Kia ora e te whanau ō te Kōtuku
The end of the year is here and yesterday the celebration of Year 9 and Year 10 academic prizewinners was another highlight of the school year. Thank you to Ms Farrar and the team who made the occasion a special event for our prizewinners and their families.
2023 Special Awards:
| Year 9 Special Awards | Student | Year 10 Special Awards | Student |
|---|---|---|---|
| Y9 Speech Award | Charlotte Apps | Junior Sportswoman of the Year | Amy Thomson |
| Award for Most Promising Year 9 Boy | Nico Curran | Junior Sportsman of the Year | Dylan Marais |
| Award for Most Promising Year 9 Girl | Maire Hohepa | Junior Female Cultural Performer of the Year | Charlotte Marriott |
| Top Academic Scholars | Eila Winston | Junior Male Cultural Performer of the Year | Max RobbMarkham |
| Sarrah Khambati | Best Junior Contribution to Kotuku Kapa Haka | Manaia McGregor | |
| Hazel Masters-King | Most Promising Junior Musician | Fabian Fabricius | |
| Nico Curran | Year 10 Speech Award | Rohan Prasad | |
| Tuva Botting | Award for Most Promising Year 10 Boy | Max RobbMarkham | |
| Gary Yu | Award for Most Promising Year 10 Girl | Amy Thomson | |
| Kazyah Brown-Honeycombe | Top Scholars in Year 10 | Mehnaz Intisar | |
| David Khang | Matty Rockel | ||
| Cason Goh | Mackenzie Stanton | ||
| Ruby Murphy | Sophie Yorke | ||
| Autumn Bell | Indi Botting | ||
| Edward Rothwell-Horner | Matthew Wilson | ||
| Lucy Day | Aayan Ghoshal | ||
| Mackenzie Jackson | Max RobbMarkham | ||
| Maire Hohepa | Amelie Donald | ||
| Fabian Fabricius | |||
| Jessica Lynch-Blosse | |||
| Ashley Smart | |||
| Amy Thomson | |||
| Charlie Wang | |||
| First Equal Junior Scholars | Sasha Hickman | ||
| Lukas Turner | |||
| William Wilson |
Aladdin
I had the pleasure of attending Aladdin the Junior Production this week. It was an outstanding performance, thoroughly enjoyable and I was thrilled to see the students present to their whanau with such enthusiasm. Thank you to Miss Wilson and the wider team of performing arts teachers, costume designers, set design, lighting and sound for pulling the show together over a very short period of time. It was a real team effort and I appreciate all the extra effort staff put in to make it happen. And well done to the students who were involved front of stage and back stage. Your hard work showed as much as your delight for what you were doing on stage.
Wider Living Week acknowledgement
Thank you to Ms Power for all her organization in getting our Year 9 and 10 students out to Parakai and Rainbows End over two days. It was an amazing job on her part to create the opportunity for everyone to get involved. Thanks also to all the other staff who helped out.
At Rutherford we understand we never compare ourselves to the best others can be, always be the best you can be. In other words, ‘Tohea’ - strive for personal excellence.
As we head into Xmas, we should remind ourselves that, At Rutherford we value little acts of human kindness. Nothing carries more potential for change in society than individual acts of human kindness.
School Policies and Procedures
Rutherford College subscribes to SchoolDocs for all policies and procedures. Anyone in the community can log in at SchoolDocs to view, read or review policies.
Term 4 Reviews underway are:
Curriculum and Student Assessment
Home Learning
Religious Instruction
Religious Education
Health Education
Anyone can review the policies (staff, students, parents/caregivers) by clicking on the review tab when you log in to SchoolDocs.
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Reviews are open until 15 December 2023. SchoolDocs considers feedback before making any changes. Your feedback is welcome and can be anonymous.
2024 Start Times
22 January - School Office opens at 8am
25-26 January Staff only days
29 January - Auckland Anniversary Day (school closed)
30 January - Y9 students first day and new to Rutherford powhiri
31 January - Y9 and Y10 at school
01 February - All levels at school02 February - All levels at school on full timetable
05 February - School Closed
06 February - Waitangi Day - School closed
29 March - 2 April - Easter Break
12 April - End of term 1
Families will receive more in depth details in January about how to sign in to SchoolBridge which is our School Portal, where you can view timetables, accounts and reports.
Stationery lists and day to day information is available on the website.
Have an enjoyable and safe Xmas and holiday break.
Ka kite ano.
Gary Moore
