Aspiring farmers at Toward Primary have recently been helping one of the local farmers scan his sheep to discover whether or not the sheep are in lamb and, if so, how many lambs they are going to have. They really enjoyed the experience and gained an insight into why farmers need to feed certain sheep at this time of year and why some get fed more than others according to how many lambs they are going to have.
The farmer has marked a couple of sheep with a large ‘T’ and the pupils’ are going over the next few months follow the progress of these sheep and their lambs.
The pupils will learn how much it will cost to rear the lambs and find out about profit and loss over the next few months.