Welcome to Rakaia School the gateway to Mid Canterbury.

Rakaia School continues to grow in popularity and early this year we put on Teacher number 6. The Roll has grown very quickly to be 129 at the end of term 3 2009. We are on projection for 130 by the end of the year.

This is our school webpage and we are very happy with the look and feel of the pages. Please give us any feedback so we can keep this current and add to the information you require.

Please note the new requirement to enrol children on the Mid Canterbury Schools Transport Service if they wish to use the bus service. This can be completed on the site www.mcsts.co.nz.

Our School Vision statement is:

" Inspiring Minds, Celebrating Success".

We believe we achieve this through the values of Partnership, Quality and Respect. Our staff strive hard to encourage children to develop these values through the work they complete and the way we interact with our students.

The students at Rakaia have many opportunities to develop their talents. We take part in interschool events and compete in academic events such as the Otago Daily Times Spelling Quiz and Social Studies Quiz.

The School operates with 4 House Colours and we elect House Captains who lead their house throughout the year and encourage competitions at lunch time. The Houses are named after famous New Zealanders. ( Rutherford, Blake. Hillary and Sheppard) we also elect a Student Council and a School leader to promote student ideas and suggestions.

We welcome any enquiries. Please contact our Principal, Mark Ellis. principal@rakaia.school.nz

Please note that if you are wanting o catch the school bus then please check the Mid Canterbury School Transport Service website for instructions and links. http://www.mcsts.co.nz

Welcome To Rakaia School