School Visits at Farmer Ted's 
Farmer Ted’s is a family run business and our aim is to combine farming fun and education so children can enjoy learning about animals, habitats and food production within a safe environment, we cover all topics within the national curriculum.
Visiting schools will be charged per child. Supervision is worked on a 5:1 ratio for reception, 1:6 for key stage one, 1:10 for key stage two and when this is exceeded we then charge per head for the extra adults.
Educational Visits
This is an educational trip, please make sure all your group supervisors understand that it is a fully timetabled day, and although there will be play times; this is not a recreational visit. We provide a fully scheduled day on the farm, with the first activity starting at 10:30am then to finish after the milking demonstration at approximately 2.30pm. Our Park Rangers will be available to escort your group throughout the day. We have many animals to see, including pigs, goats, sheep, cows, ponies, horses, ferrets, guinea pigs, rabbits, chickens and even llamas. Our mini beasts are an exotic collection of snakes, cockroaches, tarantulas, frogs and many more species. The mini beast adventure is available to visit within the playtime, but can be tailored into your trip by prior arrangement so the children get to meet and touch and in some cases hold the creepy crawlies. The tractor ride takes you around the fields to see the various bigger animals and their habitats.
Please note that the indoor play centre will not be available for the children to use on the day, although the outside adventure play areas will be. Visiting schools and groups are assigned a room as a base, to keep packed lunches, coats etc, there is no extra cost for this service, but we do ask that it is left as it was found, clean and ready for use. On busy days large rooms may be split with a partition.
Recreational Visits
This visit allows the group full access to the entire farm park for the day and a room will be provided for lunch .The group leaders will receive a timetable on arrival, with an allocated tractor ride and a 30 minute slot for the indoor play area. There is a full range of activities on all day, with the chance to groom a pony, meet the ferrets, watch the milking demonstration and meet all the animals in the barn. The Mini Beast Adventure opens daily at 10am.
With all our trips, whether educational or recreational please check availability either by telephone or email, we require a non-refundable booking deposit of £50.00 to secure and confirm your chosen date.
The outstanding balance must be paid in full on the day.
Pricing
Please ring to discuss booking and prices on 0151 526 0002
To avoid queuing and losing time within our souvenir shop, we now have a pre-packed souvenir bag service. This is optional, and the school can still use the shop if their group leaders prefer.
Visits for Pre Schools / Toddler Groups
This visit allows the group full access to the entire farm park for the day and the group leaders will receive a timetable on arrival, with an allocated tractor ride and a 30 minute slot for the indoor play area. There is a full range of activities on the day, with the chance to groom a pony, meet the ferrets, watch the milking demonstration and meet all the animals in the barn. We have many animals to see on the farm including pigs, goats, cows, chickens, ferrets, guinea pigs and even llamas. The Mini Beast Adventure opens daily at 10am and is an exotic collection of snakes, cockroaches, tarantulas, frogs and many more creepy crawlies. We have a sand pit, pedal tractors, swings, slides and our aerial runway, so plenty of play opportunities. A room can be provided if requested for lunch, free of charge and all we ask is that it is left as it was found; clean and ready for use.
This trip is priced at our normal admission price so please see our website as this varies throughout the season. With all our trips please check availability either by telephone or email as we require a non-refundable booking deposit of £50.00 to secure and confirm your chosen date.
Timetable of Activities (sample only)
10.30am: - Meet the Guinea Pigs in Guinea Pig Village
11.00am: - Meet the Llamas
11.30am: - Pony Grooming in the Animal Barn
1.15pm: - Meet the Ferrets in the Animal Barn
2.00pm: - Milking Demonstration
2.45pm: - Meet the Llamas
3.30pm: - Meet the Guinea Pigs
4.30pm: - Pony Grooming
Farmer Ted's Code of Conduct
· Please be aware we run a strict no smoking policy within the whole site, the only place smoking is permitted is in the car park
· Packed lunches may only be consumed in the allocated room, or on our outdoor picnic tables, not on any of our restaurant tables.
· We pride ourselves on keeping our farm and facilities clean, tidy and in good working order, please help us by using the litter bins provided and reporting any breakages to any member of our team immediately.
· All children must remain under constant adult supervision at all times.
· Please be polite and courteous to each other and other customers.
· All children must wear socks in the indoor play area.
Please be polite and courteous to each other and other customers
PLEASE NOTE
Farmer Ted's Farm Park is a National Award winning business which has provided safe and approved educational facilities to 1000's of children since 2003. 
