Nursery World - Down on the farm (2)

Deputy manager Heidi Gray ofd Child Base's Willows Day Nursery at Stoke Mandeville, Bucks, tells us how they brought the country into the town. For our farm project we thought it would be a good idea to take the children on a farm visit. But we found it wouldn't be possible because at the time there were still health and safety restrictions on visiting farms following the foot and mouth epidemic. One staff member suggested bringing some animals into the nursery, but we were told it was still difficult to move animals around without a licence. So we decided to make our own farm in the nursery.

For our farm project we thought it would be a good idea to take the children on a farm visit. But we found it wouldn't be possible because at the time there were still health and safety restrictions on visiting farms following the foot and mouth epidemic. One staff member suggested bringing some animals into the nursery, but we were told it was still difficult to move animals around without a licence. So we decided to make our own farm in the nursery.

We covered the nursery floor with hay, made cardboard cut-out animals, played farm sounds in the background and got the children and staff to dress up as farmers. We even had a farm shop stocked with eggs, cheese and milk.

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