This year has been a busy year for our Young Farmers with looking after two calves, Farm Fun Day and helping on Open Days. In Term 2, we were lucky enough to help raise two dairy calves which we named Buckle and Belle. The Young Farmers who were involved in this amazing experience had to come to school early and stay back late to bottle feed Buckle and Belle. We took turns in making the milk, feeding the calves and cleaning their pen. We all loved having cows at School and being involved in caring for them. We all learnt so much about the dairy industry and how to keep Buckle and Belle happy and healthy. I know I speak for everyone when I say we were very sad to see them go but we’re so grateful for this experience.
Over the year we have had multiple events such as Open Day and the Twilight Tours where the Young Farmers volunteered to take groups of people around the farm and explain what we do in agriculture, Young Farmers and at lunch. Everyone did such a great job with this and made for a successful day.
Another one of the highlights over the year was our Farm Fun Day. This day was for the Middle School Young Farmers who had been an active part of the farm throughout the year. This day was to get to know each other better, have some fun and give back to the farm. The day was packed with fun activities such as a scavenger hunt, trivia, painting veggie boxes, helping with injured sheep and cooking our lunch on the fire. The day was so much fun for everyone involved and the activities were a huge success especially the veggie box painting. I don’t know what we were expecting with the veggie boxes but the quality of everyone’s work is absolutely amazing and we were blown away by the talent of our Young Farmer’s.
This year has been so much fun and we can’t wait for all of the exciting things to come for next year!
Ella O’Meara and Charlotte Davies | Young Farmers Student Leaders
