Source: Ponsonby News, June 2009 |
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As Richmond Road School's love affair with art continues to grow, so does its community of talented artists. The Ponsonby school's annual fundraising event, Art with Love - The 5th Flirtation, will be well-represented with works donated for auction by Karl Maughan, John Reynolds, Clinton Phillips, Dave Hood, Robyn Walton, Catherine Carter, Sam Miller-Walters and Richard Adams. Although Mr Adams is a new parent to the school, he has been painting professionally for almost 30 years and has exhibited both nationally and overseas. He is also the front man for jazz ensemble The Nairobi Trio. Mr Adams says his six-year-old son Jasper, who has grown up around his work, helped choose his piece titled The Pass for the auction. The painting was inspired by the pair's time watching the freight trains go through Arthur's Pass National Park in the South Island. It depicts the dusty tarpaulins that cover the carriages. Jasper says he picked the painting because he went to Arthur's Pass and he liked the blue and red colours. Principal Stephanie Anich says the auction provides a unique opportunity to purchase works by leading artists at exceptional prices while also raising much-needed funds for the school. "We have to raise $100,000 every year just to keep the school running. "All the proceeds will be used to support our children's learning and fostering their interest in the arts." Ms Anich says the selection of 40 paintings, photographs, and sculptures will be on display at the school from 6.30pm today as well as Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 4pm. The art will go under the hammer at the school on Tuesday at 7pm. For more information visit www.arwithlove.org or phone Angela Tui Samoa on 940-4796. Auckland City Harbour News - Carly Tawhiao - 6/11/09 | Photo: JASON OXENHAM ART AFFAIR: Artist Richard Adams with his son Jasper displays his painting which will be auctioned at this year’s Richmond Road School Art With Love fundraiser. |
posted 17 Aug 2009 02:02 by Stephanie Anich
posted 12 Aug 2009 02:26 by RichmondRoad School
Source: Ponsonby News, August 2009, by MARTIN LEACH ON THE MORNING OF FRIDAY, 25TH JULY HIS Excellency, The Honourable Sir Anand Satyanand, GNZM, QSO, paid a visit to Richmond Road School. The Govenor General, (pictured third left), had had a strong connection to our local school as he had been a pupil there during the 1950s, and his visit kick started the children’s term-long study about the school’s history. Following the Powhiri in the school hall, his excellency made time for questions from senior pupils (Year4-6) about his job and his time at Richmond Road School. The Govenor General proved he had a sense of humour when one youngster asked him to recall his favourite time at school. Without hesitation he answered, “when the bell rang to announce school was over for the day.” The children and teachers will be using the information they gain during the term to create a production that documents aspects of the school’s 125-year history. The production coincides with the reunion for ex-pupils and staff planned to be held at the Dorothy Winstone Centre at Auckland Girls Grammar School on Thursday, 24th September. The school will be open the following day for guests to reminisce about their time at Richmond Road School. During the Governor General’s visit to Richmond Road School late last month, his excellency (and wife Susan) took time to explain to the pupils how proud he was of the history of the school, which was established in 1884, and is celebrating 125 years next month. It was a very special occasion for him, being his own primary school. Sir Anand Satyanand explained in a very interesting way to the pupils, a little of his role as Govenor General. Because New Zealand’s Head of State, Queen Elizabeth II, lives in London, his excellency is the Queen’s representative here and he has constitutional, ceremonial and community leadership roles. He told the assembled children and adults how he was responsible for signing laws, opening Parliament, appointing people to jobs, commemorating Anzac Day and Waitangi Day along with a number of school visits, as part of his community role. “Teachers are providing you with the skills to read, write and do long division, and how to understand the world around you. It is the key that unlocks all that follows,” and he cautioned them to not let this time slip from their hands. The importance of education is emphasised in the school’s motto: ‘Aim High’. Richmond Road School has special ‘quadrilingual’ status, teaching in English, Māori, Samoan and French. The school’s motto emphasises how you have to be constantly engaged with learning. He finished his speech with a Dr Seuss quote from, ‘I Can Read With My Eyes Shut’ - ‘The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.’ |
posted 12 Aug 2009 02:25 by RichmondRoad School
 Source: Ponsonby News, July 2009 RICHMOND ROAD SCHOOL: fifteen years ago Ms Nadine Plet registered Frenz School Inc as an incorporated society to implement a French-English bilingual education in New Zealand. This unit was opened officially in February 1996 at Richmond Road Primary School. It set an example to follow and today similar units have used the same structure and model around the world. 113 RICHMOND ROAD www.richmondroad.school.nz |
