PHOTO: Hermidale kids on Excursion gaining lots of media interest
Hermidale Public School has been named the 2023 winners of the Inaugural Royal Easter Show Agricultural Innovation in Schools award much to the excitement of its pupils and teachers.
The small school, situated 45kms west of Nyngan, has been in the news over the last twelve months for its innovative immersive cropping program that saw the school plant an 85-hectare wheat crop in a donated paddock next to the school, to fund a yearly excursion and to teach the kids step by step, and hands-on what it takes to be a farmer.
The 11 pupils are over the moon as are the people in the tiny town of Hermidale who have all contributed in ways to see the project to fruition. From the donation of the land to crop, tractors and fuel, trucks and helping out at harvest, the community has backed the kids 100%…