Primary School Incursions

SESSION TIME: 40-50 MINUTES
SUITABLE GRADE: YEAR LEVELS 3-6 
SPACE REQUIREMENT: WE REQUIRE A CLEARED AREA TO CREATE A CIRCLE AS A CLASS PLUS FOUR TABLES TO SET OUT FOR THE LUNCH BOX PROPS. ​

This program can be booked through Mindarie Regional Council as a free incursion if the school is in the region. ​

Nude your Food

Waste education with a focus on REDUCING school waste. 

If you could pack a 'good' lunch box what would you choose?
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NUDE YOUR FOOD WASTE EDUCATION PROGRAM IS A HANDS ON INTERACTIVE PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO GET INVOLVED WITH PACKING A SUSTAINABLE AND HEALTHY LUNCH BOX

Nude Your Food is a schools' waste education program with a strong focus on reducing waste.  The session aims for students to contemplate how much waste is created by school lunches and to consider what happens to their waste after they have finished with it. 

Workshop Format

• Students will pack a lunch box with an array of choices that are presented to them. 
  
• Students discuss their choice and why they thought it was 'good.'
  
• Discuss food ingredients and tally how much waste items were created as a class
  
• Time line activity to see how long common school waste items takes to break down
  
• Students have the opportunity to rethink their choices and repack their lunch box now they have learnt more about food and waste. 
  
• Option to finish the session with a Nude your Food song. Students learn a simple choreography to an Eco Faerie original song. (time permitting)

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NOT DIRTY IT'S EARTHY

Do you love getting your hands into soil?
How does it feel?
Does it squish?
How does it move between your fingers?
Does it feel different when it's wet?

Time: 45 minutes per session
Suitable Grade Levels: 1-6 years
Space required: This is ideally done outdoors as we are getting earthy.
Special Requirement: We recommend having clear access to a hand washing area such as an outdoor tap or bucket for a first rinse before students wash their hands properly in the bathrooms.

This workshop is a hands on experience with soil. Students look at sand, clay and compost. Through touch and play we learn the story of soil from how it came to be and how it helps plants to grow. We'll be telling their stories, squish and squashing them, mixing them, adding water then making seed bombs (useful mudpies). 
Workshop Format
- Discussion about soil (sand, compost, mulch and clay), shells, rocks and plants. 
- Touch and feel, squish and squash. A hands on experience of soil, how it moves and how it changes when it gets wet. 
- Time to stir together some seed bombs. Students work together to mix a blend of soil plus seeds. Each student will be invited to roll the seed bombs into shape. 
​Please note that this is a messy play workshop. ​

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Whats so fantastic about plastic

Plastic was a revolution for convenient living but what has been the cost?
In this workshop we explore plastics from where it came from and where it ends up. We look at ways to help clean up the plastic mess and how to reduce our own plastic use. 
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Format

• Discuss how plastics are made and what they are used for
  
• Discuss where plastics end up once we have finished with it. 
  
• Create art flowers using recycled plastic bottles
  
• Workshop ideas on how to reduce plastic every day

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Bees Wax Wraps

As we become more plastic aware we need to find alternatives. In this Beeswax Wrap workshop we'll talk about packaging such as plastic wraps and how we can pack a lunch box without using single use plastic anymore. You'll learn how to make sustainable beeswax wraps. 
Format

• Discuss plastic packaging and alternatives
  
• Demonstration on how to make a beeswax wrap
  
• Make your own wrap to fit over a jar
  
• Discuss tips, ideas and how to care for your wraps.