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A. Introducing permaculture
B. Living nature
C. Design
D. Growing food
E. Built environment and resource use
F. Social permaculture 		Holistic planning (HP):
Eyes
Hands
Heart
Head 		Age:
3-6
7-12

Theme  Topic  Sub Topic Age HP Details
Growing food Caring for soil Learn about composting as a way of cycling nutrients locally, enabling us to 'produce no waste' and seeing how even worms 'garden'.
Growing food Caring for soil Appreciate the abundance and diversity within soil whilst walking barefoot as slow as possible.
Growing food Caring for soil Hear a story about how all of life as we know it depends on soil.
Growing food Caring for soil See, smell and feel healthy soil, and compare to degraded soil (e.g. soil from a lawn, intensively farmed field).
Growing food Caring for soil Learn vocabulary: soil, lime, mycellium, fungi, loam, silt, fertility, compact.
Growing food Caring for soil Learn that healthy soil is 1/4 air, 1/4 water, 10% organic matter and 40% mineral (sand/silt/clay). Make a pie chart about this.
Growing food Caring for soil Research why people dig, what the effects of digging are and how we can reduce digging by using different plants, not stepping on soil, mulching etc.
Growing food Caring for soil Discover that food scraps can gradually turn to compost.
Growing food Caring for soil Sing a song about compost, such as the one on the CiP website.
Growing food Caring for soil Touch and smell healthy, fertile soil.
Growing food Caring for soil Listen to stories about the soil and the communities of minibeasts that live in it.
Growing food Caring for soil Discuss the importance of fertile soil and different ways of providing it (e.g. fertilisers, manure, nitrogen-fixing plants, compost).
Water Catching and saving water Wash hands in rainwater when outside.
Water Catching and saving water Create rainwater catchment systems.
Water Catching and saving water Catch water in different types of containers when it is raining outside.
Water Catching and saving water See different ways of catching rainwater (e.g. roof, tarp etc.)
Water Catching and saving water Create solutions that save water (e.g. putting brick in toilet cistern, ways of saving water in the garden).
Water Catching and saving water Discuss how water can be cleaned before use in different ways (e.g. boiling, filters, chemicals etc).
Water Catching and saving water Discuss the benefits of catching rainwater (e.g. saves using tap water thus energy, reduces floods)
Water Catching and saving water Make biodegradable products (e.g. simple cleaners from vinegar, ash etc.)

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