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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
Using nature's gifts wisely Fossil fuels, climate change and peak oil Learn what oil is, where it is used and ways to use less.
Using nature's gifts wisely Fossil fuels, climate change and peak oil Hear stories about migration to connect with the reasons and impact of migration of people and animals e.g. winter migration, refugee migrations.
Using nature's gifts wisely Fossil fuels, climate change and peak oil Learn that natural elements (like a forest) modify global and local climate.
Using nature's gifts wisely Fossil fuels, climate change and peak oil Learn that energy from the sun is stored in fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas.
Preparing food Food hygiene See how people used to keep food fresh in the old days.
Preparing food Food hygiene Making cleaning products from natural resources e.g. vinegar, baking soda, soap etc.
Preparing food Food hygiene Create homemade food washes that remove pesticides.
Preparing food Food hygiene Understand the importance of good hygiene around food (including washing hands, keeping foods cool, cooking it well).
Growing food Food forests Be in a food forest with different plants growing together, notice the smells, sounds and textures.
Growing food Food forests Be in a woodland with different plants growing together, notice the smells, sounds and textures.
Growing food Food forests Transplant different plants (e.g. fruit trees, bushes, herbs, ground cover) into the designed food forest.
Growing food Food forests Eat food straight from a food forest.
Growing food Food forests Spot some plants in a food forest, perhaps using ID/flash cards.
Growing food Food forests Make non-food creations from a food forest (e.g. tie dye cloth, nature loom, beeswax candles).
Growing food Food forests Draw gifts of the food forest in different seasons.
Growing food Food forests Listen to the storybook, and admire the pictures, about a child receiving inspiration and support to create a food forest 'Mirabelle's Forest Garden' by Ina Curic and Kelemen Kinga.
Growing food Food forests Share the abundance of the food forest in a picnic with hand-made dolls (made from products of a food forest).
Growing food Food forests Be familiar with new vocabulary such as food forest, edible, poisonous
Growing food Food forests Say the names of different plants in the food forest.
Growing food Food forests Observe the different layers in the food forest and compare with the layers in a forest (roots, ground cover, herbs, bushes, small tree, big tree, climbers, lichens).

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