Newsletters

Issue 25, 2024
Next week is an important week for our Year 12 and 13 NCEA students as they take leave to prepare and sit their evidence exams. Evidence or practice exams play a crucial role in preparing students for their final assessments …

Issue 24, 2024
The mild conditions mid-week made it ideal for our Parent-Teacher interviews on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. My thanks to the parents and whānau who booked appointments and took the opportunity to have a face-to-face interview …

Issue 23, 2024
We are thrilled to announce that Taieri College’s Keira Wallace has won the prestigious New Zealand songwriting competition, “Play It Strange”. The Play it Strange National Secondary School Songwriting Competition is the flagship …

Issue 22, 2024
Congratulations to our musicians for their outstanding success in the 2024 Rockquest music competition. Black Tomato Sauce has been selected in the Top 30 of bands across New Zealand which …

Issue 21, 2024
Nau mai haere mai and a warm welcome to Term 3. Our students have returned refreshed and positive as we head into the second half of the year. It has certainly helped that we have had temperatures …

Issue 20, 2024
As we near the end of Term 2, I would like to pass on my thanks to everyone who willingly contributes to the successful functioning of Taieri College. Schools are very complex places …

Issue 19, 2024
This week I had the privilege of accompanying our Year 13 Chemistry students to the University of Otago where they were able to work on their extended practical investigations analysing water samples …

Issue 18, 2024
This week has been an exceedingly busy and exciting one at the college for several reasons. Last weekend our bands performed outstandingly well at the Rockquest regional finals and took out several prestigious rewards including Best Band – Black Tomato Sauce …

Issue 17, 2024
At this week’s Year 9 and 10 assembly we had the pleasure of listening to Ruth Harrison from Presbyterian Support Services talk about the importance of the upcoming Octacan fundraiser….

Issue 16, 2024
Today we had a group of Year 8 students go to Dunedin to participate in the National Young Leaders’ Day. The National Young Leaders’ days are the largest and longest running leadership events for primary and intermediate school students in New Zealand.
