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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Able to link to enviro, various forms of witting, art, maths, reading, researching the vegetable and it’s plant.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? More involvement in our school enviro studies, more awareness on healthy eating.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Started discussions about the different vegetables and then this lead into try various vegetables.

“A fantastic kit, the kids we engaged from the very beginning. Neat to have some little to set up in the class, loved the fact it was ‘secret’. Easy to add additional activities and displays to what we were given.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Writing the club letter.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are continuing growing more seedlings with a view to sell them to fundraise for a World Vision gift for a poor farmer overseas.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Widened their knowledge of the range of vegetables available.

“Great idea. Perhaps needed to start planting the seedlings earlier than allowed. Also, as a non-gardener, some more info on best way to grow the seedlings and transplant them would be helpful.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Front end of the curriculum- participation and contributing, relating to others. Maths - counting of the seeds, days/ weeks to grow. Literacy - plant labels and instructions.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are planting seeds to sell at pet day and the money raised will got to world vision to buy a hen or a goat for a farmer overseas. The children are learning that they are making things to make money.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We had a look at what food we thought was healthy and actually what was in it. A bit of a surprise for many at the level of sugar in some food. Even fruit!

“We have really enjoyed planting and watching our seeds grow into straggly seedlings. One more week and we may be able to plant outside. This is a perfect activity for school kids as the gap between how food is produced and what we have on our plates can be huge, as many children do not realise that we can actually grow our own food. Even our farming kids were unaware of the range of different seeds we can grow to eat. Thanks for an awesome kit and may it continue for years to come.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? I used this kit mostly for Reading and Writing in the classroom. This also involved a bit of inquiry, however; due to the school-wide inquiry topic focusing on dreams, I could not bring in as much science as I would have liked.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? From this kit, I found that the students loved having a mini garden in the classroom and this taught them to be more responsible, kind and caring. In the future, I would like to have our own garden in the school for students to look after. This kit also f

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Students have learnt new vegetables and have seen them grow in the classroom. The class photo of the vegetables for very beneficial and they could say their favourite vegetable encouraging other students to give it a go in eating it.

“The little planters were great and easy to plant. The students enjoyed watching the soil absorb the water. It was very easy to give my year 2 class instructions and very easy for them to follow as well. I would like to have a better template for the letter box or attach a sticker that mentions it as a perishable item. My box came broken and the tabs on the letterbox template would not fit nicely.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? In writing, we wrote about the journey of the seed, instructions on how to plant. Reading the instructions, reading further on the vegetables. For science, looking at life cycles, growing plants and it linked in with maths unit of measure.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Re-planting this in our school garden. Starting up a gardening group and now we are looking at linking this to visual arts and creating some signs and gardening sculptures to spruce up and continue to build up our garden.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? I found that it was quite abstract for them and its a process as we are still growing our vegetables. We will continue to work on this and once our vegetables are harvested, we will be making some products or food recipe with them to complete the cycle an

“My class absolutely loved the Little League Club. They loved that they had been invited to join an ''elite'' group when I presented them with the badges and set the scene for the club. They really enjoyed watching their plants grow and took great responsibility in watering them.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Please note comment above.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Apply in their own families and gardens.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Students are very eager to taste and make recipes with fresh veggies.

“My class has been very motivated by the LGL. They were hooked early by the 'application process' and members' badge. Their interest grew as they learned the characters, only to spike their intrigue with the planting process. The excitement in the class was electric as seedlings began to sprout! Now that we are in Level 1, we look forward to tasting vegetables and making recipes. Thank you for the enriched oral language, writing, measuring and graphing experiences this kit has provided for my children. Very much appreciated.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? In many ways, some being te reo Māori, measurement, number, geometry, natural world, enviro learning.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Plenty of opportunity as it is spring time now, the timing was great, we are able to actually eat our kai, plant more and go into our larger school garden. The year 0-1 tamariki absolutely loved this resource and if it is ever offered again I would love t

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Identifying types of vegetables made tamariki aware of different types of veggies - not just peas and carrots. This broadened their knowledge of what they are able to eat, some of them had no idea certain types of veggies were so it was great for them to

“This was an exceptional resource, the biodegradable aspect of the containers, the ease of use with the jiffys and seed sheets, the size and containers for the pots were helpful, all easy and useful for Level 0-1 children. The posters and code crackers were also wonderful, next time I would have loved to have te reo Māori posters and code crackers - though I was able to translate it would just save some time for kaiako - thank you!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Reading - codes Social science - manakitanga

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? A super start to introducing children to planting, growing and care of the environment.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Not appropriate our new entrant children - will get children to 'taste' the plants once they can be harvested. They certainly learned some names of different vegetables.

“Was a great resource with so much hands on equipment but as our kids were very young (new entrants) some of the activities we couldn't do as described, but made adaptations and changes. Matching stuff was great - our kids couldn't do any of the writing activities. A super science real life and authentic kit, and on line learning resources hooked kids and amused them. Lovely that were so engaged when the little garden stuff was available at New World. (Having difficulty loading photos sorry)”

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