Parents & Students

Our junior students have been making the most of their last few weeks at school by enjoying various activities around our kura during our Device Free days!

Ākonga enjoyed performances from the junior rock bands, tried out activities such as Diablo and chess, and sports such as badminton, basketball, volleyball, and ultimate frisbee. 🎸⚽️♟️🎭 ...

We are excited to share further podium finishes for our junior sports teams! Well done to both our Junior Premier Volleyball teams on their mahi this season.

Junior Premier Girls Volleyball
🥇 North Harbour Super League
🥇 Auckland Championship (3peat)
🥇 North Island Championship

Junior Premier Boys Volleyball
🥉 North Harbour Super League
🥉 Auckland Championship

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Siblings Joseph, Phoebe, and Josephine Liu recently visited Northcross Intermediate to present to tamariki their journey with Artificial Intelligence (AI) through a number of investigations and academic papers.

Northcross students have been learning about how to use AI in an ethical way and enjoyed the presentation from these remarkable students.

Thank you to Northcross for hosting our students and fostering connections among our young people! 🤝 ...

Well done to our wonderful water polo players! Our Junior Premier Girls team came away with bronze at the Junior Water Polo North Island Championships this weekend—a wonderful achievement.

Ka pai to tournament MVP (Goalkeeper) Emily Armes and the rest of the formidable team.

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We recently hosted our annual Einstein Olympiad which celebrates all things academic and brings together students from across our Kāhui Ako for a day of fun and competition.

Year 9 and 10 students were given the chance to act as leaders and guides for the Year 5-8 students we hosted, building strong connections to the college and supporting school transitions in years to come. ...

Junior Shakespeare is back for 2023!

Come to the Rangi Centre this Friday 1 December at 7 pm to watch these young thespians in their hilarious performance of The Comedy of Errors.

Tickets can be bought for $5 at the door.

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Students in our Year 10 Food Technology course embarked on a culinary journey, presenting a high tea to the residents of Knightsbridge Retirement Village.

The event marked the climax of a term’s preparation and was a tasty and visual feast, with each high tea themed and based on stakeholder input.

Well done to all involved in this epic event showcasing kai and fostering manaakitanga. 🍰 ...

Our fantastic Art Department has had a productive few weeks! This year 156 Level 3 portfolios were packaged and sent to Wellington for assessment, with final results for all year levels being published in January.

Ngā mihi to the caregivers, staff, and ākonga who supported these students as they completed their boards. Congrats to all seniors for completing their folios—what an awesome achievement!🎨 ...

Support Rangitoto by supporting @noel.leeming!

Noel Leeming is our preferred supplier of BYOD devices for students. They are giving the Rangitoto College community preferential pricing at the Albany and Wairau Park stores. In addition, Noel Leeming provides our kura with a 2% rebate on all purchases.

Click the link in our bio for more information on this offer. 💻 ...

Three of our incredible students (and siblings!) have recently finished an artificial intelligence (AI) paper and have been accepted into an Australian conference!

“DNA Sequence Automatic Classification—Learn the Life Language Using Artificial Intelligence” by Josephine Liu, Phoebe Liu, and Joseph Liu has been accepted into the 12th International Conference on Soft Computing, Artificial Intelligence, and Applications (SCAI 2023) in Sydney.

The trio have been involved in multiple public speaking events around Tāmaki Makaurau and this is their first foray into international waters.

This Saturday 11 November they are presenting at Browns Bay Library about another AI project they have just finished, “Automatic Disease Diagnosis using NLP and ASR,” from 2 to 3 pm. This session is available to everyone.

Ka pai Josephine, Phoebe, and Joseph! ...

Rangitoto College celebrated student success across various sports at our annual Sports Awards.

Congratulations to Ryan Jefferson for receiving Sportsman of the Year for outstanding volleyball accomplishments. As leader of the Premier Boys Volleyball team, Ryan led his team to gold at nationals and was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.

Congratulations to our Sportswoman of the Year, Summer Osbourne. As a key member of the swimming team, Summer played a significant role in the team’s success this year at nationals. She also had great results at competitions both in Aotearoa and around the world.

Click the link in our bio to view this ceremony.

Make sure to follow @rangitoto_sport to keep up to date with sports at our kura! ...