoff
8. Ava Macbeth

9. Fiona
10. Tanya Tomkins
11. Michelle Te Miha
12. Donna Cherry
13. BWC
14. Allan Family
15. Teri Jamieson
16. Cyrus Peters

17. Renee & Steve Noble Gawn
18. Kasey Walker
19. K Long
20. Sam
21. Tracey
22. Cecelia Tamati
23. Pip H

Colouring Competition

We put a call out to budding artists to colour in a special Fair notice and we got some fantastic entries back. In fact it was really hard to choose the winners. In the end we picked James, who did a fantastic job of colouring in, especially as he is only 5. We hope he enjoys the Shizoku Karate voucher for 1 months worth of lessons. And we were able to choose another five lucky winners too.

WINNERS

First place: James, 5
Runner-up: Noah (7)
Runner-up: Eloise (5)

Runner-up: Ari (10)
Runner-up: Linden (5)
Runner-up: Greta (9)

Volunteer prizes

Finally, as a way to thank our wonderful volunteers, we gave away a few treats and goodies to six people who we drew out of a hat from all the people that helped on the night. Thanks guys!

Here are the six lucky winners: Jane Ryder Foskett, Clint Park, Sharlene Nash, Phil Jamieson, Claire Coetzee & Emily Flavell

Thanks Happyhire!!

27/11/2018

We're absolutely stoked to let you know that we won the Facebook competition to try out Happyhire's brand new 20 metre long obstacle course at our Fair. This is going to be brilliant, the kids (and some of the adults) are absolutely going to LOVE it.

Remember this and ALL activities at the Fair will only cost $2 - and you will get 3 goes at this one! What a bargain.

See you on Friday!

Two Weeks to go!!

15/11/2018

So excited for our first-ever Rawhiti School Twilight Fair, being held from 4-8pm on 30 November at our lovely school grounds on Leaver Terrace. If you're not sure where that is, just follow the map below.

The Fair itself will be a good 'old-fashioned' school fair in which we are doing everything ourselves, with no outside vendors at all. There will still be lots to buy with all items being made by school kids themselves, and bouncy castles, pony rides, car rides and more you know it's going to be a fun night.

More Info About Our Fair

The MEGA RAFFLE IS HERE

1/11/2018

Want to win an $1800 HAIER Fridge/Freezer?

But the big question is what would you put inside it?

If you want to buy a $10 ticket, then click here.

FEELING THE LOVE!!

12/9/2018

Thanks for your support for our Fair!

On Friday November 30 we are going to be holding our FIRST EVER school fair. This is a massive undertaking that is involving pretty much EVERYONE connected to Rawhiti School from the new entrants to the senior students, the teachers, the office staff and all the parents and whanau.

We made the decision early on not to have ANY outside vendors at our school fair as we wanted to run everything ourselves in order to really keep costs down for our guests on the night. We will be making all the food, all the crafts and running all the games. And when I say 'we' I mean the kids too.

But we really wanted to be able to offer rewards and prizes to our kids for all the hard work they will be doing - whether it's a chance to win a lollipop or the chance to win a $50 book voucher. And this is where business support comes in.

Already (as of 12 September) we have have received a large amount of prizes and cash sponsorship from a lot of truly wonderful businesses. Please click the button to see our growing list of sponsors and make sure you support them too.

Our Fair Supporters >

Not your average quiz night coming soon!

1/6/2018

Super duper fun (and funny) home-made quiz night PLUS a couple of rounds of musical bingo (Jingo) as well!

Your $10 ticket gets you a world-famous PTA supper, fun & games, access to a cash bar with all your favourite cold beverages and lots of prizes on offer too.

PRIZES FOR - funniest team name, best themed team costume, musical bingo (Jingo), as well as for winning the quiz.

BRING EXTRA CASH FOR - Jingo (musical bingo), the bar, raffles, silent auction, games of chance

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW - Quiz teams can have up to 6 players. The event is R18 though as we are running a cash bar.

All money raised on the night will be used to fund awesome new playground equipment at Rawhiti School. Book your ticket or team now by clicking on the Get Tickets link.

