Schools

Acorn Hollow can offer Farm Visit School Trips or Forest School Trips to provide a fun, engaging and enriching outdoor environment to enhance learning.

  • Days run for up to 5 hours but can be flexible to best suit your school timings

  • Farm Visit Trips will have a series of curriculum-linked activities suitable for EYFS, KS1 and KS2

  • Forest School Trips can be child-led and curriculum-linked

  • Trips are tailored to your units of study and your pupil needs.

  • We can accommodate classes of up to 30 children

  • Level 3 Forest School Qualified Leader. CEVAS Accredited For Farm Visits.

Costs
£13.00 Per Pupil. Minimum charge of £275 for smaller groups.

Please do speak to us if you have a class smaller than 20, we may be able to adjust timings and activities or offer a funded visit.

All supporting adults are free of charge.

We do offer some funded trips through the Countryside Stewardship Scheme.

Outline of your visit
Prior to your visit, we will contact you to discuss any current topics you are studying. We will link these topics to offer two or three planned activities. These can be organised to suit your class learning style; every child will have the opportunity to try out all activities.

Visits commence at around 9.30 am with a welcome around the fire circle and safety talk. This is followed by a game linked to your topics

You will then have time to try out all the activities, and also have an opportunity for free play, animal meeting and feeding and a farm walk. We usually share a drink of hot chocolate around the campfire late morning. We break around 12.30 to share our picnic lunch around the campfire.

Activities will continue after lunch, ending with a campfire reflection before the group leaves on the bus at around 2:30 pm.

Get in touch to find out more about this unique learning experience and the funded places we have on offer.

Children's hands tying string around sticks outdoors.

  • "The whole day was amazing and informative from start to finish. This is our second year visiting Acorn Hollow and the children and staff look forward to it each year. We loved how hands on the children can be with the animals! Thank you again.”

    March 2026

  • "A huge thank you to Rebecca and her team. We had a brilliant day at Acorn Hollow. The children absolutely love the outdoor space, spending time with the animals and all the experiences we had on the day. Thank you again so much."

    May 2026

  • "Thank you for another brilliant day. It has been great to see the children explore and develop their skills while learning about mini breasts.The popcorn was fun and the children were able to talk about what they had enjoyed."

    May 2026

  • "Site great for our SEN pupils. It is safe, enclosed and not too big to be overwhelming. Fantastic, enriching day for our Pupil Premium children, giving them hands-on experiences they don't always get to have. Brilliant staff who are incredibly patient, welcoming and intuitive with the children's mixed needs. No one was rushed and they let the children explore at their own pace."

    May 2026

  • “Amazing opportunity for the children. Learning opportunities around animals, fire safety and teamwork. Everyone had such an enjoyable experience and we are very grateful to be able to visit.”

    April 2026

  • "We have had a fantastic day! The children have loved all the activities. There has been an incredible range of activities plus a balance of free time to explore and be curious! Rebecca really catered for the children’s learning, looking at animals, different types and what they eat whilst teaching the children the correct vocabulary to take back to school. Thank you so, so much – we have loved our day! We have learned a lot, been curious and had fun in the most calming environment! Thank you! 😊"

    April 2026

  • “The trip was fantastic from start to finish. Well organised and informative. The children learned so much, and it linked well to our Great Fire of London project.”

    March 2026

  • “Adaptable to the class, giving time for movement breaks. Great choice of activities. Friendly. Very knowledgeable. Family feel. Opportunity to feed sheep/lambs. Children really felt happy, safe and comfortable. Amazing environment, especially for my class. Thank you so much for such a memorable experience.”

    March 2026

  • “Session was great at meeting the needs of the children and used hands-on activities and story to engage the children. The area was well maintained and the opportunity to ask questions and explore their own curiosities was exceptional. Rebecca and Ruth were superbly organised.”

    May 2026

  • “The children loved the free play, feeding the lambs and seeing a real farm. The play and activities were well-balanced for the children’s ages.”

    March 2026