{"id":215,"date":"2011-05-18T11:03:37","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T11:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/?p=215"},"modified":"2011-05-18T11:07:04","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T11:07:04","slug":"farm-visit-to-west-galdenoch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/2011\/05\/18\/farm-visit-to-west-galdenoch\/","title":{"rendered":"Farm visit to West Galdenoch"},"content":{"rendered":"<address><span style=\"color: #339966\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/files\/2011\/05\/West-Galdenoch-17th-May-2011-0221.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-219\" title=\"West Galdenoch 17th May 2011 022\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/files\/2011\/05\/West-Galdenoch-17th-May-2011-0221-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>This term the whole school topic focus at Leswalt Primary is &#8220;Farming&#8221;.\u00a0 The school has linked up with RHET, The Royal Highland Education Trust, to further develop this work.\u00a0 As part of this partnership all the pupils at Leswalt Primary went a trip to West Galdenoch Farm to learn more about Dairy Farming.\u00a0 Garry Mitchell is a RHET linked farmer and he spent an afternoon with the boys and girls from Leswalt.\u00a0 Fiona Jamieson the RHEt co-ordinator for Dumfries and Galloway was also on hand to meet the pupils and explain more.<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #339966\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #339966\">The pupils learned how the milk from West Galdenoch helps make Kit Kats, as milk is sold to Nestle.\u00a0 Pupils helped feed the calves, learned more about stock welfare and paid a visit into the state of the art Rotary milking parlour.<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #339966\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #339966\">This visit to West Galdenoch really brought alive prior learning in the classroom.\u00a0 Mr Mitchell said he would welcom back Leswalt Primary pupils in a few years time to help him milk his cows and gave everyone a Kit Kat biscuit to reinforce where the milk went once it left the farm.<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #339966\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #339966\">&#8220;I enjoyed feeding his calves&#8221; said James Murray\u00a0in P4<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #339966\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #339966\">&#8220;It was funny when the wee calf was trying to lick me&#8221;\u00a0 Craig Anderson p4<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #339966\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #339966\">&#8220;I\u00a0liked seeing all the cows going round and round in the parlour.\u00a0 I enjoyed my Kit Kat!&#8221;\u00a0 Rhona Baillie p3<\/span><\/address>\n<address><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #339966\">&#8220;It was interesting learning about the difference between a heifer and a cow &#8211; I could tell by the size of their bags.\u00a0\u00a0A heifer has not had any calves&#8221;\u00a0 Mark Mc Colm p7<\/span><\/address>\n<address><\/address>\n<address><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This term the whole school topic focus at Leswalt Primary is &#8220;Farming&#8221;.\u00a0 The school has linked up with RHET, The Royal Highland Education Trust, to further develop this work.\u00a0 As part of this partnership all the pupils at Leswalt Primary went a trip to West Galdenoch Farm to learn more about Dairy Farming.\u00a0 Garry Mitchell &hellip; 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