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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Inquiry, literacy, te reo, art.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We have linked to it for our Ag Day exhibits - all their Inquiry posters are on display and we have themed cupcakes and have made vegetable animals. The fun never ends!

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Healthy eating - had blindfolded tasting of vegetables and they tried a lot of new vegetables. All kids tried every vege - was great.

“Was highly engaging and fun to teach. Really got the kids interested and linked well to other areas.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? social science, science, mathematics,

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? the abilty to learn more about how to grow further produce and how to be more sustainable

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? understand where the product comes from and the excitement of it being something they have had to take responsibility for and see the processes involved.

“What a great learning experience for children and staff being able to learn about sustainably and watch there vegetables grow then taste the finale product.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? I linked in lessons to maths - counting/basic addition, sorting, art and writing about our favourite vegetables, learning the basics about composting. Unfortunately due to time constraints post lockdown, I felt we weren't able to do as much as I'd hoped a

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Progressing this on to actually creating a worm farm from our class fruit/veg scraps and planting the seedlings in the school garden. Expanding links to maths, literacy and art.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Due to the delay with the second lockdown in Auckland, resettling my new entrant class (they only started in term 3) meant we had less time than I'd hoped to focus on the kit. The children enjoyed discussing the different vegetables, which were their favo

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We did probably charts of what was going to grow first, favourite vegetable charts, writing procedural instructions and recipes, reading the secret messages.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We were looking at ";what's in my garden";, so this was a great introduction into other things that would be in the garden- birds, insects, pollinators, etc.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Children have been more open in trying different vegetables, that they previously would have said no to.

“The little league club has been brilliantly set up! The children have loved the secret messages, the vegetable songs and of course the hands on planting of seeds! Thank you for this amazing resource!!!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? As this was the end of term I used this kit as a stand alone

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Cooking

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Willingness to try vegetables in our provided school lunches

“Really motivating for the students. They loved the kit and were excited as they had seen the little gardens at new world before”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Maths-measuring growth Knowing colours/ shapes Lots of oral language Using ICT to record and talk about plants/ growth and vegetables

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Tasting veges, caring for plants, gardening, having healthy lunch boxes,

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? As the children are only 5 and 6 year olds they have learnt the names of and been enthusiastic about finding out about veges and plants. They will be more aware of nuitrition and healthy eating as we progress through the term.

“Loved the kit and the fabulous introduction activities. The kids loved making the treehouse, belonging to the Little League club and growing the new world pots. Healthy eating is our topic this term so the promotion has been a useful resource. The children have been finding out the names of vegetables and fruits. We have a visit from the Life Education caravan as well and hopefully the little garden plants will be ready for tasting before the end of the year.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? This kit worked really well with our learning through play environment. It was easy to incorporate our little garden learning into the play kitchen!

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are looking forward to seeing what the children do next with our garden!

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We haven’t eaten our vegetables yet.. they are still growing. When we get to tasting our crop I think this will really help with student awareness of healthy eating and nutrition.

“The kids loved cracking the code, planting and caring for our vegetables. It was so nice that our local New World came and delivered our own vegetable garden. We have this right outside our classroom so the learning can happen all the time. We can’t wait to taste our crop!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? It was a second inquiry topic for the term, but was also used for writing (including the application letters), there was lots of reading and we counted the seeds and plants for maths ( a junior class).

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are still talking about vegetables and when the children bring their vegetables for brain food, we discuss how they were grown, how and why they are good for us and what makes them enjoyable. Some children have started vegetable gardens at home and oth

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The class loved sharing about what vegetables they eat at home and enjoyed learning about new vegetables that they may not have tried yet.

“This pack was really great! Everyone in the class was engaged and everyone got to have a turn at planting some seeds - hands on activities are always wonderful. Our class feel very lucky they were chosen to be part of the Little Garden League. Due to the school holidays, the children took the plants home and are giving updates about their progress. The idea is that if the plants are successful, the children will bring the vegetable to school for those that want to try it.”

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