Home Education Family Afternoon
Wednesday 7th July 2021
Gates open 12noon. Event starts 1pm until 3pm. Picnics welcome for lunch 12 to 1pm. Shop open, hot drinks available.
£15 per head. Under 3s free. All children to be accompanied by a paying adult. Please note booking fee applies.
If you are home educating your children, why not bring them along to Butser Ancient Farm for an exclusive, hands on, educational afternoon exploring the ancient past through experimental archaeology.
We have dedicated the afternoon of Wednesday 7th July to families who home educate, to allow you to visit the farm without members of the public or school groups on site.
This exclusive educational afternoon will include a visit to each of the ancient time zones (Saxon, Roman, Iron Age and Stone Age), practical sessions where all the family can get stuck in and have a go and the chance to learn about how people lived their lives in the past. There is lots of opportunity to ask questions and discover interesting little facts from our education team. The sessions are very flexible, allowing you the freedom to pick and choose what order and how long you spend doing each activity. Therefore this is quite a different experience to a structured learning events we run with school groups.
You can even meet and feed some of the stars from the Horrible Histories film (they are cute, woolly and bleat)!
Your safety is paramount to us, so special measures have been put in place regarding social distancing and hygiene. The activities will take place inside the atmospheric homes and outside so appropriate clothing should be worn. As you will be going inside our ancient homes, a facemask for adults/older children is required (depending on the Government regulations at the time). Toilets, refreshments and gifts are available at the visitor centre and parking is free.
The event runs from 1 to 3pm (gates opening from 12 noon), starting with a short introductory overview and welcome to the farm at 1pm. You are welcome to bring a picnic lunch from 12 noon, to be here ready by 1pm.
It costs £15 per head, with under 3s attending for free. All children must be accompanied by a paying adult. Please respect social distancing and book separately as individual families. Places must be booked online prior to the day. As with all our special events, please note that no dogs will be allowed to attend this event. Therefore please leave your dogs at home, as it may be too hot to leave them in the carpark which does not have shade. However, dogs are very welcome to visit the farm another time during normal public entry sessions instead.
“We absolutely loved our day at the Butser Home Education event. We would love to come back and my sons (and I) got so much from our day and seeing the houses and all the activities really solidified learning they had already done and sparked interest in new areas. It was by far one of the highlights of our year. ”
“Thank you so much for running the Home Education Family event. We loved visiting and still have our hand made jewellery on our coats. It was wonderful.”
