Today at our staff only day, we engaged in work around reviewing our NCEA programmes, particularly at Level 1, and a cross-curricular emphasis on raising literacy competence.
Our senior learners' attendance and preparedness for exams has been impressive and we hope this will translate into some really positive exam results.
You may be aware that one of our learners was approached after school by a person not known to them in a car, while they were walking home from their exam. We are proud of our learner in this situation for doing all of the right things. The police have identified and are following up with this person. We ask learners to not be afraid to seek help in these situations and make contact with parents, the school and the police.
Have a great long weekend everyone!
Ngā mihi nui,
Rachel
The flourishing lancewood: Horoeka Haemata
Wondering why our newsletter is called The Lancewood?
The name Horoeka Haemata, gifted by Te Taumutu Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu to Rolleston College means flourishing lancewood. The lancewood tree is an important and powerful image that lies at the heart of Rolleston College’s purpose and motivation, and a familiar symbol of Waikirikiri/Selwyn district. It captures the essence of how we define the learning and personal development journey at Rolleston College.
The tree represents education—it starts as a seed, grounds itself firmly in Papatūānuku and with love, care, and guidance it then grows up to take its place on the landscape. The branches reach out and up, always striving to reach Ranginui, therein portraying a desire to reach greater heights. It provides shelter and shade, a home and resting place for our birds and insects, and a source of warmth for our people.
A unique tree that changes dramatically as it matures, its juvenile form changes after 15-20 years to a mature tree. This also represents our learners' journey as they transition from adolescence to adulthood, developing who they are, their identity, accepting challenges and growing through obstacles during their college journey.
Learn more about our story, including the cultural narrative of Tauwharekākaho/Rolleston, on our website.
News
Loan PE tops
If your learner has borrowed a PE top from school, please return it as soon as you can! We are running out of loan tops and can't issue any more until they are returned.
Signing in and out of school
Learners are our responsibility during school hours, so those who are late to school should go straight to student services and sign in using the tablet. It will print a slip for the learner to take to their teacher. When they arrive in class, the teacher will update their attendance in Kamar.
Learners who leave school to go home early, work, or attend an appointment must sign out using the tablet in student services.
This is for health and safety purposes: for example, in the event of an evacuation or lockdown we need to know who is on campus.
Please remind your learners to sign in and out, rather than calling or emailing the school to let us know they have left afterwards.
Have your contact details changed?
If any of your information has changed, e.g., address, phone numbers, email, emergency contacts, changes in circumstances, please let our enrolments team know at admin@rollestoncollege.nz.
Rolleston College Parents Facebook group
Have you joined our Facebook group for parents?
Please ensure you answer the membership questions. This is to prevent spam accounts, etc.
Events and bookings page
We have a new booking website for tickets for school events like graduation, prizegivings, and school productions. Links are hosted on the events page on our website.
