Our school Pet day was held at the end of last term on 29th September, where all of our 31 children take part in a number of activities. The activities are broken down into Indoor and Outdoor Activities.
Leading up to Pet Day the children work towards preparing their art work to be displayed and judged. The day before Pet Day, they bring flowers and vegetables to make the last of the activities. All Indoor Activities are judged that afternoon after school.
The next day, Saturday, the children bring their pets to school. We have four categories, which are all broken down into Junior and Senior:
* Lambs
* Calves
* Dogs
* Indoor Pets
For Lambs, Calves and Dogs, the get judged on calling, rearing and leading/agility. For the Indoor Pet they get judged on presentation and care.
Our day starts at 9.45am with the judging of the pets. This where the children get to show off the pets that they have cared for and reared over the last 4 - 8 weeks.
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| Range of Unusual Vases from the Junior Classroom |
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| Junior Unusual Vases - Alice's was the big watering can |
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| Junior Class Vegetable Animals. Alice won first for her Rabbit (3rd from bottom on right side) |
In addition, the Junior Class did a sand saucer, aboriginal bark art, puppy art and 1 other piece of art.
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| Senior Dogs |
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| Senior lambs |
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| Junior lambs |
Alice got third for calling and third for leading.
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| Junior Calves |
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| Grand Parade |
As part of our Pet Day, there is a selection of Fathers Cakes. These are judged on presentation and taste and at the end of the Outdoor Activities these are auctioned off. The whole day is finished off with a BBQ. The day was a huge success, being supported by the local community in the form of judges, stewards, family supports and observers.
If interested, children can then take there pet lamb, goat or calf onto Group Day. This year Alice did this with her lamb - Plum. This was held at Te Kauwhata Domain on 24th October. Alice competed in the Pre-Junior Section (5 & 6 year olds). She was judged on the following:
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| Calling |
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| 4th = Calling |
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| Leading |
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| 2nd Leading |
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| Rearing |
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| 3rd Rearing |
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| Plum and Alice with their ribbons at Group Day 2013 |
There were 12 competitors in her group and to come away with a ribbon in each section for the first time Alice had competed was well done.
Plum is now out in the paddock with some Ewe Hoggets for company. She is down to 1 feed of 500 mls a day, and from tomorrow will get a bottle of water every 2nd day for a week, then nothing.
We always look forward to pet day and Alice has already named next years lamb, although we have no idea what it will be. Look out for postings on 'Lemon' next year!
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