Educational Experiences

We can:

  • Utilise our farm buildings to provide an educational base for outdoor learning opportunities;

  • Make links to a variety of subjects in the national curriculum (thanks to Rach’s role as a primary school teacher in a nearby village school) through a range of our topics such as: farm tours, habitats & conservation, food for thought, wonderful wool and

    seasonal art;

  • Provide ready-made risk assessment documents for our venue and activities;

  • Use the farm as a location to offer the John Muir Award;

  • Signpost schools to funding and grants that are available to them to cover the costs of a paid educational trip.

Workshops

We provide a cross-curricular, practical once in a lifetime experience that appeals to all ages.

Wonderful Wool

Ideal for Key Stages from Foundation Upwards…

Keeping traditional skills alive!
Your day starts with an in-depth farm tour meeting all our animals and seeing how we work together with nature on our farm. Learn about habitats, life cycles and animal adaptations, food webs, geographical features, land use and much more.

Witness the journey of wool from sheep to finished product. Have a go at learning to spin yarn, weaving on a loom or wet felting a piece of art inspired by the land around us. Each Child will take home an age related handmade woolly craft from their workshop.

Full Day Trip Itinerary

10-10.15am: Welcome to the facilities and health & safety chat. 

10.15 - 11.45: Farm Tour - 2km Walk (Long) or 1km (Short) 

Full Tour Includes:

Mapping Treasure Hunt

Glorious Goats

Landscape Poetry

Fell Ponies

Hedgerow Habitat

Honey Bees

Fell Pigs & Herdwick Sheep

Compare & Contrast

Adaptation

Observational Nature Art

Food Web

Happy Hens

11.45 - 12.15: Sheepdog Experience

Sheepdog Demo

Blindfold Maze Game

Have a go with a Sheepdog

Children judge a Mini Sheepdog Trial. 

12.15 - 12.40: Lunch

12.40 - 2.00: Craft Activity Using Our Own Wool

2.00-2.15: Final Q&A

2.15: Depart

Prices

£360 Full Day led by Rach for a group of up to 30.

£200 Morning session led by Rach (10-12) and hire of the Byre classroom to lead your own activities for the remainder of the day. Maximum number of children: 30.

We currently have funding from FIPL (Farming In Protected Landscapes) in place so that we can offer up to 20 Free School Visits until 15th March 2026 - use the following voucher code to receive 100% discount on your trip:

FIPL-FREE-TRIP

Please contact to discuss bookings for smaller groups, parties, corporate events, stag & hen parties.