As part of learning where our food comes from, P1 – 4 donned their wellies and headed off to a farm visit courtesy of Jacqui, Scott and Gregor Service. We enjoyed a lovely sunny morning at Balgreggan Farm meeting some cute calves and trying out a Massey Fergusson tractor for size!
Our hosts Jacqui, Scott and Gregor showed us around explaining how they care for their calves, what breed they are and what they feed them. We also got to see a new calf having its ear tags attached. We named her ‘Mrs Slevers’ as she was looking for some milk and decided to try and eat some of our hands!
We then got to see the cattle crush which weighed us all. We were a heavier group than Portpatrick P1-4!
Getting a seat inside the Massey Fergusson tractor and on the motorbike was also a highlight and we ended our trip with a walk up to the farm’s wind turbines. The energy created helps to power all of the farm equipment. What a great resource on top of a very windy hill!
The children were full of enthusiasm and chatter. Thank you so much to the Service Family and RHET for a great learning experience as part of the Food and Farming topic.
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