Crossing The Generations and Valuing Our Heritage

Crossing the generations and valuing our heritage - that’s what Rangi Ruru’s Generations Day is all about according to Rangi’s Community Relations Coordinator, Amelia Davis.

On March the 25th, Rangi Ruru will host its annual Generations Day where girls in Years 7, 9 and 13 invite their mothers, grandmothers and great grandmothers to share a chapel service and morning tea.

One family which has regularly attended, has had a particularly long and enjoyable relationship with Rangi as there are 43 sisters, cousins, mothers, grandmothers, nieces and aunts who are former and current students. Barbara Chapman (nee Royds 1951-1957) and her niece Hilary Royds (2012-present) represent the Royds family at either end of the Royds generational spectrum, with dozens of Royds in-between.

Rangi’s Community Relations Coordinator, Amelia Davis says Generations Day is a time to reflect on the women and their families who have chosen to attend and support Rangi Ruru, for nearly 125 years. She adds that meeting so many women with one school in common is an opportunity to learn a great deal about the history and personalities that help make a school what it is.

“There’s a wonderful connectedness amongst Rangi girls, both former and current students,” she says. “We have a close knit community that extends well beyond the campus which helps us to be resilient, informed and value one another, through good and difficult times.”

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