Truck Safety

On Tuesday, we were visited  by Arthur and Calum from the Dunedin Carrying Company and Constable Hugh Tait from the Police Commercial Vehicle Investigation. They came out to tell us about truck safety because we have logging trucks going past our school.

We learnt that you need to be at least 2 metres away from the truck so the truck driver can see us. Trucks can take a long time to stop especially when they have a heavy load of logs.

We all had a turn at sitting in the driver's seat and had fun pulling the wire that make the horn sound. The horn was very loud!

Thank you Arthur, Calum, and Constable Tait for teaching us about being safe around trucks. 

Science Supper

At our end of term assembly Dave, Geoff and the scientists put on a variety of hands-on exciting science experiments for all our families to enjoy.

The excitement of having had their hands on fire!

An electrifying experience for David!

Seeing the world through different types of lenses.

Fun with changing colours using pH indicators.

Using methanol to make our pictures really colourful.

Mmmm! How did this happen? It was supposed to form a stalagmite on the tinfoil!

Making ice cream with liquid nitrogen. Yum!

Fun Science with Dave

Dave, the scientist from the University of Otago Chemistry OutReach came to have a fun science day with us all. We made stalagmites, changed the colour of liquids, made liquid change in 15 seconds exactly (the exact time to say a magic spell!) and used different chemicals to change the colour of flames.

                                                                           

       

The Day Wilbur Came To School

We had a special visit today from Wilbur, Hunter's baby pig. Hunter showed us how to hold Wilbur carefully and told us how to he takes care of him. Wilbur doesn't like being on his back and lets out an ear-piercing squeal to let us all know.

Thanks Janetta for bringing Wilbur to school.

Percy's Fundamental Fun Day

Recently the Year 1-3 children went to the Forsyth Barr Stadium for Percy's Fundamental Fun Day. They engaged in a variety of activities and had a fantastic time. Thanks to Louise and Mrs Kay for providing transport.

Athletics Day

The Year 4, 5 and 6 children went to the Forsyth Barr Stadium to experience a variety of fun athletic activities with other schools. A great time was had by all the children. Thanks to Peter, Linda and Serena for providing transport.

Crosscountry

Congratulations to Nate, Liam, David, Devon, Layla (back row) Louie, Eva, Isla, Hunter, Delrio, James (front row)  and Leo who all participated in the Taieri Schools Crosscountry event held at Outram this year. All the age groups had considerable distances to run and it was great to see all our athletes finish the course. Well done, you all strived to achieve your best.

Special congratulations  to Devon who came 5th in the Year 5 Girls Taieri Schools Crosscountry and represented Taieri Beach School at the Otago Primary Schools Sports Association Crosscountry held at Kaikora Valley School. She had even further to run than she did at Outram over a more demanding course. Well done Devon.

Well done to Tori, Lily and Harry who participated in the crosscountry practices at school but were unable to attend the Taieri Crosscountry event.

Healthy Eating with Pip and Harold

The Juniors learnt Harold's song that teaches us about good healthy food choices.

Lots of food from the ground
Some of the food from the animals
A little bit of food from ingredients
Sugar, salt, fat
Sugar, salt, fat
My body doesn't want too much of that!

The Seniors learnt about eating healthy food and making heathy food choices with what we eat.
Some foods have more sugar than we expected. Some yoghurts had lots of sugar.
Cornflakes was very surprising because it does not have much sugar.
We made a menu for breakfast and lunch. We thought our first menu was healthy but it had 23.75 teaspoons of sugar. Our second menu was much better with only 7 teaspoons of sugar.

We looked at the sugar, salt and fat content in different foods. Nutrigrain and Cocopops had heaps of sugar so perhaps they are good to eat in the weekend. Weetbix and Cornflakes are good for breakfast during the week.

Layla got a scan of her body to show what it is like inside a body.

Your brain is only as big as your two fists together.

 It takes 12 hours for the food to go through the intestines.

 Saliva helps to soften the food so it can go down your throat easier.

 Layla’s heartbeat was slow when she jogged on the spot and then her heart

 started going faster when she started running and when she stopped her

 heart went slower.

Road Safety with Constable Ross

We had Constable Ross talk to us about road safety. Miss Shine got into Constable Ross's car and we walked behind the car.  Miss Shine did not always see us.

We learnt that drivers in cars cannot always see children when they are behind the car, so we have to be super careful. If we have to go behind a  parked car, like at the supermarket, we need to watch out for reversing lights on the car, listen for the sound of the engine, and look at the driver so we can judge whether it is safe. It is much better to walk in front of a parked car so the driver can see us.

Principal's Photo on Monday, 24 July 2017

Hockey with Greer

Greer the Sports Activator came and taught us some basic hockey skills. We had a great time practising these skills. Thanks Greer for a great session!