Book your Pre-school and Reception 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 introduction to what makes a pig with the opportunity to help the farmer feed some of our pigs then watch as they use their incredible sense of smell to sniff it out!  We run a successful all year-round breeding programme so will try to include piglets where possible.
• Pond Activities (Single Session) – Join us by our pond to have a quick dip in the pond and investigate what we have in our dipping trays. Take turns identifying, investigating and observing our wonderful pond life.
• 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.
• Duck Talk – Head over to the pond and learn about our floating feathered friends, how they live their lives, find their food and keep warm with a layer of waterproof oil on their feathers that keeps them warm and dry.  Help the farmers call our chatty ducks and fish over for a feeding session on the bridge, it’s quackers!
• Life on the Farm – Paddock Practice – Listen to a short chat about our hooved friends, then help the farmer to muck out and top up the donkeys’ paddock, looking at the role donkeys and Shetland ponies play on the farm and how to keep animals fed and healthy.
• Barn Talk – Come and take a peek inside our barn and learn about our wonderful barn animals, how they grow, their role on the farm and what they eat- then use our safe chutes to deliver them a tasty treat!
• 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.