Rutherford News “JACK PETCHEY AWARD” Winners

We are very proud of our first two Jack Petchey Award winners—Earlando and

Liam! Well done!

Earlando has been nominated for immense bravery facing every day, smiling

whenever he can and continuing to try and keep learning. Liam has over come

huge medical and health issues that impacted his ability to attend school. Liam

has much improved school attendance and is working very hard towards

achieving his targets.

Our two boys were honoured together with 220 other pupils in the Croydon Borough on Tuesday 21st June at the schemes awards evening at Fairfield Halls. It was an inspirational evening sharing in so many pupils achievements! You can read more about the scheme here: www.jackpetcheyfoundation.org.uk

Rutherford School, 1A Melville Avenue, CR2 7HZ. Tel: 02086887560, Email: rutherford@garwoodfoundation.org.uk

Caring First, Respect Always.

The Head writes…

We as a school have been united in our grief at the

passing of Aaron and Otto this term.

We continue to remember them daily. Rainbow and

Sunshine classes are creating special areas of

reflection and rememberance in the garden.

We would like to ensure our bereaved parents and

staff of our support.

There has never been a time of more flux within our government and

uncertainty surrounding the possible impact on our pupil’s future.

Here at Rutherford we continue to deliver a dynamic and relevant curriculum

with extra-curricular activities which will continue to support our pupils in their

development. Our sixth form enterprise scheme has proved to be a great

success and we now have a school tuck shop managed by the sixth form

students every Thursday.

This term almost all our students have taken part in educational visits to the

Polka theatre, Canal boat trip, Garden centre, and Dean City Farm. Such

opportunities for students to develop their social & cultural understanding are

a key part of learning outside of the classroom and making sense of the world

around us. In addition, we continue our Ramadan Celebration with music,

sweets and costumes.

It has been a real pleasure this week to have had the opportunities to

recognise the achievements and successes of pupils in each of the classes,

Ladybird, Sunshine, Lollipop and Rainbows. Well done to them all.

Thank you to all the parents and carers that attended the achievers assembly

on Wednesday. We also want to offer a big thank you to all the parents and

carers that helped set up stalls during the Summer Fair and those that

supported us with their attendance. It was lovely to see you all again.

We are looking forward to welcoming all the pupils to the summer club this

year, and the exciting activities that have been planned for the students.

Finally, I am delighted to announce the two winners for the Jack Petchy award

scheme. Well done to the following pupils on their achievements. Liam Green

and Earlando Morgan.

Next year we will have the pleasure of nominating two more pupils for

2016/17, and announcing the outcome of the nomination in the autumn. In ad-

dition there is a Leader Award for a member of staff who has made an impact

on the pupils. Good Luck to both staff and pupils.

I hope you all have a good summer break, and I look forward to seeing you next term.

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Greetings to all. I want to start by thanking Jenny Borg, who has now retired for all the hard work she has done in the past. As the co-ordinator of the scheme she was instrumental in keeping our Saturday club running smoothly at Rutherford school and will be missed by all the parents, staff and students. It’s not all sad news though as I am now taking on the mantle of keeping this outstanding club going. Yippee! I look forward to providing an inclusive, stimulating and safe environment with plenty of fun for all our students who attend the club. So to start off my new tender we had to have a referendum. Oh no not another one! Well, with the majority of people voting to leave the EU and the England football team leaving the EU it was down to the Saturday club students and staff to have their say. All the students participated in making the voting box, polling station signs and setting up a private area to vote. Each student then took their turn to vote on the choices below. Saturday club weekly (Term time). Saturday club 3 x a mnth (Term Time). Saturday club whenever they wanted it.

