Since the early 1950s, Ag Day, or more commonly known then as Calf Club Day, has been held annually at Wainui School. This day has various activities, both indoor and outdoor. Children raise a pet lamb, calf, kid goat or chicken to present in various categories. Ribbons are distributed at the conclusion of judging for each category. Each of the classrooms are also filled with the children’s artistic talents and these are also awarded certificates for excellence. There is yummy food and drinks to purchase and games, bouncy castles, and lots of prizes to be won. Some of the children will also be showing off their entrepreneurial skills and running market stalls.
It is part of the school curriculum and an official school day – probably the most fun day of the whole year for the kids! After all, a school day where you get to hang out with friends, eat, play, pet animals, win prizes… what can be better than that?
Principal Sponsor
Hutchinson’s Consulting Engineers
Key sponsor
Simone du Bernard from Harcourts Cooper & Co is still a key Sponsor for this event for 2024.
Donations
We ask for weekly donations of items that we can use for raffles, games and prizes. We will list the weekly donations in our Newsletters in Term 3. If you have other items that you would like to donate but that are not on our list, we would still be very grateful!
Also, on the Monday before our Ag Day & Gala (25th October), each family will be given a cake box to take home and return filled on Ag Day & Gala morning, to the cake stall (under the hall). This year we’re asking everybody to preferably fill their box with a whole cake (as people love buying these for the long weekend) – but any homemade goodies are gratefully accepted!PGG Wrightson promo for Ag Day animals 2024
PGG Wrightson has set up an account for our school families to use to purchase feed for their Ag Day animals. Click here for their Price List Ag Day PGW Pricing 2024
All you need to do is ask to use the account: 2898512 – PGW Helensville Ag Day – Cash.
Ag Day and Gala Documents
Please find below documents that should have all of the information that you need for Ag Day:
Ag Day booklet, here you will find all the information for the day including animals, classroom displays, volunteers, donations etc. AG-DAY-INFORMATION 2024.docx Click here for the Timetable for the Day Ag day timetable Map with the layout for the day. Ag day map Wainui School Ag day rules. In here it explains what to expect in the animal ring, what the animals need to do and what they will be judged for.
Caring for Orphan lambs and Considering an Orphan lamb or goat Kid for Ag day and Lamb feeding guidelines and basic husbandry Information from Lifestyle Vets.
How to care for your Ag day animal (Goat, lamb, Calf) It has some tips on how to prepare your animals and what judges will be watching out for in the ring on Ag Day.
How to care for your chicken/s and what judges will be looking for on Ag day.
2024 Ag Day Animal registration form All animals must be registered and this will remain open until the end of term 3.
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