Murrumburrah High School

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Paddock to Plate 2018

MHS students having fun at paddock to plate

Paddock to Plate 2018 was a huge success this year with students from Wallendbeen, Jugiong, Binalong, Trinity, Murrumburrah Public school and Bunyip Preschool arriving for a full day of activities.

The day was based on a book bought out in the United Kingdom titled 50 things to do before you are 11 and ¾ years old. The idea was for classes to make their way around the Murrumburrah High School campus and be involved in hands on activities. These activities were a mixture of science, agriculture, technology, maths and art.

Murrumburrah High School students ran the activities and also accompanied the classes around for the day. The students from less than 1 year of age to 12 years of age were able to feed lambs, pat a pig and ask questions about horses.

Ms Kathryn McKirk, Boorowa Landcare, ran a workshop on Habitat Hollows and Mr Grahame Taylor and Mrs Marg Campbell ran a workshop on Veterinary Science. The students were able to ask lots of questions about horses to Ms Jean Chapman and Harden Pony Club students Olivia McGrath, Izzy Shea and Melinda Trethowan.  Mr Neville Alcorn drove his favourite big tractor in for the students to look at alongside the schools small tractors.

Darcy and Rory Fogg arrived at school with a tub full of yabbies and a pet pig. These animals were a huge success and students learnt all about how to catch a yabbie and how they grow. Some students were lucky enough to be transported in the community bus by Farmer Dave and Farmer Wal had his 2 work dogs in for the students to pat and talk to.

Many pullets were trained to be carried around for the day. Many seedlings were planted in a vertical garden and wooden homes were made for insects in the garden for all the schools.

At the end of the day a huge game of “Stuck in the Mud” was played by all the students. Murrumburrah High School wish to thank all the extra people who came in to the school to make the day such a great one.