Daily Life Skills being Promoted Across the Farm
Every section promotes social skills, inclusion, new experiences and opportunities, problem solving, health and safety awareness, time management learning through practice, animal care and welfare experience and on-going development of knowledge, outside issues are supported and worked through when brought to staff. Positive relationships and key training takes place on friendship, keeping self and others safe and understanding each person is different and unique.
AMU, Ponies, Donkeys, Alpacas and Emus
- Team work
- Communication skills
- Measuring
- Numeracy and Literacy
- Writing skills
- Animal welfare checks
- Stock control
- Cleaning
- Planning for enrichment – follow a plan.
Pigs, Goats and Cows
- Team work
- Measuring and counting
- Stock control
- Observation skills when checking welfare and general cleanliness
- Life cycle and gestation knowledge
- Moving and handling safely
- Cleaning and effective waste control
- Planning for enrichment – follow a plan.
Reptiles and Meerkats
- Team work
- Following specific instructions
- Fine motor skills
- Observation skills when checking welfare and general cleanliness
- Portion control
- Knowledge on safe food to use
- Cleaning and keeping environments engaging
- Numeracy – range and measure temperature, number recognition.
Chickens
- Team work
- Following specific instructions
- Using aids
- Numeracy and Literacy with egg sorting and setting up orders
- Quality control
- Animal welfare and meeting daily care needs
- Care of quarantined birds – awareness of biosecurity measures
- Following safe practices; egg regulations
Kitchen
- Team work
- Communication skills
- Following specific instructions
- Effective health and safety
- Numeracy and literacy in daily checks
- Meal preparation
- Fine motor skills
- Measuring
- Learning new skills and recipes
- High quality of cleanliness
Shop (inc. Pop-up Shop)
- Team work
- Communication skills
- Numeracy and literacy
- Money skills
- Stock control
- Product research and ordering/buying
- Identifying buying trends
- Identifying products for next season/theme
- General cleaning
Education, Site Visits and Experiences
- Communication skills
- Customer service skills
- Following health and safety rules
- Working to a plan
- Meeting agreed outcomes
- Promoting fun and engagement
Office Skills (New)
- Communication skills
- Retaining and sharing key information
- Basic administration skills
- Numeracy, IT and Literacy
- First aid and health and safety
Projects
- Team work
- Listening to instruction
- Using new tools and skills
- Planning and design
- Product development
- Numeracy – agreeing on a sale value
