In this June edition of E-News you can catch up on whats reopening at the Farm as Covid-19 restrictions continue to ease and check out a couple of new developments.
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In this May edition of E-News we are happy to share with you upcoming workshops, including the Permaculture Design Course. There’s plenty for young people and educators too. We are also delighted to share news with you about this years Winter Solstice: Honouring the Air element.
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During April we have continued with robust, timely and ever-positive responses to Government guidelines and restrictions around COVID-19. The Markets have remained open during this period thanks to a very hard working and dedicated team and collegial shoppers. The Nursery is powering along and we continue to think BIG about the future. We are delighted to see the global movement towards home grown food and hope you are inspired by this too!
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The team have excelled in taking measures to keep staff, volunteers and the general public safe. Operations are slowed but not stopped which is wonderful and we are thinking BIG about the future. Read here.
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This month we’re preparing for the Australasian Permaculture Convergence, supporting a local verge planting in West End, planting salt-tolerant native plants in our north east gardens and looking forward to our Monthly Night Market. We’re also collecting feedback about the Farm this month, we’d love to hear from you! Read here.
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January E-News is out! Learn about the Australasian Permaculture Convergence and our upcoming Jazz Night Markets.
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Earth Kids is about supporting children to become ‘nature smart’ – to have the knowledge, understandings and skills to engage in creating a more sustainable world – in a fun and interactive way.
This is an experiential week of outdoor discovery in which kids will learn about the animals and plants at the Farm through observation and supported questioning, explore Indigenous knowledge, experiment with Earth Arts and bushcraft skills, and put permaculture into practice.
The program is for children aged 7 to 12 years of age, and goes from Tuesday to Thursday from 9am to 3pm each day (drop off from 8.30am and pick up until 3.15pm).
The parents handbook and enrollment form can be found at: http://www.nscf.org.au/home/learn/youth-education/holiday-programs/
For any enquiries, please email: Emma at education@nscf.org.au.
Each program differs according to the seasons and to include a diversity of activities. Some of the activities will be:
PRICING:
Health Care Card Holder/ Low income
$200 / $170 for additional children
General
$270 / $240 for additional children
Four part-scholarship places available at $140 (GST inclusive) per child for parents with Health Care Cards. There are also limited volunteer places for parents, with their child/ren’s attendance discounted. Contact Emma at education@nscf.org.au if you are interested in these options.
We have two Earth Kids programs starting soon – the Spring school holidays program, and the Homeschoolers program, being held on six Friday mornings in October and November.
Both programs will include some special guest presenters. At our Spring program, Richard Nielsen will split a native (stingless) beehive with the children, and talk to them about the importance of bees. This activity was a real hit with the Earth Kids last year. Spring is the perfect time for hive-splitting, as the good weather and abundant flowers mean that colonies are strong and likely to swarm if the hives aren’t split. The swarms don’t always survive as the new homes they find for themselves are often in inappropriate locations. When we split the hive, the two halves of the old hive are paired up with empty half boxes, to create two hives.
At the homeschool pro
gram, we will have spider expert Robert Whyte joining us. Robert is the co-author of ‘A Field Guide to Australian Spiders’. Last time he joined a program he had the Earth Kids collecting dozens of spiders, which he helped to identify. The children were very enthused about activity!
On both the Spring holiday program and homeschool program we will have Bill Lowah as a special guest presenter. Bill is a Torres Strait Islander who is on the farm’s First Nations Advisory Group. He is a wonderful story-teller, and we look forward to him sharing some of his culture and stories with the Earth Kids.
Our Earth Kids programs are about supporting kids to become ‘nature smart’ – to have the knowledge, understandings and skills to engage in creating a more sustainable world – in a fun and interactive way. They are experiential programs of outdoor discovery, in which children learn about the animals and plants at the Farm through observation and supported questioning; explore Indigenous knowledge; experiment with Earth Arts and bushcraft skills; and put permaculture into practice.
