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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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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Writing. We dressed the box up with a black cover and we had children guess what was inside and write about this.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are hoping to plant more vegetables in a garden out the back of our classroom which will allow a huge amount of learning.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Learning the names of unknown plants. Increased knowledge of how healthy vegetables are in our diet.

“The little gardens were neat for the children to inspire an interest in growing plants and vegetables. The kits gave a lot of talking points and allowed for great questioning, discussion and hands on learning. It was neat that it came a little early so they were already keen before they were available to the public. The badges were a nice touch too.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Science Reading Writing

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Having a mini garden and how easy it is to have cross curricular activities related to gardening and plants.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They know more about gardening and plants and how easy it is to grow your own vegetables and have organic produce.

“This is my first ever school kit. As a BT, I wasn't aware of time frames, but once I got started it was amazing! The students loved watering their plants, measuring, recording their findings and finding facts about plants.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We made a link to Science and the Living World and what plants need to survive. It was great to see how plants needed certain conditions to grow. It would have been good to know what was coming in the kit as I could have linked the long term planning more

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The kids have moved onto planing sunflowers and feeding insects for summer to attract bees and butterflies.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Challenge to try new vegetables. Growing them themselves from seeds and seeing where food comes from. We linked trying new vegetables with our feed and read programme where the teacher reads a novel to the class and they get to eat fruits and veges. We sh

“The class loved the mystery with the coded messages and learning the names of the vegetables. The supporting game was fun to play. Parents loved the way that children were challenged to try new vegetables and they shared their children sampling some of the vegetables via Seesaw. The kids loved being awarded badges too!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We have been talking about being kaitiakitanga and so looking after our land, our bodies and what we put into it linked well to looking at 'healthy' food. We have also been looking at 'the greater good' and how, when we produce something it is important t

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? - Planting in relation to the seasons/stars - matariki. - Things that are important, even vital to us, need attention/caring for - key competencies/wellbeing focus. - The importance of those 'change makers' who have paved the way for us. -

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Possibly not so much about nutrition but certainly a greater understanding about where food comes from, how it grows and what can be done with it.

“A great resource. Always love the ideas from your website, that help to extend the kits also. We have loved the analogy that has been created through growing plants within our context and links made to our wider school themes. Keeping everything alive over school holidays was a mission but all good ;) Thank you School Kit!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? This kit was useful for our science (living world) literacy programme as we wrote about what we saw happening. We also used it for graphing in maths.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Next time, is like to take longer talking about different vegetables and possibly having children try the various vegetables (a fully grown variety) I love the little garden characters and I’m sure you could make up cool adventure stories too.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We talked about how we should eat 5plus a day fruit and veges. I noticed more increase in veges in their lunchboxes (carrot sticks/tomatoes/celery) as some parents mentioned how children talked about growing their vege seedlings.

“Thoroughly enjoyed this kit. Children were motivated to plant their Little Gardens. The tray, veggie pottles with everything in them was fabulous. So easy to use and implement. A variety of vegetables”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? I was able to use it for Maths (measuring), writing - why they should be in the club and music/drama - vege songs and actions.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The children are very keen to continue to grow veges and have been discussing how we will eat/cook them once we harvest them. We are transferring most of them to a vege garden which we have made outside our classroom.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children are very keen to try the vegetables once they are grown. They have also been interested in learning about different veges.

“I really liked this school kit and the children have been very interested in the progress of their plants. It was practical and hands on and well worth getting. I did find some aspects of it a bit difficult for New Entrant children and would love to see a kit in the future focussed on NE children. Thanks so much for School Kits!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? In every way obviously through health and physical Education with the conversation about healthy eating. Science: for lifecycles, plant health what do plants need to grow. Writing: Seed growing diaries/process/instruction. Arts drawing step by step and se

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? This kit actually prompted a lot of thinking about the future especially in such a strange year. What foods will we be eating in the future, growing our own is more economical...

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? It has captured their attention especially learning about some new vegetables/edibles. Has also encouraged more conversation about eating a variety of foods daily.

“This is such an engaging kit and has tied in beautifully with our healthy mind/healthy body inquiry for the year.”

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