This is a completely free trip for KS4/KS5. Your school can experience a DEFRA funded educational visit to Orchard House Farm near Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Students aged 14 to 19 can enjoy an immersive, curriculum linked learning experience on a working, diversified rural business. Instead of the traditional farm tour, discover a different Living Classroom within each field of the farm, allowing your students to engage with real world issues related to farming, food production, agroforestry, biodiversity, sustainability, and rural diversification.
Learn by applying subject knowledge to investigate problems, explore solutions, and justify decisions. The programmes can be tailored for subjects such as Business & Economics, Geography, Biology, Environmental Science, Agriculture, Land-Based Studies, Travel & Tourism, and Personal Development/PSHE, with content adapted to the specific curriculum and your group's learning objectives.
The visit includes pre-visit materials and an introductory video, emphasizing active, experiential, and problem based learning. Funded through DEFRA's Educational Access Visits (VED1) programme, bookings can be made below for groups of 6 to 20 students, and we will contact you to customise the experience.
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Every enquiry gives you a chance to win trips and workshops for your school - We are giving away a free trip for every week of the Autumn term!
Ashbourne Derbyshire DE6 2EF
