{"id":61732,"date":"2014-03-26T23:12:27","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T13:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=61732"},"modified":"2020-12-04T14:42:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T04:42:11","slug":"a-taste-of-farming-life-at-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2014\/03\/26\/a-taste-of-farming-life-at-school\/","title":{"rendered":"A Taste Of Farming Life At School"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_61733\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61733\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140326agschool1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-61733\" title=\"20140326 Prep Visits\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140326agschool1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140326agschool1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140326agschool1-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blake Rea (Year 8), Cameron Hosking (Year 9) and Naomi Noll (Year 8) were looking after the chook and hay &#8220;pavilion&#8221;\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>March 27, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prep students from four local schools enjoyed an opportunity yesterday to learn first-hand all about farm life (and where their food comes from), courtesy of Kingaroy State High School&#8217;s ag program.<\/p>\n<p>The students, from Kingaroy, Coolabunia and Taabinga State Schools and St John&#8217;s Lutheran School, had hands-on encounters with cattle, horses, chickens, sheep and other animals.<\/p>\n<p>They had the opportunity to lead cattle (with a little bit of help from KSHS students) and pat chickens and miniature horses,<\/p>\n<p>There were also displays from Landcare, the RSPCA and the Booie Spinners &amp; Weavers group to explore, plus a display of dairy products.<\/p>\n<p>Kingaroy State High School ag teacher Sean Wicks said it was an opportunity to introduce the young students to agriculture.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61737\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61737\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140327agschool1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-61737\" title=\"20140326 Prep visits\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140327agschool1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140327agschool1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140327agschool1-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61737\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kyarra Hawkins (Year 8) and Abigail Blanche (Year 9) were helping out on the Booie Spinners &amp; Weavers\u00a0 display &#8230; along with &#8220;Millie&#8221; the Demara lamb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_61744\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61744\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140327agschool7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-61744\" title=\"20140326 Prep visits\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140327agschool7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140327agschool7.jpg 290w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140327agschool7-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140327agschool7-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stef Gavioli was explaining all about the RSPCA to the youngsters from St John&#8217;s<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_61736\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61736\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140327agschool8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-61736\" title=\"20140326 Prep visits\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140327agschool8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140327agschool8.jpg 290w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140327agschool8-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140327agschool8-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mikaylah Dunn (Year 8) and Cayleigh Dioth, from St John&#8217;s, with &#8220;J12&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61743\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61743\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140327agschool6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-61743\" title=\"20140326 Prep visits\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140327agschool6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140327agschool6.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140327agschool6-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61743\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">St John&#8217;s preppies Emma Loveday and Ava Kefford with Year 10 student Reece Thompson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61741\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61741\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140327agschool5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-61741\" title=\"20140326 Prep visits\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140327agschool5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140327agschool5.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140327agschool5-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">St John&#8217;s prep students Emia Jorgensen, Heath Knight and Zane Turner with a miniature horse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61739\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61739\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140327agschool3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-61739\" title=\"20140326 Prep visits\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140327agschool3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" 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