Down on the Farm
Primary science resource packages
Books
On the Farm – Axel Scheffler
Farm – Anne Kathrin Behl
Old Macdonald Had a Farm – Angela Hewitt
Farm Animals – Joanne Mattern
How Does Your Garden Grow?
Primary science resource packages
Farming STEMterprise – NFU Education
Books
Plants Feed me – Lizzy Rockwell
What’s Inside a Flower – Rachel Ignotofsky
Eddie’s Garden and how to make things grow – Sarah Garland
How did That Get in my Lunchbox?
Primary resources for cross curricular topics
Farming STEMterprise – NFU Education
Books
Plants Feed me – Lizzy Rockwell
World of Food – Sandra Lawrence and Violetta Noy
How did that get in my lunchbox? – Chris Butterworth
The world that feeds us – Nancy Castalado and Ginnie Hsu
Prompts
Design a packed lunch using only locally sourced ingredients. How will the be packaged sustainably?
Work out the food miles covered for the contents of your packed lunch.
We’re Going on A Bug Hunt.
Minibeasts, insects and invertebrates – BBC Teach
Minibeast Activities and Crafts: Bug Ideas – Woodland Trust
Welcome to Suffolk Wildlife Trust | Suffolk Wildlife Trust
Primary science resource packages
Books
Superworm – Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
Mad About Minibeasts! – Giles Anderson and David Wojtowycz
Bug Hotel – Clover Robin
Prompts
Write a description of what you can see, feel, hear from the point of view of a minibeast.
Write an account of being hunted from a minibeasts point of view.
Seed to Sandwich
Federation of Bakers – Supporting the UK Baking Industry & Bread Market
UK Flour Millers | Trade association for flour milling industry | United Kingdom
Investigate yeast – KS2 Science: At what temperature does yeast grow best at? – BBC Teach
Prompts
Research breads from different countries.
Design your favourite/most disgusting sandwich or a sandwich for a specific person or character.
School Dinners
Primary resources for cross curricular topics
Farming STEMterprise – NFU Education
Interview your school cook to find out what they do?
Research school dinners from other countries.
Butter Making
Making butter | Royal Institution
Exploring food and farming in the UK | KS2 Geography | Year 5 and Year 6 – BBC Bitesize
Write a diary entry for Mrs wilding describing her day in the dairy.
Make up a set of instructions for butter making.
Victorian Farm Labourer
Write a diary entry for a day labouring on a Victorian Farm.
Debate: would you prefer to be at school or on the Victorian Farm?
