school childrenEnglefield Countryside Days for Schools

For two days in June the Estate hosts the Englefield Countryside Days for Schools. This event is for Key Stage 2 children and teachers.   It is an immensely full and varied day and is split into two parts. Half the day is teacher led with Englefield helpers guiding the other half. The children are shown a variety of stands depicting life on the Estate. These include; The House, Farming and Food Chains, Game Conservation, Arable Crops, Forestry, the Englefield Estate Yard, the Church, the Stables and the Anderson Air Raid Shelter.

In 2002 and 2007 the Schools Days were awarded the Sandford Award for Heritage Education and the judge’s citation read:  “Englefield Estate offers, in the two days on which it opens to school parties in large numbers, a chance to see how a large working estate demonstrates sustainability in action. In the truest sense it demonstrates the ways in which a family can work with the land and with the local people to maintain what is essentially the landscape heritage of our country. The experiences enjoyed by the visitors will have enormously extended the visitors’ appreciation of what made our country work in pre-industrial times, and the ways in which adaptations to the demands of present times are being made without destroying our heritage. The Benyons are worthy custodians of this part of England, and well deserve a Heritage Award.”

For more information on Countryside Days for Schools please contact tina.haynes@englefield.co.uk