The 'Cow' has landed

With much excitement an announcement was made over our school 'PA' system that the cow had landed.

The unnamed cow spent the night in the office before being unwrapped at our first official Archibull club meeting on the the 16th of May 2013.
Our Cow was officially named Brocco the Barrack Heights Bull and he began a journey around the school to interact with other people.
His first stop was our Principal's office, however our principal Mrs Sarah Rudling was out of the office.  Brocco spent an enjoyable afternoon with Kermit the Frog checking out Mrs Rudling's office.

 

After hanging out with Kermit Archie visited the school office to get to know a few of our lovely teachers.

 

 

Miss Kelly Broomham enjoyed a smooch with Brocco.

 

 

 Ms Elizabeth Scott attempts to take Brocco away from our student leader Jorja.

The staff at Barrack Heights were all very interested in our project and Brocco.  We informed them of the importance of the Dairy industry in Australia.  The dairy industry provides food for many Australians as well as being an export product.
Brocco continued his journey around the school with Phebie and Jorja to visit our school vegetable garden.  There he met many other students and we were able to talk to them about the importance of sustainable farming and looking after our environment.

 

Our student leaders Jorja and Phebie.

 

Brocco met two of our environmentally friendly students who were happy to share with us their ideas on sustainable farming.

 

Hartley and Samara sharing ideas and getting a hug.

 

Brocco continued his journey around the school and arrived at our school canteen.  We had lots of fun sharing some dairy foods with students and teachers.  We also spoke to people about the importance of sustainable dairy farming practises.

 

Miss Bunt and friends

 

 

Chelsea and Josh enjoying a drink of milk.

 

 

Mrs Mullins, Phebie, Jorja and Ava pretending to milk Brocco, even though he is a boy.

 

 

Ava, Cleo, Harvey and Hunter enjoy and ice cream made from milk.

 

 

After an exhausting day meeting students and staff Mrs Harris, Phebie and Jorja are left to ponder the Archibull project, and where our journey of sustainability will take us.  Some things we have decided to focus on in the project are:

• Using recycled packaging for sustainable waste management.
• Planting trees on farms as a sustainable farming practise to look after the soil and land.
• Keeping rivers and waterways clean and free of effluent.

Please check back soon to find out what we are doing.



 

Mrs Harris, Jorja and Phebie.