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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? linked great with our writing, and then maths with measuring the growth, statistics for classifying and sorting etc.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? I was able to hook into twinkl to link with their resources. Most of the children have also now shopped at new world and are growing their little gardens at home and discussed with their families about sustainable practices, which has generated heaps of

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? many of the students are now more aware of the variety of vegetables and what is needed to eat healthy.

“Absolutely loved this kit and the resources that acompanied it. it was hands on, the students learnt about different vegetables and loved cracking the codes.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We used this with our writing. Although we didn't do any maths around it I can see that there were opportunities to link this to number and measurement. AS we are a year one class we helped each other solve the coded messages, which supported team work an

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We have gone on to learn about habitats this term, so we have been able to make links with food. We have also made links back to what plants need to survive and relate that to what people and animals need.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? By talking about all the vegetables fruit and flowers it made my class more aware of what other children eat. Answering the challenge by trying new things, like radishes, was a great opportunity to widen the variety of healthy foods we eat.

“It was a great kit. The children loved planting their seeds. They really enjoyed the letter box and checking it each day to see what we had been sent (all the coded messages and seedlings etc arrived in class this way). All the resources were great and could be easily used by my year one class, though we did do a simplified version of the membership form as we have beginner readers and writers. The planting tray was great to have in the kit, and I really like it that it was recyclable. from talking to other teachers at my school who also did this kit, it seemed like there were many different ways that children and classrooms were engaging with the activities and messages coming through. A really versatile kit. Thank you.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Activities were easy to integrate in particular Maths, Writing and Inquiry.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? She said she would love to have the opportunity to use the kit again next year and wanted to try and involve whanau more in the learning process at school and home.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children I have spoken to have been able to explain why it is important to grow vegetables and how eating them, improves their health. They also said how much fun it was to grow your own.

“The kit was amazing. Unfortunately due to my role as Deputy Principal, I was unable to use it fully as I was not teaching as I thought I was going to be. Please accept my apologies form this. I passed the kit on to another teacher in the hope they would run with it. The comments in this review are from my discussions with her. The lady from Whakatane New World is coming to visit to take photos and talk about what has been done. It was great having a kit that was for Juniors.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We used for isteam, Science, Maths, Writing

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We did a unit on pants and vegetables while growing our plants. This term we are doing light and water conservation so we can tie that all in to the plants.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Children talked about telling their families and friends about new vegetables. They knew it was part of being a member of the garden league

“My class of Year 1's loved receiving our kit. We did so much learning beginning with guessing what was even in the box.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Writing and Topic - Literacy with intent to look at non fiction texts about plants.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Learning to garden Positive eating - healthy mind healthy body.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Aware of the health benefits to what is good to fuel their body.

“Students were engaged and excited about this school kit. They were passionate and found new interest in growing plants and how it works.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? This was the perfect kit for us as it fit in to our inquiry ";Every plate tells a story";. Excellent writing opportunities including procedures for planting their seeds, and description of their vegetables. Good maths for juniors too - tally marking days

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Greater uptake of children interested in school enviro activities. Students taking their learning home and sharing with their families.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Students learnt a variety of new vegetables and learnt to identify them! Encouraged them to try new vegetables they perhaps hadn't before. Great change from lots of sugary food which children are often exposed to!

“Thanks so much School Kit and New World for this amazing kit! Very engaging for the children with high buy in for the learning! A definite favourite of the kits”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We added in the science of what plants need, technology of how to make ";Torture chambers"; for plants that deprived them of sun or water or soil to see how they would grow, and got out into the gardens to learn about worms and weeds.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We will find out which plants grow best in our soil (Natural selection!) and which are the most popular (Maths - Graphs etc)

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Children were introduced to a wide range of different vegetables and herbs, many of which they had not heard about before.

“This seedling kit and the decoding activities raised a lot of interest in the class at a time when we are preparing to plant our school gardens so perfect timing! It was interesting to use gardening terms like ";plant"; and ";bulb"; and find out how few children knew them.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We spent days writing about our little garden! From our favourite fruit or vegetable to why we should eat veggies, instructions on how to grow them, how we planted them. We also used maths to measure growth, compare sizes

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? my class have showed an interest in cooking, learning about making healthier choices in their own lives so we might look further into cooking this term!

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We have talked about what is important to eat, why and what isn't good to eat. We have a vegetable garden within the school and many of my students were interested in tasting some kale!

“I found the instructions slightly confusing about when to start, what to do, in what order. After talking with other teachers I felt I learnt more about how they were running it - maybe I was missing something, a link I couldn't find possibly!”

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