Sheep Shearing Takes Place at St Augustine's Priory's School Farm
Pupils see how the animals are kept cool in Summer
Students helping to roll and pack the wool. Picture: St Augustine's Priory
June 27, 2023
There was a chance for pupils at St Augustine’s Priory to see how sheep are able to keep cool in the summer recently.
Shearer Tom Davis came to the school’s farm to take off the winter coats of the small flock.
Although not all of the sheep were immediately delighted by the process, they were all eventually relieved to be shorn given the current hot weather.
After the shearing, the St Augustine’s Priory student Farm Managers sorted and rolled the fleeces ready for sale.
Tom Davis shearing the sheep (left). Students helping to roll the wool (right). Picture: St Augustine's Priory
The Priory Farm at St Augustine’s Priory is a working farm with chickens, ducks and sheep. Under the aegis of
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