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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Te Reo Maori - names of vegetables in Maori and links with Matariki and what vegetables they plant during that time. Science - we identified parts of a plant Maths - problem-solving to work out the codes

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? environmental sustainability and to work on our own class garden for this term. To follow the little garden kit guide to protect, grow and taste.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We had some good discussions about healthy eating. On the last day of term we had a shared tasting of some raw vegetables. They loved the experience! Most popular vegetables for our class were the carrots, baby tomatoes and cucumbers. Least popular was

“The children enjoyed the practical components of the kit. They got to take one pot plant home at the end of the term.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? In Maths, recording, measuring, calculating time. In English: discussions, new vocab, reading about the different plants, Reading: recipes in Te Reo, the names of fruit and vegetables. Science: plants, growth and development. Experimenting with tastes, in

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Monitoring plants further as they grow. Practice cooking the fruit and veggies In different ways.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They tasted some new fruit and vegetables that they may not have dared to try before and some have said they would now eat those fruit/vegetables

“Thanks, it was an awesome kit. The children loved planting, some struggled with the waiting for the plants to grow. Especially the ones that germinated more slowly. They loved the tasting of fruit and vegetables. Some let their plants die during the holidays because they forgot to water them. As a teacher I had to take home a lot of plants for children who were absent in the last week of school. We filled in a calendar with the possible sprouting and replanting dates and monitored it regularly during Maths. Then worked out more precise replanting dates once the plants sprouted. We did 3D art of vegetables and made a display of a window in our class. We had interesting conversations about growing your own vegetables. Some children got a few more seedlings from New World. There were so many possibilities with this kit. As usual time restraints prevented us from exploring it all. We do have a veggie garden now that we are still learning to maintain.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? This topic had enormous potential to be tied in with Maths but because of time constraints I did not tie in Maths , but next time with better planning I will.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Gtraet as it is.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? I tied this unit with 5+ a Day because of the availability of resources at school. It was great.

“Effectiveness in Promoting Healthy Eating”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Science, English, Health cross curricula

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Life long learning about healthy eating, living and how to plant and grow vegetables from seeds. Learning how to care for plants.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Gaining an understanding about how to create healthy eating through what we grow.

“My Year 1 class absolutely love our little garden.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Lifecycles - Seeds, Health - healthy food choices, Math - code cracking measurement, Oral language, Reading and Writing - letters, codes, finding out about growing etc.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are continuing this term with a Technology focus to come up with ways to protects our gardens from pests and to investigate ways to collect water over the summer.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Seeing and hearing what their peers eat was a very powerful motivator for students trying new vegetables. I had students coming in every day proudly telling me about something different they had tried.

“We loved this kit. Students were really motivated by the badges and challenges to get into the Little Garden League and loved cracking the codes.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Learning through play - opened up opportunities for planting and gardening projects. Literacy - writing letters, secret coded messages. Maths - measuring the plants, the amount of water needed. Science - water cycle links

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We plan to further investigate garden to table options and to take part in making a community vegetable garden. Science opportunities looking at life cycles, insects affecting our plants, sunlight, water.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? My students have learnt about a number of plants they did not previously have knowledge about. They are more willing to try vegetable varieties at our sampling table now because they have made the connection with them being in the kit.

“An extremely well organised, useful and resourceful kit which contained activities that I was able to simplify or extend depending on my students needs (being a year 1 to year 3, multi-age multi-stage class). The students all participated fully in the activities and were quite excited about the 'secret' club. The kit also helped extend ideas in our learning through play sessions. It is on-going as we are watching the plants growth closely. Thank you so much for a well thought out, planned and exciting kit!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We have used veges to look at recepies - what we can use the different veges for - soup etc. literacy, measurement - maths

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? cooking will definitely be on the agenda, plus the ongoing appreciation that you need to care for living things is the most important message.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? they appreciate where their food comes from - not just the supermarket :)

“Little garden has been a wonderful resource that is so easy to use. The varied learning that can be accessed from the kit is a great time saver for teachers and is fun for the kids. The most important message being that you need to care for living things.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? It is great for maths (measuring in particular) and literature (writing about our observations) and science (nutrition and scientific observations). Next week I am enrolled in an online course which will ink the little gardens to the new Digital Technolog

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Next week I am enrolled in an online course which will link the little gardens to the new Digital Technologies curriculum. Once the fruits and vegetables are ready for eating, their will be a whole new wave of learning to complete.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Our plants are not ready for eating yet, but the children are making the connection between growing things that are good for us and eating them.

“The children are so excited to plant and water their seedlings. Each day they look and talk about whether 'their' plant has come up. The tray to arrange the seedlings makes it easy to accomodate a large number of children's plants. The fact that it is a mystery what they will be growing until they open the package.”

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