Woodfield House

Primary Schools


Dear Teacher,


Woodfield House is a family owned, 17th Century Wexford Farmhouse. We offer creative programmes for schoolchildren based on games, farmyard tasks, and folk traditions of days gone by.
We give your children the opportunity to engage their imaginations in a relaxed and enjoyable manner.
Our ethos is to allow children of all ages rediscover imaginative play.
The children will recieve a warm welcome, enjoy their experience and leave with happy memories

All accompanying adults enjoy complimentary teas, coffee and home baking in our 17th Century house and garden.

Each 3.5 hr group tour comprises a fun-packed visit, priced at just €16.50 per child.
Listed below are just some of the many exciting activities on offer:


  • PROGRAMME 1: Past Times Playtimes
    • Street & schoolyard games of yesteryear
    • Cobblestone Village
    • Mrs. Flowers' storytelling
    • Giant bubbles
    • Den Building
    • Pavement drawing
    • Sand & Water play
    • Skipping
    • Clay modelling
    • Creative drama
    • Slí na Sí
  • PROGRAMME 2: Farmhouse Forgottens
    • Milking the cows (fun model)
    • Buttermaking
    • Dressing the scarecrows
    • Farmhouse fun - Bodrhan playng
    • Farmhouse fun - Dancing
    • Farmhouse fun - Farmyard games
    • Turf - footing & clamping
    • Vegetable garden - digging & planting
    • Herb garden - name & taste
    • Hens - visit, feed, collect the eggs
    • Marquee painting
  • PROGRAMME 3:Old Days - Old Ways...

    Construction Skills:

    • Shelters/Bothán building
    • Scarecrows
    • Drystone walls
    • Sugán rope making
    • Trap making

    The Laundry:

    • Cast iron water pumps
    • Washboards & clothes pounders
    • Work laundry mangles
    • Washing line relays

    The Harvest:

    • Flailing
    • Winnowing
    • Grinding the corn


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