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| A1 – Bees and what they produce – Candle making with bees wax. Sugars and their use in nutrion (1h) |
| A2 - Forests on the plains or on the hills:- Different tree and animal species which inhabit the forests. Pruning and wood products. What can we do with nuts? (1h) |
| A3 – Vegetable Patches – Working the land, weeding, ploughing and sowing (1h) |
| A4 – Farm Animals – Cattle, donkeys, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits, ducks, chickens, peacocks, turkeys and the hedgehog! (1 – 1½h) |
| A5 – How our grandparents lived – Daily life, oral traditions, tales. Stables, livestock and cattle (1 h) |
| A6 – From grain to bread – How to make bread (1h) |
| A7 – Ecology according to the scarecrow (1h) |
| A8 – The golden-leaved oak tree – The story of the woodland kingdom and its tiny insect inhabitants (1h) |
| A9 – Countryside Treasure Hunting – Explore using your eyes, magnifying glasses and play with different types of soil to discover the earth’s secrets scientifically (1 - 1½h) |
| A10 – Biodiversity – The importance of seed collecting, preserving and replanting (1h) |
| A11 – Bygone Games- (1h) |
| A12 – Art of Nature- Collect natural products from the farm and countryside and use them to make a work of art (1 – 1½h) |
| A13 – Nature in Art and traditional home cooking – Make a traditional dish (1– 1½h) |
| A14 – New Terrarium (1h) |
| A15 – Water, Earth, Fire and Air (1h) |
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| B1 – Visit the bees – The importance of bees on an organic farm – Watch the bees and learn about their products (1h -1½h) |
| B2 - Forests on the plains or on the hills:- Different tree and animal species which inhabit the forests. Pruning and wood products. What can we do with nuts? (1h) |
| B3 – Vegetable Patches – Working the land, weeding, ploughing and sowing and recognising the different types of soil and the right moment to plant seeds (2h) |
| B4 – Farm Animals – Meet our cattle, donkeys, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits, ducks, chickens, peacocks, turkeys and the hedgehog! (1 – 1½h) |
| B5 – Building a chicken coop (2 h) |
| B6 – Stables, beasts and cattle – Farming life, oral traditions, tales and games (wind pipes) (1h) |
| B7 – From grain to bread – How to make bread. Recognising different cereals and bread making (2h) |
| B8 – Spinning & weaving: Hemp & wool – Two types of fibre found on the farm; see the old nineteenth century loom and the wool teaser (1 - 2h) |
| B9 – Insects – Meet some of the many insects which inhabit an organic farm (1 - 1½h) |
| B10 – A new job - agriculturist – Custodians of nature and educational farm guides:- a new professional possibility (2 - 3h) |
| B11 – Herbs- Their uses in medcine, cosmetics and the kitchen:- how to use dyes and how to build a small herb garden (2h) |
| B12 – Biodiversity – The importance of seed collecting, preserving and replanting (1h) |
| B13 – Visit to Monte Ceva – Experience its diverse nature: oak forests, shrub lands, thermophile, chestnut groves, mediterranian pseudo-scrub, locust-tree and elder forests, marsh lands, etc. |
| B14 – Visit Monte Ceva’s Herb Garden – Uses of herbs in medcine, cosmetics and the kitchen – Learn how to use vegetable dyes. Build a small herbal garden (2h) |
| B15 – Trekking in Monte Ceva (2h) |
| B16 – Wild animal trakking- discovering the inhabitants of Monte Ceva (2h) |
| B17 – Monte Ceva’s Geology (1½h) |
| B18 – Nature in Art and traditional home cooking – Make a traditional dish (1– 1½h) |
| B19 – New Terrarium (1h) |
| B20 – Water, Earth, Fire and Air (1h) |
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| C1 – Beekeeping on an organic farm – Main biological aspects of the bee. Honey tasting. (1h -1½h) |
| C2 – Reforestation/wild forests and hedgerows- Study the different species of trees and animals inhabiting these different areas. Pruning, wood, coal, phytosociology |
| C3 – A new job - agriculturist – Custodians of nature and educational farm guides:- a new professional possibility |
| C4 – Rural architecture – Farm buildings of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century, nests and beehives, plant and landscape architecture |
| C5 – Maths in Nature - The layout of a rose’s petals and the seeds in an apple are just two examples… |
| C6 – Dialects and rural traditions ”Deepening your knowledge of dialects can help improve your understanding of the Italian language and ultimately English!” |
| C7 – Heating using wood chips – Readily available in the area – wood chips are an important local product |
| C8 – Spinning & weaving: Hemp & wool – Two types of fibre found on the farm; the old loom from the nineteenth century and the wool teaser |
| C9 – Biodiversity – The importance of seed collecting, preserving and replanting |
| C10 – Farm Animals – Meet our cattle, donkeys, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits, ducks, chickens, peacocks, turkeys and the hedgehog! |
| C11 – Weeds and their uses |
| C12 – Art of Nature- Collect natural products from the farm and countryside and use them to make a work of art |
| C13 – Trekking in Monte Ceva |
| C14 – Visit Monte Ceva’s Herb Garden – Uses of herbs in medcine, cosmetics and the kitchen – Learn how to use vegetable dyes. Build a small herbal garden |
| C15 – Wild animal tracking- discovering the inhabitants of Monte Ceva |
| C16 – Visit to Monte Ceva – experience its diverse nature: oak forests, shrub lands, thermopile, chestnut groves, mediterranian pseudo-scrub, locust tree and elder forests, marsh lands, etc |
| C17 – Monte Ceva’s Geology |
| C18 – Nature in Art and traditional home cooking – Make a traditional dish |
| C19 – From nature to spirituality – imagery in nature |
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ALTAURA & MONTE CEVA ORGANIC AGRICULTURAL farm
Educational farm – Accommodation – Restaurant – Farm Shop Mobile No. (0039) 3472500714
Sundays and Holidays for the Family: Detailed programme of activities on our website at www.scuolafattoria.it
Throughout the year many church-linked traditions can be traced to ancient pagan rites.
