The schools Agricultural Day will be held on Tuesday 13th  October.

We would love to get as many children involved as possible.  If you are planning to bring an animal or you would like to find out more please complete the form below so that the day can be planned and organised. 

Lambs, Goats and Calves

Lamb and Kid Goat competition will be run as usual. The school may be able to help with sourcing lambs and goats and provide tips and advice on rearing them. 

Please indicate if your child would like to bring a calf to Ag Day. If there is enough interest, we will be happy to run a calf competition and will put in place procedures recommended to prevent the spread of Mycoplasma Bovis.

Chickens

Chickens can be very rewarding for a child to rear and we would like to incorporate this into our Ag Day as well.

A batch of 1 day old red/brown shaver chicks will be ordered and will be delivered to the school at the beginning of September. 

The children will rear the chicks at home for approximately 6 weeks and bring them to school on Agday for judging. Chickens will be judged on 3 categories; Rearing (appearance and health), Childrens knowledge and handling and a Diary that the children will keep about the life of their chicken.

Chickens are very easy to rear. They only require 10- 20mins of handling each day. They can be reared for six weeks in a large box or plastic tub with some netting over the top. The school will provide information on how to care for the chicks and can help with re-homing the chickens after Agday if needed. It has been recommended from parents at the other schools to rear 1 or 2 extra chickens and then bring the best one per child on the day. The chickens will need to be brought to school on Agday in a secure cage, such as a cat cage, but one cage can be shared by 2-3 chickens. The chicks are a commercial laying breed and are sexed on hatching, so will all be hens.

At this stage a chicken competition is not offered for Group Day but the committee is looking into maybe doing this in the future.

We will need to order the chicks from the breeder in July so please indicate by July 13th if you would like to be involved in the competition and how many chicks you would like to order. Chicks will cost around $6 each(price to be confirmed)

Hamilton North Group Day & Waikato Show

Lambs, Calves and Goats can also compete at North Waikato Group Day on Monday 19th October and at the Waikato show on Thursday 29th October if you choose.

Parent Help

Agricultural Day is run by parent volunteers, If your child is involved in Agricultural Day you will be asked to support the running of the day in some way.