Gala Day - Animal Entries

2015 AGRICULTURAL/RURAL GALA DAY

WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 17TH 

Each year a special highlight of the Kaurihohore calendar is Agricultural Day.  Last year we combined this with our gala and it turned out to be a lovely rural day.  We consider it important for a number of reasons.  It is part of being in a rural school and the Board and Staff are committed to keeping the rural character of the school.  It is held on a Saturday so we can get the maximum participation from children and community members.

 Children bring a pet lamb, kid or calf that they have reared to parade and compete in various classes.  This is held prior to our 'rural' gala.

The Board and the school community wishes to encourage as many families as possible to enter an animal for this section of the day, and if you have not considered keeping an animal, or have thought about it briefly and felt daunted by the prospect, we invite you to take a moment to read on.

 Rearing an animal is a wonderful experience for a child and is a focus for its own learning and development.  They will learn how to care for their animal and train it.  They will learn personal skills such as commitment, time management and patience.  This can be a greatly rewarding experience for the child, seeing their animal respond to the care and attention they give it.

 ANIMAL HANDLERS

•    Children are encouraged to raise, feed and care for a lamb, kid or calf.

•    Animals are eligible if they are born between 1 July and 31 August of this year.

•    Calves are judged for leading, rearing (child’s effort) and beef or dairy type.

•    Lambs/kids are judged on leading, calling and rearing.

•    Any competitor may compete at the Whangarei Group Calf Club day at Barge Park, Maunu, usually in November.

•    Booklets on animal handling will be available soon from school, at the school office; more specific details will be available closer to the day.

•    Animal feed (Milk Powder) and teats can be obtained from farm supply outlets. Feeding regimes and mixing instructions are always on the container.

Dianne Wyatt in the school office is able to assist with any questions you may have and can talk to the children about how to train their animal if needed.