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Aiming High Saturday Club

Parents joined in too and enjoyed voting in a secretive manner and took the whole experience very seriously. Most of them shielded their vote from the cameras and demanded a recount if the vote goes against their wishes. Stay tuned as the results will be an-nounced in the next newsletter. We will end this short article by me thanking all the staff and nurses for giving up their valuable time to work on Saturdays and supporting me in my new role. I know I speak for all the parents as well in saying the staff at Rutherford school do an outstanding job and it is much appreciated. If you would like to know more about our Aiming High Saturday club please feel free to contact our school office. David Orlebar Saturday Club Coordinator

Daren Brooker’s

Sponsored Shave

By now you need no in-

troduction to our lovely

friends at Phoenix

Motorcycle Training.

Daren has been taking

part in their annual

Christmas Charity Bike

Run. He wanted to do

something for the pupils

and school. He proudly

sported a cultivated

beard. He decided to do

a sponsored shave of his

beard and head and

raised a whopping

£350.00.

We would like to say a

Big THANK YOU!

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DONATIONS

We would like to thank you, the friends and families of Rutherford School, for all

your support and generous giving during the last term.

Money donated and that we raise together helps to advance the children’s edu-

cation and improve the quality of their school life. All the events we hold and so

many of the donations that are made to us are used to purchase equipment and

fund activities that enriches the pupils lives.

This is only possible with your continued help and support.

We always appreciate any offers of help, time or donations of goods or services.

Please get in touch if you’re able to contribute.

We would like to thank the following people:

Nick Suer, The Captains Table , Rotary Club, Val & Gordon Conroy, Barrett ,

Children in Need, Chemical Feed Ltd, Rent-A-Car, Graham Burn, Jill Broglia;

Betty Ammoo; Mr. J.T.Presdee; Daren Brooker; The Percey Bilton Charity

SUMMER FAIR

On the 9th July we had our Annual Summer

Fair. We were fortunate to have a dry

day, warm day.

We had stalls, delicious hot food and ice

cold drinks. There were many fun activities

for the kids. The high light of the day was

the visit from Queen Elsa from the movie

Frozen and a real life Minion!

THANK YOU to everybody who donated,

volunteered and worked on the day. It was

a huge success and we raised £1000.00 in

total!

DONATING MADE

EASY:

We have set up a Givey Page to make donating to us easier!

If you would like to make an online dona-

We introduced ‘Sunshines

Salon’ in the Spring Term

where Sunshine class offered

pupils individual pamper

sessions, this involved

massage, hairstyling and a nail

bar. The Sunshines pupils

really enjoyed helping their

peers. We aim to have another

session before the end of the

summer term and this will be

become a regular activity from

September with particular ref-

erence to the 6th formers who

will run it. We would like to

thank all the parents of pupils

in Sunshine class for attending

our coffee morning and mak-

ing it successful. We are aim-

ing to have at least one coffee

morning each term, as it was

thoroughly enjoyed by our

parents and staff.

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Sunshines Salon

Rainbow News

During the summer term, Rainbow class

have been working hard towards our

garden project. We Rainbows decided that

we would like to create a special part of

the garden for all to enjoy.

To do this we held a very successful cake

sale and again would like to thank

everyone for their support. We have also

been continuing to sell our toasty snacks

on a Tuesday.

With the money raised we made a couple

of trips to Knights and Woodcote garden

centre to purchase plants and garden

decorations. We are excited to say that

our garden project is almost complete and

look forward to sharing it with you all

soon.

”Pupils achieve outstandingly well” - OFSTED 2015

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3 Brave Sunshine Warriors set

off with their guides to explore

the wild and brave the rain!

Our safari took us to

Chessington where we came

face to face with a huge male

lion. Charlie was not afraid at

all and roared right back at him.

He certainly let them know who

is King of the Sunshine Jungle!

Sulaiman was keen to become

part of the Penguins of

Madagascar's flock. He met

Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and

Private.

Sunnies Chessington

Adventure

We met some lovely Panda’s and their cubs. We also

saw the Sea Lions play in the water. The pupils loved

their barking noises! We had an underwater expedition

and Vaahin liked the Jelly Fish most of all!

