Clyst St Mary Primary School visits Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park’s Pumpkin Field

Clyst St Mary Primary School children made a very special visit to Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park’s pumpkin field on Monday 14 October 2013. Mrs Ellis and her Year 2 class were transported by tractor and trailer to a secret location in the East Devon countryside.

Chris Down, Managing Director of Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park took the first part of the morning’s lesson talking the children through the process of planting the seeds, through to the flowering plants and then the transition from flowers to pumpkins. His lesson continued with the care and attention that must be applied to help the pumpkins grow.

Following the short lesson, each child carefully selected their own pumpkin from the field to take away with them, along with the knowledge of pumpkin growing and local farming and harvesting.

Mrs Ellis, class teacher at Clyst St Mary Primary School said: “This has been a fantastic experience for the children and we’d like to thank Chris Down and his Crealy team for this opportunity and we do hope that we can do this again next year.”

Chris Down, Managing Director of Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park said: “It is a pleasure to have the children of Clyst St Mary Primary School visit our pumpkin field. We feel it is important for children to learn about their local area and its farming community as well as the exciting things that happen at Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park around Halloween.”

Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park will be kick starting its Halloween festivities this Half Term with a selection of ‘spooktacular’ activities and events. Guests can visit the Crealy Witch free of charge in her haunted cavern in the new ‘Land of the Witches’ – a spooky new attraction. Free pumpkins will be available to all the younger guests and the much loved Trixie Trickster and Professor Pop will be giving guests a fright in the Spook-errific Magi-tific show.

On Halloween itself, Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park has a special spooky visitor - Casper the Friendly Ghost. He will be meeting and greeting his fans at intervals throughout the day in the Show Dome. The fun doesn't stop after Halloween – on Saturday 2nd November Roary the Racing Car Show will be zooming to the Show Dome to wow audiences young and old.

Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park sees October Half Term out with a bang on Sunday 3rd November with a fantastic Firework Finale taking place at 5.30pm (included in your day’s admission fee) where the skies above Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park will be spectacularly set alight with explosive rockets and whizzing sparkles. Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park members can enjoy free admission to this event.