About us
The Young Rutherfords Programme was founded by Nathalie Thomas (a home educating mum) in May 2009. She found that a lot of home educating families find it difficult to offer their children science programmes, especially when they reach their teens.
Our science courses are based on the New Zealand curriculum and have a secular point of view.
Nathalie has a Master’s degree in Chemistry and a diploma of teaching (secondary) from Auckland College of Education. She has taught science, chemistry, physics and mathematics in New Zealand secondary schools for over 10 years.
Nathalie retired from teaching in 2005 and has since been home educating her two sons in the Bay of Plenty. Her oldest son Quentin is now at university and helps as an assistant marker for the Young Rutherfords online programme.
The family.
Features of the Young Rutherfords programme:
Interactive lesson units include videos, images, graphs, mind maps, polls, simulations and more.
Accessible 24/7 online – from your laptop, tablet, computer or phone
Narrated texts
Marked by a real person!
High-interest, topical science units written by science journalists and teachers
Interaction with fellow students through discussion boards
Affordable