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4.7
170 reviews
Excellent
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Very Good
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Instructions and expectations of activities were very clear and appreciate these weren’t always listened to.Thank you to all the brilliant staff for taking on all 130 + of us! The timings of the day were efficient and you were communicative and flexible. The students learned plenty about the Anglo Saxons and it was appropriately pitched for their age. They were engaged in all activities and the clinching in particular was very messy, unique and fun! We also really loved watching the smelting workshop. Thanks for all you do, the passion and care of the farm is incredibly present (April 2024 - Primary School)
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(April 2024)
Kat was particulary good. (March 2024 - Primary School)
(March 2024)
The Group Leader would recommend Butser Farm as overall it was a great experience. They cater for Stone Age, Roman, Anglo-Saxon, and Viking topics so a range of year groups can take part in what they have to offer. (March 2024 - Primary School)
We had a fantastic day at Butser and really enjoyed all the practical activities. It really helped the children to understand what life would have been like in the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages. (March 2024 - Primary School)
Knowledgeable staff who brought the experience to life for the children (March 2024)
(March 2024 - Primary School)
The host was welcoming and helpful. The activities on the day were rearranged due to heavy rain so we had to miss one activity but carried out an indoor task which the children enjoyed. (February 2024 - Primary School)
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(December 2023 - Primary School)
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(December 2023)
We had a fantastic day. The venue was wonderful and the staff were fantastic. (December 2023 - Primary School)
(November 2023 - Primary School)
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(November 2023 - Secondary School)
Fun activities to give the children some idea of live in Anglo Saxon times. Staff were knowledgeable and friendly. Good as a hook for the topic or as a revision session. (October 2023 - Primary School)
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(October 2023 - Primary School)
(October 2023 - Primary School)
Amazing, supportive team who really understand children and how they learn. (October 2023 - Primary School)
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(May 2023 - Primary School)
A lovely immersive trip on the Stone age. The children really enjoyed it! (May 2023 - Primary School)
Good activities and great location. Only reservation was the lack of shelter provision as the children spent virtually the whole day outside. (May 2023 - Primary School)
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(March 2023 - Primary School)
Guide was brilliant and lead us well. (March 2023 - Primary School)
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(January 2023)
well organised (December 2022)
(December 2022 - Primary School)
(December 2022 - Primary School)
(December 2022 - Primary School)
Children enjoyed the trip and taking part in the archaeology session particularly the archaeology session. They learnt about how artefacts discovered help us to identify how people lived back in those times. (November 2022 - Primary School)
(November 2022 - Primary School)
(November 2022)
Staff very friendly and informative. Site clean and suitable for school visits. Safety aspects taken seriously. Children and adults enjoyed the experience. (November 2022 - Primary School)
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(September 2022 - Secondary School)
(September 2022 - Primary School)
Only issue was that the hoses were on to water the gardens, meaning that the water flow from taps was very low, leading to long queues of children waiting to refill water bottles as it was a very hot day. (September 2022 - Primary School)
An amazing experience which is engaging and a great immersion into a History learning journey. (September 2022 - Primary School)
Excellent! (September 2022 - Primary School)
A proffessionally run day, with a good focus on the objectives (July 2022 - Primary School)
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(June 2022 - Primary School)
(June 2022 - Primary School)
An incredible team of educational instructors, matching the curriculum well and providing relevant activities. (June 2022 - Primary School)
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(May 2022 - Primary School)
A great experience and the children enjoyed being able to take their pottery home. (May 2022 - Primary School)
(May 2022 - Primary School)
(May 2022 - Primary School)
An extremely well organised set up which enabled the children to experience different aspects of Anglo Saxon life. Staff were knowledgeable and well prepared. (April 2022 - Primary School)
Amazing way to bring the past to life for the children (April 2022 - Primary School)
A great trip - hands-on staff who ran really interesting activities for the children. Well organised, with plenty of loos and handwashing areas. Staff were flexible when we ran late due to traffic. (April 2022 - Primary School)
Overall the trip was very suitable for the children to gain an understanding of life in Roman times. The education officers were all very knowledgeable and good with the children. The site was safe and very accomodating for all our needs. (March 2022 - Primary School)
