Down on the farm – look out!

We were extremely thankful to have a nice dry Farm School this week! We focused heavily on school readiness and risk assessing our surroundings. We created our own learning contract so the [...]

Down on the farm – get ready, Rising Threes!

It was week two of Farm School for Rising Threes and the children thoroughly enjoyed themselves. We had a horse and cart ride with caramel the Shetland pony. This encouraged the children to be [...]

Down on the farm – bubble mania!

This week at Farm School the children enjoyed learning about how to make big bubbles! The children took turns to add washing up liquid and water in varying amounts to a tuff spot, stopping every [...]

Down on the farm – spring has sprung!

It certainly feels like spring has arrived at Farm School this week – the sun was shining and the farm was buzzing with its new baby calves, new crops and flowers . We closely focused on [...]

Down on the farm – robot madness!

At Farm School this week we really focused on the children’s understanding of the world and in particular ICT. The children have been really interested in finding out how things work and [...]

Down on the farm – being Young Farmers

Farm School was very interesting this week as we focused on being young farmers! We closely shadowed Farmer Bex and found out what she does everyday at the farm. We mainly focused on animal care [...]

Down on the farm – flipping marvellous!

Farm School has been extremely exciting this week as we celebrated Pancake day at the farm. The children made their own pancakes and went around the farm to collect all the ingredients that they [...]

Down on the farm – a lot of allotments!

It was a very active Farm School this week… We’ve started to dig up our allotment, which is incredibly exciting, especially as the children even helped in the planning stages of this [...]

Down on the farm – making a meal of it

It was a beautiful day this week at Farm School and all the children have been making eggy bread! Of course the children could identify the ingredients that they needed to make their eggy bread [...]

Down on the farm – making new friends!

This week, Farm School was all about working together to create something. In groups, the children created their own scarecrows. Firstly the children had to construct the frame for their [...]