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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Cross -curricular learning - Science / growing, germination-what seeds, plants need to grow. Math's - measurement - measurement in time the number of days it took to grow each seed and to measure how high they grew. Te Reo / Maori - the different nam

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are still growing our seedlings. The next learning will be transplanting the plants into our garden. Looking at ways we can then eat the produce such as recipes, healthy eating.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The little garden kit has helped our learners be more aware of the variety of vegetables available. Some seeds and flowers we had we were not aware of so it became a little research project. (Borage) bee bread. We receive healthy lunches in schools so

“The Little Garden resource is an excellent resource with a range of resources sent and downloadable. We continue to grow our little garden seedlings for Term 4 and it goes along with New Worlds promotion. We have become little gardeners at school and home. We learnt about growing our seeds and what they need to grow. We learnt about the variety of vegetables available and flowers as well. An excellent resource that was easy to follow and practical to use. The students loved the badges.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We did linked this to science and writing mostly. It was a great starting point.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Trying vegetables when they are ready to be picked.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? It has made them more willing to try new healthier things.

“I loved this kit and the class loved learning all about vegetables! They especially loved cracking the codes. The only negative is that we don't get enough sun in my class and the underside of the stand started to get mouldy!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Great, it was easy to integrate into all areas of the curriculum but lent itself perfectly to our topic theme.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Lots. We talked about the importance of a well balanced diet, being sustainable, growing and planting your own vegetables and fruit and why its important to try new foods in diets. We have had lots of positive feedback from parents about the growing their

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We discussed the importance of a balanced diet, eating new foods and the importance of sustainability. The rewards of growing your own crop at school and at home. Some of the herbs and vegetables the students had never heard of, so we did lots of research

“Fabulous resource which worked in perfectly with our topic for Term 4- healthy eating, plants and sustainability. Easy to administer and exciting for the students. We are still growing our little gardens in our school plots.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Maths - measurement/Statistical Investigation and Literacy Visual Arts Health and PE Writing - Procedural/Report writing/Narrative Technology- Desigining a vegie garden using crates Etc

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Gardens to tables...we also made links to the idea of reduce, reuse and recycle...minimising packaging and aiming to have a non-packaging lunchbox by the end of the year.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? A vast understanding of why its important to eat veggies and how easy it is to grow.

“What an awesome pack for the children to learn about healthy choices and healthy eating. The children enjoyed getting into it and being able to share their experiences with the whanau. The resources provided were easy to follow. Thank you”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? The students were able to be scientists and observe their seeds growing and draw their observations and then we used them as inspiration for our writing, writing about their favorite vegetables!

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The students loved the matching games as well as the code cracking.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? This kit was great becuase it started conversatiosn about different types of vegetable, what the students had and hadn't tried and sparked a curiosity to try some new vegetables.

“What an amazing project! The students loved all the mystry surrounding it and it caught their attention. They were so excited to discover what seedling they each get to plant and loved taking turn watering the seeds and putting them out into the sun each day. Then they began to sprout, and they checked on them each day seeing how they changed day to day. Once it was finally time to take them home, they were beyond thrilled and are still giving me updates on each of their seedlings.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We did a lot of cross curricular activities. In geometry we were learning about 3 shapes and nets, we used our understanding of these to create the Vegetable Characters in 3D. We have also looked at measurement about how big our plants have grown. W

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We could continue down the route of learning about plants and continue to work through the children's different wonderings. We are also going to look at trying new vegetables and finding recipes we could try which might use these new vegetables.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We have only just started on healthy eating as part of this kit as went went down a science parts of a plant route. The kids have learnt about new vegetable and are looking forward to trying a range of different vegetables in the coming weeks.

“Awesome kit. The kids loved it. The only feedback is that unfortunately the mint still has not grown and the tray became extremely mouldy due to little air flow around the plants.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We were able to incorporate the experiences we had with growing the little gardens into our writing and reading programme. We investigated growth cycles and created informational posters to share our learning. We were able to incorporate our learning into

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We have continued to grow our Little Gardens and have created an edible garden that we are aiming to grow into a sustainable community garden over the next year, learning about seasonal planting and how plants grow that are significant to cultures in our

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? This has helped students branch out and try new foods they would ordinarily turn their noses up at. They were encouraged to give new foods a go and to learn about why they were healthy and tasty choices.

“Having the opportunity to plant, and take care of seedlings then taste the outcome of their efforts was a real highlight for my learners. We have various weather systems through our area throughout the time of this kit and having to protect the seedlings from the elements and problem solve around keeping them safe was a great chance to show creative thinking skills and responsibility for something. A hands on activity that allowed for lots of learning opportunities and cross curricular inquiry.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Our inquiry at the time was about ecosystems so it tied in nicely with this. It gave the children an opportunity to use their literacy skills for a purpose.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? It helped our class with further questions regarding ecosystems.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Most knew that vegetables were healthy but became risktakers in their choices to eat them.

“The children were so intrigued by the introduction of this kit - it kept them engaged throughout. I knew it was working when they started to come in telling me how they had tried new vegetables and had encouraged other siblings to do the same.”

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