Schools' Days

Thank you to all the schools who participated in our new School’s Program in 2007.

If your school took some happy snaps on the day which you would like to share, please send them in to us at familyalbum@rasv.com.au!

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Bigger and better in 2008!

Schools across Victoria are invited to take part in the Royal Melbourne Show Schools' Program on Thursday 18th and Friday 19th September 2008. Mark these dates in your calendar! On Schools’ Days, discounted entry and an educational program will be offered to all school groups who book in advance.

The Royal Agricultural Society is developing fantastic programs for school groups of all ages, which will make the 2008 Show experience not only stress free for teachers and affordable for families, but will deliver three key components to the students - education, interaction and fun.

The Schools’ Program will be an exciting combination of all three components which will guide school groups around the Melbourne Showgrounds, giving students the chance to learn, touch, taste and feel the very best in agriculture and produce.

Updates on the 2008 Royal Melbourne Show will be sent out regularly over the next few months to assist you with planning your excursions for next year. For any enquiries please contact Michelle Bradbury via email at: michelle.bradbury@rasv.com.au

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Show Spotlight
#3 - Sheep

Sheep

• A male sheep is called a RAM, a female is called a EWE and baby sheep are called LAMBS.
• Sheep are thought to have been domesticated by humans from about 10,000 to 6,000 BC.
• Australia produces 73% of the world’s apparel wool.
• The wool industry employs about 90,000 Australians.
• The first Merino sheep arrived in 1797, and this year we celebrate 200 years since they arrived.
• There are around 130 million sheep in Australia – nose to tail they would stretch nearly four times around the equator!
• Ewes usually give birth to one or two lambs after a gestation (pregnancy) of about 150 days
• Sheep are flock animals and prefer to move as a group, following a leader.
• Sheep are good at finding grasses and other feeds to convert into protein and energy through their four stomachs, to allow them to grow, and produce meat and wool.
• Meat breeds include Dorset Horn, Poll Dorset, Hampshire Down, Dorset Down, South Suffolk, Ryeland, Suffolk, Southdown, Wiltshire Horn in the short wool breed.
• With the long wool breeds including Border Leicester, Romney, Lincoln, English Leicester, Perendale, Cheviot, Coopworth and Gromark.