Book your Key Stage One Visit to Godstone Farm!

Choose from the following activities:

• Meet the Animals – A chance to get up close to and meet the small animals.  The session takes place inside the animal interactions barn, rabbit walk or on the animal interactions lawn with the chance to see, feed, and learn all about small animals including rabbits, chicks, chickens, guinea pigs and our oldest resident George the tortoise.
• Pig Talk – A short talk on our perfect piggies and the opportunity to help the farmer feed one and to watch them enjoying their food. We run a successful all year-round breeding programme so will try to include piglets where possible.
• Pond Activities (Double Session) – Enter our gated area with 3 identification stations and jetties. Grab your net & tray, kneel on our pads and dig deep to discover the delights of our man made, Surrey Hills-fed Warren Island pond.
• Minibeasts – Meet in our Mini Beast area for your Bug Safari Booklet, pencil and magnifying glass – lift the lids on our trap doors, have a poke around in our activity tables.
• Farm Walk (Double Session) – If you are struggling to choose an activity why not go for our double session farm walk? Take a stroll around the farm with one of our farmers, they will talk to you about all the animals you see- walking our farm trail is a more relaxed child led session. there will be an opportunity to feed some of the animals through the drop chutes along the trail.
• Bird Talk with Duck Feeding – Come and meet and greet our variety of feathered friends in all shapes and sizes from rheas to chickens, our wonderful owl Echo and our loud Ducks! Learn about their adaptations and their journey from egg to full grown bird!
  * Please note that during periods of avian flu, this activity will be unavailable. An alternative activity will be offered.
• Life on the Farm – Donkeys – Come say hello to our donkey. Did you know we have been keeping Donkeys for more than 4000 years? Find out what they eat, where they like to live and learn how to measure in ‘hands’ Take a look at their shoes, their eyes and learn more about their fantastic memory and the jobs they help us with both historically and still today! Then help your farmer feed them a tasty treat!
• Barn Talk – Peep into the main barn and see if you can spot our cute goat kids, some spring lambs or some gorgeous alpacas. It’s always a lovely experience to explore the Barn and hear about the wonderful animals, have a turn at milking our goat Gloria.
• Planting – Come and have a look at our schools’ garden! Try digging in our beds to see what minibeasts we can see, explore the different types of seeds we use on the farm and have a go and tending and digging our schools farm garden.
• Wool Talk & Activities – Look at the steps that go into getting wool from sheep fleece to ball! We’ll look at shearing, washing, carding and spinning processes.
• Dinosaur Walk Self-Lead Tour – Come and explore our Dinosaur trail! Come into our woods and see if you can find our dinosaurs from the world of Dinosaur ROAR! Using our trail booklet you can follow the trail and learn all about the different dinosaurs and their different sizes, skills and bodies. Find out facts, such as how big were the teeth of a Tyrannosaurus Rex or how long was a diplodocus.