Sunshines love to go out and we had many enjoyable

trips this term. We went to Mordenhall Park, the cinema

- on a couple of occasions and trips to Croydon to go

shopping.

Our last trip this term is a poignant one to Woodcote

Garden Centre where we will buy a rose bush to plant in

memory of our dear friend Otto. We are planning to

create an area of remembrance in his honour! We all

miss Otto very much.

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Welcome to Honey & Mustard!

We are very excited to announce that

we have two new school members...

Our bouncy bunnies, Honey and

Mustard!!

Now, they're not ordinary rabbits,

they're actually magic... no, they real-

ly are! They have performed in sev-

eral magic shows but have decided to

leave their top hats behind to share a

bit of magic with us.

This double act love to be cuddled,

and our children are pros at giving

hugs... There simply couldn't be a

better match!

Maypole Dancing!

David and Sarah planned a great

assembly doing Maypole

Dancing and celebrating the

start of warmer weather and the

promise of summer. Although

we are still waiting on the

promise of better weather and

warm sunny days we all had

great fun!

Lollies News Lollipops have had a very busy term…..we’ve done lots on work on our theme ‘Community.’ This has included a number of educational visits into the lo-cal community, including visits to Poll Hill Garden Centre, Brighton and Coombe Gardens. The pupils have all thoroughly enjoyed their experiences whilst out of school. Some pupils also visited the Pol-ka Theatre to see performances of ‘James and the Giant Peach.’ This was a great experience for everyone who attended, and the theatre also completed workshops at school, to support the pupils understanding of the story.

Class sessions this term have included gardening sessions, during which we’ve made bird feeders and placed them in the garden. Our local squirrels have particularly enjoyed the bird food on offer, although we’ve have seen some birds visiting our feeders! We have a robin who visits regularly. We aim to continue feeding the birds during the next academic year, and hopefully photo-graph them using our feeders! We’ve also enjoyed meeting the new school pet rab-bits – ‘Honey and Mustard.’ They are lots of fun to watch and we hope to have lots of cuddles over the future years.

Diary Dates

Sept 2016:

5.9.16 Inset Day

6.9.16 Inset Day

7.9.16 Pupils back at school.

October 2016:

24.9.16—30.9.16 Half Term

November 2016:

December 2016:

22.12.16 Christmas Holidays

Commence.

We will update you on event dates

at the beginning of the Autumn

Term 2016

Barry Plummer together with Daniel Cormack, Emily Frost, Brenhan Heath and Shane Ross ran the gruelling London Marathon in aid of The Garwood Foundation and Rutherford School. Together they raised over £20 000.00! What an AMAZING total and great achievement!

Here is what Barry had to say about his training!

“…. The first run was in driving rain and uphill through the streets of Coulsdon, Purley and Chipstead. I complet-ed the 5 mile run fairly easily and in a good time which I was pleased about.

Roll on nearly 4 months and on Good Friday I set the alarm for 0545 in order to get up and have breakfast before embarking upon my last road training run which was over 20 miles. I meandered through the streets of Coulsdon, Purley, Wallington, Carshalton, Sutton and Chipstead. I was running within myself quite happily and on for 3 hours when at just over 15 miles I got a sharp pain in both of my calves. It was like I had been shot (although I have never been shot so I don’t really know what that is like!!) and it was cramp. I had drunk too much water and not replaced enough of the salt I had lost. I stretched, walked, ran, got cramp again, stretched, walked, ran, cramp again (repeat)………………you get the picture!

I had Georgia’s image in my head and knew what a fighter she had been and still is and I dug deep and got on with it. I finished a lot slower than I was hoping but I finished the 20 miles in pieces both physically and emotionally. Tears were streaming down my face as I said to my wife “I don’t want to let Georgia or the other children down………….I want them to be proud of me”.

