School Activities

A GREAT WAY FOR KIDS TO DISCOVER HEALTHY EATING

Rayner’s Orchard offers fun, educational days out for school children.

Most Kids don’t eat enough fruit and some kids don’t even like fruit. We help encourage kids to enjoy fruit by feeding them some of the best fruit they will ever experience!

Time and time again children visit our farm saying they don’t like fruit. We find if they are willing to try our fruit, they nearly always go home with a new found love of fruit.

EDUCATIONAL AND FUN PROGRAMMES

  • For all school aged groups.
  • Fruit Bottling Workshops running daily from our custom made Bottling Kitchen. Kids go home with some freshly bottled fruit, prepared & cooked by the kids!
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DAY ON THE FARM PROGRAM

  • Bottling Fruit
  • Tour of our Packing Shed & Cool Rooms
  • Fruit Tasting walk around the farm (tasting several varieties of fruit)
  • Discussions on Farming (as required by the teacher)
  • Tractor ride around the orchard
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FARM FACILITIES

  • Plenty of bus and car parking
  • Cafe and shop are wheel chair friendly
  • Tractors and trailers can take 54 passengers
  • Free entry to shop and cafe for fresh fruit and produce sales
  • Seating for 150 available
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WHAT SOME HAPPY STUDENTS HAVE TO DAY

Jasmine

I loved the fruit bottling. The pear was scrumptious!  The pear was hard to cut because the knife was made out of plastic! We have to wait 4 weeks to eat them! It was so much fun.

Ben

When we went to Rayner’s Orchard we did lots of activities. My favourite was when we cut up the pears and put the syrup on top of them. First we got fresh pears and put them on our chopping board. Next we cleaned the pears by taking the skin off and chopping the ends off

Meg

At the orchard we tried 3 different types of fruit. The first fruit we tried was called a Pepino. It had a nice taste. The second one we tried was my favourite. It was called a feijoa. They were juicy, fresh, yummy and delightful to eat. The last fruit was the tamarillos which I didn’t

Sanjana
Emily

On the bus ride I felt nervous. My tummy had butterflies swirling around like chaos. I said to myself, “Where are we”? Then we were at Lilydale and then on Schoolhouse road. It took one hour and 40 minutes to get there. In the window I saw some beautiful trees and a magnificent view. I

TAILORED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES TO SUIT TEACHERS’ REQUIREMENTS

All schools programs are flexible and can be arranged to suit your requirements. Suggested topics include:

  • Farming and working with the environment
  • Organic vs conventional farming
  • Discussions from a farmer’s point of view on GM foods
  • Eliminating insecticides from the farm
  • Water use and retention
  • Irrigation methods and types
  • Fertiliser types and uses
  • Planting and growing fruit trees
  • Methods and variety of fruit preserving
  • Fruit storage requirements
  • Profitable product marketing
  • Marketing outside the square
  • Pruning methods and practices