What to bring

Please ensure you and your pupils bring with you: 

• Each child to bring an apple to eat and then share the core with the pigs
• Each child to bring a clean, labelled, family size yoghurt pot for planting
• Plastic catering trays for transporting planted pots back to school
• Ground sheets for picnic if ground wet/damp
• First aid kit including inhalers etc for specific children  
• Bin bags for non-compostable waste
• Recycled carrier bags for compostable waste
• Paper plates with an ‘X’ of double sided tape for the pixie plate
• Please label children with first names if possible – this makes it better for volunteers to talk to children, answer questions etc
• Children to arrive in their wellies and/our outdoor trainers, waterproof coat, sun hat, etc.
• Packed lunches and drinks - there are no shops on the estate
• A few clipboards and pencils for sketching
• A camera
• First Aid

We would like to suggest you bring an appropriate packed lunch and here are some foods we think are ideal.

	Fresh vegetables
	Brown Bread Sandwiches with butter and filled with unprocessed cheese, Marmite, salads, egg, fish or meat(Nothing processed or sweet.)
	Fresh Fruit
	Water (still or fizzy)

Please do not Bring:

Processed and sugary foods, such as cheese strings, fruit roll-ups, crisps, chocolate, sweets, cakes or biscuits, fizzy drings or squash, white bread, margarine, luncheon meat, spam or cheese spreads.

Click here to download a document outlining a 1950's Farmers Lunch