Years 5 and 6 from Gwynneville Public School travelled to Bathurst for our three day camp.Our destination was the Sheep and Cattle Drome.
When we arrived we met the owners, unpacked the bus and got put into our lodges.
Once we had our rooms set up we all met in the auditorium and watched a show about all the different types of sheep and cattle that were on the farm.
Some of us got to milk a cow, crack a whip and watch a sheep being shorn.
We had some much fun !
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.