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Anger over school sheep slaughter | Anger over school sheep slaughter |
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Parents at a Kent primary school are angry that a sheep hand-reared by pupils is to be slaughtered for meat. | Parents at a Kent primary school are angry that a sheep hand-reared by pupils is to be slaughtered for meat. |
Meat from neutered male Marcus, one of three sheep cared for at a farm set up in the spring at Lydd Primary School, is to be raffled to buy more animals. | Meat from neutered male Marcus, one of three sheep cared for at a farm set up in the spring at Lydd Primary School, is to be raffled to buy more animals. |
Mother Jo Davis said it was a disgrace that the sheep fed by hand by her eight-year-old daughter Megan was to be slaughtered and sold. | Mother Jo Davis said it was a disgrace that the sheep fed by hand by her eight-year-old daughter Megan was to be slaughtered and sold. |
Head teacher Andrea Charman said the school council voted for the slaughter. | Head teacher Andrea Charman said the school council voted for the slaughter. |
Ms Charman started the farm, which also has rabbits, guinea pigs, cockerels and ducks, after she joined Lydd Primary in January. | Ms Charman started the farm, which also has rabbits, guinea pigs, cockerels and ducks, after she joined Lydd Primary in January. |
I am trying to prepare children for the adult world in every sense Head teacher Andrea Charman | I am trying to prepare children for the adult world in every sense Head teacher Andrea Charman |
The lambs were bottle-fed by the children and taken into assembly. | The lambs were bottle-fed by the children and taken into assembly. |
Last term the school council, made up of 14 seven to 11-year-olds, voted 13 to one in favour of sending Marcus to slaughter rather than keeping him. | Last term the school council, made up of 14 seven to 11-year-olds, voted 13 to one in favour of sending Marcus to slaughter rather than keeping him. |
Tickets are being sold in shops in Lydd to raffle the meat. Money raised will go to buy pigs, from which sausages will eventually be made. | Tickets are being sold in shops in Lydd to raffle the meat. Money raised will go to buy pigs, from which sausages will eventually be made. |
"I feel this is the same as my daughter coming home from school to find her pet rabbit bubbling away on the stove in a stew," said Ms Davis. | "I feel this is the same as my daughter coming home from school to find her pet rabbit bubbling away on the stove in a stew," said Ms Davis. |
"My daughter was told it was no different to buying lamb from the supermarket. | "My daughter was told it was no different to buying lamb from the supermarket. |
"I really don't think this is the same thing." | "I really don't think this is the same thing." |
The school is on Romney Marsh, an area famous for sheep farming. | The school is on Romney Marsh, an area famous for sheep farming. |
Ms Charman said she wanted to teach the children about the food chain and the local economy. | Ms Charman said she wanted to teach the children about the food chain and the local economy. |
"I am trying to prepare children for the adult world in every sense," she said. | "I am trying to prepare children for the adult world in every sense," she said. |
"When they are 15, when they are 20 they are not going to remember what they got in their Sats when they were 11 years old. | "When they are 15, when they are 20 they are not going to remember what they got in their Sats when they were 11 years old. |
"But they will remember they had a farm and that they made decisions." | "But they will remember they had a farm and that they made decisions." |
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Head teacher Andrea Charman explains the purpose of the school farm and the children's involvement. |
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