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Class Support 

As we move towards the end of our Year 12s time at the College, it is important that we offer as much support as possible to get everyone to the end...it's close but still a lot to do! We are monitoring all of our students but if you have any concerns at all, please get in contact with us so we can act as quickly as possible.

Our Year 11s have returned from their adventures in the north and are slowly adjusting to life back in the classroom - we appreciate the days are long but good practise for moving into employment or further study. 

Agriculture with Ms Jury 

The Year 12 ATAR students have completed some canola and barley crop observations on the Cunderdin farm and at the trial site in York, at Living Farm. For their canola variety trial, they noted down observations such as growth stages, disease, weeds and insect activity in the crop, and nutrient deficiency signs between four different GM varieties. As a class, they will complete one more observation where they will predict the yield of the canola varieties to identify which variety is ideal for our area. 

On August 6, the class travelled to York to visit Living Farm where they learnt about the operations of the business potential career opportunities and the machinery that is used in research. The students are competing in a cropping challenge with several industry bodies and universities, to produce a barley crop for the highest return. The students were quite pleased with their barley plots and discussed their application options for fertiliser and whether a fungicide treatment would be needed. To date, the students have chosen the variety, the seeding rate, seed fungicide treatment, and fertiliser rates for seeding and at tillering. The barley crop is coming along nicely and looks like a very promising contender for the competition.

The Year 11 Animal Production Systems (General) and Agricultural Science and Technology (ATAR) classes chickens arrived this term. The students have been running a feed trial that looks at the effect of protein percentage of feed rations on the weight gain of chickens. The students check the chickens regularly ensuring they are warm, fed and watered. Each class weighs the chickens once a week for six weeks and at the end of the trial they will compare the weight gain of the chicken’s who were fed 18%, 20% and 22% protein which are feed rations that are created using different combinations of Milne chicken starter crumble and meat meal. Once the trial is finished the students will sell the chickens at Open Day and the funds raised will be donated to a charity or two of their choice.