About the Archibull Prize

This blog shares Northlakes High School’s journey in the 2015 Art4Agriculture Archibull Prize.

The Archibull Prize is a wonderful and innovative program which provides students with vast opportunities to explore the many farming industruties in Australia.

In 2013, our school was lucky enough to have been chosen to participate in the Archibull Prize for the first time.

In 2014, we were lucky enough to compete again and 2015 is third time luck for us….Northlakes High School is back again; we are eager to get started!

The Archibull Prize gives city kids the opportunity to explore what their country cousins do on the farm. One of the wonderful things about this program are the links and ties students learn about as we go on this journey together. Students begin to see and understand just how vital Australian farming is to the economy and indeed in their day to day lives. This is reinforced by a visit to our school from our allocated Young Farming Champion.

The Archibull Prize emphasises multifaceted learning through a variety of different media. It gives students the opportunity to learn about the Australian farming way of life, while also facilitating strong ties between teamwork and learning. All learners who participate in the Archibull Prize are active learners and often times, it is the students who direct how we are going to learn – leading to high levels of engagement and enthusiasm towards learning.