School Tours at Rumley’s Open Farm Cork offer a fun and educational environment for Irish school children.
It has been a dream of mine for many years to bring children onto my farm and give them a chance to see how food is produced from vegetables, eggs, chicken to the various different types of meat.
I strongly believe if you show children how real natural food is grown it is something that will stay with them forever.
With this philosophy in mind I have developed 3 programs that will appeal to both younger and older children where they not only get to play with the animals but to see how a working farm is run. It is also a program where teachers will learn a lot too and be able to bring some real experiences and exercises back to the class room.
Our 3 programs are as follows:
Day Plan – Junior Infants to 1st Class
- Visit the Pet Farm where the children can get to hold and feed the animals
- Guided Tractor Tour of the Farm tailored to younger children
- See a cow being milked
- Hold our day old chicks
- Lunch
- The Fun Bit – Access to all the indoor and outdoor activities available on the farm
Day Plan – 2nd to 4th Class
- 2 hour Guided Farm Tour explaining how the farm works for domestic and exotic animals
- The Working Farm The children will learn about where the food chain begins and ends.
- Exercise A worksheet will be provided for use as a project back in the classroom
- Lunch
- Opportunity to play in our activity centre and meet the animals in our Pet Farm
Day Plan – 5th & 6th Class
- 2 hour Guided Farm Tour introducing the exotic animals and explaining how the farm works for domestic and exotic animals
- The Working Farm The children will learn about where the food chain begins and ends.
- Exercise – From Farm to Fork – Where our food comes from
- Lunch
- Opportunity to play in our activity centre and meet the animals in our Pet Farm
How much does it cost?
It is €8 per child, and you just pay for the number of children who come on the day. We accept cash or cheque payments on the day. Please make cheques payable to Rumleys Farm.
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Liberty Hill
Waterfall
Cork
Tel : (021) 488 5122
Email : info@rumleysfarm.ie
Web : www.rumleysfarm.ie
