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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Literacy/ Science/ The Arts: We used this kit to brainstorm about our actions and what could we do to look after plants. Students did lot of Writing. They kept a journal as to what steps they had to undertake and their results.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? I will incorporate similar activities in our Science to foster an inquiry as to what we want to learn about vegetables.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Students were keen in finding out what may come up from the plants that they grew. It was a teaching moment to discuss what part of different vegetables are eaten. Also, they realise that vegetables are healthy for them and should be eating those that wil

“I think it was a brilliant idea on the part of New World to sponsor such an exciting venture which involved children, the future growers and decision makers regarding food and their sources. Certainly, my students were enthused to be part of an interactive programme supported by their class teacher.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? writing, oral language, read to's....

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They are wanting to take the plants home to continue growing and to eat them.

“Love it! Lots of oral language came out of this kit (NEs). A lot of the suggested activites (eg code crackers) were too difficult to do independently/with NEs.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? The coded messages linked directly to skills needed in the new digital curriculum. We drew veges for art and wrote step by step instructions for procedural writing. The pledge was great for oral language and vocab extension

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? How to grow veges at home from scraps, spring onion, celery bottoms, grapefruit seeds and old kumera. We plan to send messages to buddy class using our vege code. History of what some vege originated from and have changed

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We used a lot of the links and particularly the book about different groups of vege was really interesting for them. It was a great way to introduce new vege and fruit and also taste from our school garden. The vege game was a fun way to learn. The studen

“Great to have a full class set of plants and some more unusual ones. The pledge and story behind the kit was very engaging for year 2 students”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Recipe writing, information report writing. Maths - measuring

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Sustainability. Wasteless society Where does or food come from

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They have all tried new ways of eating vegetables. We have made smoothies, fritters, kale chips. Tried all sorts of herbs.

“Easy to assemble and my students really got into the spirit of the Inquiry. They loved being part of a secret club and have treasured their badges. The game was a great addition to promote vegetable vocabulary.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We are doing an inquiry topic on minibeasts and this tied in really well

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Exploring gardening and growing things in our classroom

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They know now it's ok to try new things and that growing things themselves is fun

“Really great kit. Would recommend to anyone”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We did some great writing experiences about vegetables using different genres, lots of really cool science links and also maths with measuring tasks was great.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Having hands on activities really engaged the students in the task

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? It made students aware of a lot of veggies that they didn't know about and also having tests tastes in class of a variety of veggies was alot of fun too.

“An awesome kit from. My students loved growing the little garden league veggies and doing a mini project about growing, vegetables, plants etc. Looking after the vegetables and taking care of them was awesome.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Literary when filling out the application form !

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are wanting to build some vege boxes at school so everything we have learnt will be very beneficial

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They wanted to try new veges because that’s what the motto was about trying new things !

“We absolutely loved our little garden kit ! The children were super engaged and loved filling out the application form . The badges were great and the children all felt very proud wearing them and being a part of the club . The kids were very excited getting send them code cracking emails . The videos on the website were great and fit in with what we wanted to learn about ! All of the elements of the kit were very well thought out !”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Great way to link to other areas i.e writing. We did a great instructional piece of writing about how to plant our little garden. It was awesome to link lots of reading stories and activities to 'gardening' &; 'vegetables'.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? It was a great kit developing the understanding of growing your own vegetables and easy this can be. This kit had great links to cross-curricular learning for the term.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? A great way to talk about new vegetables that some of the children hadn't heard of before.

“Great School Kit. Very Engaging for the children. All were involved and loved having their own little garden to look after. They loved solving the secret code and creating their own. Great resources on the School Kit website of books, videos, etc that linked perfectly to the unit.”

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