NFU's farming lessons reaches 220,000 pupils during British Science Week

More than 220,000 pupils are celebrating British Science Week and National Careers Week with three new live lessons bringing farming directly to the classroom.

The ongoing lessons, which were developed by NFU Education, are being hosted by farmer Fiona Bates and farm vet Dr Claire Whittle during.

Children are delving into British farming to explore key science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects through a real-life farming context.

Key Stage 1 students are seeing first-hand how Fiona looks after her animals, as well as learning how she grows food from scratch to learn about mammals and seasonal changes.

They are also learning about the machinery she uses on her farm and help an agricultural engineer fix her broken tractor.