Pupils flocking to Sheep School

The project has taught the pupils about sheep and farming

Young Aberdeenshire primary pupils have been taking part in a Sheep School.

The pupils, from Kellands School in Inverurie, have been learning about farming at first hand by helping raise their own sheep on a farm.

The P5 pupils, along with their teacher Graeme Mollison, have been experiencing everything from care to the auction process. The ewes are now in lamb.

The children had raised money by issuing £2 shares in the project, then bidding for the sheep.

'So enthusiastic'

Following the purchase, the children regularly visited the sheep at a local farm, owned by Thainstone Market auctioneer Colin Slessor, to check on their progress.

The lambs are now due at the end of April, and will then be sold at market.

Headteacher at Kellands, Colin McLean, said: "All the pupils are so enthusiastic about this project and it gives them a perfect opportunity to have hands on experience in an industry which plays such an important part in the North East.

"This project also provides an excellent example of vocational and enterprise education and proves how successful it can be."