Just before the Easter holidays, we were lucky enough to visit Watsons’ farm again. The children were very excited to see the animals and farm machinery! We walked down together, practicing our road-crossing skills, and were met by Mr. Watson. We enjoyed looking at the sheep with their new baby lambs – the children noticed the numbers painted on the sheep’s coats which matched their lambs. The big shed had large pens with pregnant sheep and many small pens holding the new mothers with their babies. The children had the chance to stroke a new baby Jacob lamb! They asked lots of questions about what they observed and made comments.
Next, we visited the pigs of different sizes. The youngest ones were only three months old! The children enjoyed listening to their grunts and squeals and commented on how they were all piled up together. We also went into the cow shed and saw all the different coloured cows with their heads poking through the bars to eat their hay. The children wanted to get close to them, and walked up in between the two rows of heads! We learnt some of the cows’ names, including Alice and Anastasia!
We made sure to say a big thank you to Mr. Watson as we left for allowing us to explore his farmyard once again. The children really enjoyed the close-up experience with the animals, and learnt lots of new information and farm vocabulary.
