School Tours (Click here for other group tours) Learning for the Future Northey Street City Farm offers a range of educational activities suitable for all age groups and school pedagogies. These activities provide students with an opportunity to learn about permaculture practices and experience the life of an urban farm. They have also been designed to work across curriculum and fit a number of learning outcomes. NSCF is the perfect "living classroom" for students to interact with our natural environment and learn practical ways in which to activate a more sustainable future. Investigate our fruit orchards, vegetable gardens, bush tucker area, recycling systems, chooks, worms and more! Key areas for curriculum: Science, Technology, Art, HPE, SOSE. Choose from any of the following workshops: FARM LIFE Worm farms, animals, herbs and vegetables and composting Take a look into the life at the farm. Students participate in a number of activities including: Sensory walk along food gardens Feed and care for chooks Learn about worm farms & composting Propagate plants or seeds Grades: Prep – 10 Duration: 2hrs. Cost: $8 p/student COB OVEN FARM COOKING Students learn about seasonal planting, harvest vegetables from the gardens, prepare and cook them in the farm’s cob oven. Workshop finishes with communal lunch fresh from the oven. Students also discuss materials and techniques used in making a cob oven. Lunch included. Grades: 4 - 12 Duration: 3hrs Cost: $15 p/student BASIC FARM TOUR Take a guided tour through the food gardens, fruit orchard, recycling systems and enterprises of Northey Street City Farm. Open for all ages. Duration: 1hr Cost: $6 p/student Please note: Morning tea and lunch can also be arranged at an extra cost. BUSH TUCKER & MEDICINES Students take a guided tour through the farm’s bushtucker and bush medicine plantings. Students discuss the importance of plants and their nutritional value in Aboriginal culture. Harvesting available bushfood Preparing, cooking and eating available bushfood Learning about native bees Grades: 4 – 10 Duration: 2.5 hrs. Cost: $12 p/student FEEDING THE WORLD’S PEOPLE Take a guided tour of the City Farm to see permaculture in action. Students learn how working with nature, a permaculture system grows food and its community while contributing to the sustainability of our environment. Students also participate in group discussion about the benefits sustainable food systems as opposed to chemical or GM mono-culture systems. Students will have a chance to partake in hands-on activities that may involve: Propagating plants in the nursery Seed saving Harvesting fruit and vegetables (seasonal) OR: Creating no-dig garden Grades: 11 - 12 Duration: 2.5 hrs. Cost: $12 p/student KREATIVE KIDS Three workshops in one! Evolutionary yoga - Students spend 30 minutes participating in a playful and peaceful exploration of the evolutionary story of animals through a sequence of yoga poses and movements, from the first reptiles through to the cat, the dog, the monkey and others, ending with an exploration of movements that are unique to human kind. They are guided by an experienced yoga practitioner. When students are relaxed and energized we will take a short guided tour of the farm, looking at the chickens, composting and food gardens before settling into our art in nature session. We will talk about recycling systems and the ethics of permaculture at NSCF. Students will choose from several activities – including painting a pot and planting a seed to take home, making garden mobiles or clay animals, or making a scarecrow. Please contact us (details below) for further information. Maximum 25 students per session Bookings No charge for teachers or accompanying adults. Minimum fee of $100 per group, unless otherwise negotiated. Minimum advance notice: three weeks please. We will contact you to confirm the details and booking. Please download the booking form here Phone: All enquiries to Claire - 3857 8775 ABN: 16 494 592 971 Return by fax: 3857 8108 Email: farmtours@northeystreetcityfarm.org.au Thank you for supporting Northey Street City Farm!