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Right, Isla Mexted, 6, with orphaned black lamb Nelson. The grandly named lamb Brigideer Cuthbert the Third coincidentally placed third in the high jump.
Wainui School students from all year groups showed off their prize lambs, goats and chickens at their Ag Day on Friday October 25.
“It is our favourite school event of the year,” principal Gillian Bray says.
“We incorporated the old with the new this year, by featuring enterprise innovation stalls for the first time, as well as the traditional showing of animals.”
The innovation stalls, which were run by Year 7 and 8 students, sold a wide range of items including chopping boards, dog biscuits and a student’s own recorded music.
Animal entries included 31 lambs, nine goats and a small group of chickens.
Many of the lambs shown were orphaned by their mothers and adopted and nurtured by Wainui students.
Calves were not a featured again this year due to Mycoplasma bovis, a precaution many schools across New Zealand have taken.
Classic art and craft competitions, such as making vegetable creations and arranging ‘flowers in an unusual container’, also featured.
Gillian was pleased with the busy turnout that saw many grandparents, ex-pupils and even ex-staff in attendance.
“Our Ag Day is always a good opportunity to bring everyone to the school, which is why we always host it on a weekday. We tell our families that if they can only come to one school event for the year, this is the one they should come to.”
Money raised from this year’s Ag Day event will go towards school facilities and their innovation programme.
The final amount raised is still being calculated.
