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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We incorporated the little gardens into our school enviro time and discussed planting - readying the garden making structures to support some plants and cover from pests.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? It worked in beautifully for our school values of responsibility, innovation, respect

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Discussion of a variety of plants to eat. We will be picking them from our school garden over the next term

“Our class and enviro interchange group really enjoyed the little garden box. The kids were really excited. Not only did it promote discussion about nutrition and plant care etc but we have big / little buddy cooperation and the easiness of the little plants made it easy for everyone to be able to contribute.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? - Health eating - Science. What it takes to grow successful crops - Tuakana teina - Building and creating our garden bed and yet to be created worm farm

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Continuing to grow our own garden based on what we created using the little gardens

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? - Being able to see what they could potentially eat - Discussing and talking as we were planting about what you can do with the things we are growing - Having ownership of the growth of their products - Planning and creating their meal idea based wha

“Fantastic resource - thank you”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We integrated the kit with both maths, writing, reading , digital learning amongst others

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We plan to grow the seedlings then harvest the veges once we have researched what to make with them. The class will cook something that all can eat and possibly share with another class.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We had a try new veges day and all my class tried new things. Most of the class ( in a survey that followed) said they both tried new veges and even liked some if them!

“My year 3 class loved planting seedlings and becoming a member of the little garden league was a much sort after opportunity in our class. The whole unit was fun and exciting for all the class they were so excited everytime a new LGL code came in! We created our own vege characters too! Our seedlings have now been planted in our little school garden. I would highly recommend.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? It worked in well with the other science unit we were doing for planting and growing for families and using this for reading themes and Topic Inquiry work.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Looking at sustainability and how we can action this in our own lives. This involves the whanau as well and becomes a community action.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Parents are involved in discussions with the children and very supportive.

“Absolutely amazing resource. A great way to encourage veggies for Kai and for getting youngsters involved in producing the food. Interesting discussions about what particular veggies actually look like, and taste like, and comparing descriptions of ‘tastes’”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We used the planting of our gardens in Inquiry, then the tamariki wrote a procedure for this in Literacy.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The tamariki took their plants home for the holidays. When they return we will see what they have learned about keeping them alive. It also feeds into our Inquiry topic of pollination .

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Identification of foods they did not know. Interest in trying new ones they had not tried before.

“It was our first time so we were a little confused at the start but once we got into it, it was very well laid out and easy to follow. The kids loved it!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Oracy - lots of discussions, listening, retelling, sharing ideas. Writing - writing instructions for how to make, writing about what they saw, writing about veggies and other foods etc. Heaps of different writing topics. Numeracy - adding how many see

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The progression from seedlings, to vegetables, to then (hopefully) using these veggies for making food, and then all that is involved and different aspects of cooking/baking with the veggies they have grown (i.e. numeracy, place based learning etc).

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? This supported natural conversations about nutritious and healthy eating. We talked about what was healthy and nutritious foods, that help us to learn and grow and provide us with the energy we need to survive. Some kids then talked during eating time abo

“This kids have been super engaged and amazed by this kit. It has brought true happiness to some of our kids. Some of our kids have NO idea about foods, especially fruit and veggies so they have learnt a lot. Some of more disengaged children have LOVED this kit - they have found success! They have learnt the process of how to start the seedling and have been amazing at teaching other children how to grow their own! They loved the codes, although they were tricky for them.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We linked it to maths with time - e.g how many days to germinate, how many to plant out.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We can’t wait for the vegetables to grow in our school vege garden so we can eat them.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The kids were aware of some vegetables but not many so it was a great introduction as to what can be grown.

“The kids really liked planting the seeds, getting a sticker and badge and doing the codes. All in all a really fun programme to do with the class.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Card game good for Maths

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Cooking using Little gardens.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Students wanted to try new produce.

“Awesome kit. Easy for kids to manage.”

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