Family Lambing Experience
Date and time
These courses are provided by Derbyshire Adult Community Education Service.
About this event
Have you ever wondered what life is like at lambing time? Take a trip with Sally into the lambing shed to find out what happens. We can’t guarantee you will see lambs being born but you will meet some lambs.
Approximate course length:
2.5 hours
This course is for:
Children aged 4 to 14 who love animals (and their accompanying adults!).
You will learn:
• About life on a Derbyshire hill farm during lambing time
• About the ins and outs (literally) of lambing sheep
• What the important issues are during the lambing season, prior to it and following up, as the birth of the lamb is just the start!
• How the farmer deals with sheep with too many lambs for her to look after (adoption!)
• How to keep lambs and their mums happy and healthy
There will be plenty of time to ask questions and meet the sheep and lambs.
Work outside of sessions:
This is not required, though we hope it will inspire you to come on some of our other courses.
Additional costs and what to prepare:
This course is offered free of charge and there are no other costs.
Please wear warm clothes and boots or shoes that you don’t mind getting messy. You will be in a barn but it is at the top of a hill and March can be cold!
How to access your course:
An email with instructions for how to find the venue will be sent within 3 working days of the start date of the course.
Progression from this course:
You might want to come on another course with this tutor such as a ‘Dry Stone Walling Taster’ or another family learning course. Discuss your next steps with your tutor or your local centre staff
For further information on our spring 2022 term programme or on the additional support we offer visit: derbyshire.gov.uk/adulteducation
Course fees explained
Some of our courses are free of charge. Others have a full fee and a lower ‘concessions’ rate for those on certain benefits. This may vary from course to course so please ask when enquiring about a particular course. For many of our learning for leisure courses we use three different fee bands:
Fee A: Full fee
Fee B: Derbyshire Gold cards holders
Fee C: Concessions for those on certain benefits/allowances – details are on our How to fund your learning page.
There may be additional costs on some courses for materials please ask for details.
If selecting one of the reduced rates, you will be asked to show proof of entitlement when attending course.
Booking:
A booking fee is charged by Eventbrite for each booking, this is retained by Eventbrite. Derbyshire Adult Community Education Service receive the course fee.
Before booking onto this course, please read the Derbyshire Adult Education Learner Entitlement
When you book onto the course you need to provide Personal Information. To see the privacy notice issued by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA), on behalf of the Secretary of State for the Department of Education (DfE), please visit Education and Skills Funding Agency privacy notice: April 2019
What can you expect from DACES?
Safeguarding and Prevent
Whilst on our on-line courses you can expect a safe space, free from abuse, bullying, discrimination or threat. Click on the following link for more information: Safeguarding and Prevent
If you have any concerns/queries regarding safeguarding/prevent please report these to your tutor or email: adult.education@derbyshire.gov.uk
Further information:
For more information and to view our Spring 2022 brochure visit our website
You can also keep up to date with the learning opportunities that we currently have through our Facebook page.
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We wish you every success with your course. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any comments or enquiries at adult.education@derbyshire.gov.uk
