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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!
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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. 

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. 

Boogie Wonderland was a blast!

17/9/2017

 
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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.)
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​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. 

THE JOURNEY OF THE PODS

24/7/2017

 
Rawhiti School has been lucky enough to have won a beautiful new garden, which is now in place outside the school library on the north side of the school building.
POD OASIS is an award-winning garden created lovingly by the team at Greening the Rubble and for a number of years it was located in at Re:Start Mall in the centre of Christchurch. However with the future of that mall uncertain Greening the Rubble decided to give away the garden to a community group that could make use and love this garden for many years to come. 
It is our honour that Rawhiti School was chosen as the recipient for this amazing garden and after many hours of work and labour from the Greening the Rubble team, the teachers, the students, the PTA and families from the school the garden is in place.
Now we have a garden to treasure, a space for the children at the school to have a haven, a quiet place within the chaos and clutter of the playground to just sit and contemplate. Somewhere to chill out and read a book or somewhere to sit with friends and have a quiet chat.
We believe our children deserve inspiring and beautiful spaces too. 

THE JOURNEY OF THE PODS

Thanks People of Brighton!

7/6/2017

 
Today the PTA were invited to the Christchurch Football Club rooms for a morning tea to celebrate all the charities that took part in Z's Good in the Hood promotion over May. 

We were able to meet with the other deserving local groups who were also part of the promotion in New Brighton and we also received our cheque which is our share of the $4000. 

Based on your votes, we came a close second in the race and were given an amazing $1280.00. This is really going to help in our fundraising efforts this year to get some new playground equipment for the kids. 

Thanks so much Z and to all the people that voted for us. 
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Psychological First Aid Training at the school

8/5/2017

 
In conjunction with the local Christchurch branch of the NZ Red Cross we were able to host two free 7 hour training sessions in the Rawhiti School Hall on the subject of Psychological First Aid (PFA) training. 

According to Red Cross Secretary General Tony Paine says, “At its core, PFA is about providing a safe, supportive response to someone who has just been through a sudden disaster and in need of support. PFA helps people feel safe, connected to others, calm and hopeful, able to access physical, emotional, cultural and social support, and feel able to help themselves.”

Our participants from the school community now have the knowledge to 
provide practical and emotional short-term support for individuals, reduce distress and foster the ability to adapt following a disaster or emergency situation, such as an earthquake or traumatic event. What an amazing opportunity for us. Thank you Red Cross New Zealand. 
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We're Good in the Hood!

1/5/2017

 
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We're excited to announce that Rawhiti PTA has been selected to be supported by Z as part of this year’s Good in the Hood programme. That means we will receive a share of $5,000 from the Z New Brighton service station. 

Any money raised from this campaign will be going towards our 2017 goal of creating new play areas at the school, especially for our Junior children. You can read more about our Z fundraising goal on the Good in the Hood website. 

And don't forget for the month of May to buy your petrol from Z New Brighton and vote for us! Thanks!

Family Fun Night - fun for all ages!

13/4/2017

 
The Court Jesters from the Court Theatre put on a great, laughter-filled show for us to enjoy last night to liven up a wet and cold evening. With hot food (our famous nachos and sausage sizzle) from 5pm, a photo booth to remember the night and lots of fun and games to try it was a successful and fun way to end the term. 

POD OASIS is coming to Rawhiti School!

9/4/2017

 
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The wonderful crew at Greening the Rubble decided to run a competition to giveaway the POD OASIS outdoor spaces to a community group in Christchurch. The PTA at Rawhiti decided to enter the competition to try and win these amazing pod gardens and seating for our school children as an outdoor classroom and reading space, and to also be used by our local community on weekends.
Last week we found out that we were shortlisted in the top 3 for this competition and last night at ReStart Mall we were thrilled to learn that Rawhiti School was the winner!!! POD OASIS will be making their way to our school sometime in Term 2 and we look forward to making a beautiful garden around this space. We are so lucky to have won these. Thank you Greening the Rubble!!

Selling Nachos at the Coast to Coast

12/2/2017

 
Rawhiti School and the PTA were given the opportunity to sell food at the Kathmandu Coast to Coast finish line at New Brighton beach. After a mammoth task organising the menu, volunteers, cooking up a storm and getting together all the necessary equipment we got there. And what an event it was. A brilliant day was had by all and we were able to start raising money for new playground equipment for the junior students at the school. 

Christmas Raffle Winner

9/12/2016

 
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A big thank you to everyone who supported our raffle. Our lucky first place winner is the lovely Jaimee from Platform Hair next.level.hairdressing in Surfside Mall, New Brighton.

​Thanks so much to everybody for supporting our school fundraiser. What an amazing community we live in!

Our prizes...

Our busy little PTA 'fairies' made up 30 prize packages to give away as raffle prizes.
​All the prizes came from food items donated to the school for last week's Mufti Day and extra items were purchased with coins that were donated. 

A Successful Rootin' Tootin' Hoedown

16/8/2016

 
Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone that supported our rootin' tootin' heck of a good time Hoedown on Saturday night. What a doozie! And we raised a phenomenal $3000+ which we'll be putting towards the new bike track at Rawhiti School.
Special mention to the PTA members who put in so much hard work, to Switch Espresso New Brighton for the brownies, Ribbons and Rosettes for the fantastic sashes, to The Dear Ones Photo Booth Co. for the crazy photos (Nick was awesome) and especially to The black velvet band for bringing the whole night together!
Check out our wee video below and email us if you want copies of any of the photos.

Our Generous Neighbours!

28/7/2016

 
Helen and Steph were invited as guest speakers to the Seaview Lions Club luncheon meeting down the road from the school in the Diamonz Tap Studio on Leaver Terrace, with our host Jan Ruardy. We enjoyed great conversation, a delicious lunch and we were able to talk about what's going on at the school and what issues there are in the general neighbourhood that we could try and address. 
After discussing the plans for the Bikes in School bike track around the back field of our school the Seaview Lions Club very generously agreed to fund 3 bicycles for us, handing us a cheque there and then. And then they fed us! What lovely neighbours the school has, we're so very lucky!
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Jan Ruardy from Seaview Lions Club handing us a cheque for new bikes for the school.

 Rawhiti School Parents - Coffee & Chat Invitation

Jan Ruardy, the director of Diamonz Tap Studio and Chairperson of the Seaview Lions Club would love to invite parents at the school to come along on a Friday morning and enjoy a free hot cuppa and biscuit. If it's a cold day, why not pop down the road and have somewhere nice and warm to sit and chat. She generously opens her studio every Friday morning from 9am - 11am for our community to enjoy. As long as the Coffee sign is there, she will be there. Don't be shy! 

School Garage Sale was a Huge Success

11/4/2016

 
Thanks to everyone who showed up to buy the old school furniture and special thanks to all the volunteers who helped out on the day. What great fun we had and the stuff was flying out the door.
All funds raised will be going straight back to the school.

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