Aussie Outback Day / Cattle Station Skills Day
Cattle Station Skills Day
The service becomes a pretend cattle station, with lasso throwing, cotton wool sheep shearing and a line dancing finale.
How to run it
- Set up stations: lasso throwing at a cone, pretend shearing and line dancing.
- Make sheep from card covered in cotton wool.
- Children practise lasso throws using a rope loop onto a cone or stool.
- Shear the cotton wool off the sheep with blunt craft scissors or fingers.
- Finish with a simple line dance together.
You will need
- rope loops
- cones
- card
- cotton wool
- blunt scissors
- country music
Make it easier or harderYounger children can do shorter throws; older children can learn longer dance sequences.
SafetyNever throw ropes at people, and keep rope loops away from necks.
My Time Our Place · Outcome 2, Outcome 3Children explore rural Australian life through play and movement.
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