Many of us in Bloxham will have enjoyed visiting the Warriner School Farm and meeting the staff and the animals, knowing how much the work of the farm contributes to the students. So it is great to hear that it has recently won a national competition in the Farm to Classroom section in the annual Bayer/FACE awards in recognition of the farm’s outstanding contribution to student life.
FACE (Farming and Countryside Education) aims to educate children about food and farming, since many children have little contact with the rural areas, and some do not even know where milk and eggs come from, nor what employment opportunities are available in the countryside.
Warriner Farm staff go in to local schools, sometimes taking some of their livestock with them, to give pupils an insight into farm life and to teach them about the environment. Says Isobel Hands: “we aim to bring farming, science and nature alive for children who have little or no contact with the countryside”.

Warmest congratulations to the school and the farm.