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These materials were originally produced by Farming and Countryside Education (FACE) for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to help farmers make the most of school visits arranged as part of the Countryside Stewardship Scheme and Higher Level Entry Scheme. |
Syngenta also provided funding to make the materials more widely available.
These materials and templates can be adapted quickly and easily to reflect your own local situation, and the facilities and resources available for school parties.
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 This pack is designed to give you a few hints and tips when visiting schools. You may have been asked to go in to a school already. Or you may like to make the initial approach and offer to go in to a school to do a presentation or help with an activity. Whatever the situation it is important to plan what you are going to do.
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 What kinds of educational activities take place at farms?
What educational activities do different kinds of farms offer?
How can farm visits be beneficial for pupils and their teachers?
The case studies presented here provide answers to these questions. They give a flavour of the variety of educational activities that take place on farms around the country.
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 A collection of case studies on care farming have been produced by the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom.
Download the Case Studies.
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Many thanks to Mo Braham, Education Manager at Over Farm in Gloucestershire who has supplied these details of a food and drink workshop with lots of hands-on activities.
 Food and Drink Workshop Template (43.52 kB)
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A list of useful websites for Farmers.
Download the list of websites
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 A recent FACE seminar looked at the role of Storytelling in visits to farms and outdoor locations. Fiona Collins, an experienced storyteller, looked at how stories can be used in different settings and how they can be created with young people.
Download the storytelling ideas.
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One of the FACE seminars looked at seasonal celebrations and ways of using these during visits to farms. The PowerPoint presentation summarises the ideas which we hope you will find of interest!
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Thanks to support from Yorkshire Bank, FACE has developed a series of maths resources with farming themes. They have been designed to accompany a “Maths Trail” which can be set up at appropriate points on the farm.
Yorkshire Bank has made these freely available to farmers hosting school visits to download, print and display.
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This booklet has come about because of a FACE seminar that was held to share ideas used whilst working with young people. We hope that you find them useful and that they provide inspiration to adapt or create your own games.
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 The Health Protection Agency, Health and Safety Executive and Local Authorities Co-ordinators of Regulatory Services have jointly published a timely reminder of good practice in reducing the risk of infection to visitors to open farms.
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 If you are thinking of opening your smallholding to the public, make sure you know the rules on hygiene.
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 An FREE exciting new poster is now available for schools.
Not only does it make the case for visiting farms but also, on the reverse, is a highly engaging visual explanation of the farmer's year in the UK.
Order your FREE copy today. |
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 Children almost always learn best by “doing”. When they attend shows and events, they may spend some time listening and observing but they also benefit from the opportunity to get involved in activities. As well as enjoying themselves, children will develop a variety of manipulative and creative skills.
This booklet has come about by the sharing of ideas amongst members of the FACE team who attend many events for children during the year.
Please send us your ideas to add to these!
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 Müller 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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To be added to the list of farms available for school visits please download and return the Access to Farms - School Visits Directory Form.
 Download the ATF School Visits Directory
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 The FACE 3D Farm Animals and Tractor are now available to download.
Download, Print off, Colour in, Cut Out and Enjoy!
3D Animals created by FACE REC Bobbie Harvey.
3D Tractor created by Ruth Cannon - Schools Technician - Eastern College. |
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 The Country Channel.tv has produced a short video on a Open Farm Sunday event and the benefits for both the visitor and farmer which Farm Visits bring.
Watch the video here.
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A short guide to constructing the extremely popular model milking cow. |
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FACE held a seminar looking at self-guided trails.
Trails are a popular way of taking groups around farms and other outdoor locations. Self-guided trails have many advantages because each group can go around the site without the help of additional staff.
At the seminar, we investigated a number of different types of trail. Examples are included here for you to adapt for your own site. Stoneleigh Park does not have the facilities you would expect to find at a farm visit centre or on a working farm so we had to be creative in the production of our examples!
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Would you like some helpful hints on how to make your site accessible to all users?
This guide to producing an access audit helps to draw together ideas for access to all.
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Much concern is being expressed about the possible impact of Avian ‘flu on keeping livestock in school, using incubators and visiting farms. This briefing, produced by Access To Farms, provides the latest advice.
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