Estate Days

The opportunity for schools to visit country estates and for the children to learn about what is involved in the managment of such an estate and to meet the people who work there.The Estate Day will incorporate many themes of core importance in the National Curriculum, particularly Geography, History, ESD, Science & Citizenship. In 2011, through our estate day programme and Countryside Live events, we introduced over 20,000 children and 650 teachers to the countryside.

There are currently no estate days in Scotland There are currently no estate days in the North East - Northumberland, Durham Yorkshire & Humberside North West - Cumbria Lancashire Merseyside Greater Manchester Cheshire Central England - Derbyshire Herefordshire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Nottinghamshire Shropshire Staffordshire Warwickshire Worcestershire East England - Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Essex Hertfordshire Norfolk Northamptonshire Suffolk Greater London South & South East - Berkshire Buckinghamshire East Sussex Kent Hampshire Oxfordshire Surrey West Sussex South West - Cornwall Devon Dorset Gloucestershire Somerset Wiltshire There are currently no events in Wales

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Estate Days

Teachers

Please download a copy of our
Guide for Teachers visiting countryside events involving schools

Estate owners/managers

Please download a copy of our
Guide for Hosts planning countryside events involving schools

Controlling Infection on Farms and other countryside venues

A new set of materials on infection control on farms and other countryside venues has been developed in response to the recommendations of the Griffin Report into last year’s outbreak of E.coli 1057. These include information sheets and children’s activities to highlight important topics such as handwashing.
To download documents please click here

Twilight Pre-Visit

A twilight pre-visit briefing session will take place prior to the Estate Day. This session is a pre-requisite to the Estate Day as teachers will need to prepare appropriately for the day and vital instructions will be given in the briefing session. It is essential that at least one Teacher per school attends the PVB. They normally start at 4pm or 4.30pm until 6pm.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the estate owners and their staff for allowing us to use their property for these events. In addition, the events would not be possible without the generous support of those grant-giving trusts whose contributions enable us to run them.