Cogges Manor Farm

What is typically included on our school trips?

There are five different programmes covering different age ranges from the Early Years Foundation Stage through to Key Stage 2. The programmes are as follows:
1. Farming for Food
2. Time Travellers – this covers Saxons and Victorians
3. Wildlife and Growing – seasonally tailored
4. Old MacDonald – Story and Rhyme – Half Day session
5. Little Red Hen and Farmyard Friends – Half Day session

Each programme includes a variety of different activities for the children to rotate around. Each session is themed around the topic for the day, located in the house or around the site. They could involve, for example, shelter building, baking, storytelling, and planting, with each activity taking inspiration from the resident farm animals, the woodland, walled kitchen garden and 13th century manor house.

Group Sizes Catered For

We take a maximum of 60 children, in groups of 12.

Materials, Resources & Information Provided

We encourage teachers to get in touch prior to the day to discuss any specific requirements you might have for the day and how the sessions can support your classroom based learning.

Photography, Filming & Audio Restrictions

Children are welcome to take photos, video or audio.

Risk Assessment Details

Cogges can provide teachers with risk assessments for our activities and can offer pre-arranged site visits prior to the day.

Education Officer Information

Laura Dean, Cogges Operations Manager is the main contact for our Education Programme, and can be contacted on 01993 772602 or ops@cogges.org.uk.

Pricing Information

A half-day session is £52 (10am, - 12.30pm) per group of 12 (maximum 5 groups). A full day is £78 per group of 12 (10am – 2pm).

Clothing Requirements

No, but we would recommend coming dressed appropriately for the weather.

First Aid Information

Cogges has a first aider on site.

Available Facilities

Facilities are available for your group to eat their own packed lunches. Picnic tables are available in the Orchard and there are also tables under cover in front of the large barn. Our coffee shop is open for teachers to buy from throughout the year. The shop on site is also available and please inform staff before you come if you require us to do this for your class.

Accessibility & Disabled Facilities

Facilities are available for your group to eat their own packed lunches. Picnic tables are available in the Orchard and there are also tables under cover in front of the large barn. Our coffee shop is open for teachers to buy from throughout the year. The shop on site is also available and please inform staff before you come if you require us to do this for your class.

Opening Hours & Information

The education sessions run 10am-12.30pm or 10am – 2pm, Monday to Friday.

Testimonials

“I just wanted to say thank you so much for such a wonderful day. All the boys had the most amazing day and produced some excellent work to follow up our trip. The lady who ran the day was superb, she held their attention brilliantly and the pace of the trip was just right. I have been on several farm trips now but our day at Cogges was certainly the best I have been on.”

“A fantastic visit once again! The staff were amazing, the activities really appropriate and children loved it. See you next year!"

“It was a lovely trip, the children were wowed by how much they found out. The activities were engaging and exciting and we had lots of fun. Thank you to all the staff they were great and very helpful. We will definitely plan on coming back next year.”