Calf Club 2026

Calf Club will be held this year on Friday 16 October. We'll let you know when entry forms are available. We have three animal categories - calves, lambs, and kids (baby goats)

Children who have an entry into the Tauwhare School Calf Club, can also enter 'Group Day', along with children from the schools in our Country Cluster - Matangi, Newstead, and Tamahere. 

2026 Group Day will be held at Tamahere School on Wednesday 21 October. 

Art Projects

During Calf Club week, all children complete various art projects in class to enter into judging on the day. Previous projects have included sand saucers, minature garden, animals made from recycled materials, aqua jars, and floral displays in an unusual container. 

Gardening Section

All children are eligible to enter the Tauwhare Calf Club competition. Entries are brought along to school on the day of Calf Club and there is a trophy for the top Junior gardener and one for the top Senior gardener to be won. The attached flyer lists the categories for entries and you can enter as many categories as you like. We ask that the efforts be as much of the children's work as practically possible, and remember to plant in containers you can easily transport to school - you can get planning now!

Working Bee for Calf Club Day

There's a lot that goes on behind the scenes for Calf Club Day. We always need (and gratefully appreciate!) any and all help we can get. Jobs for the day before include: picking up the marquees from Morrinsville - and taking them back, setting up the rings and mowing the grass in and leading into the rings. Staff will work alongside you, so no prior knowledge of how Calf Club works is needed!

Stewards

We always need stewards for the two lamb/kid rings, and the calf ring. Often these are intermediate, or high school children. They assist the judges, act as 'runners' to pick up the rosettes from the scoring table and bringing back results. Calf rings stewards need to be confident to help with the calves if necessary - especially for the younger children.

Please contact the office if your older child is available to help out on the day

Saving Dates:

LAMB SAVING DATES 

Early Lambs 01 July to 19 August 

Late Lambs 20 August to 20 September

KID GOAT SAVING DATES

Early Kid Goats 1 July to 19 August

Late Kid Goats 20 August to 20 September

CALF SAVING DATES 

Early Calves 01 June to 26 July 

Late Calves  27 July to 20 September

Selecting and Caring for Your Lamb

Selecting and Caring for Your Calf 

Available lambs:

Spring Sheep Milking Co will have 2 day old Zealandia/Suffolk cross rams and ewe lambs to gift from 18 July-14 August and then will have the late ewes lambing as they become available. Collection is 2pm daily and they will advise you on days to collect. Please either leave a message on their FB page or send Ange Watts a message on 0272 222 032 (text, don't phone)