Stockley Farm welcomes schools to come and visit during term time. A £50 non refundable deposit is required to confirm your booking. Once confirmed you will receive a confirmation pack which includes a confirmation letter, an educational Intinery and a full and comprehensive risk assessment.
The day will consist of the following activities:
The order of these activities may vary. Stockley Farm’s friendly staff will be on hand to make your day run smoothly and to answer any questions you may have.
Invoices must be settled on the day of visit unless prior arrangements have been made. You will also be asked to fill out a questionnaire about your visit; we would appreciate your co-operation in completing this.
G.C.S.E. and A Level geography trips and leisure and tourism courses are available.
As part of our continuous development at Stockley Farm, we are looking to incorporate all aspects of the teaching curriculum into our farm visits. We are putting together a series of farm workshops which have been identified to us as areas that schools need to teach. These workshops link very well to being taught on the farm.
We adopt a flexible approach depending on the needs of individual classes and can teach a combination of subjects or focus on a single topic area. We are able to work to National Curriculum Attainment Targets and can link topics to QCA schemes of work. We aim to cover relevant topic areas but our main objective is to make learning real and exciting with a hands on approach.
We planned a day for year 6 children based on the QCA topic “Interdependence and Adaptation”. The children spent time in the green houses and with the animals followed by a walk on our nature trail.
The sessions are all taught by relevant experts including a horticulturalist and animal husbandry specialist. The sessions are tailored to children of a specific age with the help of a qualified teacher. We can also provide follow up activities including literacy and numeracy activities for teaching in the classroom. For example, after a science themed day at Stockley Farm, children could produce a persuasive writing piece on Organic Farming
There is also the opportunity for us to come into schools and cover aspects of the curriculum.
The following subjects are already available:
If there is a specific area of the curriculum that you are covering in class that would benefit from a farm visit and wish to discuss how we can plan a day suited to your needs, please do not hesitate to contact us on 01565 777323 or contact Jane Docksey, Open Farm Manger, direct on 07892 419219.
Stockley Farm is accredited to The National Association of Farms for Schools and abides by its code of practice and charter as detailed below. For more information, please visit the Farms For Schools website
Cow week at Stockley Farm starts this week and continues until the 2nd August, Come and learn about the cows at Stockley Farm and enter one of the many competitions, plus all the usual fun down on the farm this weekend! Meet & feed the animals, groom the ponies and meet the goats, plus don't forget to watch the famous Stockley Farm sheep racing. We look forward to seeing you!
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