January: At this time of the year when the trees are without leaves we can appreciate their “architectural lines” and design and admire the elaboate filigri made by the ice. “Heavy snows bring bountiful harvests”. Find out the real meaning of the Christmas presents bought by the Befana (a kindly old hag who delivers presnts to children on the night before Epiphany)… We build a bonfire and then set fire to it. Saint Anthony Abate’s legacy and the blessing of livestock.
February: Origins of the farmer’s carnival. Pruning finishes and sowing starts. Learn how to build a birds’ nests. The hazelnut tree is the first to flower thus helping the bees to survive in these final stages of winter.
March: Search for the first buds, flowers and herbs. Bees begin their work. Eggs – the symbol of Spring and Easter. Discover brooding fowl and chicken, geese, duck and turkeys’ eggs. They roam freely amongst the vines, behind the bushes and amongst the fruit trees or hide behind the hay and straw bales. Put an egg close to your ear and listen – you might be able to hear a tiny beak trying to break its way through into the world. Learn the difference between the different fowls’ eggs and whether they can be left to hatch or are only good for cooking. Have fun colouring eggs with vegetable dyes. Walk through the countryside and discover wild ducks’, coots’, black birds’ and jackdaws’ nests. We also search for and collect the first herbs of the season – learn what they can be used for. Saint Joseph’s Day – Father’s Day.
April: Watch the bees build their new combs noting the different cells and their uses. It is now the season to plant the new vegetable patch. The search for eggs and the herbal harvest continues. Flowers burst forth!
May: The Festival of Roses. Try picnicing at supper –time and observe the mysterious glow of the fire fly. It is also the cherry and pea picking season – come and pick your own. Watch our sheep being sheared.
June: The kiwi blooms. The hay is cut. We prepare walnut liquour using walnuts gathered on Saint John’s day.
July: You can participate in the wheat harvesting (certain days only) and see an old-fashioned tractor at work. Explore the stream and learn how to fish frogs with a “bow”… and then set them free (learn about the importance of frogs in the ecosystem).
August: Walk through the countryside, along the river banks and discover traditional buildings (rural architecture). See the harvest and preparation of hemp.
September: Corn and grape festivals. In the olden days the grape harvest was a symbol of happiness and friendship. Press grapes with us in the traditional way and after pressing we build a grate to dry the grapes for Christmas. Bring boots on this course. With the grape juice we will make puddings, donughts and possibly bread using whole grapes. We also collect corn cobs and prepare the corn for animal feed and turn it into flour to make polenta.
October: The end of the grape and corn harvests and the kiwi harvest begins. After carrying out all the different stages of preparation of the land we see if it is the right time to plant wheat. Learn the different types of planting. Examine the different types of land. Play with the “vital” mud. Delight in the colours and smells of the forest – dry leaves which rustle and crackle under our feet, the smell of damp earth and moss, the busy bugs, hazelnuts and chestnuts to eat – a rich season. Learn how to make hazelnut cream, butter, cheese and ricotta. Try our roast chestnuts.
Last Sunday of October: Kiwi festival. Pick your own kiwi and make your annual provision.
During this season cereals are sown and from now until the end of Spring the farmer must wait patiently for the harvest entrusting its outcome to the saints, the “gods” and the spirits of the underworld who inhabit the earth along with the seeds. There are lots of ways to distract bad spirits – dressing up in black, which is the colour of the dark winter which cometh; orange – the colour of the leaves and pumkins that we use to make masks and violet which is the traditional colour of hell.
1 November – All Saints Day – relive the ancient traditions on this day.
November – San Martino’s story. Long ago, the 11th of November was the end of the working season for the farmer and the beginning of winter and coincided with the transfer of cattle (transhumance). Re-live this significant day to understand daily life of past centuries. All children on the farm will receive the traditional San Martino’s biscuit. Traditional games are played. One can play with the “all important” mud.
December: 25 December (a legacy of winter solcist) and Christmas. Christmas carols; geese and the “metamorphosis of pigs”. Gastronomy and popular games which once entrtained adults and children. Join in the farm tombola. Saint Nicholas, Saint Lucia traditions. Prepare a Christmas gift for our loved ones: a beeswax candle with a bread candlestick holder and decorate with objects found on the farm such as twigs, straw, dry fruits, wool, coloured penne … Happy Christmas to all!
All Year Round: Come to learn how to make and use vegetable dyes and make jams with the fruits of the season.
“The importantce of saving the biodiversity of our area”
Individual or group studies on the above subject should be submitted by 15/03/08 to the following address:- Azienda Agricola Altaura e Monte Ceva, Via Roma, 30, 35122, Padova. The rules of the competition can be found at our website:- www.scuolafattoria.it.
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Nursery School and Primary (I & II) School Activities (Activities A1 – A15)
