Our Trip to Bocketts Farm!

The preschool children have been looking forward to their Bockett’s farm trip this week and had an amazing time on the day. On the build up to the trip, the children have had lots of discussions about what animals they think will be at the farm and made each other laugh when one of the children suggested a giraffe and another suggested a squirrel. On the day before the trip at tea time, a group of children were discussing excitedly what they were going to have in their sandwiches and the contents of their lunch boxes. The children also had the opportunity to participate in many activities on the build up including clay animal shape moulding, farm collage sticking and even the chance to see and go on the tractors that belong to the groundsmen of Imber Court. 

On the morning of the trip, the children arrived to nursery very excited and could not wait to get going, with many questions being asked throughout breakfast time such as “Is the coach here yet?”, “When can I have my lunch box?” and “When are we going?”. When it was time to get on the coach, the children found their group of friends and teacher for the day and eagerly waited to take their turns to climb the steps up to the coach and got settled in their seats. One of the children asked straight away, “Is it time to eat our lunch now?” When the children arrived at the farm, there was a lot of excited squeals, claps and laughter when they could see the sign to the farm and the children were ready to get going, but first there was the safety talk which the children listened to with lots of concentration and participated with suggestions about the rules of the day. 

First the children went on to the tractor ride and whilst at the top of the hill with lots of viewing opportunities, one of the children let out a little gasp and said, “I can see the whole of the world!” whilst looking in every direction. The children got to see a Highland cow, pigs with their piglets, a very large horse called Ted and they were very fond of the curly haired goats. The children observed a sheep pen very quietly and showed lots of care when they discovered that 2 lambs had only been born just a few hours prior. The most exciting part of the day was the pig race with the children cheering on the colour pig they wanted to win and raising the coloured flags. On the coach journey back and when the children got back to nursery, they were engaging in many activities about their favourite parts of the day.