posted 12 Aug 2009 02:17 by RichmondRoad School
Source: Ponsonby News, June 2009 RICHMOND ROAD SCHOOL’S GUINNESS WORLD RECORD CHALLENGE  FRIDAY, 26TH JUNE: JUST AS WE WENT TO PRESS WITH THIS ISSUE of Ponsonby News, 121 pupils – all year 4-6 children from Ponsonby’s Richmond Road School took part in a Guinness World Record Challenge for tunnel ball. This was planned to coincide with a fundraising effort for this year’s ‘Kids Can Stand Tall’ Charitable Trust dedicated to supporting Kiwi Kids who are less fortunate than them. It was planned for the children to play tunnel ball for at least five hours but as Deputy Principal Heather Rewiri told Ponsonby News in the early afternoon, “sadly, the heavy rain at midday has rained us off on this occasion.”  photography: martin leach TILLY GIBB - JONATHAN DAVIS - EMILY MORRIS, the brains behind PN We had a great time attempting to beat the Guinness World Record for the largest game of Tunnel Ball. We had Josh, the weatherman from Sunrise TV3 breakfast programme, visit our school to film us getting started. The children did very well, keeping the game going for 3.5 hours, but the rain set in at lunchtime so we had to abandon our attempt. We raised almost $250 for KidsCan StandTall charity through a coin trail. |
posted 12 Aug 2009 02:15 by RichmondRoad School
Source: NZ Herald, 4:00AM Wednesday Jun 10, 2009 French rugby coach Marc Lievremont at Dilworth School in Epsom. Photo / Greg Bowker French rugby coach Marc Lievremont may have mixed feelings about signing a New Zealand rugby ball, but local kids were thrilled with his team's expert tips and autograph session yesterday. The touring French team hosted students from Richmond Road Primary School after a training session at Dilworth School in Epsom. The visitors, who have visited Waiheke Island, shopped and played golf, fly to Dunedin tomorrow and will face the All Blacks at Carisbook on Saturday. |
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By CARLY TAWHIAO - Auckland City Harbour News  JASON OXENHAM/Auckland City Harbour News FAIA'OGA LELEI: Samoan bilingual teacher Levi Tavita instructs Trujon Nomani-Brown, 10, and William Naseni, 11, at Kowhai Intermediate.
Kowhai Intermediate is providing a Samoan language link for children in central and west Auckland thanks to new teacher Levi Tavita. The Kingsland school now offers bilingual Samoan classes to pupils from bilingual primary schools such as Richmond Road School in Ponsonby, and Rosebank Primary in Avondale. "I’m very optimistic about this venture. It’s just a matter of time to see it grow," says Mr Tavita. "Using Samoan as a medium for instruction means students are able to improve and enhance learning in all their other lessons." Mr Tavita teaches classes three mornings a week which fits around his own post-graduate studies in applied language and linguistics. Kowhai Intermediate School principal Paul Douglas says the initiative started by listening to parents’ requests. "We’re trying to be responsive and as long as there is a need and it’s doable we’re happy to provide for that need." Last year parents from Richmond Road Primary’s Samoan bilingual unit identified the benefits of continuous bilingual education from years 1 to 8. One parent, Feeonaa Wall, says bridging the gap between bilingual primary school education, which finishes at year 6, and high school and university bilingual opportunities, just makes sense. She says Kowhai’s management have been open to the programme, which can receive funding when it reaches a minimum roll of 20. Currently six students are enrolled. "There’s definitely a whole community out there who encourage this initiative," says Ms Wall. "There is some great research happening that proves bilingual education creates amazing academic achievement and sense of identity." John McCaffery, senior lecturer at Auckland University’s faculty of education, is among the team conducting the research. He says to be an effective language learner, language needs to be used as a medium of instruction to teach other subjects and activities at school for at least eight years. "It’s a far more effective way of learning the language and the curriculum," he says. "It helps deliver quality English, quality Samoan and quality curriculum knowledge." |
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By LISA HARRISON - Auckland City Harbour News | Friday, 07 November 2008
