Agriculture News

Year 12 Units 3 and 4 Agriculture and Horticulture

The Year 12 Ag Hort students have almost completed Area Study 1 and will do their SAC on Friday this week. As part of their SAC preparation the students attended a ‘Get into DigiAg’ workshop at the Tatura DEECD. This involved assembling a digital soil moisture sensor, using Python programming language to collect data from the sensor, and then converting the data to relevant information about plants and soil moisture requirements. 

Year 11 VCE Units 1 and 2 Agriculture and Horticulture

Year 11 students are currently completing their SAC for Area of Study 1, a week-long research project. Leading up to the SAC, students worked in pairs to complete and present their findings about various drivers of change within the ag hort industries.

Pictured are Sophie McCrae, Claudia Hahnel, Sahar Safi, Brodie Moon, Kailee Wheeler, Jasmin Reddy and Zoe Maksacheff making their presentations.

Year 10 Agriculture News

Both classes of the Year 10 Agriculture students have been learning about various aspects of sheep. One of these aspects is the ruminant digestive system - its structure, the functions of each part, and how intestinal worms affect the health of the animal. To demonstrate their learning, students worked in groups to create a plasticine model of a digestive system in 30 minutes. Ms Dean was guest judge and chose the winners of the Best Overall System and Best Individual Feature.

Students will complete their CAT (on sheep) during Week 7.

Students have also been outside preparing the yard and facilities for the imminent arrival of this year’s wethers.