I gradually pulled myself together whilst recuperating in the bath and playing with my own children in the garden later that day but it took me a couple of days to get back to normal.

On Monday 11th April I visited Rutherford School where I saw Georgia and some of her fellow pupils. The staff I had the pleasure of meeting are some of the most caring and thoughtful people I have met and it is clear the children absolutely adore them. I met a few of the children who all have major disabilities, cannot speak and have severe learning difficulties.

Whilst they weren’t able to speak to me the recognition in our eye contact and holding of hands needed no words whatsoever. After spending a powerful 2 hours with them I left the school with tears in my eyes and with more determination in my heart than ever to succeed. I sadly learned last night that 2 of the children passed away at the end of last week which has filled me with sadness but I know they will be with me next Sunday.

This time next week I will hopefully be reflecting upon my achievement in completing the 2016 London Mara-thon. I don’t want to break records, I just want to finish in a respectable time and in good health. Most importantly I want Georgia and her classmates to be proud of me as well as all of my friends, my family and my work colleagues who have all supported me.

They have helped me smash my £5k target, my £6.50k target and now helped me smash through my £7k target. As I type this I have raised £7,092 which is truly overwhelming. I hope to reach £7,500. I cannot do enough for Georgia and her fellow pupils and for Rutherford School. You all now have a special place in my heart and I will try my best to support you in the future. As I write this I am anxious, nervous, excited and emotional about Sun-day but I will ensure everything is channelled in the right direction to help me get through.

Love and best wishes,

Barry xx”

Barry went on to raise over £10 000.00! We are very thankful for all of their fundraising efforts!

LONDON MARATHON!

Prudential Riders Are Go!

Don’t forget, Rutherford

School have 4 fantastic

Prudential Riders who

are taking on a massive

challenge on 31st July to

raise money for our

school. Please help us

to support and cheer

them on!

You can donate by

visiting this link where

you will find links to

their individual

fundraising pages:

http://

rutherfordschool.org.uk/

2016/07/prudential-

riders-are-go/

We would like to wish

Mark, Gary, Aaron and

Justin all the best of

luck!

Photo curtesy of The Telegraph

Good Luck to…

Theresa who is getting married in the summer holiday. We wish her and

Perry many happy years of wedded bliss!

Congratulations to…

Sarah Kong and Jade Yearwood who both became mums to healthy

bouncy baby girls!

Remember Summer School Dates…

25th, 26th and 27th July 2016

1st, 2nd, and 3rd August 2016

THANK YOU to Percy Bilton Charity….

who have funded and purchased an ACHEEVA Bed for the school.

This is a vital but very expensive piece of equipment that is used

for positioning pupils out of their chairs. These beds are integral to

all of pupils positioning programs and comfort.

All the staff and pupils at Rutherford would like to say a BIG THANK

YOU! for this piece of invaluable equipment!

We would like wish all our pupils, their families and our valued staff a well deserved

Summer Holiday!

Summer Term in Ladybirds Class

Ladybirds have had a very interesting summer term. We had a new pupil join us, Percy, while he

was waiting for his new school place in Brighton to be ready. Percy has settled well into

Rutherford school life and has tested our signing skills. The class team are now very competent

at telling what comes next!!

Crystal has been off school due to kidney problems and a dislocated hip, we hope she will soon

be better and will be able to re-join us in September. Rosie went in to hospital for day surgery

and ended up staying three months! (I think she just didn’t want to do any maths lessons!)

However, she is now back at school and looking fabulous.

Following our topic of community Ladybirds have visited Dean City Farm, had a boat trip down

the Thames and the Llama Park. Adam has made several visits to the library and also bought

stock for the tuck shop he has been helping to run.

The pupils have all been working hard on their targets as well as having some fun and I am sure

they are now looking forward to the summer holidays.

The pupils in Ladybird class want to thank all their class staff, Lucy, Karen, Sophie, Jackie, Julia,

Charlotte and Caroline for all their help this year.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!