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Workshops for Teachers

At Northey Street City Farm we run a professional development workshops for teachers on a range of topics related to permaculture, organic gardening and sustainability. We provide certificates for attendance. We are also available to visit schools to run in-service sessions. Please contact Emma at education@nscf.org.au to discuss what options are available.

To see School Tours offered by the Farm see:https://www.nscf.org.au/home/learn/youth-education/school-activities/


Outdoor Learning and the Curriculum: A Webinar for Educators

DATE: Friday 05 June 2020, 10 am-12 pm

This professional development webinar will demonstrate how the Australian Curriculum cross-curriculum priority area of Sustainability can be addressed while taking learning outdoors. Outdoor learning using experience-based strategies supports children’s emotional well-being and physical health, increases engagement with learning, fosters ecological stewardship and positively impacts on environmental behaviors.

Webinar participants will:

• Learn how outdoor experiential activities can be linked to the curriculum, and be applied to Learning Areas including Science, English, Humanities and Social Sciences and the Arts.

• Be introduced to approaches that support students to increase critical and creative thinking, and have the knowledge, understanding and skills to engage in creating a more sustainable world.

• Receive a recording of the webinar, a resources list, activity descriptions with links to the Australian curriculum, and a certificate for 2 hours of professional development.

While the webinar is focused on primary school teachers, the learnings can also apply to other teachers and educators. The content relates particularly to sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.2, and 3.3 of the Australian professional standards for teachers.

About the presenter:

Emma Brindal is the Youth Education Coordinator at Northey Street City Farm, where she runs permaculture and sustainability activities and programs for children and adults. She is also the founder of WiseEarth Education and has been teaching and facilitating experiential learning and placed-based environmental education programs for over a decade. Emma has a degree in Environmental Science and is currently studying a Master of Education (Social Ecology).

Cost: $40 school-funded/full | $30 student/unwaged

Click and Register

Or register via email or phone:

E: education@nscf.org.au

PH: 3857 8775

If your school or organisation is paying for your attendance, we can invoice you – email info@nscf.org.au to arrange this.

Successful School Gardening: A Professional Development Workshop for Teachers and School Community Members

DATE: Saturday August 1st 2020, 9am-4pm

This workshop will introduce the practicalities of establishing and maintaining a school garden using permaculture practices and principles. It will also cover ways in which the Australian Curriculum cross-curriculum priority area of Sustainability can be addressed, and be applied to be applied to Learning Areas including Science, English, Humanities and Social Sciences and the Arts.  It is for teachers and school community members who are wanting to establish new gardens, or who already have gardens that you are wanting to rejuvenate.  These strategies can be applied for any budget that the school has for a garden.

We will cover:

  • An introduction to permaculture practice and design
  • Designing your school garden
  • The resources you need and how to get them
  • Understanding and improving your soil, including composting and worm farming,
  • Growing for the subtropics – appropriate plants for the SEQ climate
  • Linking garden activities to the curriculum
  • Making it work for your school community – Involving your students; how to get different members of the community involved; how to manage your gardens over school holidays, and more!

Participants will take home a resources list and a certificate for 6 hours of professional development.

Primary school teachers are the main audience for this workshop. School leaders, members of P&Cs and groundstaff are all welcome to attend.

The content relates particularly to sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1 and 4.2 of the Australian professional standards for teachers.

About the presenters:

Jenny Kato is a passionate advocate for regenerative agriculture, a permaculture practitioner and designer, and an avid gardener.  Jenny works at Northey Street City Farm as an Education Tutor and teaches on the Permaculture Design Certificate Course.  Jenny also has her own design business, Living Patterns Permaculture, and has worked with many schools designing school gardens.

Emma Brindal is the Youth Education Coordinator at Northey Street City Farm, where she runs permaculture and sustainability activities and programs for children and adults. Emma has been teaching and facilitating experiential learning and environmental education programs for over a decade. She has a degree in Environmental Science, is currently studying a Master of Education (Social Ecology).

Registration for the workshop:

Cost: $140 full |  $90 student/unwaged (GST included)

Includes morning tea.  BYO lunch.

Click and Register

Or register via email or phone:

E: education@nscf.org.au

PH: 3857 8775

If your school or organisation is paying for your attendance, we can invoice you – email info@nscf.org.au to arrange this.

Outdoor Learning and the Curriculum: A Professional Development workshop for Educators

Saturday October 31st, 9am – 4pm

This practical workshop will demonstrate how the Australian Curriculum cross-curriculum priority area of Sustainability can be addressed while taking learning outdoors. Outdoor learning using experience-based strategies supports children’s emotional well-being and physical health, increases engagement with learning, fosters ecological stewardship and positively impacts on environmental behaviors.

Workshop participants will:

  • Learn how outdoor experiential activities can be linked to the curriculum, and be applied to Learning Areas including Science, English, Humanities and Social Sciences and the Arts.
  • Experience approaches that support students to increase critical and creative thinking, and have the knowledge, understanding and skills to engage in creating a more sustainable world.
  • Take home a resources list, activity descriptions with links to the Australian curriculum, and a certificate for 6 hours of professional development.

While the workshop is focused on primary school teachers, the learnings can also apply to other teachers and educators. The content relates particularly to sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.2, and 3.3 of the Australian professional standards for teachers.

About the presenter:

Emma Brindal is the Youth Education Coordinator at Northey Street City Farm, where she runs permaculture and sustainability activities and programs for children and adults. She is also the founder of WiseEarth Education and has been teaching and facilitating experiential learning and environmental education programs for over a decade. Emma has a degree in Environmental Science and is currently studying a Master of Education (Social Ecology).

Registration for the workshop:

Cost: $140 school-funded/full | $90 student/unwaged Includes morning tea.  BYO lunch

Click and Register

Or register via email or phone:

E: education@nscf.org.au

PH: 3857 8775

If your school or organisation is paying for your attendance, we can invoice you – email info@nscf.org.au to arrange this.

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