Lou is the owner of Cragend Farm with her husband Shaun, and deals with everything from Holiday Accommodation inquiries to egg collection from the chickens; she is the social media and web design finger-tapper.
The National Curriculum
Looking to inspire the children ... Cragend Farm has a wide range of subject matter that will inspire and multiple ways to learn about many different subjects.
The National Curriculum can be used in many ways at our Heritage Site for a range of learners, from Key Stage 1 through to A Levels and Post-Graduates:
Contact us to arrange a school trip: We allow the children to get up close to the history. We dont mind them touching our collection of artefacts.
Teachers are welcome to visit and assess the site for future school trips.
Interpretation of the world around us:
Oracy: Speaking and listening skills.
Science: Extra Curriculum Physics, Biology, Maths
Geography: Landscapes, trees and Botany.
History: British History and its links around the world, from Pre-Historic Settlements to Branding and Marketing across the world. Includes c1000 to present day.
Citizenship: Looking for ways to explain this through farming.
BBC Bitesize example references:
History: Health and people c1000 to today.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z6r3qyc
Pressure and Forces
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zmcg7v4/articles/zmqv9ty#zx73khv
Movements Levers and Gearing:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zmcg7v4/articles/zf6rwsg#z9b7p9q
Find Out More About Cragend
Cragend Farm has a interesting and diverse history, from technical innovations to historic buildings. Tied in closely to the neighbouring Cragside Estate home of Victorian inventor and industrialist Lord Armstrong.
Wonderful Dog Friendly B&B and self catering cottage, Amazing unique historic site, (featured on TV: Matt Baker’s Travels with Mum & Dad North East)
Original Cragside Architecture and Machinery. Celtic Camp and Ducal Border Reiver settlement, remodelled by Victorian Lord Armstrong of Cragside as his show case for hydraulic machinery.
ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT in ABOUT US.