Nineveh Trust Funding Award
Nineveh Trust have awarded Discovering-our-Countryside funds to help develop our concept of primary children’s education related farm visits . We have made a series of videos in 2012/2013 showing the...
View Article2 December 2013 – Preparing for Winter
The flv player provided by webstunning.com. All Rights Reserved 2 December 2013 – Preparing for Winter Livestock over Winter – Some animals are seasonal breeders only mating at certain times of...
View Article13 January 2014 – Computers in Agriculture + New Allotment
The flv player provided by webstunning.com. All Rights Reserved Farm Animals and Computers – Shows how computers are used to monitor pigs feeding during pregnancy and also how they are used to help...
View Article10 March 2014 – Nature knows….
The flv player provided by webstunning.com. All Rights Reserved 10 March 2014 – Nature knows! This program looks at the importance of weather how it effects wildlife and the onset of spring, how we...
View ArticleOur Science Week
Great Science Week Friday at Collingwood Primary School ABC of Science Technology Engineering & Maths went down very well, followed by signs of spring with Foundation class, frogs, frog spawn and...
View Article24 March 2014 – Ides of March – come and gone….
The flv player provided by webstunning.com. All Rights Reserved 24 March 2014 – Ides of March – come and gone! Planning done! – Planning over down to planting on the Allotment, with bean, peas,...
View Article5 May 2014: Spring – What does it mean to you?
5 May 2014: Spring – What does it mean to you? Prepare for your preparers! – Planting potatoes in your garden, allotment or on your patio Calving – We finally manage to capture some cows calving on...
View ArticleFarm Visits Summer 2014
New round of Farm Visits now well under way. Going down very well again. Victoria Dock primary School really enjoyed their visit today Year 3/4 are being given a guided tour of Weighton Wolds farm!...
View Article19 May 2014: April shower – not always in April
19 May 2014 – April Showers; not always in April! Lambing – Follow lambing on Oliver’s Farm where we see lots of new born lambs and the work involved in looking after all these new lives, which...
View Article2 June 2014: Green Green Growth of June
2 June 2014: Green Green Growth of June Allotment - Planting runner beans, corgettes and brassicas in with or without a garden. Planting…– We see the schools visiting Stockbridge Technology Centre...
View Article16 June 2014: Summer in the farming year
16 June 2014: Summer in the farming year Allotment - Snails a pest to farmers and gardeners. Have some fun with a snail race Grass at Last – We revisit the lambs we saw turned out after lambing and we...
View Article30 June 2014 – Not all…..
Not all…. bugs are bad; strawberries are for Wimbledon; Celery is the same Cow’s stomach feasts – We look at how ruminants rely of micro-beasts in their 4 stomachs to help them digest grass making...
View Article14 July 2014 – Summer Crops, Dairy Products Things to do over Summer.
Summer Crops, Dairy Products Things to do over Summer… Out and about in summer – Give Mario a break! Things to look out this summer. Also looks at some outdoor activities for school and summer...
View Article8 September 2014 – Bringing in the harvest
Bringing in the harvest, crops, livestock, garden and eat well plate.… The harvesting of crops – shows farmers harvesting various crops such as cereals, potatoes peas. Also shows how a combine...
View Article22 September 2014 – Using the Products of Harvest
22 September 2014 – Using the products of harvest Natures larder – How natures larder does not last all winter and needs help to sustain wildlife until the spring. Using the products of harvest for us...
View Article6 October 2014 – Autumn Tasks
6 October 2014 – Autumn Tasks Preparing for winter greens – Growing seasonal food and how to have vegetables all winter Autumn crops still to harvest - Shows pupils returning to Stockbridge to harvest...
View Article20 October 2014 – The ABC of farming
20 October 2014 – The ABC of Farming The Poo Cycle.How farm livestock re-cycle the products of harvest. This shows how livestock eat the products of harvest and produce manure for the farming to...
View Article10 November 2014 – Managing the seasons
10 November 2014 – Managing the seasons Seasonal Breeding Livestock – Some animals are seasonal breeders only mating at certain times of year, like sheep in Autumn, others like pigs will breed all...
View Article1 December 2014 – Christmas Special: Trees Sprouts Wool Jumpers
1 December 2014 – Christmas Special: Trees, Sprouts and Christmas Woolie Jumpers Christmas Harvest in the fields. – Christmas Trees and Sprouts being harvested for Christmas.The wet Autumn has meant...
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