The year 5/6 Ag class have been working with a focus on 'Apples'. They teamed up with the Year 9 class to make apple crumble pies. They also spent time…
7/8 Ag Wool Project
After a very busy term of ‘Wool’ study, the Year 7/8 class have finished the unit with more hands on activities. Many had a go at knitting– with various degrees…
Year 10 Tractor Driving
Ben Eglinton shared his wealth of knowledge on machinery and farm safety on the first of three visits to our Year 10 Agricultural Studies students. The first session focused on…
Beekeeper Visit
Mark from ABS came and visited us on the Wednesday morning of March 4. To start the morning, we suited up into bee keeping gear. Mark pulled out a hive…
ELC Sunflower learning
he ELC has been growing sunflowers and some of them are huge! Students explored the flowers and developed their fine movement skills removing seeds with tweezers. They learned about the…
5/6 Ag – Zucchini Cupcakes
The Ag Block produced a lot of large zucchinis over the school holidays which Ag teacher Mrs Le Feuvre picked and froze. The Year 5/6 Ag class grated these ready…
Senior Ag – Bee Incursion
Thank you to Mark from the Australian Bee Services who came in and shared his expertise on bees, honey and pollination. The senior Ag students enjoyed the hands-on learning and…
7/8 Ag – Wool dyeing
The Year 7/8 Ag class continued their unit on wool production today. Last week they sourced and then scoured the wool to ensure it was clean. This week they soaked…
7/8 Ag – Wool scouring
The Year 7/8 Ag students were scouring wool this week. They took samples to scour from the school sheep with Kylesha and Nakyah creating the cleanest, softest and fluffiest sample.
Point Pearce class update
What a crazy few weeks we have had of learning and fun at Point Pearce, and who can believe it’s Week 3 already! We started the term diving head first…
ELC Ag Block Visit
On a cool, sunny Tuesday afternoon, the Year7/8B Agriculture class hosted a group of little visitors at the Ag Block. Our guests were the children from the Early Learning Centre…
Kadina Show- Led Wether Goat Competition 2021
After two years of pouring rain at the Kadina Livestock event, this year the weather was kind to us and we experience a beautiful sunny day on August 22nd. A…
Kadina Show- Led Steers
Our year 11 Ag Show Team finally got to show case their skills with the steers on Sunday the 22nd of August at the Kadina Show. A few people met…
Show Time!
In the last few weeks of Term 2 and early weeks of Term 3, our Year 11 Ag class has been hard at work preparing the steers for the Kadina…
Year 7/8 Sheep Selection
Our two Year 7/8 Ag classes have been investigating the criteria involved in selecting a sheep for purchase from the market. Students have examined our school sheep flock and have…