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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We loved the secret messages that came along with it. We decoded them and also used them to write our names. We created character profiles for the different founding members. Measurement and statistics of our plants as they grew.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Unfortunately due to COVID19 we weren't able to spend as much time on this kit as I would have liked. If we had more time we would have been able to do so much more.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? This kit introduced children to various plants that they had never heard of or tasted before. It sparked a huge interest in gardening and sustainability and how to look after our bodies.

“WOW! What an outstanding kit! Our absolute fave so far!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We mostly focused on the new experience of trying vegetables, but also were able to incorporate art and writing.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Exploring the world and seeking to understand - creating lifelong learners.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Many kids did not know that food could grow in the ground! Although they had tried some vegetables, they were limited in their knowledge. This kit widened their worlds.

“The kit was a really fun way to get the kids in my class engaged with the idea of trying new healthy foods. Many of them only ever have food in their lunchbox that comes in a packet, so this opened their eyes to the idea of food growing in a natural way. They loved cracking the codes and playing the games, too. Many of them hadn’t heard of the vegetables included in the Vege Patch Match game. When the little garden started sprouting, they had more knowledge and were able to name some more vegetables than previously. We are all excited to come back after the holidays and see the progress, and taste some new healthy foods.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We have integrated this learning throughout out literacy programme (reading fiction and non-fiction stories about plants, oral language through descriptions and questioning skills) and numeracy programme where we have measured plant growth, discussed time

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We have planted out our seedlings into the school garden were we will continue to nurture their growth and harvest as ready to eat raw and include in cooking. Science experiments have developed and answered questions/wonderings the students have. Students

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The kit has extended student's knowledge of how plants/vegetables grow and inspired them to try new food that they have grown.

“A fantastic cross-curricular resource that was excitedly received by our new entrant's class. It has sparked enthusiastic conversations, experiments and authentic learning opportunities at school and at home. Our seedlings are to be planted in the school garden and eaten when it is time to harvest in a variety of ways both raw and cooked helping to promote healthy eating choices and trying new foods. - Heidi, Pukehou School”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Science - what a plant needs to survive, planting, repotting Drama - role play in the cafe Art - painting of still life vegetables and plants Health - healthy eating

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Healthy lunches Our bodies and what they need to keep healthy - healthy teeth, bones

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Seeing a variety of different vegetable. Oral language discussing what vegetables they like and dislike. Conversations about their gardens at home and what fruit and vegetables that they grow.

“The children enjoyed being part of a group of enviro warriors. Planting vegetables, watering and caring for and then planting into our class vegetable garden. We had lots of great conversations about healthy bodies, healthy mindset. Thank you School Kit and New World.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Maths- growing heights and times. Literacy- writing a membership letter. Technology - what will the best way to water be? Favourable growing conditions. Reading instructions, drawing the founding members, cracking the code race. Vegetable sort. Key compet

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Recipes for using the vegetable/herb. Growing from seed - making an edible present. Time lapse photography -very basic. Writing advertisements for a healthy food feast if we have enough to share. A big drive to use the garden at school to have food all ye

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Great fun learning the names for vegetables. An eagerness to try what is being grown and look for recipes that use these plants when grown.

“Room 3 St Mary's. How is our Little Garden League growing?”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Maths: Measurement - temperature, time, comparisons between seedlings. Science - experimenting, hypothesising, comparisons and trial/error Languages/Digital Technologies - coding Music - Playlist Enviroschools - caring for our environment

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The opportunity for our school to have a bigger and better vegetable garden, with students who have more ownership and interest over what we do and how we do it.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children came out being able to identify more vegetables/herbs and were keener to try new things.

“My students were very excited about this kit! They were already quite familiar with the process, having seen the Little Garden promotion before, and took pride in caring for a seedling. They also loved the code activities.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Integrated reading and maths with the kit. The students loved to problem solve which was an awesome activity they had never done before. Maths, was looking at measurement of the plants which the students loved to do! We made predictions about which plant

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Looking at the garden to table approach in the school next year when we get back to our home site. This is something I believe is beneficial for students to see.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We had a discussion about what fruits and vegetables we liked to eat. Some of the students did not know all the vegetables or what they looked like so it was an awesome way to introduce them to these. Some students went home and asked their parents to try

“My students absolutely loved the school kit! They were so excited when I began to explain to them it was a secret society that I would like them to be apart of. They were all so involved and so eager to join the club. I had a number of parents message me and say that their child came home so excited about joining. The best part that my students loved the most was the decoding each week. They surprised me at how well they did. It was so much fun!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? The reading/writing when decoding the letters. Sorting for maths. And just noticing things around us

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Maths - matching, sorting,measuring Literacy - writing our own notes to the LGL Reading- reading different non fiction books around planting

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Most importantly the willingness to try new vegetables - and to try them in different ways.

“This was an amazing box - the class really bought in to the idea of the LGL - they even imagined them as vege ninjas sneaking in to leave the messages. We learnt a lot about growing and planting, and how plants grow - but most importantly we learnt to give things a go. Parents were even impressed with the different veges their children were willing to taste!”

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