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RSPCA Farm animals resources
The RSPCA has produced 12 new farm animal resources for KS1 & 2 and Early Years pupils. The free resources include fun activities to help children understand where their food comes from, the use of labelling and how they, as consumers, can make a difference to farm animal welfare.
The resources can be used for science and citizenship lessons and tie in with the Year of Food and Farming. They include a range of activities to help pupils learn more about farm animals and their needs, for example:
- Martin Waddell’s popular story, ‘Farmer Duck’ is used to introduce what a farmer needs to do for his farm animals.
- ‘A trip too far’ has an empathy building activity to help pupils learn about long-distance transport of animals.
- In ‘Farming you decide’ pupils explore their own attitudes to farm animals using a role play that looks at the differences between caged, barn and free-range egg production.
You can also order a free full-colour farm animal photo pack to accompany the resources.
RSPCA Education also offers farming resources for KS4 GCSE science.
All the resources can be downloaded free from the RSPCA education website www.rspca.org.uk/education