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All farm visits
With our network of trained farmers, we can help you plan and run safe, curriculum-linked educational farm visits and other days for your pupils in your local area.
This page lists our suite of pre-designed farm visit days for pupils but there’s much more that we can offer. Our Regional Educational Consultants can lead and deliver these activities, and we can work with you to create bespoke activities tailored to your school and your pupils’ needs. Contact us for a detailed discussion.
“It really opened my eyes to see how a farm is run as a multi-million-pound business, and to think about all the decisions the farms have to make, not just what crops to grow.”
— A level business studies student
We can develop bespoke experiences suitable for different settings, needs and requirements
Do you have a group of disengaged boys who need more activities around English? A year 5 class that needs to focus on expanding literacy? Want a taster Business Studies on farm day for year 9? Need to deliver exam specification points for AQA or Edexcel?
As well as tailoring our sample Curriculum Enrichment Days to your needs, our team of Regional Education Consultants can develop bespoke experiences for your school at any duration, subject focus or type of activity.
Our Farm Visits
Stories on the farm (EYFS-KS1)
A selection of books can be used to structure memorable farm visits and provide meaningful context to traditional tails like ‘The little Red Hen’, ‘The Enormous Turnip’ and ‘The Magic Porridge Pot’ or modern classics like ‘Superworm’, ‘Rosie’s walk’, ‘Supertato’ and many, many more.
Farm to fork (EYFS-KS3)
See how food is produced on the farm. Use some of the farm’s produce to create foods we can eat. Activities could include milling flour and baking bread, producing vegetable soup, churning butter, or making ice cream.
Super soils (KS2-KS5)
Discover the importance of soils. Identify soil types and learn about soil structures and their impact on the types of crops grown, water courses and the environment. Identify the organisms living in soils and learn about their ecosystem functions.
Biodiversity studies (KS1 – KS5)
Explore the range of wildlife on the farm. Spot and identify birds, collect and ID insects and small mammals, charm worms and investigate aquatic organisms in streams, rivers or ponds.
Virtual Careers (KS2-KS5)
Explore a working dairy farm. Careers associated with farming, food and the environment will be explored through this real-world context. Focus can be given to a specific curriculum area e.g. STEM.
Environmental Science (KS3-KS5)
Exploring different objects as part of the Environmental Science curriculum, understanding the work of farmers in protecting and enhancing the environment. Following a farm tour, explore specific points such as water use, hedgerows, and soil through interactive workshops.
Business Studies (KS4-KS5)
Explore the business of farming and food production with curriculum linked challenges designed to help students develop effective application and analytical skills.
Food Preparation and Nutrition
See how food is produced on the farm and how it is processed. Use some of the farm’s produce to create recipes. Activities could include milling flour and baking bread, churning butter, and making ice cream.
Conscious Consumer
Discover what fruits and vegetables are being grown on farms local to you and learn about seasonality and the impacts that buying locally produced seasonal produce can have upon the environment.
#FarmMyFood (KS4*)
With experiential opportunities to enhance the business studies and food and nutrition curriculum. A range of workshops led by industry experts (nutritionist, chef, local food producers, land surveyors, banks and tech companies) provide hands-on opportunities to bring the business of food and farming to life, (*subject to funding and availability).
Wellbeing Farm visits
These on farm visits are focussed on wellbeing with activities intended to take care of our mental wellbeing. Spending time in the great outdoors is proven to improve our mental wellbeing so this day will be spent out on farm taking part in mindful, creative, and artistic activities.