Our school farm journey started in Autumn 2023 as we developed ideas with pupils. The concept behind it all began with a group of learners developing their literacy skills through 'Little Red Hen', a staff member brought their hens in for the day and we also had a zoom call with Farmer Henry who told us all about his beef farm...why not embed agriculture into our learning experiences??....

Since then, our school farm has developed considerably! The children in Dosbarth Gwynant (year 5/6) are our Ferry Farmers / Ffermwyr Y Ferry and develop skills and responsibilities through farming education on our school site. Each week they have job roles assigned to care for the farm, ensuring tasks are completed daily and it functions safely. Children from other year groups join Clwb Ffermio each week and spend parts of their day visiting the animals and community garden as part of their learning. 

Our rescue hens are a key piece to developing our message of sustainability through farming practices. We sell the eggs to our local community, with profits used to develop the hens environment or wider projects on the farm. 

We are proud goat keepers to five pygmy goats and sheep too! They have been a fabulous addition to our learners' opportunities to learn more about animal welfare, care and how to manage land. Our sheep, Dennis and Denise, were kindly donated by a local sheep farmer having heard what we are striving to develop for our pupils. Plenty of new learning experiences to come from our two newest additions. 

Our community garden continues to grow and develop. Our parents and community contribute at weekends tending to plants and any other projects we have going on. With thanks to Welsh Government funded projects last year we've continued to add plants and herbs to promote biodiversity, helping us produce our own food. 

More recently Mr Lloyd has worked closely with Mr and Mrs Roberts from St Peter's CIW in Wrexham to set their school farm up. We supported with risk management, logistics, policy development and linking with the curriculum. They featured on BBN News Wales in June and Mr Lloyd met up to see how they've got on - what fantastic progress and great to see the messages from farming reaching other children in our area.