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Super duper fun (and funny) home-made quiz night PLUS a couple of rounds of musical bingo (Jingo) as well! Your $10 ticket gets you a world-famous PTA supper, fun & games, access to a cash bar with all your favourite cold beverages and lots of prizes on offer too. PRIZES FOR - funniest team name, best themed team costume, musical bingo (Jingo), as well as for winning the quiz I suppose, ha ha. BRING EXTRA CASH FOR - the bar, raffles, silent auction, games of chance WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW - Quiz teams can have up to 6 players. The event is R18 though as we are running a cash bar. All money raised on the night will be used to fund awesome new playground equipment at Rawhiti School. Book your ticket or team now by clicking on the Get Tickets link or simply emailing pta@rawhiti.school.nz

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Terms of Use
Super duper fun (and funny) home-made quiz night PLUS a couple of rounds of musical bingo (Jingo) as well! Your $10 ticket gets you a world-famous PTA supper, fun & games, access to a cash bar with all your favourite cold beverages and lots of prizes on offer too. PRIZES FOR - funniest team name, best themed team costume, musical bingo (Jingo), as well as for winning the quiz I suppose, ha ha. BRING EXTRA CASH FOR - the bar, raffles, silent auction, games of chance WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW - Quiz teams can have up to 6 players. The event is R18 though as we are running a cash bar. All money raised on the night will be used to fund awesome new playground equipment at Rawhiti School. Book your ticket or team now by clicking on the Get Tickets link or simply emailing pta@rawhiti.school.nz

Fun at the Coast to Coast finish line

11/2/2018

Here we are 'live' at the Coast to Coast finish-line on Saturday 10th February. Another fantastic day selling nachos, pulled pork rolls and BBQed sausages and bacon to the lovely community of New Brighton and all the supporters, competitors and spectators of the Coast to Coast.

Thanks to all the amazing volunteers who gave up their time to help us out. Our food was very well received and we were able to keep serving until well into the evening.

We are lucky to have this opportunity to fundraise for the school but also to be a part of one of New Brighton's iconic summer beach events.

Christmas Raffle Time

1/12/2017

Only one week to go till our annual Christmas raffle is drawn! We've got all the hampers ready to go. All sheets and money must be handed in my 9am Friday 8th December. There will be prizes for the children too, given out at the last assembly. Good luck!

PARENT & CHILD MINDFULNESS SESSIONs

23/11/2017

There are still a few spots left for our FREE Parent and Child Mindfulness sessions on Monday and Tuesday morning next week.

These are for one parent and one child and run from 9-10am in the school hall. It's an amazing way to connect with your child and just a chance to pause and check-in at this busy, busy time of year.

Please email pta@rawhiti.school.nz if you'd like to come along. Thanks!

Learn more about Mindfulness...

THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS of our quiz

1/11/2017

We had another successful fundraising quiz night on Sunday night with a great number of raffle and auction prizes up for offer. This is due to the great support we've had from local businesses in New Brighton and throughout Christchurch. Your support really does make a difference to us.

If you'd like to learn more about our awesome business supporters please go to Our Supporters page and make sure you mention our name when you go to visit them.

It's KInDNESS WEEK!

23/10/2017

This week is Kindness Week at Rawhiti School due to the efforts of Mindful Mover - the lovely Erica & Johanna. They have thought up lots of activities to teach the kids about kindness & at 2pm on Friday the school will have a Celebration of Kindness, which everyone is invited to.

There will be kindness rocks to view, a whole school dance routine (!) and of course it's superhero mufti day too! You may bring along a small plate of food to share as well if you wish but you may also like to have a free sausage sizzle on us, the PTA.

We LOVE VOLUNTEERS

21/9/2017

Volunteers are the best, aren't they? We would like to thank everyone who volunteered their time and services to making Boogie Wonderland such a success. Instead of naming everyone here I would like highlight all the many, many tasks that were undertaken by our wonderful team of volunteers. All these jobs completed - pat yourself on the back please!

(And if you look carefully you might find a surprising task hidden in there...)

Boogie Wonderland was a blast!

17/9/2017

The glitter was everywhere, the lights were pulsing and the beats were funky.
Our Boogie Wonderland 70s Night was a total blast from the past and our 200 guests all had a great time.
We had prizes for best costumes and best moves on the dancefloor and our 1970s smorgasboard supper was extremely popular. Who doesn't like an asparagus roll?

Thanks to the D'N'D SHowband

We need to acknowledge the amazing DnD Showband who provided a phenomenal show for us on Saturday night. They performed three sets of the best music from the 1970s, including ABBA, Blondie, Fleetwood Mac, Sister Sledge, Village People and much much more. And each with full costume changes. You MADE the night, thank you so much!!
(PS. Be sure to go to their Facebook page and follow them to see when their next gig is on.)

The PTA committee kicked off the fun by doing a funky dance number to the Jackson Five's Blame it on the Boogie.
Check it out in the video on the left.

ANother great mindfulness Session

31/8/2017

Johanna and Erica from Mindful Mover did another great parent & child mindfulness session, this time with older kids. Check out the photos below to see how much fun and enjoyment these guys had and if you want more information on doing mindfulness at home with your kids, visit our Mindfulness Page.