The very lovely Year 1 children from St Richards school Evesham, came out to me for my first visit of the year. Although not fantastic weather, the children were well dressed and were quite happy exploring the farm in the mud! 

Our topic was ‘field to fork’ and I told the children all about milking our cows and what happens to our milk. We also saw some large calves which will be calving this time next year and part of the dairy herd. 

We then had a walk to the small wood. I explained to the children the five things that a farmer checks his/her animals for; available food, available drink, a comfy bed, can they ‘play’ and do they have friends? Each child was given a toy farm animal and asked to build a suitable living space for the animal. The children had to think about creating food, water trough, a bed, friends and a play area for their animal. 

After lunch the children did a taste test of dairy products which including hard cheese, crumbly cheese, full fat milk, semi skimmed milk and skimmed milk, natural skyr yoghurt, honey skyr yoghurt and custard. The honey skyr yoghurt was by far the most popular. 

A really lovely couple of days with two great classes.