Kia ora Rutherford whanau. Term 3, as always, has been a very busy term. Below are some highlights from the term. I’ve included some comments from our amazing Student Executive team.

Can Drive

In August, we were really pleased to continue our support of the Salvation Army’s Rangiora Foodbank. This is such a worthy cause and seems to run like clockwork each year.

"We have had several exciting house events this term, one being the Rutherford Can Drive/non uniform day. This was a big success in bringing together RHS Students with the shared goal of supporting the Rangiora Salvation Army Food Bank." - Lydia Smith
“The can drive was a massive success and I am so happy with the huge number of cans that got donated.” - India Higby
“Can drive was super successful and was a great event that everyone got involved in!” - Lilly Burbury
´The can drive was also a success, with a large number of donations in which we got to give to people in need.“ - Lucy Gilsenan

Choir

The theme this year was “Tribute”. Houses had to decide on an artist to pay tribute to and present one of their songs. Our song for the event was “I’m Still Standing” by Elton John, while our Waiata was “He Honore”. In the end, we were placed fourth. Well done to Ngata House for winning the event, your performance was fantastic!

“Although choir was a bit of a struggle at the beginning, the end product was amazing and I am so proud of everyone that participated. Great job Rutherford!” - India Higby
“Choir was a lot more fun than I anticipated. Watching everyone perform was really exciting and was a super fun day”. - Lilly Burbury
“Although we struggled for numbers in choir, we had a great performance.” - Lucy Gilsenan

48 Hour FilmFest

At one stage we were worried about being “the team that defaulted” FilmFest. It was held at the end of a busy exam week and many of our students were, understandably, exhausted. Luckily, Lucy and Lilly stepped up and said “No worries Mr Sim, we’ll make it happen.” The theme was “A race against time” .

“FilmFest was super fun experience that was jam packed and super busy but the end result was definitely worth it and we are super excited to show everyone what we produced!” - Lilly Burbury
“FilmFest was surprisingly enjoyable! I didn’t expect it to be as much fun as it was” - Keira-Lee McLachlan
“FilmFest was a success as we had a few keen people who participated and helped make a great video”- Lucy Gilsenan

Thanks to Lilly Burbury, Lucy Gilsenan, Zoe Burbury, Rose Hussey, Brendon Lintott , Keira-Lee McLachlan; Louis eckardt, and Maya James for their hard work over the weekend. Results of this event will be out in Term 4.

Next term we have the annual Summerfest tournaments to go. At present we are tied for first place with Sheppard House, so it will be a tight race to the finish line this year.

In Term 4 we only have our seniors with us for 2 weeks, so it will be a busy time for them as they prepare for their annual NCEA exams. My advice leading into the holidays would be to look after yourselves and rest up as Term 4 will be extremely busy.

Nga Mihi,

Jonny Sim