On the 29th January Foundation Stage visited Whirlow Farm.
What did the children do at the farm? Your child was encouraged to look closely at the animals on the farm and listen carefully to the guides. They had to take turns and patiently wait for their chance to stroke a new born lamb, young piglets, rabbits and guinea pigs.
Mrs Furniss helped us to dress like children in Victorian times. We were getting ready to help with the jobs that needed to be done so that Mrs Furniss could go to market. She taught us how to milk sheep. Mrs Furniss showed us how to make butter in a churn.
We helped to clean the leather tackle. We learnt how to groom the horse.
We played games from long ago. We collected eggs.
Molly asked, “What do pigs have for their dinner?”
Ruby said, “The pigs are so big and so noisy.” Why do pigs have wet noses? Emily asked, “Do pigs snore?” Isobel said, “The ducks feet help them swim.” Mason thought the chicken felt soft when he stroked it. James thought, “The chickens don’t look real.” The goats were fighting. Rudy said, “We don’t fight like that at our school.”
David asked, “Why do the sheep have paint on their backs?” Aaron said that, “the lambs have got big legs that’s why they can stand up.” Molly noticed that the sheep was licking the lambs. 
encouraged the children to make links with what they already knew about farms and with their recent investigations into how toys work.
The children will be playing games from the past that involve calculation and problem solving. They have started to investigate whether the biggest hand holds the most wooden pegs. They will be practising recording numbers for a purpose when adding their scores in games such as roll the eggs onto a target.