Yesterday,years 5/6 went on a trip for a Food and Farming day.
At 9:30am, we all got a coach to get to the Essex food and farming trip at the Writtle University College. On that day 3,000 children had attended from all different schools and all submitted a scarecrow into a competition. Ours was Henry the eighth and his six wives.
45 minutes later,we had finally arrived. As we walked into the green field, I could see five humongous white tents dotted around the field.
We had four leaders;the actual leader was called Cristine who showed us around. The first place we went to was the Countryside tent and in that there were different things to do. For example, one was making a mini-beast out of clay, sticks and leaves -I made an ant. It is a shame because I would of liked more time in this tent.
After we went to the Crop zone which had some edible seeds we could try and we could of got up close to some that we had never seen.
Next,we had to get into our groups to move onto the Live-stock.
When we reached the Live-stock, we all sat down and watched a man teach us on how to shear a sheep. I found it quite weird because I had never seen it before.
Our time was up at the Live-stock, so then we all moved to the food zone and in it was where we learnt how crops turn into real food.I found that quite interesting because it shows what seeds we actually eat.
Finally, we got to the last place which was the Machinery zone. There were two men explaining to us about how farmers get rid of their seeds and how they plant their seeds. Everyone who stood there had to stand behind a silver barbed-wire fence.
At the end, we finally found out who won and we came third
; our prize was a £50 voucher and a watering can.
At 1:45, we walked back to where our two coaches were and left to come back to the school.
Overall,I enjoyed the day there and I learned a lot more new things.
by Leila (Year 6)
