It wasn't quite old McDonalds's farm, but when pupils from St Keverne Primary School visited a St Martin farm they did get to see the cows go "moo" - as well as enjoy a host of other agricultural sights and sounds.

Children from class two at St Keverne School paid a visit to Tregevis Farm, as part of the Year of Food and Farming that is taking place until September this year.

Class teacher Suzanne Bray arranged the trip to her parents' farm to consolidate the children's understanding on food and farming.

She said: "I feel it is extremely important for children to know where their food comes from and how it is produced."

The children have been learning their various lessons through the topic of food and farming during the previous term. There has been a farm shop in the classroom, which supported the children's learning in maths involving money, division, multiplication and fractions.

The children focussed on plants in science, growing lettuce, flowers and potatoes. The potatoes were provided by the British Potato Council, along with a step-by-step guide on growing them successfully. Each week the children measured the growth and record the results in their potato diaries. Once the potatoes are harvested they children will then be taking part in some cooking activities. Meanwhile during art lessons the children have been creating a farm scene.

The children seemed to thoroughly enjoy the farm visit and were very interested in what the farmer Andrew Bray had to tell them. Andrew said he was pleased with the interest they showed and the questions they asked.

Feedback from youngsters included delight at the "cute calves" and the new-found knowledge that on a hot day a cow might drink 50 litres of water, while one pupil, Billy, said: "I enjoyed all of it! It was exciting and very fun and I wish I could go again."

Unfortunately the children were not able to see the milking taking place due to morning milking being before the school day starts and evening milking being after the school day finished.

However, Suzanne filmed the milking process so that the children were able to watch it the following day. As a result the children were completely engaged in the milking video clip due to them actually being in the parlour the previous day, with them pointing out things that they had seen.