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Residential Trip School Workshop Online Workshop East Midlands Nottinghamshire
Guided Tour: Our most popular package has everything for a great day out! The day can be tailored to suit your group and any related topic you are covering, so whether it's creepy crawlies, life cycles or anything with four legs - we've got it covered. You will be with one of our friendly farm guides all day long, who will take you round The farm, tell you about the animals, and ensure you get to all activities on time. They will be on hand to answer any questions you might have, as well as introduce you to some of our animals that you can meet, stroke and hold. We also have several play area facilities if play time is something you want to factor into your tour - let your guide know if this is something you would like on the day.
Self-Led Experience:
Perfect for Schools and other organised groups who like to go at different paces. In this package your group will have admission to the farm, as well as some animal food to feed the animals. You will also be provided with a heated indoor space to eat your lunch and leave your bags.
You are then free to take your group or groups around the farm at your own pace, where you can choose if you want to see any of the daily timetabled events throughout the day, meet our friendly animals or enjoy our indoor and outdoor play areas. Meet some of our rare-breed sheep and goats, as well as our crocodiles in Reptiles of the World! Included is your own 30-minute animal-based workshop where you will meet up
with a keeper at a pre-arranged time. Additional workshops can also be added to your day.
Where we travel to
We can visit your school in: East Midlands
What activities are available during educational visits?
Self-led Workshop Options:
- EYFS: 'What might you find on the farm?' & 'Springtime!' (Feb-June Only).
- KS1: 'Magnificent Minibeasts' & 'Animal Detectives'.
- KS2: 'Africa' & 'What would we do without pollinators?'.
(As well as a free-flow farm experience) *No live animals are used within the workshops.
Guided Farm Tours:
A farm guide will take you on a tour around the farm, providing information and fun facts on all of our WPF animals, as well as answering any questions you may have. The day can be tailored to suit any national curriculum subjects or current topics upon request. There will be opportunities to feed some animals and get up close to our smaller animals inside the Silver Barn.
- EYFS: 'What might you find on the farm?' & 'Springtime!' (Feb-June Only).
- KS1: 'Magnificent Minibeasts' & 'Animal Detectives'.
- KS2: 'Africa' & 'What would we do without pollinators?'.
(As well as a free-flow farm experience) *No live animals are used within the workshops.
Guided Farm Tours:
A farm guide will take you on a tour around the farm, providing information and fun facts on all of our WPF animals, as well as answering any questions you may have. The day can be tailored to suit any national curriculum subjects or current topics upon request. There will be opportunities to feed some animals and get up close to our smaller animals inside the Silver Barn.
Which curriculum topics do we cater for?
Sustainability Workshop
Conservation
We can help schools learn about sustainability through our constant messaging of Conservation.
At the farm, we are always striving towards becoming as sustainable as possible, and ensuring that we spread the message of Conservation amongs all of our visitors.
With workshops focusing on important conservation factors such as the 'Pollinators', we are giving these children the chance to make a difference for their future. We have a brand new 'Conservation Area', which opened in 2025, where children can explore and learn all about the pollinators, view our WPF beehives, and even before a Flower-Insect-Timed (FIT) count accredited by POMS.
White Post Farm won the DEFRA 'Bees Needs Award' at Kew Gardens in 2025, because of their hard work and dedication to supporting and educating on Conservation.
Farm Workshop
Farm visits Farming seasons Agriculture Farm animals
Our guided tours allow children to experience and explore a farm environment firsthand, with time for learning about the animals they may encounter, plus time for any questions.
Our two EYFS workshops, 'Springtime' & 'On the Farm', focus more on the specifics and link to 'understanding the world' in the Early Learning Goals, to learn more about animals you'd specifically find in a farm environment, and all about new life/changes in the seasons.
Biology
Plants Senses Underwater Animals and Habitats Habitats Minibeasts Living things and habitats Animals including humans
We have a variety of different workshops that cover areas of Biology. This includes our 'Mini Beasts Workshop', 'Animal Detectives', 'Pollinators' and our 'Africa' Workshop. See more information on these workshops below:
- Our Minibeasts workshop focuses on understanding what an invertebrate is and how many different invertebrate species there are across the world. The children will recognise the multiple habitats that invertebrates can live in and meet some African invertebrate species, to compare how different, yet similar, they are to invertebrates we find in the UK.
- Our Animal Detectives workshop focuses on using knowledge of classification of animal groups and animal diets to uncover clues about an animal that has been misbehaving at the farm, with a chance to see and handle some animal artefacts from the farm.
- Our Pollinators workshop focuses on our very own honey beehive, and children will have the opportunity to learn more about our winged insects and how pollination aids the planet. They will learn more about the different bees found within a hive, the chance to feel some real honeycomb and taste some WPF-produced honey, whilst learning about its production, as well as trying on some beekeeping equipment.
- Our Africa workshop focuses on habitats and the different habitats that you can find across the continent. You'll look in particular at two different habitats, and the animals that can be found in them, with a chance to meet some African invertebrates and see some animal artefacts.
Christmas Workshop
Our Christmas workshops are held on specific dates throughout December. Our Christmas guided experiences consist of all activities included in a regular guided farm tour, plus a 30-minute Santa Experience where the children get the opportunity to head to Santa's Hideaway, meet the elves and listen to the man himself read a magical story, before taking a photo with the school children, and giving the children their gifts. Our Self-Led Christmas Experience includes a 30-minute Christmas workshop which focuses on our lovely reindeer. In this workshop, the children discover all the things that make reindeer so brilliant, from their habitats to adaptations, followed by a 30-minute Santa Experience, as previously mentioned.
Our 2026 Christmas Schools Experience is on sale now, so get your enquiries in!
Outdoor Learning
What size groups do we cater for?
Our school experiences require a minimum of 20 paying people.
On-site classroom facilities?
Workshops are held indoors or outdoors, depending on the weather. Lunch bags and belongings can be stored in our dedicated eating area for schools.
Is there first aid on site?
Yes, we have lots of first-aid trained staff members who will be on site on the day of visits.
Access for visitors with disabilities
Yes we do. There is an Accessibility Page on our website which holds our Accessibility document. See below.
Visitors with Special Educational Needs (SEN)
Our school offerings can be tailored to a variety of Specific Educational Needs. We have a mix of trained staff who are trained to accommodate Special Educational Needs.
If you are looking to book a school visit for SEN visitors, get in contact with us and we can discuss what we can do to tailor your visits to specific needs.
Anything else?
We can tailor any workshops or guided tours to specific schools, with enough notice to plan sessions. Please get in touch with us to find out what we can do for you!
Who are White Post Farm?
For over 30 years, we've been entertaining millions of children and adults, giving them the chance to get up close to a wide variety of friendly animals! We have lots of new and exciting things happening at the farm, new enclosures for our animals and even some new animals are joining our White Post Farm family.
We are an RBST Approved Farm Park, accredited by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust. We are also an NFAN (National Farms and Attractions Network). As well as these, we are a Farms for Schools member; which aims to ensure that school trips to farms are safe, enjoyable and educationally worthwhile.
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