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Down on the Farm!

Posted on: November 27th 2024

The traditional annual Year 7 Geography visit to Stubbs Farm took place last week with students able to experience the sights, sounds and smells of a real working farm during a half-day tour. Stubbs Farm, near Kingsley, has been welcoming students from Amery Hill for over 40 years and Mr Stephens and his family made them all very welcome again this year.

Situated in the beautiful countryside of the South Downs National Park, Stubbs Farm is a mixed farm with arable and pastoral parts and the teacher-led guided walk allowed students to ask questions about the site, landscape and machinery used on the farm and learn in more detail where their food comes from.  The visit supplemented and enhanced the work the students have been completing on ‘Food and Farming’ in school.


The highlight, as always, was the winter quarters of the beef cattle. Here, Mr Stephens took time to explain to the students how the cattle are raised and prepared for market.  Students left the farm with a stronger understanding of farming in the UK, the challenges it faces in the future and how their food is actually produced. The students will be using the notes that they made on the day as part of their next assessed piece of work. A big thank you to everyone at Stubbs Farm who made us so welcome.

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