Remember, Streamvale is a real working dairy farm and the animals you see and events that go on will change throughout the year--keep checking the site.
Here you will find a collection of farm animals from our Highland Bull to baby rabbits. Find out about cuddle and feeding time so you can get really involved.
Learning with animals is always fun, but we have other places too. Toy tractors, puzzles, touch boxes and quiz sheets keep you busy, no matter the weather.
Fluffy yellow chicks, are just beside horrible creepy crawlies and to finish the mums off there is a Mouse Farm too!
All the important things for mums and dads! We have a full range of first class facilities and all are child and disabled friendly
We have set aside 10 acres of land for nature to take charge! Have a walk along the Streamvale path and see what each season has to offer.
Where we milk the cows every day at 5am and 4pm -- you can watch from our new viewing gallery.
The sheep races will be back this summer at Streamvale Farm and are well worth watching. These specially trained lambs have been hand reared and are now undergoing the intensive training required to meet the high standards needed to be part of the Streamvale Sheep Racing Team. "To be picked for the team you need to be greedy, fit and friendly and not every lamb fits the bill", says chief trainer Helen Morrow "Basically the training involves teaching them where to find their food and then putting a few obstacles in their way. Only greedy ones can be bothered as they are already grazing in a field of grass, but there’s always a few who want more – those are the good sheep racers".
With tractor boy Jonny is Fluffy Bouncer
, this year’s big hopeful, who is looking in great form and
will be ridden in his first race by jockey Paddy McGinty. The race
will take place on Monday 2nd July at 2pm at Streamvale Farm and
every afternoon for the next two months – make sure you pop in
for a visit.
(Autumn and Spring terms only)
With P4's and 5's in mind this roadshow was developed to take into account the changing seasons and farm calendar and to look at food production at a basic level. It can be combined with the Dairy Roadshow to give a really in depth study of farming in Northern Ireland.
As with all roadshows we use stories, songs, real animals and conversation to make this presentation come to life for the children.
Our first and tremendously successful roadshow which can be adapted to suit children from 3 years upward. We base all our activities around the curriculum needs of your primary school class and take them right into your classroom. We also provide further aids in the way of additional poems and songs and classroom ideas.
We can adapt the roadshow to suit your needs and cover any special project material for your class.
The presentation takes about three quarters of an hour plus additional time for questions and chat. It can be done in the classroom or hall, depending on numbers, but it is probably best to have some individual class time if bigger numbers are involved-but of course that's the sort of thing we can talk about beforehand.
There are deer on the farm, here is one photographed just after a snowfall during winter.