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Air |
Weather |
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Celebrate the passing of the seasons (e.g. solstice or equinox) with rituals invented together with the children as well as traditional ones from local community or inspired by other peoples |
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Air |
Weather |
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Become familiar with words of weather such as windy, foggy, hail etc. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Observe how waste can be reused. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Create a repair cafe with families repairing together, e.g. bicycles, toys etc. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Put food waste into the compost bin. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Create a simple work (e.g. art) with recycled materials e.g. instruments for a sound garden. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Create ways to exchange toys e.g. in a lottery or gift exchange. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Experiment with filtering water with different materials (e.g. Galium aparine). |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Put coloured dye in water then put a celery stalk in, to watch how the dye rises in the stalk. This can show how chemicals in the water get into things that we eat. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Sort different recyclable materials in the right container according to types |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Role play a life cycle of beings and things - growth, death and decay e.g. plants, plastic item. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Feel the need for a nice clean (unpolluted) planet, e.g. through story or song. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Give thanks for the natural materials you use, ask permission to take the materials from nature, the tree, the riverbed etc. and promise to use them wisely. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
What happens to our waste? |
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Learn that some materials can be used again and again. |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
What is permaculture? |
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Spend time in a aquaculture-inspired garden, touching, tasting, smelling the plants and animals (as appropriate). |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
What is permaculture? |
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Go on a tour which explains how permaculture is demonstrated in that particular place. |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
What is permaculture? |
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Play a game which explains what permaculture is. |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
What is permaculture? |
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Make posters or collages about permaculture. |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
What is permaculture? |
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Make a photo collage that shows the difference between monoculture and permaculture. |
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Permaculture ethics and principles |
What is permaculture? |
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Sing songs about permaculture and caring for the Earth. |