Staff were very welcoming and met us at the gate although we were earlier than expected. The venue is safe and the activities were adequate for the time that we were there. (March 2022 - Primary School)
(March 2022 - Primary School)
We had a great day out at Butser Ancient Farm. The sessions were really educational and linked clearly with out curriculum. (February 2022 - Primary School)
Pleased to return to this venue with a new school and the visit was a success with friendly staff and a safe venue. (February 2022 - Primary School)
A fantastic trip, extremely well organised by the staff at the farm. The staff were very knowledgeable, all activities we asked for were ready for us and the trip[ to the shop was also very well organised. the children have been buzzing from the trip and gained alot of knowledge and understanding from it. (February 2022 - Primary School)
We enjoyed our trip to Butser Ancient Farm. It was very well planned and organised. We were offered a choice of activities to chose from in advance and we were invited to visit the farm before the trip took place to carry out the risk assessment. Children were captivated by the interesting stories from the fact and were happy to excavate to find the evidence and the proof of existence for Stone Age People. (January 2022 - Primary School)
(January 2022 - Primary School)
The children had a fantastic day at Butser Ancient Farm. It was a brilliant opportunity for them to see in real life what they had learnt about previously that term. The children were engaged all day and facilitators were extremely informative. (January 2022 - Primary School)
The children had a fantastic day at Butser Ancient Farm. It was a brilliant opportunity for them to see in real life what they had learnt about previously that term. The children were engaged all day and facilitators were extremely informative. (January 2022 - Primary School)
The children had a fantastic day at Butser Ancient Farm. It was a brilliant opportunity for them to see in real life what they had learnt about previously that term. The children were engaged all day and facilitators were extremely informative. (January 2022 - Primary School)
(December 2021 - Primary School)
(December 2021 - Primary School)
(November 2021 - Primary School)
(November 2021 - Primary School)
Very well organised visit. Activities were hands on and accessible to the children. Timings of the day were excellent to ensure children had enough time to explore, but also fit lots into the day. Staff were very welcoming and knowledgeable and gave children lots of opportunities to ask questions. A member of staff guided our group through the whole day. (November 2021 - Primary School)
(November 2021 - Secondary School)
(November 2021 - Primary School)
fabulous facilities and brilliant for the children to see living archaeology in action (November 2021 - Primary School)
Excellent and informative trip with specialist experts sharing knowledge and providing hands on, practical activities. (November 2021 - Primary School)
(October 2021 - Primary School)
(October 2021 - Primary School)
Very well organised and a wide range of activities on offer. (October 2021 - Primary School)
(October 2021 - Primary School)
This was a successful trip where the children had first hand experiences to enrich their learning of the Stone Age. (October 2021 - Primary School)
(October 2021 - Primary School)
The venue were incredibly responsive to our changing needs, which resulted from their being an issue with traffic. The site was safe, with social distancing measures in place. (September 2021 - Primary School)
(September 2021 - Primary School)
Superb educational value. (September 2021 - Secondary School)
(July 2021 - Primary School)
This is an excellent visit that brings the topic to life and reinforces what the children learn in the classroom. (November 2020 - Primary School)
Adapted activities very well to comply with Covid requirements yet still give the children the best visit possible (November 2020 - Primary School)
(October 2020 - Primary School)
Thoroughly enjoyable and informative sessions. Friendly staff with good behaviour management skills. Having lunch round the fire in the round house was a particular highlight for all involved. (October 2020 - Primary School)
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(March 2020 - Primary School)
(March 2020 - Primary School)
Children enjoyed Archaeology the most. (March 2020 - Primary School)
We all had a great day. The purpose of the trip was met and the staff were excellent. Children's prior knowledge was consolidated and they also learnt more about history. (February 2020 - Primary School)
Great site, with lots of buildings to interest the children. Would be good to have more time to compare the different houses. Would also do earlier in the term to give more opportunity for work based on the visit. (February 2020 - Primary School)
(January 2020 - Primary School)
Always a great day, engaging and informative for the children. (January 2020 - Primary School)
The day of the trip went well and the instructors coped well with changes due to traffic conditions. Good behaviour management by the instructors but some interactions between Butser staff and our children were strained. Activities were good but sometimes felt overcrowded due to 6 schools being on site at the same time. (December 2019 - Primary School)
Great place to visit - about an hour and a half away from school.
