Schools

At the heart of Farms2Ewe, our passion is education, healing, making people smile and sharing our beautiful connection with our happy pet/farm animals.

A full farm visit to your premises means a great day ahead for all the children and staff!

The full farm visit brings all of the fun and antics of the farm to school and saves organisation of school trips, coaches and extra staffing making for a more relaxed and enjoyable day in the safety of your own grounds!

Farms2Ewe offer full farm visits in either:

  • A half day
    – 9:30-12 or up to 2.5 hours (if local within 45 minutes)
    – 10-12 or up to 2 hours (if there is a further distance to travel)
  • A full day
    – 9:30-2:30 (if local within 45 minutes)
    – 10-2 (if there is a distance to travel)

A typical full farm visit:

What’s included?

We aim to create a miniature farmyard at school! The animals that will come along are:

  • One or two happy, smiley farmers
  • A pony for the children to groom
  • Orphan lambs (when in season) / larger lambs
  • Pygmy goats with their cheeky babies
  • A calf (seasonal)

Also, a selection of small animals:

  • Hen and chicks
  • Ducklings
  • Goslings
  • Guinea Pigs
  • Rabbits
  • Fancy Mice

During peak times (March-September) most of the animals will attend the school booking!

What do the sessions include/how do they run?

The children will come out and start their session with a greeting from the farmer. There will be a few minutes of introductions about each of the animals (age of children dependent) and the children will be led around the farmyard to learn names, types, why farmers may keep the certain animal, what we may get from animals (eggs from chickens, milk from cows etc). This small amount of time at the beginning of each session is perfect to get the children thinking, engaging and asking questions! This usually only takes 5 minutes of a 30 minute session.

The children will then be given some free time to appreciate the animals, following their learned “farm etiquette” from the farmer. During this time, they will be getting involved with the hands on activities and opportunities, i.e grooming the beautiful miniature Shetland pony, being licked by the calf, hand feeding the ducklings and sometimes even bottle feeding our orphan lambs*. They will also get an opportunity to handle our tiny Fancy Mice and just be hands on with touching, feeding and enjoying the animals.

We do recommend smaller groups to ensure each child gets individual attention and time to explore and meet all of our animals. Smaller groups also ensures a quiet and relaxed session. Groups of 15-20 children per session for 30 minutes is usually perfect!

Please do visit our FAQ page for any other questions you may have relating to our visits, however if a question is not answered, please do get in touch and we will always be able to help!

For bookings and enquiries, please contact Hollie on 07780 654348 or [email protected]

*Subject to time and age of lambs.

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