School Farm – Feltham Reach Academy
School Farm for Reach Academy in Feltham, London
Project Photo Gallery:
![School farm showing Grow and learn, pig and hen houses](https://www.boardman-gelly.co.uk/content/files/Grow-Area-alternative-image.jpg)
Showing the extent of re-developed area
![School farm - this is where the hens will live](https://www.boardman-gelly.co.uk/content/files/Chicken-Houses.jpg)
The chickens will live here!
![Close-up of the grow and learn planing boxes, part of the school farm](https://www.boardman-gelly.co.uk/content/files/Grow-Area.jpg)
Grow and learn area
![Nigel of Boardman Gelly speaking at School Farm opening day](https://www.boardman-gelly.co.uk/content/files/Nigel-talking-about-piggies.jpg)
Nigel Boardman speaking to interested pupils and parents on open day
![Nigel talking to interested pupils about the school farm’s pigs](https://www.boardman-gelly.co.uk/content/files/Nigel-smiling-at-camera.jpg)
Nigel explaining where sausages come from
![Teacher squats in Pigs Home](https://www.boardman-gelly.co.uk/content/files/piggies_house.jpg)
Don’t look now but there's a teacher squatting in our house!
![The pigs are back in town, at the school, anyway](https://www.boardman-gelly.co.uk/content/files/porkers-in-pen.jpg)
Pupils watching the pigs at work
Brief:
To turn the derelict land in to a school farm, expanding on the traditional ‘grow and learn’ facilities to include livestock. We had a large space to work with and a full range of farming activities to include:
- Super-sized grow and learn raised beds
- Large poly tunnel for growing
- Potting shed for bringing on seedlings
- Large enclosure with hen houses for 20 chickens
- Pig pen for 2 pigs.
We registered the school with DEFRA obtaining a County Parish Holding number to bring the pigs to school. We ensured all the facilities were up to standard and the school was inspected by the City of London.
Project:
Reach Academy is a new school which caters for children from 4 years to 18 years. The facilities at the school are second to none and need to bring a learning experience to each school year group. A large area of land to the rear of the school housed old tennis courts which were derelict.