Principal’s Post

Kia ora, greetings to you all. Shortly our Community Survey will be coming home.  We have decided to send this paper copy in an attempt to get everyone responding.  Please take the time to complete it. Daffodil Day is the Cancer Society’s annual flagship event and one of the most important fundraising and awareness campaigns [...]

Snow in Palmy? Yeah right…

Thanks Miss Bradshaw and Mrs Peck for these great photos.  Follow this link to see more. Enjoy this mixture of draft and published writing from Riverdale students:   Jake, LC12: On Monday was a sunny day. Went to school and came back then around 4.00pm started the falling flakes of joy. I got my gloves, [...]

Principal’s Post

Kia Ora – Greetings to you all. I have just returned from a fantastic day in Auckland with our Rippa Rugby Team. As a Principal, I am so proud of these children, their commitment, conduct and attitude was outstanding. The team was treated to a wonderful welcome by the whole school and our Te Puawai [...]

Our Rippa team did us proud

Riverdale School put on a huge welcome for our conquering Rippa Rugby World Cup heroes.  Finishing 4th in the competition at North Harbour Stadium this week was an outstanding achievement for our players. Congratulations to the team – Matt McCallum and Paula Whenuaroa (coaches), Tom (captain), Samuel, Tipene, Woodrow, Noah, Ana, Sara, Maddi, Sophie and [...]

Rippa Team

Here are some links to the Rippa World Cup being played at North Harbour Stadium at which our team is performing so brilliantly: http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/sport/9994179/nz-unbeaten-on-day-one-of-rippa-world-cup/ http://www.eventfinder.co.nz/2011/aug/albany/2011-rippa-world-cup http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=10742357 http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.159324690791818.34425.156734284384192