In celebration of the recent opening of the new farm shop, ‘The Dairy Deli’ (located at the old Shalfleet Garage Site).
Three Gates Farm were pleased to host a visit from over 40 pupils from Ryde School on Tuesday 25th May. The children enjoyed a range of activities during their day trip to the RSPCA Accredited Dairy Farm. The trip was over seen and run by Ryde School Teacher, Andrew Gallerwood. Andrew took full advantage of the environment offered by the farm to teach the children a range of subjects. Geography topics were covered while the children took precise measurements of the farms river depth and flow, some Physical Education was also addressed on the farm walk and Louise Hart spoke to the children about the importance of local food and it’s effect on each and everyone’s Carbon Foot Print. The children also enjoyed handling the young animals and viewing the ice cream production along with learning all about the workings of a dairy herd. ‘It’s a true pleasure to see so many young people both enjoying and educating themselves on our farm, the children absorbed so much information and gave back some outstanding observations and questions, giving us all food for thought’ Jill Cawood, Proprietor, Three Gates Farm After today’s huge success Three Gates Farm (Louise Hart) and Ryde School (Andrew Gallerwood) aim to develop a successful working relationship to enable regular visits to the farm to support classroom learning. For more information, please call Louise Hart on 07872 835353 or Andrew Gallerwood on 07799 080550
