FMAS - Agriculture Faculty

Head Teacher Agriculture: TBA

The agriculture faculty at Farrer is a committed team of teachers with a diverse background in the agriculture industry. The teachers are enthusiastic in passing on their knowledge from years of experience in the industry.

What role do the farms play at Farrer?

Number one is to provide a broad educational resource for our students that offer the opportunity for students to learn and practice skills at industry level.
Secondly to provide a source of income for the School.

Extra Curricula activities – Out of school hours

Steer feedlot
We buy, break and train 10-20 steers per year depending on conditions. Steers are broken and prepared for a number of Hoof & Hook shows. All proceeds are returned to the farm. This is carried out as an extra curricula activity only run by members of the Ag staff. Approx 30 students involved annually.
Judging and showing
Training for the following occurs twice per week for some and once for others terms 1, 2 and 3 and part of 4. Approx 85 students involved.
Pig carcasses, prime lambs, fleece judging, beef judging (hoof & hook), and dairy judging and showing.

What does the Agricultural faculty teach that utilizes these enterprises?

Year	Subject
7	Ag skills Vegetable Production Calf Rearing Poultry
8	Prime Lambs Nursery Production Pigs
9	Agronomy Horticulture Beef Dairy # wool science
10	Recognising plants Production data Muster & move livestock Handle livestock using basic techniques # wool science	Students in Year 10 complete these subjects as an extension of the Stage 5 Ag syllabus requirements.
10	Cotton seeds	This is an introductory course for students wishing to specialise in crop production
10	Accelerated 2 unit Preliminary class	This allows students to complete the 2 unit Agriculture HSC paper in Year 11
11/12	Preliminary & HSC Agriculture Primary Industries Core (cert 11) Primary Industries Beef AQF111 Primary Industries Sheep (AQF11) Primary Industries Grain production (towards AQF111)