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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Science, health, visual art

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Science - the living world. Parts of seeds, parts of plants etc

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Learning about vegetables and what the nutrients in different vegetables are good for

“A great little unit loved by students and teachers”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We have been looking at Maori myths and legends and this we bought together with how Maori prepared and grew vegetables. As well as being an enviro school it has re-ignited our vegetable patches.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Planning and creating gardens, our children are now looking at green houses. Being from Taupo our vegetable gardens are hard to maintain in the winter with all the frosts and cold temperatures.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Children are aware of healthy eating and talking more with their whanau about how to be healthy eaters.

“What an Awesome opportunity for our children. As we do not have a New World in our town it was a fantastic opportunity to get children interested and involved in trying new vegetables as well as growing their own and learning about how plants and vegetables grow. Thank you so much!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Health - healthy bodies and minds Writing - describing growth of plants

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Sustainability - how to care for our environment and our families

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? it has put the fun back into healthy eating. They are motivated to grow their own vegetables at home. They know the differences between packaged food and food straight from the ground.

“Very neat school kit! Tied in perfectly with our topic of growing healthy communities.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Maths - measurement, fractions, ad/sub, problem solving Literacy - endless possibilities! Art - linked to our bee study Health - healthy eating Science - plant structure, living world

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? School garden is well underway and we are working towards a market day where we can sell products to do with gardening, and produce etc. Continuing on with learning about bees and their importance.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Much more talk about different types of vegetables. Had a class vegetable feast where all students had to try something new (if possible), along with vege dips. More vegetables turning up in kids' lunchboxes as brainfood options, and brainfood in general

“Kids were interested right from the start. The codes were fantastic, and some of my students are still wearing their badges everyday. The visit from New World was amazing, and their generosity (Waipukurau New World) and interest in our learning was so appreciated. It was great that the plants were quick growing so that the students could see progress without waiting too long. Lots of possibilities for linking to maths, literacy, art, science and health.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We didn't really use this in a cross curricula way as our term was already full.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Most the future learning that happens from this kit will be when we are working in the school garden. The students will continue to make links between what they have done in class, with the kit, and what they do when out in the garden. There will potentia

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They have discovered their are other healthy things hey can eat that they didn't know about before, such as edible flowers

“The little garden kit was very engaging for my students. They were already interested in growing vegetables, because we have a school garden, but this added another dimension. I was impressed by how quickly many of the students learnt the names of the plants in the photograph, and how interested they were to see their plants growing. They took them home at the end of Term 3, as they would have dried out and died over the holidays. Most of the students tell me they still have their plants and some have already transplanted them into their own gardens. Their interest and excitment level is still very high.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Not yet , later in term will cross into maths - statistics

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? class participation and continued interest is high

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? we have looked at the aspect of healthy lunches and the veges we eat for dinner. The children are interested to see where their food comes from and how easy it is to grow their own.

“Children's buy in and motivation was incredible. From the start of adding water to the soil and watching it grow in size and alter texture caused"; wows"; and ";how does it do that";. We are now waiting for the seeds to germinate and grow into seedlings. We are watching and waiting to which seedling pops up first.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Science &; Maths - measuring plant growth, and learning about the different parts of the plants Te Reo - learning the names in maori

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Kids Edible Garden - planting the plants into our school garden, then making different dishes using the produce.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? This kit has worked in well with our Kids Edible Garden. This term the students will be busy planting out the plants in our Edible Gardens, to enjoy them towards the end of the term. I still feel that more work needs to be done with whanau in regards to

“My class absolutely loved this kit. They loved watching the plants change each day, and watch the new growth.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Writing, art, physical wellbeing

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Learning to take responsibility for caring for the seeds.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They are now aware of a much wider variety of vegetables.

“The students loved this activity. They were totally engaged and wanting to learn about vegetables. Their interest has grown as we have planted the seeds and are waiting for them to grow,”

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