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What a fantastic day !!!! We arrived at the farm and were greeted by Elaine the Farmer’s wife. She told us what we would be doing during the day and told us that she had a surprise.
Our first job was to help with the milking of the cows. We watched Farmer Rob use the special machines to milk 8 cows. One cow made 12 pints of milk! The cows get milked twice a day. It was great fun watching the big jars fill up with milk and then watching it shoot up the pipe to a big fridge , where it will wait to be collected by the Milk truck to sell in shops.
After watching the cows being milked we put some of the milk in bottles and walked down to the barn to bottle feed the baby calves. The baby calves were very strong and very greedy. They loved the milk and got very excited when they saw us.
We had a break and then moved on to our next job of feeding the goats. We had special pellets that we held in our hands for the goats to feed from. Hayden was a bit worried at first but with some help from Miss Wright he really enjoyed the experience.
After the goats we had a trailer ride. Farmer Rob pulled us in the trailer with his very big, very noisy tractor. We travelled all round the Farmers land and looked at all the different animals.
We finished the trailer ride and then the secret appeared. We walked into the big barn and were told by Farmer Rob to be very quiet and there they were … 4 baby lambs, 3 of which were only born a few hours ago. They were so small and so cute. We had to be very quiet as they were frightened of us and were still trying to stand up – it was amazing. Miss Wright was even more excited than us.
After looking at the new additions to St Augustines Farm we petted rabbits and fed the chickens before collecting the cows milk and pellets to feed the pigs. The pigs were very dirty and loved rolling around in the mudbaths they had made. We did so much work before stopping for a well deserved lunch break.
We had our lunch and completed a treasure hunt looking for farmyard treasures. We had to collect some very bizarre things like wool, wheat, straw, hay and you wouldn’t believe it … dried poo! Miss Wrights team won as she tricked the other teams whilst Ethan and Connor ran to victory!
We finished off the day with a fun adventure in the play area before taking our journey home. We left just in time as the rain poured down.
We had such a great day and will return agai one day. We were all well behaved and an asset to the school.
Reproduced from a school magazine.
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