Cogges Manor Farm

What makes us a great choice for education?

Each session is led by our trained Educational Facilitators and supported by volunteers. It has been carefully constructed to work in line with the National Curriculum covering key subject areas including history, geography, mathematics, literacy, citizenship, science and design.

Our aim is to harness the unique environment at Cogges Manor Farm and create interactive learning experiences, both inside and out, to inspire children of all ages. Children who visit are highly engaged by the hands-on elements of the programme, as well as by the diversity we offer within each half or one-day session.

The staff at Cogges Manor Farm feel passionately about educating and inspiring the next generations. We believe that our Schools Education Programme has something for everyone and we feel strongly about including all children in our sessions so that they feel excited and engaged with what they have learned. Our sessions cover many aspects of the National Curriculum and can be tailored to your needs.

We are open for school visits year round.

What is typically included on our school trips?

There are twelve different programmes covering different age ranges from the Early Years Foundation Stage through to Key Stage 2. The programmes are as follows:

• Old MacDonald – Story and Rhyme – Half Day session
• Little Red Hen and Farmyard Friends – Half Day session
• Stick Day – Half Day session
• Jack and the Beanstalk – Half Day session
• Christmas through the ages
• Time Travellers – Victorians
• Time Travellers – Saxons
• Practical Maths
• Outdoor Adventures
• Enchanted Cogges
• Wildlife and Growing – seasonally tailored
• Farming for Food

Each programme includes a variety of different activities for the children to rotate through. 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, laundry, storytelling, measuring, weighing and planting. Each activity takes 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

Call on 01993 772602 or learning@cogges.org.uk 

Pricing Information

A half-day session is £54 (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.
• Coffee shop is open at specific times (please contact us for more information)

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

"Thank you for our recent Little Red Hen visit. Whilst the weather was not pleasant, it didn't deter the boys excitement and enthusiasm. All but one was asleep on the short journey home! Thank you for making everything as safe as possible for us, we all felt completely safe."

Linda Gaskell, Abingdon Preparatory School, October 2020

"I just wanted to thank you and your team for our visit today. The children had a great day and learnt so much. We still had all the experiences that we had on previous visits and we felt very safe with all the measures that were in place. The weather was an added bonus!"

Judith Fisher, Year 1 teacher, St Hugh's School, Faringdon - September, 2020