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Running from September 2007 to July 2008, the Year of Food and Farming is a campaign to promote healthy living by giving children first-hand experience of food, farming and the countryside, primarily through opportunities to visit farms, and to grow and cook foods.
At Wiltshire College Lackham the aim is for children to see for themselves what happens on a farm, to see the high level of animal welfare, and to recognise that farmers are equally concerned about these issues and others, including the environment. We particularly wish to show children from an urban background what life is like in the countryside.
The Autumn Estate
Oct 30-31 & Nov 1
Woodland Walk
Making corn dollies
Museum
Geography · Science · Art · History
November 5, 6 & 9
Woodland Walk
Planting acorns/conkers
Museum Geography · Science · History
The Winter Estate
Feb 11-12 & 14-15
Dairy Week
Butter making
Snowdrop Walks
Nutrition · Food · Technology · Geography · Science
March 10-14
Lambing Week
Woodland Walk
Museum
Science · Geography · History · Maths
The Spring Estate
April 22-25
Pre School Animal Days
Visits to the farm and the Animal Care Centre
Museum and Woodland Walk
Science · Geography · Maths
May 19-20 & 22-23
Food from Crops
Visits to trial plots - cereal and oil crops
Linking production to products
Science · Food · Technology
June 10-13
Wiltshire Woolly Week
Shearing, spinning, dyeing
Science · DT
The Summer Estate
July 22-24
School Enrichment Week
Pasture and arable farming on the Estate
Museum
Woodland Walk
Food · Technology · Science · History
You can see the official Year of Food and Farming website here.
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