Agriculture

Agriculture is available as an elective course, Agricultural Technology, of either 100 or 200 hours duration in Year 9 and as Agriculture in Year 10 or as 2 unit Agriculture, Years 11 and 12.

Agriculture is sometimes seen as a less than viable career choice, particularly for girls. At Calrossy School we are fortunate to have access to a diverse range of highly successful and innovative rural industries in our region to demonstrate the potential success and rewards that can be obtained by both men and women in the agricultural arena.

Students develop practical skills and gain knowledge in a variety of agricultural enterprises utilizing school based and local industry resources. Technologies that are environmentally sound are investigated.

As an extension of the Agriculture course, students have the opportunity to participate in an extremely popular and highly successful beef cattle showing program. Here students are able to develop skills in stock handling, management, show preparation, parading, assessment and judging at local and national shows. The girls involved have the opportunity to gain skills to a professional standard that is highly regarded within the beef cattle industry.