Ruth Morrison
Year 2 Teacher
Tēnā koutou, I was brought up at Ngaere on Mum and Dad’s dairy farm which Dad bought in 1954 with a returned veteran’s 3% loan for 14,000 pounds. My three brothers and I attended Ngaere Primary and Stratford High School during the 1960s and 70s. My youngest brother, my husband and myself bought into the farm nearly 6 years ago and last year our manager and his wife received the 18th lowest somatic cell count out of Fonterra’s 10,000 farms. I help with the milking on Wednesday and Friday afternoons, my other farm chores are chopping scotch thistles and keeping the effluent pond outlets clear of leaves and twigs. I’ve taught at Okato Primary School, Waitara East, Mokoia then had an eight year “break” to raise our two children Isla and Alastair who now both live and work in Wellington. I taught Art, English, Social Sciences and Special Needs at Francis Douglas Memorial College for 17 years until 2019. I teach English one day per week to Years 9-12 at Te Kura o Ngaruahinerangi at Mangatoki. I am excited to be part of the Toko team and to be teaching six year olds again, co-teaching with Sue Fergus. “It’s good to be back!”
