Rangitopuni is the intermediate (Yr 7/8) area of Riverhead School. 

Rangitopuni 2025 is made up of 3 homerooms with our teachers Ms Gill, Mrs Timmermans and Mr Chand. Mrs Thompson also teaches with us on different days throughout the week. 

We run a full teaching and learning programme based around the core subjects of Reading, Writing and Maths across the week. These are done in groups with a particular Literacy or Maths teacher and the children move around the space to go to these areas of learning. Our core learning days are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. 

On Thursday and Friday, we run a separate programme that has the children immersed in Strand Maths, Inquiry/Technology, languages, Art and PE, including Sports Academy and Sports Development opportunities. These extra opportunities are generally done in Maths or Literacy groups to ensure we are continuing to cover the basics. On Monday and Friday we run a separate programme that includes Technology classes at Taupaki School, sports development and academy, Art, Physical Education, languages and Music. 

We offer the Year 8 learners the opportunity to participate in the William Pike challenge. Children get the opportunity to attend Sports Camp (those in the Sports Development/Sports Academy), Ski Trip Expedition (Yr 7) and for Graduation week in Dunedin (Yr 8). Alongside all of these learning and EOTC opportunities, our learners apply for Captaincy roles and act as Leaders  and Ambassadors across the school.