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Summary
This term pupils are working with chickens, guinea fowl, quail, alpaca, pigs, and ducks feeding and looking after them and are also involved in constructing a variety of animal shelters as well as a bird watching area, mini - bug shelters, a sustainable energy building and a duck run. The pupils are also learning horticulture skills as they sow and tend a variety of fruits and vegetables. As Earl Newton, Head of DT at Mount House School says: "Mount House pupils really seem to enjoy getting involved with the school farm.  It provides a fantastic opportunity for hands' on learning and a variety of projects.  Young people find the chance to work with growing things of all kinds very inspirational - and this adds an important dimension to our DT theory and in-workshop activity.  For many participation on the farm is one of the highlights of their day - and it seems they find the tangible evidence of their work incredibly rewarding."