We were very lucky to be given some delicious tomatoes and fresh basil that were growing in the Swimming Pool. We decided to make a tasty tomato and herb paste that we spread on top of our pizza dough along with tasty cheese.

It was a fun time cooking. We had traditional Italian music playing, we learnt a few Italian words and found an easy way to remember the colours of the Italian flag.

Basil - Green / Dough - White / Tomatoes -Red

Reina created her wonderful poster about Italian dishes and the words we learnt to say while making our pizza.

We harvested more veggies from our garden and decided to make stuffed potatoes that turned out delicious.

 After the summer holidays Paradise needed tidying up. We raked paths around the trees, cut back overgrown branches and built a platform to walk on as you enter Paradise. We also created amazing patterns using what we could find around the school and I think you will all just love how creative our students are.

 Thank you Koriana-Mei for typing out the courgette recipe. 😊

 FROM THE GARDEN TO THE KITCHEN TO THE TABLE

After our wonderful summer holidays our vegetable garden had many delicious surprises for us to forage. The cherry tomatoes never made it to the kitchen, they were just so sweet and juicy we had to eat them straight away.

Koriana-Mei and Reina created a scrumptious vegetable dish using a courgette, chives, kale, parsley with added onion and garlic. It was our first time using the spiral slicer that worked a charm with the courgette. Recipe to follow soon.

 Rainy days don't always mean staying in the classroom at Taieri Beach School. Reina helped put the tent up and we worked on our nature journals and paintings inside the tent. How lucky are we to be able to listen to the ocean and all the birds while we work outside.