This week Year 2 from Bengeworth CE Academy has been out on the farm. The children thought about the season of Spring and had a look at our young calves ad-lib feeding in the shed. Some of the children didn’t like the smell of the powdered milk we use. I explained that in order to be able to sell milk, we take the calves from their mothers and milk the cows. The children gave some great examples of how we use the milk at home; in coffee, on cereal, for butter, ice cream, yoghurt, cream, cheese and chocolate. Over lunch we made some butter out of the creamy milk I had collected from a cow. On our farm walk we also had a look at the three large Aberdeen Angus bulls we have on the farm, apparently it didn’t seem possible that the cute calves in the shed could grow into such large animals. 

Thank you Samuel and Charlotte from the Vale of Evesham School, for testing out how wheel chair accessible Sandfield Farm is. I am really, really pleased that these two lovely children were able to spend a whole day with me on the farm. The visitor room is fully accessible. The changing table in the disabled toilet meant that they could be changed with dignity. Also, they were able to enjoy a ride on the passenger trailer in safety and comfort.  My challenge now is to make the play wood more usable for those in wheel chairs….

Today, I was with Year One children from Sedgeberrow C of E First school, who left as the least muddy class of the year so far…. At the start of the day the children and I talked about the seasons and the signs of Spring.  Later on the farm walk, we looked for baby animals, lush green dairy farmer grass and blossom on the trees. We also felt the warm spring air on our skin. The topic today was predator and prey. 

Spring is in the air! Had a lovely time with Reception children from Bengeworth CE Academy. The topic this week was Fairy Tales. The children told me their favourite Fairy Tales, before re-enacting the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We then went out on to the farm and build a house of straw, a house of sticks and a house of bricks. 

A wet day for Year 2 from Sedgeberrow C of E First School! The children did very well in damp and cold conditions. The topic today was Famous Faces. We started the morning learning about Edward Jenner, a Gloucestershire man, who linked Cow Pox and Small Pox, experimented with a Gloucester breed cow and invented vaccination.