Our Day Out to Bocketts Farm!

What a lovely day at Bockett’s farm the pre-school children had! They were so excited when getting in to nursery, showing each other their lunch boxes and water bottles. Sophie said to Immy, “You know I brought this food from my home, there’s even a snack in there!”. Immy responded, “But we can’t feed our food to the farm animals, they have their own special food”. Sophie laughed and then quite seriously said, “I’m not sharing my food”. The coach journey to the farm was full of giggles, chatting and singing songs, the favourite was clearly ‘baa baa black sheep’. Once we arrived at the farm, Rowan couldn’t wait to get off of the coach, calling out, “Come on everyone, this is so much fun already, I can see some chickens!”. This gained his friend’s interest, with all of them looking out the window to see what animals they could spot. Alastair saw a sheep and called out, “Look this way, there’s some sheep here!”. 

After stepping off the coach and meeting our tour guide, the children were very good at listening to the house rules before going straight off for a tractor ride around the farm. The children couldn’t wait to get on, Lana had the biggest smile on her face and whispered “Wow” once she saw the tractor. When the tractor starting moving, it was quite a bumpy ride which made all of the children laugh. There were so many animals on route including pigs, goats, sheep, chickens and cows. When Zach saw the pigs, he covered his nose, laughing, “They’re too smelly”, which made his friends laugh again. 

Another great moment was the pig race. The children picked the colour pig they would like to win the race and eagerly lined up along the fence, waiting for the pigs to start. Once the countdown from 10-1 was over and the pigs had set off, Alastair was calling out, “Come on yellow, you can do it”. Tommy said, “Nooo, yellow won’t win, it’s going to be the blue pig”. Indeed the blue pig did win the race and Tommy cheered lots. The rest of the day was filled with lots of animal stroking including a 2 day old goat which the children couldn’t get enough of. Isabelle looked at him, put her hand across her chest and with a gentle voice said, “Ooh, he’s sooo cute”. The day was finished with lots of fun bouncing on the inflatable cushion, with Ethan telling Tristan, “This has been so much fun!”, whilst bouncing around and laughing. 

The coach journey home was definitely quieter than on the way to the farm! The children were talking about favourite parts of their day, Jonny said he loved the tractor ride, Alba loved stroking the goat and Youcef liked seeing the yellow tractor. Some of the children used this time to sneak in a little nap time in. We cant wait for our next visit!