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Based on an organic farm in the beautiful Kent countryside Commonwork’s education programme is for school, college and community groups. Our education programme is well established and we aim to make sure that your learning needs are met… and that you also have a really good day out.

The variety of resources available at Bore Place means that we can offer a range of programmes and activities, tailor-made to suit your group’s needs. All programmes include a farm visit. Programmes include

The Natural environment
Environmental arts
Recycled arts
Brickmaking
Homes and houses
Food technology and Farming processes
Materials at Bore Place
Rocks and soils
Little Red Hen
The world of plants (summer term only)
Micro-organisms
Farm Fables (literacy at Bore Place)

Activities are curriculum linked and the emphasis is on learning by doing and encouraging cooperative work. All programmes include a visit to our organic dairy farm. 

 

Making a magic carpet  Geography field studies
Making a magic carpet
Geography field studies

 

 

What we do 

Commonwork's education co-ordinator will work with you to plan the visit, ensuring curriculum and special needs are met.  

The emphasis is on learning by doing and encouraging co-operative working.

The programme below gives examples of primary school visits, many of which can be adapted for secondary schools.

In addition, for secondary schools we can offer:

 organic farm studies
 genetics on the farm
 science/geography fieldwork.

There are also a number of opportunities for work experience placements with the:
 Farm  Gardens  Conference Centre  Office  Education Department
Especially for years 10 and 11 students.

 

 

THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

 National curriculum links:  Science & Geography

 

Discovering how all living things depend on each other!

 

With a 500 acre organic farm and an array of habitats, ponds, streams, meadows and fields, woods and gardens, children can experience at first hand a sustainable approach to food production and land management through

pond dipping 
minibeasts studies
plant studies

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL ARTS

 National curriculum links:  Art & Design, Science

 

How to turn sand, sawdust, compost, animal food and coal dust into a work of art!

 

Choose three of the following activities:

 

Use natural resources, collected from the farm site, to create works of art eg collage scenes

Make models with Bore Place clay and learn how the clay changes as it dries and is fired

Make a weave with natural materials

Papermaking using recycled paper

Create landscapes with clay, sticks and stones

Make natural dyes from plants

Collagraphs (making prints from a variety of natural materials)

 

 

RECYCLED ARTS

 National curriculum links:  Art & Design, Science

 

How to use recycled materials found at Bore Place to make works of art!

 

Choose three of the following activities:

 

Mosaics (can be a full day programme or part of a mixed programme)

Collagraphs (making prints from different materials)

Papermaking (turning used paper into new paper)

Make a collage using unwanted materials

 

 

BRICKMAKING

 National curriculum links:  Science, Design & Technology 

 

How to change a lump of gooey clay into a high quality brick!

 

Visit one of the few remaining hand made brickworks
Go into the mound of clay – dug from the ground here at Bore Place
Learn how brickmakers turn the raw clay into shaped bricks, dry and then fire them.
Make your own bricks using the same tools
Learn about brick bond patterns and then use to construct a brick wall
Compare human and animal needs for shelter and see the different buildings at Bore Place.

 

 

HOMES AND HOUSES

 National curriculum links:  Science, Design & Technology 

 

Discover the variety of homes and houses at Bore Place!

 

Learn about the variety of materials used to build homes and houses
See the farm buildings and where the cows live
Have a go at constructing a shelter for a minibeast in the Green Man Glade
Try your hand at wattle and daubing
Make an animal home from Bore Place clay

 

 

FOOD TECHNOLOGY AND FARM PROCESSES

 National curriculum links:  Science, Design & Technology (food technology) 

 

See where our food comes from!

 

Hands-on cooking experience

Discussion of food issues eg organic, food miles, ethically traded

Discover how a farm works

 

 

ROCKS AND SOIL

 National curriculum links:  Science, Art & Design

 

Learn more about what is actually under our feet!

 

Discover the characteristics of a variety rocks

Investigate different types of soil and their properties

Create artwork using Bore Place clay

 

 

LITTLE RED HEN DAY

 National curriculum links:  Science, English

 

Based on the story of the Little Red Hen!

 

Make some bread

Learn what seeds need to grow

Plant seeds to take care of back at school

 

 

THE WORLD OF PLANTS

 National curriculum links:  Science, Art & Design

 

Discover!

 

The life processes and cycles of plants

The variety of plant life at Bore Place and their different roles

The structures of a flowering plant through artwork

 

 

MICRO-ORGANISMS

 National curriculum links:  Science, Art & Design

 

Discover the role of micro-organisms!

 

Through hands-on bread-making

On the farm

In our everyday foods

Through collaborative art-work

 

 

FARM FABLES
(LITERACY AT BORE PLACE)

 National curriculum links:  English, Art & Design

 

Be inspired by the surrounds of Bore Place!

 

Visit the farm and build-up a bank of words to construct a haiku poem

Explore the surrounds of historic Bore Place house as inspiration for planning a piece of fiction

Depict the legend of the Green Man in a collaborative artwork using natural materials

 

We are happy to try to accommodate ideas of your own - or arrange a 'pick 'n mix' programme of different elements from the above.


Creating a magic carpet from farm materials

Creating a magic carpet from farm materials

 

Practicalities

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Further information
Including availability and charges, contact the Education Co-ordinator Julia Bracewell on 01732 463255 x 204		  
 

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