Our Farm
We are very passionate about our farm here at Reddish Vale High School.
The farm provides an outdoor classroom experience and is used as a resource to encourage social, personal and therapeutic development through pupils learning how to look after the farm animals and undertake farm duties, whilst also enriching and enhancing learning and attainment across the curriculum.
We also run a Farm Club. Activities undertaken at farm club include; cleaning out the animals, feeding and watering, grooming, gardening activities and more. There are many benefits of Farm Club that our pupils receive, such as making new friends, engaging in physical activity, empathy, attention to detail, care skills, independence and responsibility.
There is also a referrals process in place in which selected students access the farm for interventions on a one-to-one basis or in small groups. This enables them to benefit from a more relaxed non-classroom environment and develop more empathetic ‘soft-skills’.