Each program differs according to the seasons and to include a diversity of activities. Along with the guest presenters we’ll also be doing shelter building, fire making, Earth arts, learning about birds and plants at the farm, and experiencing Earth connection practices and games.
We welcome volunteers on our Earth Kids programs. Non-parent volunteers are required to have a current blue card.
“I loved it, I loved all of it.” – Xanthe, aged 7.
“I really liked the games, kids and activities.” – Mabry, aged 8.
“What a fantastic program! School holidays made easy at last! Kids loved it and learned so much! Thanks to the fantastic teachers. We can’t wait until next time!” – Eleanor Chenery, parent.
“We truly had an excellent week. The programme was educational, but also lots of fun with new friends and new skills. The programme was so well organised, delivered and supervised, and the teachers were great. I would recommend this to anyone, and we will attend again. And again. And again! Thanks so much.” – Melanie Davidson, parent.
“Earth Kids is FUN! We love every moment. It’s all about learning on so many levels, with activities that teach us all about the local wildlife and the environment, and making sure that we watch out for each other. The guest presenters are great too and gift us with the most amazing knowledge and moments. Parents and kids make friends at Earth Kids and we get to share so many cool experiences together. Emma and Tali (the staff) are awesome and the kids love them, which is great! We always have the best time!” Donnamarie Flockhart (parent volunteer) and Bodhi Flockhart (Earth Kid)
For more information, please see: https://www.nscf.org.au/home/learn/youth-education/holiday-programs/
The next Earth Kids holiday program from 10th to 12th July 2018 will include a Thursday evening family experience with Earth connection activities and fire-side soup, stories and music. It’ll be a chance for the whole family to have a taste of Earth Kids!
The NSCF Earth Kids school holiday program is about supporting kids to become ‘nature smart’ – to have the knowledge, understandings and skills to engage in creating a more sustainable world – in a fun and interactive way.
This is a 3-day experiential program of outdoor discovery in which kids will learn about the animals and plants at the Farm through observation and supported questioning, explore Indigenous knowledge, experiment with Earth Arts and bushcraft skills, and put permaculture into practice.
The program is for kids aged 7 to 12 years of age. For this winter program the hours for Tuesday and Wednesday will be from 9 am to 3 pm each day (drop off from 8.30 am and pick up until 3.30 pm). On the Thursday there will be an evening program with parents and families; the day program will be from 9.30 am to 3.30 pm (drop off from 9 am and pick up until 4 pm), with the family program running from 4.15 to 7.15 pm on the Thursday night.
We are excited to be running this fun and interactive one-day workshop for teenagers which will cover what to do in an emergency in the bush, how to manage survival situations and, crucially, how to not get into an emergency situation in the first place!
It won’t be all talk though, there will be practical applications of shelter building, firelighting, finding north without a compass, time of day from the sun, water sourcing/cleaning and much more besides. This workshop is being held on Saturday November 4th, from 9am to 4pm.
The workshop is being facilitated by Andy Currey who comes with a wealth of experience in bushcraft knowledge and skills. Andy is the owner/operator of Sun and Stars Bushcraft, an entity designed to encourage people to get outside and re-connect with nature. Andy has engaged in all manner of Outdoor Recreation for the last 30 years, studying everything from sailing and kayaking, through to climbing and abseiling. His experience and natural leadership shine through in his mentoring style and he is passionate about sharing his skills and knowledge with anyone keen to learn. Last year he decided to turn his experience and passion into a qualification and achieved his Cert III in Outdoor Recreation, and is a qualified Wilderness First Responder. He now teaches Remote First Aid, Bushcraft, survival skills, Earth Arts, tool use, natural resourcing, nature connection and much more to anyone keen to start their own journey into the outdoors. His passion is to make the wild more accessible, to demonstrate that it doesn’t have to be hard, or expensive, or uncomfortable and to just try to get more and more people away from their screens and back into wondering at the nature all around them.
Fee: $88 Regular / $66 Parent holding a Health Care Card
Places for this hands on workshop are limited so book now to avoid disappointment.
To book in, go here:
