Monthly Archives: August 2018

Part of the Play.sport Activator’s role is to provide more opportunities for Special Olympic athletes by giving them occasions to enjoy being physically active. Rutherford College has been working closely with Henderson High school to deliver a 4 week football competition for these students. This week Rutherford hosted their first home game and following an intense warm up with Coach Greg Chalmers, the Turangawaewae team took to the court ready for the game to begin. Plenty of action followed with Diamond Tasi showing great reflex skills and reacting quickly to save numerous goals. Their opponents had to face the powerful…

On Tuesday, 28 August as part of our plan to develop and strengthen partnerships within our Communities of Learning, a group comprised of 10 prefects and Year 9 students visited Te Atatu Intermediate School. They met with Year 8 students split over two groups to complete activities involving thinking and co-operative challenges and some competition. The purpose was to allow the different aged students to interact so that Rutherford College students could help demystify High School and answer questions the intermediate students have about what it is really like. This was the second intermediate school visit this term as part…

During the July school holidays, three Sports Committee members attended a 5 day course run by Drowning prevention Auckland, to become fully qualified pool lifeguards. The students that were identified for the Pool Lifesaving Programme were selected for longevity and sustainable reasons. Two are Year 12 students, Matt Darrah and Johnnie Richard Marster and the third being our tireless Sport Captain, Laura Robertson and for who it is a pleasure to be able to reward her in some small way. All three have expressed their willingness to volunteer their services so we can fully utilise our school pool. Throughout the…

On Wednesday, 15 August, level three Geography and Travel & Tourism classes started their three day trip to Rotorua to learn about the development of tourism over time in New Zealand and specifically in the district. Rotorua is the heart of New Zealand tourism which started back in the late 1800's with the Pink and White Terraces. It has developed into a home to various attractions based around the geothermal activity in the district, adventure thrills and Maori cultural experiences. We were all very fortunate enough to learn about this development in the best way - experiencing a number of…