Preparations for the Royal Adelaide Show have begun in earnest, with show teams being selected and students preparing animals. The Year 9 students completed applications to join the GHS show team and have been diligently caring for the goats that will be taken to the show. The students have been working hard to train the goats to walk on leads, cleaning the goat pens, and weighing the goats on a weekly basis. Both Year 9 and 10 students shared the responsibility for checking goats' and sheep's feed and wellbeing by forming a roster.

Poultry Club has been busily preparing their poster component for the show's school egg layer competition and, over the next few weeks, will begin to prepare and select which chickens will be sent to the Royal Adelaide Show to be judged.

Jamestown Steer & Sheep Education Day:

On Monday 29^th July, Year 10 and 11 agriculture students had the opportunity to attend a steer and sheep education day in Jamestown. Students gained experience in how to judge and show livestock and attended a rotation of workshops. The Year 10s undertook workshops on wool quality traits, ruminant health and what students should be looking for when selecting their own sheep for the show. When back in the classroom, the students put this into practice by first drafting based on wool sample results and then conducting a preliminary selection based on physical characteristics. A special thanks to Tom Ashby for coming in to collect the wool samples for testing last term. Year 11 students attended workshops giving them skills and tips on how to handle their steers and what the judges will be looking for in both a handler and animal. Other workshops included what to expect at the show and how to prepare a steer for shows.