20/04/2026
🐄 Kirkburton First School – On the farm!
Last week we welcomed two brilliant groups from Kirkburton First School onto the farm. They got stuck into real jobs, asked cracking questions, and saw first‑hand how good food is produced 🌾.
The children:
🧈 Churned their own butter — cream, elbow‑grease, and plenty of giggles
🥚 Collected eggs — learning how to handle the hens gently and spot which hens lay which colours
🌱 Planted seeds — taking home their own pots
🐮 Met the cows — and learned about feed, bedding, daily care, and why healthy cattle matter for healthy food
🚜 Explored farm machinery — tractors, feeders, and the kit that keeps a working farm running
✏️ Chalked farm pictures on our massive blackboard — some brilliant tractor 🚜 cow 🐄 and chicken 🐔 art appeared!
It’s exactly why we open the gates: to help local children understand the land around them and the work that goes into producing honest, traceable food.
📣 If your school would like to arrange a visit, we’d love to hear from you. Visits are fully funded for school groups, but spaces are limited.
Contact us at [email protected] ✉️.
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