Wednesday 18 May 2016

Newgrange Farm

On Monday we visited Newgrange Farm for our school tour. We had a long journey to the farm - over an hour - but we had great fun on our double-decker bus singing Old MacDonald and The Wheels on the Bus.


We were greeted by Jackie, our guide, when we arrived at the farm. The very first thing we did was have a snack as we were very hungry after our long trip! After our sos beag Jackie brought us into a large barn and we held some chicks and kittens.






We had a chance to see animals in the barns - we saw goats, a horse, pigs and piglets, cows, chickens and rabbits. We had great fun feeding the baby lambs - they needed some bainne for their sos beag!



The next part of the tour was probably our favourite part - we had a tractor trip around the farm with the farmer. We saw the tooth fairy's palace, a leprechaun's castle and the farmer's bath. The farmer showed us his crops of barley and wheat. We thought it was great fun when we left the farmer behind and he had to run to catch up with us! There were some steep hills around the farm and the tractor nearly slid down one hill but it all worked out well in the end as we were able to help the farmer to push the tractor up the hill. It was a very bumpy journey!

After our tractor trip it was time to feed the chickens.

We walked around the farm and saw some bulls, more goats and ponies. We picked some grass and fed the ponies.

There was a beautiful wishing tree on the farm. We ran around the fence twice before stopping under the tree to make a wish.



We had a chance to play in the different play areas around the farm. We had great fun rolling in massive pipes, building roads in the sand pit and racing boats in the water area.





At the end of the tour we had a quick session in the maze and on the toy tractors.


We were very hungry after our long day and we enjoyed our lunch in the beautiful sun at some picnic tables.



It was a wonderful day at the farm and we were all exhausted on the trip home after all the activities. There were no songs on the trip home as most people needed a well deserved nap! Everyone was very excited, however, to tell their mums and dads about the wonderful farm.