Activities depend on time of year and age of children but the aim is always to understand more about different farm habitats and ecosystems – through a mixture of scientific investigation, games, art and drama.  We can tailor days to your curriculum needs around the year to cover themes such as:

• Camouflage & sounds
• Plants & animals in the local environment
• Water & wildlife
• Trees, shrubs & woodland

Numerous activities are offered including:

• Pond dipping (6 ponds)
• Tree & shrub identification
• Wildflowers
• Fungi foraging
• Clues from poos
• Moth or butterfly – check out the moth trap
• Releasing moths onto camouflaged surfaces
• Insects in meadows
• Do beetles bug you?
• Life on a stinging nettle
• Life under a log
• Insect poetry & drawing
• Leaf or berry bingo
• Interview a tree
• Den building
• The woodcutter game
• Nature’s palette
• Meadow in a matchbox
• Hungry chick
• Churchyard survey

Availability and booking
Contact Juliet and Christopher Hawkins
The Hall, Milden,
Lavenham, Sudbury,
Suffolk CO10 9NY   
Tel: 01787 247235
Email: hawkins@thehall-milden.co.uk

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