Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Harvest Festival Home Educator Day today! We hope you all had fun learning outdoors, harvesting potatoes, learning about the difference between hay and straw, making corn dollies and discovering how to turn wheat into flour. You all did a fantastic job at this!
Hopefully you all went away with the knowledge set out in the learning objectives for each activity.
If you don’t know about our Home Educator Days at Godstone Farm, here’s some more information for you:
We work in conjunction with the National Curriculum to deliver interactive, educational and fun sessions for you and your families. The learning objectives for KS1 and KS2 will be provided to you on the day, via a welcome leaflet, outlining the planned activities and the times and locations. We are pleased to offer you our discounted schools rate with a free adult per family group on our Home Educator Days.
We have two more fantastic Home Educator Days planned for this year and would love to see you!
Wednesday 16th November – Farm Machinery
Monday 12th December – Christmas on the Farm
Wednesday 16th November 2022 – Farm Machinery
Talks are available throughout the day and will allow time for you and your family to explore the farm at your leisure, as well as enjoying scheduled interactive animal sessions.
The learning objectives for the day are:
Key Stage 1 LO: To explore and use mechanisms (for example levers, sliders, wheels and axles) in products.
Key Stage 2 LO: To understand and use mechanical systems in products (for example, gears, pulleys, cams, levers and linkages.)
Activities for the day will include:
Investigating farm machinery
Exploring the type of machinery used in agriculture
Making basic machines
Classifying agricultural machinery
Monday 12th December – Christmas on the Farm
Talks are available throughout the day and will allow time for you and your family to explore the farm at your leisure as well as enjoying scheduled interactive animal sessions.
If you book for our Christmas on the Farm Home Educator Day, during your booking you will be offered the opportunity to upgrade your tickets to include a visit to Father Christmas!
The learning objectives for December are:
English focus
Key Stage 1 LO: Retelling of traditional folk and fairy stories.
Key Stage 2 LO: To explore myths, legends and traditional stories.
Activities for the day will include:
Exploring traditional folk tales and fairy tales and how animals relate to them.
Discovering how different products, for example wheat, are used at Christmas.
