Activities and Resources for parents and children

Lovely 5-minute film A life worth living with clips of pigs, hens, ducks and quail showing their happy natural behaviours (but you may want to save this for now since clips from this are used in our “Resources on Pigs”) – should work for any age. 

Illustrated cards defining the needs of animals – choose an animal and discuss what they need. Will download to a zip file including the teachers' notes. Should work for any age

A lovely old 22-minute film, from the ‘90s. Suitable for ages 7-11, but we recommend parental viewing first.

A set of cards (or worksheets if you prefer) illustrating different ways that farm animals are kept. Discuss together which systems are best etc and which are acceptable to you. Teachers Notes provided.

A very engaging quiz which gives you a series of statements to agree or disagree with. Then you investigate the philosophical positions represented and find out which one is closest to your viewpoint. Teachers Notes provided.

Video clips of pigs, hens, ducks and quail showing their happy natural behaviours. We recommended it above under primary, but it works for any age. 5 minutes.

Watch the amazing abilities of pigs and hens. See how pigs, chickens and dairy cows are kept in intensive, free-range and organic systems. Decide how you think farm animals should be kept in the 21st century. 17 minutes. Ages 10-16.

Longer version for older students. Watch wild pigs and farmed pigs, wild chickens and farmed chickens. See how pigs, chickens and dairy cows are kept in free-range vs intensive systems. Again, how do you think these animals should be kept.