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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Maths - longest/shortest,?How many plants altogether"; How many days until each plant started sprouting. Oral language - Loads of talk both at school and at home as well. Vocabulary - names of vegetables, new words - soil, sprouting, leek, radish, celer

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Students involved in their gardens at home. Taking an interest in what is on their plate. Also, enjoying shopping at New World and the excitement of adding to their garden.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We talked and talked and talked about the different plants. We could tell the teacher which ones we already had at our house. Sometimes we have them for dinner. Some people learned about new kinds of vegetables.

“We wanted to plant the garden because we wanted it to grow. We wanted to see which ones grew the fastest and it was the radish. We only made a tinsy mess on the table and that made the teacher very, very, very happy because it didn't dirty all around. It was a little bit hard to water the plants because our watering can was giant and sometimes the water went down the side. When we took our plants to our house, our Mum's helped us to put them in a pot or in our big garden. From Room 1.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? The code crackers were great! Literacy - making and telling jokes! Maths - plant heights. Imagination - LGL secret messages. Cooking - vege soup!

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In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? It is easy to grow healthy eating options at home/school

“Kids are self motivated to use the resources and are excited to see progress. We are on our second round of growing seedlings. The first was done before holidays and we are continuing into term 4.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Great links to writing. The letter, writing persuasive pieces about eating vegetables.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We have a school garden so this is just the beginning. It will lead into Garden Science and be something that is done in future years.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Introducing students to seedlings they had never heard of before. This will increase the number of herbs and vegetables they will eat.

“This kit was perfect for our class as we are just starting a school garden. The inclusion of having to apply was a great link to writing. The students were very excited to become part of the club. Students wore their badges with pride.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? There were lots of opportunities to use the kit across the curriculum.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The garden club will continue so learning about growing vegetables will be an ongoing focus.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children have learnt about a range of vegetables and how to grow them.

“We did not use this kit in the usual way. It happened to arrive just as we were getting a garden club up and running at our school so it was used with this club rather than with my class. Also due to a family health issue, I have taken leave for Term 4 so have not been able to complete the activities or review them. The kit was very generous - the children have enjoyed planting the seeds, solving the codes and learning about new vegetables. The children in the club also loved having their special badges.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? This kit had endless opportunities for cross curricular learning! The science of seed germination and growing of the plants. Keeping a diary of the plants progress was an enjoyable daily writing task. Measuring and recording the height fitted in great t

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Children took their plants home to share their experiences with family and replanted their vegetables at home. They encouraged families to try new veges.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Children were more willing to try new vegetables amd share their ratings of them.

“This kit was a goodie! The children were engaged instanly and very keen to plant their seeds. The addition of the secret club was a really exciting element. I was asked daily if HQ had sent them another message. Lots of discussions around the planting process. Those with prior knowledge took the opportunity to share with those without. It was a really neat bonding experience. Our new plants were treated like royalty. Curtains were opened and closed to allowed maximum sunlight. Checking out growth was the first thing children rushed to in the morning and there was much cheering when the first plant broke through. Much to the hilarity of the children, the teacher's plants was the last to show up. Thank you to New World and School Kit for giving us an amazing kit in what has been a rubbish year. The kids really loved this experience. Kind regards Room 12 Colwill School Massey”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We did loads of writing based around the kit. We measured our plants for maths. Of course was some health involved looking the healthiness of vegetables.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Before the holidays all the children took home at least one plant. We have regular update on how many of these plants a re getting on - hopefully we'll even have some fully grown vegetables brought back into school!

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? For my 5/6 year-olds this was basic but good. All my children understood that eating more veges was healthy and helped you. I think the biggest thing they got out of the kit was learning the wide range of vegetables that there are. We managed to try some

“This was a really cool resource - THNAK YOU. The kit was great, well stocked and easy to follow instructions. The kids all took great care of their plants while they had them at school - for some it was a new experience planting seeds. Thank you so much to all those who put this kit together. You rock School Kit!!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Science - learnt about seeds, germination, purpose of roots, soil-plant relationship, photosyntheses, worms, insects in the garden Writing - recount, procedure, diary writing, diagrams etc, code writing Shared Reading - acticles that related to ou

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? As above. I planned a 10-15 week inquiry around this kit

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The students knew that eating vege was healthy so this was a lesser focus for us. We concentrated more on sustainability. The kids are encouraging their parents to grow their own vege. Those reluctant to eat some vege still refused to try even after g

“A great unit which could be extended ino a great science inquiry. The kids loved all the hands on work and watching their plants grow.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We have been using fruit and vegetables in our problem solving maths tasks, writing descriptions of vegetables and getting outside for lots of games talking about being healthy, drinking lots of water and eating well.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are still currently working on this unit. We are planning on using our knowledge of growing to grow sunflowers to give as gifts to parents at the end of the year.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We have been focusing on a different vegetable each day. The children have been keen to try new things and have even asking their parents to pack healthy snacks in their lunch boxes!

“My class are loving this unit! They are thrilled to be growing the little gardens and feel very special being part of the secret little garden league! There have been fabulous discussions about how vegetables grow and the difference between fruit and vegetables. The kit has allowed a wide range of learning opportunities!”

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