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. Date and hosting school - TBA

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

We have a gardening competition open to all children - with a cup for the best Senior, and a cup for the best Junior gardener. 

Categories will be announced in term 3. Previous categories have been: spuds in a bucket, lettuce in a planter, tomatoes in a bucket, strawberries in a planter, herbs in a planter, flowers in a planter. You can get planning now!

Selecting and Caring for Your Lamb

Selecting and Caring for Your Calf 

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