Some of the country’s most well-known artists will be showing their love for Richmond Road School this week. In the annual Art With Love fundraiser, donated artworks will be auctioned to raise money for the school. The art will be on display from today throughout the weekend and sold at the school on Tuesday night. Professional auctioneers Ben Plumbly and James Parkinson will conduct the auction and buyers will be able to snap up works at good prices with no auctioneers’ fees. All proceeds will be used to support learning at Richmond Road School. This year’s lineup includes artists Karl Maughan, John Pule, Otis Frizzell and Chris Knox as well as work from parents and members of the community. Mr Maughan has two children attending Richmond Road School. He says Art With Love is a great event to be involved in. "There is some great work in the show this year," he says. "You can get a nice work of art, support the school at the same time and get a bargain as well." The Art With Love fundraiser has been running for the last four years. Previous auctions have raised up to $60,000 for the school. Over the weekend polling booths will also be set up for the election so people can vote and enjoy the artworks at the same time. Organiser Angela Tui-Samoa says the fundraiser is crucial for the school. "The money raised from the auction will enable us to continue funding our classes and promoting the arts with our children," she says. "We are lucky to have so many passionate and talented New Zealand artists supporting our school and are extremely grateful for their involvement." Art With Love opens to-night at 6.30pm with public viewing also on Saturday and Sunday between 11am and 4pm. The auction will be held on Tuesday from 6.30pm. For information, email rrs.artwithlove@gmail.com. |
Some of the country’s most well-known artists will be showing their love for Richmond Road School this week. |
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BY MARTIN LEACH - PONSONBY NEWS SEPTEMBER 2006 JUDITH TIZARD AND DONAL MCLEAN (ABOVE)
| As you age time seems to go by far too quickly and right now the year
2025 seems like a long way off. But in that year a time capsule will be
opened at Richmond Road School and future generations will get a
glimpse of school life as well as life in general in 2005 containing a
number of items both pupils and teachers felt were important today.
Acting Principal Donal McLean and his team held a ceremony for the
storing of the time capsule which represented an item from each ‘ropu’
(area of the school) with instructions that it was not to be opened for
the next twenty years. The time capsule idea came about as a
celebration following the renovation of part of the school. Local
resident Judith Tizard in her capacity as Minister for Auckland Issues
took part in the ribbon cutting ceremony recently followed by singing
from the pupils and staff. As she said, "It is always a pleasure
visiting Richmond Road School, to celebrate its successes with such a
wonderfully supportive community its vibrant multiculturalism,
diversity and culture of tolerance and respect for all cultural groups
should be promoted and celebrated”.
The entire ceremony was recorded on video and the items, which included
tapa cloth, Maori weaving, jewellery, the video tape along with
Judith’s speech and a copy of Labour’s Educational priorities and
achievements were placed into the school’s attic by Menzies, one of the
pupils.
Richmond Road School with its 340 pupil roll (one of 22 bi-lingual
schools in Auckland) first opened in 1884 and today is a vibrant
multicultural state primary school in the heart of the Ponsonby/Grey
Lynn area. The school gained international recognition in the 1960’s
for its innovative work in literacy education and pupils today have a
choice of learning lessons in English, French, Maori and Samoan.
Clearly this places a fair bit of pressure on both funding and staffing
and as Donal says, “it does create a double work load preparing lessons
in two languages but does allows local families’children to learn in
their own language and culture and the school works closely with
pupils, families and colleagues to create a strong partnership.”
As Judith Tizard comments, "to fulfil our potential, we have to strive
for excellence. For this, we need families that are engaged in their
children's education, outstanding teachers that get excellent outcomes,
and schools with the leadership and resources to make that focus on
excellence possible. These are Labour's priorities. I certainly
believe that Richmond Road Primary School will continue to serve its
children, teachers, and community well into the future."
Under the Labour Government there are now a further 3,000 extra
teachers in our classrooms throughout New Zealand and in smaller
classes. Every school now has high-speed internet access which keeps
pupils in touch with information and learning. The 2005 budget has
funding for early childhood education which will have increased by over
$400 million since 1999, an increase of over 140%.
How will the future generation know about the existence of Richmond
Road School’s time capsule? Recording the whereabouts of time capsule
is very important, as many capsules in the past have been lost in the
past, due to poor record keeping (who will know where you have placed
your time capsule twenty years from now?) Richmond Road School have a
diary system in place and The International Time Capsule Society in
Atlanta, USA provides a registry of time capsules around the world to
make sure that they are properly recorded.
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By LISA SLOAN - Central Leader | Wednesday, 09 July 2008
Luka Klubien doesn't quite know all the words in Samoan yet.
But with the right education, the seven-year-old should be fluent by the time he starts college.
Luka is a member of the Mua-i-Malae Samoan bilingual unit at Richmond Road. Read more.
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