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Vista is our online newsletter that showcases life at the college. We celebrate all areas of success, highlight curriculum achievements, performing arts, sports, and other extra-curricular activities.

Vista Term 1 Issue 1 2023

Welcome to Vista Term 1 Issue 1!
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March 2023

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Class, Portraits, IDs catch up sessionAthletics Day (Back Up Day)Year 12 and Year 13 Information Evening
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Instrumental Camp
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23 Events
3Instrumental Camp
4Instrumental Camp
5Instrumental Camp
62 Events
7Year 13 Leadership Camp…
82 Events
9Polyfest 2023
10Polyfest 2023
11Polyfest 2023
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16PPTA National Industrial Action
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22Māori and Pasifika Whānau…
232 Events
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27Summer Sports Tournament Week
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302 Events
312 Events
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Summer Sports Tournament WeekShrek The MusicalRelay for Life
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Summer Sports Tournament Week
Thursday

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Friday

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Wednesday

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No Events
Thursday

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PhotoLife will be taking the class, portraits and ID's on this date.  This day has been set aside for an ID catch up session.
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This is the reserve back up day for our college's Athletics Day.
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Year 12 and Year 13 Information Evening will be taking place in the Auditorium.  
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Friday

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The instrumental camp is taking place.  The students attending the camp will be provided with more details.
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Saturday

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The instrumental camp is taking place.  The students attending the camp will be provided with more details.
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Sunday

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The instrumental camp is taking place.  The students attending the camp will be provided with more details.
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Monday

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The Year 13 Leadership Camp is taking place between Monday 6th March and Wednesday 8th March in the Peter Snell Youth Village.  More information will be provided to the Year 13 leaders who attending this camp.
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Y13 Health Rongoā Māori workshop is taking place. 1pm-3.20pm  
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Tuesday

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The Year 13 Leadership Camp is taking place between Monday 6th March and Wednesday 8th March in the Peter Snell Youth Village.  More information will be provided to the Year 13 leaders who attending this camp.
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Wednesday

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The Year 13 Leadership Camp is taking place between Monday 6th March and Wednesday 8th March in the Peter Snell Youth Village.  More information will be provided to the Year 13 leaders who attending this camp.
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The Auckland Secondary Schools Māori & Pacific Islands Cultural Festival is taking place from Wednesday 8th March and Saturday 11th March.
  • Our Māori and Pasifika students are participating on the Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi Māori Stage
  • Our Korean fan dance students, and Chinese cultural students, are performing on the Diversity stage
There are six stages (and all performances are being live-streamed).  Tune in and watch our students representing Rangitoto College.  Go to www.asbpolyfest.co.nz to watch the live stream performances.    The 6 stages include:
  • Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi Māori Stage
  • Pacific Media Network Cook Islands Stage
  • Unitec Institute of Technology Diversity Stage
  • Manukau Institute of Technology Niue Stage
  • The University of Auckland Samoa Stage
  • Pacific Media Network Tonga Stage
The Ministry for Pacific Peoples is also hosting a speech competition.
 
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Thursday

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The Auckland Secondary Schools Māori & Pacific Islands Cultural Festival is taking place from Wednesday 8th March and Saturday 11th March.
  • Our Māori and Pasifika students are participating on the Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi Māori Stage
  • Our Korean fan dance students, and Chinese cultural students, are performing on the Diversity stage
There are six stages (and all performances are being live-streamed).  Tune in and watch our students representing Rangitoto College.  Go to www.asbpolyfest.co.nz to watch the live stream performances.    The 6 stages include:
  • Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi Māori Stage
  • Pacific Media Network Cook Islands Stage
  • Unitec Institute of Technology Diversity Stage
  • Manukau Institute of Technology Niue Stage
  • The University of Auckland Samoa Stage
  • Pacific Media Network Tonga Stage
The Ministry for Pacific Peoples is also hosting a speech competition.
 
SEE MORE
Friday

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The Auckland Secondary Schools Māori & Pacific Islands Cultural Festival is taking place from Wednesday 8th March and Saturday 11th March.
  • Our Māori and Pasifika students are participating on the Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi Māori Stage
  • Our Korean fan dance students, and Chinese cultural students, are performing on the Diversity stage
There are six stages (and all performances are being live-streamed).  Tune in and watch our students representing Rangitoto College.  Go to www.asbpolyfest.co.nz to watch the live stream performances.    The 6 stages include:
  • Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi Māori Stage
  • Pacific Media Network Cook Islands Stage
  • Unitec Institute of Technology Diversity Stage
  • Manukau Institute of Technology Niue Stage
  • The University of Auckland Samoa Stage
  • Pacific Media Network Tonga Stage
The Ministry for Pacific Peoples is also hosting a speech competition.
 
SEE MORE
Saturday

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The Auckland Secondary Schools Māori & Pacific Islands Cultural Festival is taking place from Wednesday 8th March and Saturday 11th March.
  • Our Māori and Pasifika students are participating on the Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi Māori Stage
  • Our Korean fan dance students, and Chinese cultural students, are performing on the Diversity stage
There are six stages (and all performances are being live-streamed).  Tune in and watch our students representing Rangitoto College.  Go to www.asbpolyfest.co.nz to watch the live stream performances.    The 6 stages include:
  • Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi Māori Stage
  • Pacific Media Network Cook Islands Stage
  • Unitec Institute of Technology Diversity Stage
  • Manukau Institute of Technology Niue Stage
  • The University of Auckland Samoa Stage
  • Pacific Media Network Tonga Stage
The Ministry for Pacific Peoples is also hosting a speech competition.
 
