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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Health and science. Writing- recounts, narratives, instructions, recording. Reading- directions, information, students writing. Maths measuring, comparisons, numeracy. Problem solving. Coding. Art

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Ongoing as we will look at how different students looked after their plant at home. Compare to what we did at school. Discussions of findings. Plant some more of the plants in class and then see and see if we can transfer some to the school garden- involv

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Students more aware of vegetables as part of healthy eating and were keen to be responsible for growing their own. Hopefully they will be keen to try the different vegetables as some they had never come across before.

“An awesome resource which completely motivated and engaged everyone in my class from day when our large package arrived. The application forms for membership and postbox was a great introduction. From there everything was well set out and presented and easy to follow. We had a lot of fun and are looking forward to seeing what happened to our plants over the holidays. Each child took theirs home. Many of them now had extra pots planted through the New World promotion.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We do learning through play as a major part if our programme. Many of my students attempted to create their own codes.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? More movement into the living world is planned. As well as some basic digital coding.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We are still at the growing of our seeds and discussing the variety of things avalible. We have had some many great discussions about being brave and trying new things. This followed on beautifully from the respectful relationships unit.

“We have loved this kit. The ";secret aspect"; help build anticipation and made the pledge really relevant. The discussions about trying new things was very relevant post Covid. Which linked beautifully into our circle times and our being brave topics.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Science of a seed. Maths measurement. Stories about gardens. Healthy eating.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We have now planted sunflower seeds also. Future opportunities involve making our school gardens and grounds both attractive and useful.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Children could see experience how easy it was to grow a vegetable. The project however, required the teacher to bring in vegetables for the children to taste.

“Children were thrilled to plant their own little garden”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Technology, Art, Writing Math

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Math- planting of seeds/ grouping, measurement, time Technology- Designing other ways we can support our plants to grow e.g greenhouse. Art- Sketching of the roots underground &; the plant Writing

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Children clarified the difference between fruit and vegetable. Having the Motto to focus on encouraged the children to try new foods.

“The learning within the Little garden kit was great. The children were engaged from the start of the learning journey till the end. The children have taken their individual plant home to take care of over the holidays and keeping in touch via Seesaw about how their plant is going. As 'growing/ life cycle of a plant' was our Inquiry learning it was linked into other curriculum areas. The little garden league Kit was a great learning tool to support our learning and the children enjoyed the whole process.”

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

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Why a plant didn't grow? How many plants would I need to feed ...... people?

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The students used prior knowledge of plants and healthy eating, and hen they expanded their knowledge further.

“Students were really excited by this project and definitely brought into the ideas.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We have been inspired by he broccoli song and vegetable alphabet song which we have sung during tastings. We have read and retold the stories such as the carrot seed. We have particularly enjoyed cracking the codes and making our own. We have inspected ou

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We will be planting some more seeds at the beginning of term 4 as well as watching the progress of the seedlings in our garden, then there will be preparation / cooking to be done before eating the vegetables we have grown form seed.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Our children had opportunities to learn about and taste vegetables both raw and cooked. As part of a group they demonstrated a willingness to try new vegetables and enjoyed discussing their views on how they tasted and whether or not they would now eat th

“This kit has been so much fun and has inspired the children to take risks when trying new vegetables from our school garden. They have been fascinated watching the seedlings grow and we have had fun planting our seedlings in our garden before going on holiday.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We completed art images, writing, we really enjoyed the codes which were integrated as part of our reading rotations and literacy work.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? When our seedlings have grown, we can learn how to add them to our garden. We are also sharing our extra seedlings with our families to plant in their gardens at home. When they begin to produce vegetables at school we will be able to taste them.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Our children at Otama school really enjoy food and especially when they know where it comes from! Last year for our garden we planted a number of different seeds, the ones most enjoyed by the children were the carrots which they were able to go pick and e

“Little Garden League was Lots of fun for us at Otama school! We love getting out in the garden and into the fresh air so to be a part of the Little Garden League programme was perfect for us. The junior class enjoyed becoming apart of the garden group and receiving their badges which they took very seriously! At Otama school we also potted extra seeds which we are planning on selling to our families for a donation to the school so the children can hopefully take their gardening knowledge and enjoyment home as well. We thank you so much New World for your support with this initiative and Gore New World for their visit to us out at Otama School with the garden.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Our Big Idea at school next term is Sustainability so we are focusing on growing and eating our own food. Our plants are out in the school garden now, we are hoping to harvest and do some cooking at the end of term 4. It has also tied in with our term 3 t

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? IIOur whole term 4 topic is based on The Little Garden League kit - making and looking after our school garden, looking at recipes, cooking, maths, literacy...and all of our Key Competencies tie into this as well.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The kit has provided a shared experience and a focus to talk about healthy eating.The students love sharing what vegetables they enjoy eating and getting to know the names of vegetables they are less familiar with with the class. We have enjoyed the veget

“Our tamariki were very excited when I introduced the Little Garden League to them. Lots of them have been helping their families with gardens at home and were keen to share their experiences.”

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