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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Art making designs for Cook Island Cushions- flowers and leaves science visual language - posters and diagrams- labelling Reading- Maths - problem solving using petals/ symmetry/and flower headbands-kata

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Investigating garden clubs, enhancing school/planting for eating Health -incorporate Art exploring artists -nz themes/ math problem solving measuring distance needed to plant rows of beans.etc

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Cooking was challenging- but even deciding what was fruit and vegetables what plants look like interesting concept. Tasting not covered enough ... Seedlings were looked after individually had a mixed bag of absences

“Excellent to experience growing variety seedlings- learning about plants as a living thing-and Germination excellent . Time was compromised by school programmes- rotation of classes And snowball effect of changes. Definitely give another go- interest high Healthy eating and looking at body systems -interest high Hands on with observations”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? The children read about gardening &; worms in their reading books. They wrote stories about what they had done and the progress of their seedlings. For math, they took measurements of the progress their seedlings were making every couple of days. For scie

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Future learning included us looking into how recycling our food waste and feeding it to the worms in our garden worm farm can help produce natural fertilizer with worm wee and compost soil to use in our garden plots.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children started talking about what vegetables they like to eat. Some talked about what vitamins some of the vitamins/benefits you get from eating vegetables. Unfortunately, we were unable to eat the produce we grew. We did however get the children to

“The children absolutely loved this Little Garden League Kit and were very motivated to grow their own seedlings/plants. All children got their plants to grow. However, we had to plant our seedlings out during the last week of term 3, and most of them did not survive over the 2 week holiday period. I feel a little more guidance about how long to keep them inside, when to put them outside to harden off would be super helpful! This would really help those of us who don't have much experience with gardening.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Linked nicely with inquiry looking at The Water Cycle and what plants needed to survive. Allowed us to explore using micro:bits to measure moisture and see when we needed to water our plants. Linked across with Literacy, writing stories about the LGL and

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The opportunity to learn more about our land, how we need to be kaitiaki and the importance of all land and water areas. Learning about food production and farming on a grand scale.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Awareness of where vegetables come from leading to increased ownership and willingness to try new vegetables. Students transported the pots to our school garden when they were strong enough and they have continued to water and look after them.

“Great kit for hands on learning. The kids loved the coded messages and the badges. We had a lot of fun setting up the clubhouse and learning the stories. Growing the seedlings was an awesome experience and linked in strongly with our Inquiry focus for this term. Thank you very much.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Using new vocabulary with writing. Mathematics: measurement by length and time frames. Art: Children learning to look and sketch as well as using paint and other materials to show detail.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Children showing an interest in growing vegetables at home.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Singing the vegetable abc song. Children being more interested in trying raw vegetables that they haven't tried before.

“The new entrants at Levin North School loved being able to plant seeds, watching them germinate and grow into little seedlings that could be planted in the garden, as well as taken home to be planted in a home garden.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We linked it to Science and Maths.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We were able to use the veges for cooking and we donated plants to garden to table.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The gained more knowledge of vegetables (what they are) and are more willing to try new things.

“My students thoroughly enjoyed the kit. They enjoyed the buy in and secrecy of the kit. They loved watching the plants grow”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? I used to it cover health, and science, and we used our learning in reading and writing

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? More children came along to EcoClub to plant out the seedlings in the garden. Bonus!

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We learnt the difference between processed and un-processed foods, and researched why it is necessary to eat plenty of fresh unprocessed foods like those in the Little Garden collection

“This was so easy. It took none of my precious time as a teacher, and was all results. You can't go wrong with growing things in the classroom. Thanks School Kit for making it such a breeze.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We wrote about the process of germination and were able to do news reports on the growth of our garden.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Using their plants for cooking and making new recipes.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Learning about new vegetables and understanding the nutrition around it.

“The Little Garden pack was the best so far! My students absolutely loved being responsible for their own plant and watching it grow from all the manaakitanga they provided. They looked forward to the code cracker each week. They even started to grow other vegetables in their own gardens at home! Fantastic. Thank you SchoolKit and New World Little Garden League!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Maths for measuring, writing about their seedling.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Children took home what they had learnt to their families.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We have fruit and vege breaks every day, so this made the children more aware of healthy eating.

“The kids loved this kit. They were all very proud wearing their badges and taking home their seedlings. Some even started growing their own veges at home.”

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