Archie's Arrival at Gwynneville Public School Archie arrived at our school wrapped in bubble wrap and we couldn't wait to undo the plastic and meet him. Once he was released he was able to meet our community and explore our school grounds. We were all so excited and couldn't wait to begin this adventure with Archie and learn all about the "Archibul Prize". After a quick tour around the school and short visits in each of the classrooms it was time for a well deserved rest. Winter Woolies Day On Monday 3rd of June our school held a "Winter Woolies Day" to celebrate the beginning of Winter and to introduce the Primary Industry, that we would be studying "Wool". The day began with the arrival of Archie dressed in his Winter Woolies. The whole school were able to wear winter woolies or dress up as sheep characters. The children were placed into groups that had names from 10 different sheep breeds. These included Merino,Tukidale, Border Leicester, Bond, Poll Dorset, Suffolk, Finn, Corriedale, Aussie Down and Pollwarth. Each group rotated and paricipated in activities about Wool. The highlight of the day was a visit from "Animals on the Move" who bought along 5 lambs. The children were able to feed , pat and play with the lambs. Our senior children were able to discuss the differences in the types of wool, as their were three merino lambs and the other two were Poll Dorset. Lunch on the day was lamb souvlaki rolls, sheep on a stick fairy floss and woolly popcorn. The day was a huge success and a great introduction for both children and staff to the Archibull Prize and our area of study "Wool". "Winter Woolies Day was a huge success and we were able to learn more about wool" Ruby "Mrs Devlin suprised us with a visit by Animals On The Move and five baby lambs. Year 6 got to walk around the school with the baby lambs. It was Awesome!" "Winter Woolies Day was one of the best days that we have had at G.P.S because we got to: * wear mufti * learn about wool * be apart of the Archibull Prize * do lots of really fun activities Year 6 Students  Wow, what an experience to be a apart of this amazing program "The Archibull Prize". Our Team consists of all students in Year 6 at Gwynneville Public School, Mrs Eshman - The Year 6 Teacher, Mrs Stewart chief knitting coordinator and Mrs Devlin Program Coordinator. We also had sub committee members who have helped with our journey. This has included all the staff, parents and students at Gwyneville as well as our wider community. We have all enjoyed being a part of this experience..
Our process began with the arrival of Archie and his introduction to our school. Once we found out our topic "The Wool Industry" we were very excited. Last year we were fortuneate enough to be a part of Dairy Australia's" Great Wall of Dairy" so this was our next challenge. Our school is situated in Suburbia with approx. 75% of our children coming from overseas and not many of them having been exposed to sheep farming and wool. In the initial stages we spoke about what we knew , what we wanted to know and how we would display our Archie. The process has been a long but an extremely rewarding one. I have been very lucky in that I have been able to spread the message of sustainability to the whole school K -6. We have had special visitors, Winter Woolies Day, Wool Activities and learn't many new skills. On Tuesday the 11th June Dom, Arabella, Mrs Payne and Mrs Devlin attended the official launch of the "Archibull Prize" at The Pavillion in Kiama. On arrival we looked at past Archibull Cows and then we were seated inside. Lynne Strong From Clover Hill Dairy spoke to us about the "Archibull Prize" and presented some background information for us to gain a better understanding of the project and what was involved. We were also given a briefing on how our cow would be judged and what the judges would be giving us marks for. The Mayor of Kiama officially opened the "Archibull Prize" and we had our photos taken.   Gwynneville Public School is nestled between Mouth Keira and the Tasman Sea with a population of approximately 225 students K-6 from about 27 different countries. Our school motto is "A Caring School" which all students, staff and parents work
together to provide a positive learning environment. Gwynneville Public School has lots of open space, mainly consisting of large grassy areas on which our students play. We have many extra curricular activities that are offered which include the Green Team who look after our school environment, an Active After Schools Sports Program, Recorder Group, School Choir and Southern Stars which many of our students participate in. " Our school is beautiful and what makes it so beautiful are it's surroundings (natural environment). The bottom oval is my favourite place as there is so much space to play with friends." Brodee | Stats
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