On the farm

  Undeterred by the few snowflakes fluttering form the snowy sky, Reception class wrapped up warm and headed for the hills. ( I mean the farm.) A brisk walk and half hour later we arrived. Only one child had managed to get stuck in the mud on the way, pulling her woolly socked foot out of her wellington boot and puting it down in the oozy sludge of brown beneath her feet! I think it was mud!
Once inside the barn and with a biscuit to munch, Hazel the farmer talked about the lambs and the sheep and all they were doing to keep them well and warm while the lambing was happening. The children learnt that a lady sheep is called a  Ewe and a man sheep a Ram. We watched the lambs feeding on their mothers and looked at the lambs that were being looked after.
Afterwards we went back to the barn ate more biscuits and asked Hazel questions about the other animals on the farm, before heading back for the warmth of school.
The children were very well behaved and coped well with the cold.