Summer Activities

Wildlife Detectives

On a boiling hot day in July, we hosted the first of the wildlife detective days for younger children. The pond was teeming with life and each scoop of the net showed us the variety of creatures living there.  The margins were lovely and we found crickets, beetles, butterflies and flies.  In the afternoon, dens were built and a tea party hosted many animals...

Explorer Day

Much laughter and discussion went on as a group of mixed aged children used maps, compasses and instructions to find their way around various checkpoints on the farm.  They ground up wheat to make flour and produced some delicious pancakes.  Finally, some head dresses were made and a scarecrow built.  She has become quite the star of the farm ever since.

Survival Day

There is nothing like building fires.... Tom gave a demonstration and discussed  various ways of making fire and managed to light an 'Alfred cake' with a magnifying glass very quickly. A group of children explored the farm to find suitable wood, tinder and kindling and built some very good fires. They made damper bread, cooked and ate it with homemade butter and jam.  Some of them were patient to make delicious bread... others produced more stodgy efforts... but all seemed to enjoy the process!   After lunch, some made sculptures and others made wind chimes with natural materials.