Home Education Day with Farms and Fiction Trails
This self-led event is available to home educating families at a reduced entrance rate for the day (annual pass holders admitted free of charge). Bring a selection of popular story books to life at Sacrewell with our resourses and guides to support you. From picture books to classic modern fiction, our beautiful Grade 2 listed buildings, traditional farming methods and friendly animals can bring context to books children read at home.
Activities are centred around the books listed below and resources are emailed at point of booking.
| Picture Book Based Activities | |
|
What The Ladybird Heard by Julia Donaldson |
Follow our map to discover some of the creatures and features in the story whilst meeting our friendly animals. |
|
Oliver's Vegetables by Vivienne French |
Visit our walled garden to hunt down the vegetables featured in the story and discover how lots of other familiar fresh fruit and vegetables grow. |
| Young Reader Activities | |
|
The Diary of Pig series by Emer Stamp |
Explore Sacrewell's The Diary of Pig 'Where's WOC' trail and decipher the secret word. Look for other characters in these popular children's books hidden throughout the farm and discover the real life animals from the book in our paddocks. |
| Confident Reader Activities | |
| Farm Boy by Michael Morpurgo | Farm Boy is the sequel to the iconic book War Horse and vividly describes rural life and the changes in farming after the second world war. By following our Farm Boy map you can find examples of depictions in the book, bringing the story to life for readers. |
This self-led event is available to home educating families at a reduced entrance rate for the day (annual pass holders admitted free of charge). Bring a selection of popular story books to life at Sacrewell with our resourses and guides to support you. From picture books to classic modern fiction, our beautiful Grade 2 listed buildings, traditional farming methods and friendly animals can bring context to books children read at home.
Activities are centred around the books listed below and resources are emailed at point of booking.
| Picture Book Based Activities | |
|
What The Ladybird Heard by Julia Donaldson |
Follow our map to discover some of the creatures and features in the story whilst meeting our friendly animals. |
|
Oliver's Vegetables by Vivienne French |
Visit our walled garden to hunt down the vegetables featured in the story and discover how lots of other familiar fresh fruit and vegetables grow. |
| Young Reader Activities | |
|
The Diary of Pig series by Emer Stamp |
Explore Sacrewell's The Diary of Pig 'Where's WOC' trail and decipher the secret word. Look for other characters in these popular children's books hidden throughout the farm and discover the real life animals from the book in our paddocks. |
| Confident Reader Activities | |
| Farm Boy by Michael Morpurgo | Farm Boy is the sequel to the iconic book War Horse and vividly describes rural life and the changes in farming after the second world war. By following our Farm Boy map you can find examples of depictions in the book, bringing the story to life for readers. |
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