Joanna

Rutherford College Community Education Night Supervisor. We require a team player who is fully computer-literate with excellent customer service and communication skills. The ideal person will be able to work efficiently and accurately in a busy indoor and outdoor environment; have the confidence to work unsupervised and demonstrate initiative for the security of students and school grounds. This is a part-time position, Monday to Wednesday 6pm - 10pm during school term time as well as occasional weekend work 6-7 times per year. Applications close 24 May 2018. Please send you CV to: [email protected] Rutherford College Community Education 16 Kotuku Street,…

On Wednesday night, our Netball Premier Development team had the opportunity to attend an ANZ championship netball game at the Trust Stadium to watch the Mystics. First we met at McDonald's for a healthy snack and then walked down to the Trust Stadium ( great bonding session). The game was extremely close with the Tactix winning 42-39. We all had fun time dancing, singing and just spending time with each other, we were able to watch and learn from the game to put into our own. Thank you to Gill Bloxham(Our Coach) for organising and giving us this experience. A…

This year we have an increased focus around making the main entrance to the school a safe environment for both our students and vehicle users. Our first initiative in term 1 to restrict access into and out of the grounds before and after school, has been effective. Thank you to parents for adjusting your drop off and pick up routines. At the end of the school day, the drive is generally opened up for usual usage within 7 to 8 minutes of the final bell. A further development took place during the April holidays where the vegetation along the driveway…

On Sunday the 12th March at the Novotel Hotel in Greenlane. Rutherford was well represented by four students - Sanskruti Patel, Rhiannon Lawford, Hayley Whittaker, and Pablo Villasensor. It was a conference for women of Zonta who are passionate and involved in making womens’ lives more equitable and raising their status. The three Auckland Z clubs were invited to speak, McLeans and Rutherford accepted. Sanskruti was asked to speak on the shape of women throughout the last 125 years in NZ parliament. Sanskruti gave a very articulate, informative and entertaining speech with a positive response from the audience. She talked about…

AFL continues at Rutherford with the Senior Girls participating in the Auckland tournament recently. The year 11 and 12 girls have mostly been playing since juniors so are starting to really play the game well. Rutherford won a fairly close game against Green Bay in windy conditions 26 points to 13. Next we played eventual tournament winners Pukekohe. It was a tough game but Pukeohe ran out winners 49 points to 30.  Our player of the day was India Smith with Abby Ferrall and Mollie Tagaloa also standout players. Rutherford’s Odessa Lawson was picked by Mick Coulthard from AFLNZ as…

I love the nature the Students and Staff at Rutherford College. $836.35 was collected! This included an NZ Ole Skool 5c, 10c and Fijian $1 coin, along with the $200 donation from the school. Now for the HOUSE POINTS: Ruaumoko (red) $182.60 Tane Mahuta (green) $202.75 Tama-nui-te-ra (yellow) $243.95 (Extra 20 points) Malia Tuai from the Red Cross is the Pacific Engagement Officer and the money was passed on after school on the day of the collection. The New Zealand Red Cross is working with the International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) office in Suva, where they are coordinating support for Tonga and Samoa. Vector-borne diseases, such as Dengue,…