Taieri Beach School

Saturday, 16 May 2020

Taieri Beach School is open in Alert Level 2

The staff are all looking forward to having our wonderful Taieri Beach School children back at school on Monday 18th May 2020.

We very much appreciate the efforts the parents have made in helping their children with their at-distance learning.

The emphasis at Alert Level 2 will be on

good hygiene practices (regularly washing and thoroughly drying hands, using hand sanitiser, coughing or sneezing into elbows)
social distancing so children and adults are not breathing on or touching each other
regular cleaning and disinfecting of commonly touched hard surfaces.

Our priority is to keep our social bubble at school as small as possible during Alert Level 2.

For more information please contact Gloria principal@taieribeach.school.nz

Friday, 15 May 2020

Moist Breath Zone

Moist Breath Zone - a health and safety song for children going back to school after lockdown

Thanks to the Principal of Lake Brunner School.

Great experiences during lockdown

Delrio and Ryker have been very busy involved in a variety of interesting activities - picking up rubbish, fishing, collecting autumn leaves, swimming and camping.

Great work, boys! 👍😊

Saturday, 9 May 2020

Thursday, 7 May 2020

Wednesday, 6 May 2020

Great learning during lockdown

Maddy is enjoying lots of fun activities during lockdown - riding Stormy, searching for fungi, helping Dad make a sourdough starter and caring for her cute little piglets.

Great to see you involved in such interesting learning! 

Well done Maddy!⭐👍

Friday, 1 May 2020

Connections with Nature

At Taieri Beach School our vision is to grow a community of happy, creative, confident lifelong learners within a nature-based learning environment.

We believe in building resilience, and improving mental health and well-being through strong connections with nature.

This kids nacho recipe allows children to cook and prepare a lovely meal for their families. This meal costs less than $10 to prepare for a family of 4 and allows children to carry out most of the steps independently. We have included Maori words and phrases as well as lots of illustrations for non readers and early readers.

We are also giving away a FREE copy of 'Catch that Fly!' picture book to the first 10 children who complete the recipe and send us a photo.

The following link takes parents to a form where they can enter their email to receive the recipe in PDF format and get instructions on our book giveaway.

https://www.whatsforlunch.co.nz/parent-free-resource

Have fun cooking!

Friday, 24 April 2020

Autumn Leaf Collection

I thought I would share my autumn leaf collection with you.
I collected these when I went for a walk on Monday.
Then I put them between the pages of an old magazine and put some heavy books on top to press them flat.
This morning I got them out to try some art work.
You can see I made a leaf character and then did some leaf rubbings.
My first rubbing used autumn colours to make a border – I think I will write an autumn poem in the middle later on today.
To do the rubbings I put the leaves under the paper and got a crayon and using the side of the crayon rubbed over the paper and – hey presto – I had a picture!
So then I decided to try with all sorts of colours – I think that looks good too but I am not sure what I will use it for – maybe I’ll make it into an envelope and post a letter to my daughter!!

You might like to try some autumn leaf art of your own. I know you could come up with some great ideas. Mrs Penrice and I would love to see some photos of what you have done.

From Mrs Keach