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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...

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2 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...

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13 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...

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10 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...

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Our 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...

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24 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,...

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5 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...

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Farm 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!...

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19 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...

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2 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...

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16 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...

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30 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...

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14 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...

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8 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...

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22 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...

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6 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...

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20 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...

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10 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...

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1 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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