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School Farm Visits
Find Farms to Visit Near You

Growing Schools - Places to VisitThe Growing Schools website holds a directory of places to visit for schools, including farms.

 

To find farms to visit near you visit the Growing Schools website.

 
FarmSafe for Schools

Farm Safe for SchoolsCornish Mutual have developed a FarmSafe for Schools resource.

This site provides free farm and countryside safety teaching materials for Key Stage 1 and 2 teachers.

Visit the link here www.cornishmutual.co.uk/farmsafeforschools

 
Free Educational Trips and Materials for Schools

reciproc8FACE are pleased to announce their new partnership with Reciproc8™ Recycling. Reciproc8™ is a recycling company that provides free products and experiences to schools and education organisations throughout the UK.

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Visiting A Dairy Farm

Visiting a Dairy Farm CDThis FREE CD, produced by FACE in partnership with Waitrose and DairyCrest, introduces primary aged children to what goes on at the dairy farm where milk is produced and the land is cared for.


Find out more and order your copy today.
 
Farm Visit and Farmer's Year Poster

Farm Visits and Farmer's Year Poster

Two posters in one. Making the case for visiting farms and a highly engaging visual explanation of the farmer's year in the UK.

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Order your free copy.

 
Visiting a Horticulture Unit or Garden Centre

Horticulture UnitResources for primary school teachers visiting Horticulture Units and Garden Centres.


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Interactive Farm Visit

Interactive Farm VisitFarm Visit is an interactive web based presentation from HSE Northern Ireland. It uses Super Hero characters to guide children on keeping clean and healthy when visiting a farm.

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Preventing or controlling ill health from animal contact at visitor attractions.

Code of Practice - TeachersAdvice to teachers and others who organise visits for children.


This advice is for teachers and others who organise visits by children on the precautions necessary to reduce the risk of ill health arising from contact with animals.



Download the Code of Practice for Teachers and Others.

 
Can you help?

Children Crossing Field

We need sponsors to help to fund farm visits – many schools cannot provide visits as often, or for as many pupils, as they would like, simply because of high transport costs. A few hundred pounds in sponsorship could provide a day out for children that they will remember forever!

If you think you can help please contact Janet Hickinbottom ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

 
Müller Farm Visit Activities and Worksheets

MullerMüller has produced a series of free resources for schools relating to farm visits. The resources comprise of a series of activities and worksheets for use before the visit to prepare the children, during the visit to optimise the learning which takes place, and afterwards to ensure they retain what they've learned and develop their knowledge further.

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Activities for Farm Visits.

Farm Visit Activities'The Farm - a living classroom' is a set of downloadable resources to help nursery and primary teachers make the most of a school farm visit.

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