Wednesday 6 April 2011

Springston Agrikids are winners!

Awesome Field Days on PhotoPeach



The Lincoln Field Day was held on Friday 1 April not far from Springston School. People came to show what they knew about farming and agriculture.There were lots of displays with tractors and other farm machinery. There were lots of tents with other displays about things to try on your farm.


Four teams of Springston students from Rooms 5, 6 and 7 were entered in the Agrikids Competition, competing against teams from as far away as Westport. There were three students in each team. And guess what - our Year 7 Team won! They got filmed for What Now, and will be going to compete in the national finals in Masterton in June! That team is Oliver, Hayden and Billy. Congratulations!

Some of the competition activities were: Push someone in a go-kart, use a slingshot to put a sheep into a sack, milk a fake cow, put the fake parts of a sheep together, build a gate and put on the hinges and put it on a poll, pour water into a pipe and get a packet of biscuits on the top, identify machinery, put a bridle together and put it on a horse, identify breeds of cows and whether they were for meat or dairy, identify safety checks and equipment for riding a motorbike, and there were also random general knowledge questions.

A wonderful group of friends and family of our school volunteered to be part of the overnight security for the Field Day and raised a lot of money for our school.

Reporters: Anna, Georgia, Bailey

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