Hello and welcome back to Number Farm!
Farms are very busy places. Shall we have a look at what happens during a whole week
at Number Farm?
Today is Monday and it is time for Farmer George to milk the cows. He has brought the
cows into the milking parlour, and connected his milking machines to the cows udders. The
udders are where the milk comes from, and all of the milk from the cows gets collected
and bottled, ready to be put on your cereal!
It’s Tuesday today, and time to collect the eggs from the Hen House. Shall we count
how many eggs the hens have laid in their nests? There’s one, two, three, four, five.
Now, how shall we cook them? Boiled, scrambled, fried or poached? What’s your favourite?
On Wednesday Farmer George is out driving his Combine Harvester. A combine harvester
is a machine that harvests the crops that grow in the field. In this field, Farmer George
has been growing Wheat which will then be used to make things like bread to go on your
table!
Today is Thursday and Sammy the Sheep Dog is training for his sheep dog trials. That
means he has to round the up the sheep into the pen as quickly as possible. Ready steady…
GO! Come on Sammy - you can do it! Yay! Sammy rounded up all the sheep in just 12 seconds.
Friday is a very rainy day, but the Ducks don’t mind. Oh look Mummy duck has given
birth to some beautiful ducklings! Let’s feed them some bread!
It’s Saturday and that means it’s the weekend but work doesn’t stop on the farm!
It’s a very hot day so it’s time to give the sheep a hair cut. Every few months, a
sheep’s coat will get too long, so the farmer will shear the sheep’s coat with some clippers.
This is called sheep shearing, and stops the sheep getting too hot in summer. The wool
from the sheep’s coat is used to make lovely wooly jumpers that keep us warm in winter!
It’s Sunday, the last day of the week so it’s time for some fun. Farmer George likes
to ride on his horses on a Sunday, and the Harry the Horse loves galloping as quickly
as he possibly can! Wow, look at him go! Hold on tight farmer George!
What a fun week on the farm. Can you remember the days of the week?
On Monday, Farmer George milked the cows. On Tuesday, we collected the eggs from the
hen house. On Wednesday, Farmer George was harvesting
wheat from the field. On Thursday Sammy the Sheep Dog rounded up
all of the sheep. Friday was a rainy day and we fed the ducks.
On Saturday it was hot, so it was sheep shearing day.
And on Sunday Farmer George went riding on Harry the Horse.
Thanks very much for watching! Why not come back to the farm and learn to count next?