Green Cow Farm – Y3/Y4 Field Trip

Y3 and Y4 pupils and teachers arrived at Green Cow Farm in the morning on 17th September. The guide from the farm welcomed them with great enthusiasm. To begin with the pupils were introduced to the ethical approach to farming that drives this smallholding towards agricultural excellence. Key words such as organic, compost, pesticide and genetically modified were introduced to the children in both Mandarin and English and they marvelled at the tales of water-less compost toilets and bovine husbandry.

Then the best bit. Meeting the animals and a spot of farming. As they toured the farm they encountered cows, pigs, geese, chickens and an abundance of fresh vegetables. The farm dogs and mosquitos were also more than happy to make our acquaintance. But the fun didn’t stop there. Our pupils were also able to use the hand-crank corn sheller, the enormous millstone and the over-sized pestle and mortar in order to reduce the corn to practicable dust.