SEE MORE
Sunday

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No Events
Monday

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No Events
Tuesday

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No Events
Wednesday

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No Events
Thursday

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PPTA industrial action. PPTA has called a strike day for the 16th March and due to this the college will only be open for instruction for the Y9s. Y10-13 will be at home for the day.  
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Friday

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No Events
Saturday

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No Events
Sunday

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No Events
Monday

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No Events
Tuesday

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No Events
Wednesday

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This hui is about connecting with our tamariki and whānau to see what support you would continue to like here at Rangitoto. This hui is student led and involves conversations around connection, student opportunities and enhancing the mana of our tauira. The hui is taking place from 6pm to 8pm in our Rangi Centre.
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Thursday

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The Learning Centre is holding the Year 13 volunteer training workshop.
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Year 10 Meet the Teacher Evening will be taking place. There will be key messages from Principal Patrick Gale, Year 10 Deans, Guidance Counsellors, and core subject teachers.  
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Friday

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No Events
Saturday

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No Events
Sunday

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No Events
Monday

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The Sports Department is hosting the Summer Sports Tournament week.
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Tuesday

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The Sports Department is hosting the Summer Sports Tournament week.
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Wednesday

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The Sports Department is hosting the Summer Sports Tournament week.
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PPTA industrial action - Wednesday 29th March. Rangitoto College will be open for instruction for Year 9 students on the 29th March, with all Year 9 students expected to attend.  School is closed to Years 10-13 on Wednesday 29th March.  
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The Year 9 Success Integrated presentation is taking place today in period 3 in the Auditorium.
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Book your ticket here Darren Pereira, one of Oceania’s foremost educational speakers and the founding director of Success Integrated, is presenting this powerfully insightful seminar.  Last year we had a capacity crowd attend this highly successful and informative parent presentation and have felt compelled to bring Darren back to support our community.  This will be a ticketed event limited to Year 9 & 10 parents.  There will not be a cost to attend but we need to ensure we do not breach capacity of 200 in the staffroom.  We would encourage Year 9 & 10 parents to attend the evening session where Darren will cover a variety of topics which will support parenting a teenager.  We have asked him to deliver a toolkit for parents to support their teenager.  The presentation will be held in the Rangitoto College Staff Room (access entrance from the main reception). You can expect to walk away with how to help your teenager:
  • develop resilience, become adaptive and deal with their current challenges
  • use evidence-based, positive psychology interventions and cognitive behavioural techniques to sustainably manage depression and deal with negative thinking
  • rectify poor sleep habits exacerbating mental health issues
  • deal with disappointment, setbacks and failure
 
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Thursday

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The Sports Department is hosting the Summer Sports Tournament week.
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Great entertainment for the whole family!
Join Shrek, Fiona, Donkey, Dragon and company for 4 awesome performances: 7pm Thursday 30 March 7pm Friday 31 March 2pm Saturday 1 April 7pm Saturday 1 April
Tickets at the school Finance Office (pay wave preferred) or online.
$16 - students/staff/seniors $20 - adults
Set in a mythical “once upon a time” sort of land, Shrek the Musical is the story of a hulking green ogre who, after being mocked and feared his entire life by anything that crosses his path, retreats to an ugly green swamp to exist in happy isolation. Suddenly, a gang of homeless fairy-tale characters (Pinocchio, Cinderella, the Three Pigs, you name it) raid his sanctuary, saying they’ve been evicted by the vertically challenged Lord Farquaad. So Shrek strikes a deal: I’ll get your homes back, if you give me my home back! But when Shrek and Farquaad meet, the Lord strikes a deal of his own: He’ll give the fairy-tale characters their homes back, if Shrek rescues Princess Fiona. Shrek obliges, yet finds something appealing–something strange and different–about this pretty princess. He likes her. A lot. But why does she always run off when the sun sets?
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Friday

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The Sports Department is hosting the Summer Sports Tournament week.
SEE MORE
Great entertainment for the whole family!
Join Shrek, Fiona, Donkey, Dragon and company for 4 awesome performances: 7pm Thursday 30 March 7pm Friday 31 March 2pm Saturday 1 April 7pm Saturday 1 April
Tickets at the school Finance Office (pay wave preferred) or online.
$16 - students/staff/seniors $20 - adults
Set in a mythical “once upon a time” sort of land, Shrek the Musical is the story of a hulking green ogre who, after being mocked and feared his entire life by anything that crosses his path, retreats to an ugly green swamp to exist in happy isolation. Suddenly, a gang of homeless fairy-tale characters (Pinocchio, Cinderella, the Three Pigs, you name it) raid his sanctuary, saying they’ve been evicted by the vertically challenged Lord Farquaad. So Shrek strikes a deal: I’ll get your homes back, if you give me my home back! But when Shrek and Farquaad meet, the Lord strikes a deal of his own: He’ll give the fairy-tale characters their homes back, if Shrek rescues Princess Fiona. Shrek obliges, yet finds something appealing–something strange and different–about this pretty princess. He likes her. A lot. But why does she always run off when the sun sets?
SEE MORE
Saturday

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