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School Programs
We are currently working on restoring the land at the farm and revamping the space. Due to this, we are NOT running any education programs at The Farmer's Place for the 2021 June/July holidays or throughout Term 3. We look forward to welcoming schools back soon. Watch this space!
100km Pizza
2 hours or all day option
Year 4 - Year 12
Did somebody say ‘Pizza’? The average take-away pizza is a food close to many students’ hearts. That's why we use it to explore the concept of food miles, globalised food practises, and the positives and negatives of eating seasonally and locally.
Students are invited to make their own gourmet pizza, using ingredients that are in season and sourced from either the garden at The Farmer’s Place or from local farms within a 100km radius. Pizzas are cooked in our wood-fired pizza oven by our chef. The cost of this session includes ½ pizza per student.
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$27 per student for 2 hours
Paddock to Plate
Full day, each topic is 50 min
(Choose 3-4 topics below)
Prep - Year 5
Dirt! We explore the importance of soil and worms, their role in the paddock-to-plate cycle.
Animals on the Farm: Meet and feed animals, learn about the products that come from each and the processes undertaken to farm them.
Seed to Seedling: Investigate the life cycle of a seed. All students plant a seed for a vegetable garden at home or at school.
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$9 per student, per topic
Sustainability Scavenger Hunt
1 hour
Years 6 - 10
What makes The Farmer’s Place a hub of sustainability? Students investigate the practices we have in place to reduce our waste to landfill, water and energy use, increase vegetation and habitat, and make decisions about how we grow and source food. The Farmer's Place aims to model best practice sustainability to demonstrate how it can be incorporated into, and be of benefit for businesses.​​
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$12 per student
Paddock to Porridge
1 hour
Years 3 -10
Students get to cook and eat while learning! This interactive session is all about the food cycle and journey of oats to porridge – it’s not as simple as it seems. Students roll their own oats, cook them up, and enjoy their own steaming bowl of delicious porridge topped with lots of yummy extras.
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$12 per student
Worms
1 hour
Prep - Year 5
Worms are incredible! They play an essential role in soil health, are valuable in every vegetable garden, can be used to create organic waste solutions, and have five hearts. During this session students will learn more about worms, and how they can be used to develop an organic waste solution. This session involves each student making his or her own worm hotel to be used at school or at home.
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$12 per student
Beeswax Wraps
1 hour
Years 4 - 9
How can you reduce your waste and use of single use packaging? Make bees-wax wraps! With us! In this session, each participant will learn the affects that single use packaging is having on our environment. Everyone will then learn how to make your very own bees-wax wraps. Even better, everyone will get to take one home with them! No plastic, fantastic!
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$15 per student
Waste Audit
90 mins - full day
Years 5 - 12
How waste savvy is your school? As a group we delve into your rubbish….. not literally, but almost, to conduct a waste audit. The waste audit involves an investigation into the amount of waste your school disposes of in one day. We sort rubbish into different categories; organics, plastics, paper and other recyclables; weigh them; and calculate totals. The results of the investigation are used to discuss what is working well at school, what improvements could be made, and to develop a list of recommendations to inform changes at school.
Free for active Barwon South West ResourceSmart Schools
A Load of Garbage
1 hour
Years 3 - 12
Victorian households throw away an enormous amount of waste. We can do better! During this session we will have a closer look at what Victorian’s send to landfill and explore the alternatives. We’ll examine the familiar 4R’s; reduce, refuse, reuse, recycle and look at why composting is great for our gardens and great for landfill. And, if we’re ready to face some bigger challenges, we will also look into the dilemma of packaging and our love of new things.
From $12 per student