We Present.... Lady MooMoo

Ahhh.... FInished

 

Well, there it is. All done. Time for a snooze...............
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The making of the cow.

Over the past weeks we have transformed a white shell of a cow into somthing quite different.

We have ....

Painted and stencilled

cut up many, many pairs of jeans

glued, glued, glued

We cut a whole in the side of the cow!!

knitted, sewed and then glued some more.

Meet The Principal

Lady Moo Moo spent some time with Mrs Bennet. She was very pleased to meet her and was thrilled to see how well she has intergrated into the school. Mrs Bennet has an interest in animals as her husband is a vet. She keeps last years cow, BESSIE, grazing outside her office at all times.

Did we have challenges to explore?

Of course we did.
Amongst other things, we had several issues to overcome.

Time was the biggest issue, or should we say, the lack of it. What is a lunch break?? we are hoping to be re-aquainted with this traditional past time soon.

 

Who knows anything about cotton farming?? Anyone??
Oh well, we were happy to investigate and develop our concepts on the fine research and great work of our australian farmers. Lucky for us we had some students who willingly, yes, volunteered their time to help the cow cause.

 

However, and we could go on. Despite the fact that we like a good whinge about blah blah blah, seeing all our hard work finally come together is reward. A fantastic cow, an informed powerpoint that addresses cotton farming and our interest in fun and fashion and hopefully capturing an audience to inform and entertain and this blog that documents the, dare we say it, journey we had.



 

Young Farming Champion Visit

Today we had a special visitor, Tamsin Quirk our young farmer. She came to talk to us about the three Ps: purpose, passion and people.
First off, PURPOSE This one is pretty obvious. Cotton really is all around us. Think about the clothes you wear, Jumpers, pants, shirts, undies, socks, toys. As you can see, cotton is everywhere. Cotton farmers have a great purpose; they give us the raw material to create clothes. She also discussed other uses for cotton. We were surprised to hear that cottonseeds were used in other food products and  cosmetics.

The second  PASSION, is a farmer’s love of the land they work on, the work they do, and the lifestyle that comes with a farmer. Tasmin talked about her love for the land despite not growing up on a farm. That she surprised herself by her choice of career, and that she enjoys the path she has taken. she spoke with such enthusiasm and demonstarted a real love for the land. We asked her about her life on a farm, and she said she was really enjoying it. 

Finally, there are the PEOPLE. There is a strong stereotype of farmers. Most people think of farmers as old men, who are very uneducated and are covered in mud and poo. On the contrary, using Tamsin for example, this can be completely inaccurate. Tamsin is  strong and motivated young lady studying at University, and as seen in the pictures below, clearly does not wear clothes covered in mud!!!!

Then Tasmin spoke to us, she offered us opportunities. To see farming as a legitimate choice in career. There are many jobs that make up the farming industry. These include agronomy (which is basically a plant doctor), sale of land, herd management, agricultural journalist, and machinery technician. There are so many different opportunities for agricultural jobs, no matter what your interests are, you could find an agricultural job that is right for you.



We enjoyed Tasmins’s visit so much, and we really learnt first-hand how different our idea of a farmer is from the real thing!



We all had to separate seed from the cotton.

 

 

Miss Quirk informing us about Farms.

(AND SHE IS WEARING DENIM.....OF COURSE!!)

 

How's that cow going??

Once upon a time there was a cow as white as snow that came into our lives.

 

 

We loved her and were encouraged to develop a theme that would turn her into the colourful, quirky, exciting cow that she was born to be. She became a talking point in the classroom with many students wanting to be a part of this wonderful event. There was anticipation from week to week to see how she was evolving, a sense of confusion for those with little imagination, only a few, but for most it was a case of what crazy things are they doing next.

 

 

 

We were inspired by many different ideas. One of our favourites was the denim art we found.