“Our competition team is completing the full-cream curriculum and is collecting growth data for their scientific report, alongside producing a video about looking after the calves and the industry.
“Students also write a letter to the dairy industry.”
Miss Hobbs said the whole school was getting involved.
“While our competition team is from years seven to 10, we have lots of primary years coming and watching the feeding and even our year-12 VCE Agriculture class getting involved,” she said.
“It’s great to see the program build upon inter-year-level relationships.”
Students have to feed the calves three litres of milk each, twice a day, as well as incorporate supplementary feed into their diet.
Agriculture student Lucinda Smith said she was enjoying the new farming experience.
“I love how the calves are always so excited to see me every morning,” she said.
“It’s teaching me that agriculture isn’t just cropping and sheep, it’s so much more.”
Maisy Batson said the calves were ‘lots of fun’ as they were interacting with the students in different ways.
“The calves give us an insight into the different types of agriculture feeding,” she said.
“It shows us just how vast the agriculture industry is and that there are so many jobs.”
Liam Perks said he was excited about the program helping him in his future career.
“It’s going to help set me up to be a farmer in the future,” he said.
“I know I want to get involved in dairy in some way, maybe by going to work on a dairy farm after school.”
The Cows Create Careers project is run by Jaydee Events with support from Gardiner Foundation and WestVic Dairy.
The project will conclude with a presentation event next month, with various awards for competing school’s work.
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