Immersion in Anglo-Saxon life Y4 (and opportunities for Y3 Stone, Bronze and Iron Age) crucial as it brought the learning to life. Children have much more real experience of history because of this trip. Well organised and led by Butser staff, great choice of activities which filled the whole day. Excellent all round. (December 2019 - Primary School)
Great trip! (November 2019 - Primary School)
(November 2019 - Primary School)
Very well organised, timings were perfect, communication before the trip was good, staff very friendly, helpful and knowledgeable (October 2019 - Primary School)
(October 2019 - Primary School)
This was a fantastic Venue. The guides were friendly and knowledgable and all of the activities were planned very well. The timetable ran smoothly and the children were not bored at any point. I would thoroughly recommend this site. (July 2019 - Primary School)
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(May 2019 - Primary School)
Need to have a tour of whole site (May 2019 - Primary School)
Not sure if they over charged us- checking (May 2019 - Primary School)
An interesting and informative visit, but there was quite a lot of sitting around in the cold, listening to the group leaders in between taking part in activities. (April 2019 - Primary School)
(March 2019 - Primary School)
The children had a fabulous time and learned lots of new facts! (March 2019 - Primary School)
(March 2019 - Primary School)
Alison and Sally looked after our group for the day. They were very knowledgeable about the Anglo-Saxons and carried out the activities with the two classes. Although it was a wet day we were still able to do activities and use the buildings. The children did jewelry making (instead of wattling due to the weather) they could make either a ring or bracelet. Chalk carving where the children used a piece of flint to carve an animal into the stone and then use charcoal to add effect. They also had a go at sewing a rune and finally they handled artifacts that were from the Anglo-Saxon period and went on a walk to the Roman Villa. Again this last activity was instead of digging in the pits as the weather was too bad. (February 2019 - Primary School)
The children really enjoyed the immersive environment at Butser Farm (February 2019 - Primary School)
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(December 2018 - Primary School)
Fantastic opportunity for pupils to 'experience' life in ancient Britain. Excellent activities and friendly staff - just a shame about the foul weather! (December 2018 - Primary School)
(December 2018 - Primary School)
Excellent hands on trip! (November 2018 - Primary School)
(October 2018 - Primary School)
Butser Ancient Farm is very welcoming and well organised, from the moment of our arrival to our departure, Lorraine our guide was very supportive. Lorraine shared her knowledge, demonstrated new skills and answered questions at an appropriate level. Through our Class Blog and recount writing the children have applied their new knowledge and shared their learning. (October 2018 - Primary School)
The children unanimously enjoyed their day there and the activities provided. Each year when we visit the site has be developed further and there is more to experience. (October 2018 - Primary School)
Very knowledgeable staff able to extend the children's learning.
Adults need to be a bit more child friendly. (October 2018 - Primary School)
(September 2018 - Primary School)
Resources well organised, enough for all. Timing overall very good.
With multiple schools there, there aren't enough toilets. (September 2018 - Primary School)
Staff were informative and friendly. Made the activities accessible and fun for the children. (July 2018 - Primary School)
Excellent staff, friendly and relaxed. Pupils had a good time and we learnt a lot that I can use again in lessons. (July 2018 - Secondary School)
Good trip - knowledgeable guides and well organised. (June 2018 - Primary School)
(June 2018 - Primary School)
(June 2018 - Primary School)
Great experience, hands on. Leaders are very knowledgeable. (May 2018 - Primary School)
Staff were very knowledgeable and the trip was well organised. (May 2018 - Primary School)
(April 2018 - Secondary School)
Staff were very knowledgeable and helpful. (April 2018 - Primary School)
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(February 2018 - Primary School)
(January 2018 - Primary School)
A really good visit with all children enjoying a really immersive experience at Butser Farm. (December 2017 - Primary School)
A really good visit with all children enjoying a really immersive experience at Butser Farm. (December 2017 - Primary School)