Sacrewell offers a wide range of enriching educational opportunities for your pupils including:
• Explore our farm area with friendly animals including pigs, goats, cows, ponies, donkeys, alpacas, chickens, ducks, turkeys and rabbits.
• Investigate our historic water mill and 1940’s inspired millhouse, imagining what life must have been like for generations before us.
• Visit our sensory kitchen garden to discover where fruit and vegetables come from and how we look after the wildlife at Sacrewell.
• Spend time enjoying our award-winning natural play areas, inspiring large-scale adventure play equipment and our indoor playbarn.
Workshop visits Autumn/Winter 2025/26
Perfect for autumn and winter visits, children can learn about seasonal food, how to support wildlife and help look after our farm animals in winter.
These popular workshop bookings include:
- A choice of 2x45min interactive National Curriculum based workshops delivered by our Sacrewell team
- Off Peak reduced price per child
- An indoor base for the day
- Access to the farm for the day, including the indoor softplay barn and indoor historic watermill
- Risk assessments and safety guidance information
- Free-of-charge teacher pre-visits welcomed
Choose two workshops from the following options:
| National Curriculum linked interactive workshop (Suitable for EYFS, KS1 and KS2) £11 per child(inc vat) All school staff and support adults free of charge | ||
| Workshop(45 mins each) | Available | Description |
| What’s Growing in the Garden | Sept-Feb | Hunt for fruit and vegetables growing in the garden and learn about seasonal food. Plant some edible plant seeds to grow and harvest at school. |
| Seasonal Fruit and Vegetable Tasting | Sept-Feb | Discover fresh vegetables in the kitchen garden and turn them into tasty food to eat. Make either an autumn salad or warming winter soup to have with your packed lunch. |
| Butter Making | Sept-Feb | Learn about milk, where it comes from and what we use it for. Make fresh butter to taste on crackers and meet farm animals commonly used in the UK dairy industry. |
| Fantastic Flour | Sept-Feb | Investigate the journey of wheat by milling grain with our electric mini-mill before preparing and baking scones in our portable ovens. Eat them at Sacrewell or take home for later. |
| Historic Mill Tour (pairs well with Fantastic Flour) | Sept-Feb | Explore our Victorian watermill and discover the history of farming, food production and life before electricity. |
| Animal Care In Winter | Sept-Feb | Meet our friendly farm animals and learn how they adapt themselves to colder weather. Help look after them by making and feeding them tasty, healthy treats. |
| Wildlife and their Habitats | Sept-Feb | Come on a wildlife safari, discover wild creatures and explore habitats and food webs. Finish by making a Habitat Helper to take back to school to attract and support wildlife through the winter. |
| Organic Farm Tractor Tour | Sept-Nov | Take a ride around Riverford Organic Farm to see where fruit, vegetables and wildlife friendly plants are grown. |
Book Autumn/Winter workshop here
Workshop visits Spring/Summer 2026: Field to Fork, Farm Animal and Environmental Experiences
£13 per child (inc vat). All school staff and support adults free of charge.
Bring learning to life through interactive sessions in our kitchen garden, farm and nature areas. Sessions are lead by our experienced team and can be tailored to fit your learning requirements.
These popular workshop bookings include:
- A choice of 2x45min interactive National Curriculum based workshops delivered by our Sacrewell team
- An indoor base for the day to have lunch and store belongings
- Access to the farm and all visitor areas for the day
- Risk assessments and safety guidance information
- Free-of-charge teacher pre-visits welcomed
- Instant booking online for up to 70 pupils
For groups of over 70 and any enquiries, please email learning@sacrewell.org.uk
Workshop options include:
| Field to Fork Experiences (45 minutes) | Animal and Environmental Experiences (45 minutes) |
| Organic Farm Tractor Tour | Farm Animal Discovery Tour |
| What’s Growing in the Garden | Animal Care and Welfare |
| Seasonal Fruit and Veg Tasting | New Life on the Farm |
| Butter Making | Sustainable Farming from Cows to Carrots |
| Fantastic Flour | Wildlife and their Habitats |
| Historic Mill Tour | Pond Dipping |
For more information about workshop content please click here.
Book Spring/Summer workshop here
Self-led Visits
Combine hands-on learning with free time to explore the farm. Our Education Team are happy to help you plan a smooth visit with:
• Secure crates provided to store backpacks and lunches
• Picnic areas, hand washing facilities and accessible toilets around the site
• Self-led educational activities (with teachers notes)
• Risk assessments and safety guidance information
• Free-of-charge teacher pre-visits welcomed
• Tractor tours available at additional cost (pre-booking essential and subject to availability)
Self-led bookings include resources for activities including:
| Activity (Suitable for EYFS, KS1 and KS2) | |
| Discovering Farm Animals | Use clues to find our animals and complete our orienteering challenge. |
| Farming Past and Present | Follow our history trail to explore the farm and discover how people of the past lived and worked at Sacrewell. |
| Fresh Food from the Garden | Visit our fruit and vegetable garden and discover where our seasonal food comes from. |
| Story Based Activities | |
| What The Ladybird Heard by Julia Donaldson | Follow our map to discover some of the creatures and features in the story whilst meeting our friendly animals. |
| Oliver’s Vegetables by Vivienne French | Visit our walled garden to hunt down the vegetables featured in the story and discover how lots of other familiar fresh fruit and vegetables grow. |
| The Diary of Pig by Emer Stamp | Sacrewell have teamed up with the author of these popular books to inspire early readers. Explore our ‘The Diary of Pig’ themed trail around the farm and bring the stories to life. |