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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We used it as part of our Inquiry topic. We incorporated it into our Enviro schools work. We did math, reading and writing activities around the topic of making a school Culture Garden.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Learning about/cooking and trying each others cultural dishes. Learning about how vegetables are seasonal. Learning about how eating with the seasons is healthy. Learning about what 'food miles' are and how they affect your carbon footprint. Learn

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? It has increased their knowledge of different vegetables and herbs. Growing their own plants made the students keen to try vegetables and herbs that they normally would not have!

“The students enjoyed having their own plant to take care of. We all learnt something about each others plants... Some students learnt about vegetables and herbs they had never heard of or tried before! We are all looking forward to trying/eating them.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We explored many areas of Literacy (reading, phonics and writing), Numeracy (counting days and weeks, measuring water and soil), Science (life cycle of plants) and technology (making pots for our vegetables to sit it).

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We started to look more into where our food from the super market comes from (farms/ not just the shops), then we looked at insect life cycles and we do want to look at creating our very own school garden.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? This helped my 5 year olds understand that vegetables actually taste yummy and that they can be used in different recipes (not just eaten on their own).

“My classroom and myself absolutely LOVED this School Kit. They were so intrigued and everyday were ready to learn some more. The kit was so helpful and supported my teaching in every-way possible.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We looked at te reo for the vegetable names and oral language for following instructions and discussing the vegetables.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The class are excited about looking after one of the garden plots at school in the future.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They were more open to trying different vegetables and were excited about eating the ones that they were growing even if they weren't a vegetable they had tried before.

“I love this kit! This is the third time I have done it and it just keeps getting better. The children were so engaged and and excited about the little gardens.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We were unable to do this due to covid and the affect this had on our school production.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are exploring the different Kai available in the Bay of Plenty and what grows well here.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? It got the children talking about vegetables and fruit more and they enjoyed finding different ways that they could prepare and eat the different plants.

“The kids absolutely loved having the little gardens to grown and care for.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Beautifully supported our recycling unit.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We made recycled seed balls from old paper as gifts for family. We are also continuing composting and gardening.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children are enthusiastic about growing their own food. They are trying lots of different things and I have seen an increase in vegies and fruit at school.

“This Kit has supported our recycling unit beautifully! The fact that the kit was plastic free, especially in the packaging -meant we could show the children it can be done! The recycled pots for planting are brilliant and the compostible tray was outstanding. We recycled food so we could create our own compost and we have planted our seedling into our schools glass house. The children loved the codes and”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We used a number of extension activities in our reading program, it also crossed into science and physical education. We were also able to use it in writing by explaining the life cycle of a plant.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are now continuing the learning into developing and sustaining a school vegetable garden. Students also were more encouraged and motivated to try new vegetables and flavours because of their experience with the range of vegetables.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? I feel like the students gained more knowledge about the individual plants and nutritional information as we included extra reading activities for our reading plan around this. I don't feel like the students have improved their eating choices from their t

“My students have thoroughly enjoyed the little garden league. I really enjoyed the introduction activities that were supplied and the card game was a bonus. I would have liked to see some more activities when the students seedlings had begun growing. We decided not to send the seedlings home but to weed and transform our school garden.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Health and nutrition, we have Life Education coming this term so the children have already had a chance to discuss nutrition and healthy choices. Also our environmental school challenge at the moment is using our raised school garden to its full potential

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The students are going to take a little garden plant home at the end of the unit too to encourage the children to tell their families about what we have been learning about at school and hopefully to add to, or start their own gardens at home.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? It meant we have been able to discuss the different plants and what they look like and what we use them for and why they are good for us.

“The children have loved the little gardens. Adding the water and seeing the soil expand is definitely a highlight and they grow nice and quickly too.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? This linked in with our school inquiry on sustainablity and how we can be more sustainble in our community. Planting seedlings and learning how to nurture and care fo them linked in so well.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We have started to attend our over grown school garden and hopefully we will be able to develop a new vegetable garden using our seedlings and then using whats grown into our school lunches.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Some children could identify what the vegetables were and some learnt what they were. Others made connections with their own vegetable garden and shared their knowledge.

“A wonderful resource teaching kit to help children understand the life cycle of plants and how we can be more sustainable. learning about how to care for the environment and how to be more healthy with our eating.”

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