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Spit and Polish at Old Macdonald’s Farm

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

Old Macdonald tells us that one of the most enjoyable parts of his work here at his farm is meeting and welcoming people from all over the world as they visit him in Brentwood. This summer he has found, to his pleasure, that lots of our visitors are families from Europe and in particular from Poland.

That is why this summer he agreed that the BBC could film an episode of their series Young, Unemployed and Foreign here at the farm with a group of young Polish workers spending a day here as they find out more about Britain. It was great fun to shoot and we hope they enjoyed their day. Of course amongst the animals they were filmed meeting were our Llamas, who have a tendancy to great visitors by spitting at them, hence Old Mac’s rather clever (his opinion, obvious would be my word) headline!

Thanks BBC and given that we have just been on TOWIE on ITV and now BBC 3 as well, it is hard to avoid your favourite farm on your favourite TV shows now too!

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TOWIE TAKE A TRIP TO THE FARM

Thursday, October 20th, 2011

Last night, Old MacDonald’s Farm, was featured in the popular ITV 2, BAFTA
Award-winning show, ‘The Only Way Is Essex’ (TOWIE).TOWIE stars; Joey Essex (Club Promoter) and Chloe Sims (Model and Cousin to Joey Essex) used the farm as their film set for the day, whilst also open to the general public.

Old MacDonald himself and his staff were absolutely thrilled to host the TOWIE cast and have the farm and its animals in the spotlight for a day! See our Facebook Page for more photos!

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HaLlOwEen HaLf TeRm, SpOoKtAcUlAr!!!

Thursday, October 20th, 2011

This Half Term why not get into the spirit of Halloween by dressing up? From the 22nd-31st October, ONE CHILD IN FANCY DRESS can go FREE if accompanied by ONE FULL PAYING ADULT!!

Aside from this special offer, Mary Martin founder of Artbound, will be hosting a full week of timetabled creative, fun and educational activities, including: Pumping Carving, trick or treat felt bag making, Spooky Story Telling and a Halloween Disco to name a few!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

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This October Half Term, Witch Day Will You Come?

Saturday, October 15th, 2011

Halloween is always one of our favourite times of the year, and with the October School Half Term people flock to our farm for a great day out. This year, Old Macdonald, being a generous sort of fellow (yeah, right!) has arranged something special for you each and every day. Normally it would not be true to say that Old Mac spares no expense, indeed he spends no expense if he can help it, but he must have been got at by the Good Witch of the East (or Brentwood East anyway) as he has gone mildly daft to provide very special treats for you all.

For instance, on Saturday 22nd October you can hear the story of “The Very Busy Spider” by Eric Carle, and learn how to make cobweb art and hanging furry spiders…..eech!
Then, on Sunday 23rd you will hear about “The Best Halloween Hunt Ever” by John Spiers and make Trick or Treat Felt Bags.
Monday 24th you will make owl masks and owl hanging decorations, as well as hear about “The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark” by Jill Tomlinson and Paul Howard.
Tuesday 25th you can do pumpkin carving with a special competition in the afternoon, and at lunchtime hear the story, and maybe drink the food, of “Pumpkin Soup.”
Wednesday 26th will be batty, with you making moving, hanging bats and hearing “Daft Bat” by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross.
Thursday 27th you will make paper lanterns in the morning and spooky magnets in the afternoon, whilst lunchtime hear “Meg and Mog Adventures” by Helen Nicoll and Jan Pienkowski.
Friday 28th you will make witches and hear about “Room on the Broom” by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.
Saturday 29th is party time, with the making of Bat and Cat masks in the morning and a special Disco with Halloween games, face painting, tattoos and spooky nail decorations from 2 to 4.
Sunday will make bracelets and beads in the morning, hear “Meg and Mog Adventures” by Helen Nicoll and Jan Pienkowski at lunchtime, and finish up by making spooky foam craft pumpkins!

And if that is not enough, all our rides, slides and attractions will have a special halloween feel, and whilst we do not have ghoulies and ghosties and long legged beasties we do have meerkats and goaties and long legged llamas, and many, many things that go bump in the night.

Old Macdonald is counting the days to the Half Term Halloween Festival already. See you then.

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October Half Term, Old Macdonald Hits the Road with his Country Fayre.

Saturday, October 15th, 2011

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This October Old Macdonald is thrilled to take the pleasure of his farm out to east London so he will be opening Old Macdonald’s Country Fayre in Barking Road Recreation Ground in Newham. Open during the half term week, 27th October to 30th October, each day from 12 noon to 7 pm this is a taste of the country coming to the heart of the east end, and we thank Newham Council for agreeing to host this festival of family fun.

Pay just £1 entry and you can meet and greet your favourite farm characters as well as enjoy the Duck Race, Milking Cow, singing chickens and craft workshops for no extra charge (and the ducks, cow and chickens are not real so do not worry about their health, but they are great fun) as well as take part in craft workshops.

Also, Punch and Judy will also be there each and every day, plus Magic Shows on Thursday and Saturday and Puppet Workshops on Friday and Sunday. Great fun, and all part of your value for money £1 entrance. Wonderful traditional show with a 21st Century feel, and a chance for children, and adults, to try out their puppet abilities.

Then, if you wish, you can buy tokens and enjoy lots of fun activities for children and their parents, such as the Wacky worm coaster, Pony Ride, Old Mac’s Tornado, the farm Merry go round, Swan Lake, the farm train and the children’s waveswinger and flying jets. Old Mac has laid on special family rates too so you can either buy tokens for just 50p each or save 25% and buy £25 worth of tokens for just £20.

Plus, every visitor will receive £10 off voucher for a child with a paying adult when they want to visit Old Macdonald’s Award Winning Farm in Brentwood, home of TOWIE and Old Macdonald too. Great value, great fun, see you in Barking Road Recreation Ground. The postcode is E6 2LW and Barking Road is between East Ham and the Barking A406 flyover.