Barleylands Farm
Description
Suitable for pre school, EYFS, KS1 & KS2 children, our Award Winning Education Programme supports Food, Farming and STEM delivery in schools. We are the ideal outdoor classroom, and our specialist team are dedicated to creating fun interactive school visits that are curriculum linked. The programme offers a unique hands on cookery workshops, which really brings the field to fork story together.
Schools can choose from our fully immersed Guided visits https://www.barleylands.co.uk/schools/guided-visits-schools-barleylands-2/ or can choose a less structured self guided visit https://www.barleylands.co.uk/schools/self-guided-visits/ which is ideally suited pre school and nursery children.
For families, it really is great free range family fun at Barleylands, with so many things to do. From meeting our farmyard friends, taking a tractor and trailer ride and jumping on our huge bouncy pillow, to watching magnificent bird of prey shows, having fun in our indoor ball blasting arena or enjoying afternoon tea at our on site Tiptree restaurant, there is something for everyone.
Next to Barleylands Farm Park, you will also discover Barleylands Village. the Village is free to browse, and here you can take part in arts and craft, visit the shops for a unique gifts, or catch up with friends in the Tiptree Tearoom located in the heart of the Village.
Reviews
Overview
4.7
78 reviews
Excellent
76%
Very Good
22%
Average
3%
Poor
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(March 2024 - Primary School)
Staff were very well organised. They had everything timed and were brilliant with the children (March 2024 - Primary School)
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(July 2023 - Primary School)
Great visit for Reception. A safe environment with venue led activities. A good place for children to practise following instructions in a less familiar space. Did suggest on their feedback form that they had more equipment available for the cooking activity. (July 2023 - Primary School)
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(June 2023 - Primary School)
absolutely fantastic place - so organised and friendly. (June 2023 - Primary School)
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Great trip (March 2023 - Primary School)
(March 2023 - Primary School)
The leaders told me about a range of trips and experiences they offer. (November 2022 - Primary School)
We thoroughly enjoyed our visit and will be rebooking for this academic year. (November 2022 - Primary School)
(July 2022 - Primary School)
We had lots of varied activities, lead by knowledgeable staff. (June 2022 - Primary School)
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(June 2022 - Primary School)
Children had a great time and learnt a lot. The information was given to the children at the right level for them to understand it. (May 2022 - Primary School)
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(April 2022)
Great organisation for 90 reception children. The children were kept occupied and learning all day. (April 2022 - Primary School)
Students had a great day, not only did they enjoy it but they learnt a lot and got to experience things they wouldn't always have access too. Some saw animals they have never seen before and got to learn about these animals. Staff were excellent (March 2022 - Secondary School)
(November 2021 - Primary School)
Very well organised day. The staff were well-prepared and understood the curiosity and interest of the children. Everywhere was clean an tidy and there were plenty of sanitising stations and hand-washing facilities around the farm . Our children really enjoyed the little stories about some of the animals and had a fabulous day. (July 2021 - Primary School)
Fantastic welcoming staff who really knew how to engage the children. (July 2021 - Primary School)
AMAZING TRIP (June 2021 - Primary School)
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(February 2020 - Primary School)
The From Farm to Fork session was brilliant and covered so many skills. (December 2019 - Primary School)
(December 2019 - Primary School)
(December 2019 - Primary School)
Barleylands is a lovely venue and the desire to educate the children is clearly there. As a teacher, I am always looking for ways to challenge the children and extend their learning. I feel that this is lacking during the visit and that there was not enough learning for us to build on, following the visit. A questionnaire or quiz would have been great in the poly tunnels for example. (December 2019 - Primary School)
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(September 2019 - Secondary School)
We regularly do school trips here with a range of different year groups, Reception through to Year 4 and always find them to be well organised and very enjoyable experiences. (June 2019 - Primary School)
A very well-organised trip. The staff at Barleylands were very understanding of the needs of our children and their delivery was age-appropriate and fun. (June 2019 - Primary School)
I would have liked preparation of vegetables to go wth the making of the pasta (June 2019 - Primary School)
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(December 2018 - Primary School)
Fabulous venue, only downside was nobody was manning the doors and we had a runner. (December 2018 - Secondary School)
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(September 2018 - Secondary School)
A fantastic day, age appropriate and well-organised. The staff could not have been more accommodating. (July 2018 - Primary School)
It was an excellent venue, staff were attentive and informative. It was an enjoyable and safe trip for all of the children. (July 2018 - Primary School)
Clean facilities and well maintained. Friendly staff who went out of their way to help the children on the tractors but poor value for money. (July 2018 - Primary School)
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(June 2018 - Primary School)
It was a very well organised venue and provider. Would definitely recommend. (May 2018 - Primary School)
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(April 2018 - Secondary School)
Very efficiently run, excellent staffing and constant communication available (March 2018 - Secondary School)
(February 2018 - Secondary School)
Excellent 'hands-on' day - pupils were able to learn through observation and practical activities where their food comes from and were able to use some of the foods looked at as ingredients for a pizza. (February 2018 - Primary School)
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