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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Lots of language with the names of veges, maths with colour matching, counting the days until germination, measurement of seedlings.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Our soup making was one, sharing about new veges we eat. Talking about gardening at home.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We learned about different vegetables and that everyone has different favourites. We all brought a vege to school and made and ate vege soup.

“the children absolutely loved the practical nature of this unit. I was easily able to adapt it for 5 year olds and link it to home.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Science living world - how to look after plants needs. English oral language - writing and reading skills Alphabet with the code cracking

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are an enviroschool so plenty of applications there especially working towards our pataka kai garden. Children have also planted beans and sunflower seeds as well as sprouting kumara in class to plant in our garden

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The kids at the start at very limited knowledge of vegetables and how they grow etc.. . Great to get kids thinking about where their food comes from

“Great kit nice tidy kit. Kids loved the badges. Great selection of plants.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Literacy- we used this kit for 3 lots of motivation for writing. 1. the letter writing, 2. listing of fruits/veges and 3. instructions on what we did to plant our seeds. Reading; was covered during the crack the code element where we solved the messages.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We have whanau group gardens at school so it was a good opportunity to link these smaller class gardens with them. Especially because my class are new entrant/ year 1 children so haven't had a lot to do with these. The children also started talking about

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children now have a good understanding about what is a vegetable and what is a fruit. They know that plants need both sunshine and water in order to grow which we were able to link to ourselves and what we need to grow and be healthy- sleep, good food

“The children loved this kit and were very interested in the learning at all times. The crack the codes were particular favourites. The children were so excited to see their seeds starting to sprout. We are look forward to the next stage- when we plant them in our planter box and continue to care for them. The children have taken great ownership over their seedling also.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? science - planting the seeds and the life cycle of a seed. Literacy - writing. Art - creating vegetables from collage. Maths - measuring our seedlings and talk about cm.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We have kept our repotted seedlings at school. We will continue to monitor their growth and learning will come from that. We are going to explore some recipes next term and so our vege learning will continue that way.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We talked about the different ways vegetables help our body. We have started exploring the different ways we can eat our vegetables - raw/cooked and different recipes.

“The Little Garden kit has been so engaging for my NE class. The oral language that has been developed is so great. All children loved solving the coded messages and monitoring their seedlings everyday. The activities with the League has made a lot of different vegetables more familiar to the children.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We wrote a recount about all the things we did. We designed a poster promoting the pledge message. We created a carton vegetable character.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Using the letterbox again.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? It was empowering. If the grow the food it means more to them, they value it more having cared for it. It's more exciting eating something you've grown your self.

“We really enjoyed the variety of components. A generous offer. The activities were interesting, hands on and age appropriate. The design of the application form was clever in the way that it folded into an envelope. The class loved the word finds. The pledge really got the message across.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We have linked it to our Unit of Inquiry which is about seasons.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Garden To Table links Te Reo names Our senses

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The tamariki gain an authentic understanding for where food comes from and the effort it takes to grow it. They have learnt some new vegetables and are keen to try them.

“Tamariki are so engaged watching their little plants grow and take care of them.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We did LOADS of writing about our little seedlings, linked it in with Maths and used it in the digital curriculum.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? My kiddos all took their lil seedlings home and they are continuing to grow them. This is a great whanau link and they all are teaching their families about the LGL motto.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We actually planted some other seedlings which we were able to harvest on the last day of term. They all tried some new veges which linked well with the LGL motto!

“My children thoroughly enjoyed being a part of the Little Garden League! The kit planned itself and it was phenomenal in my Year 2 classroom. My children lived and breathed the motto and seriously enjoyed caring for their seedling.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Opportunities through English where they had to identify the letters and crack the codes for the words. Science - Learning how plants work and live. Maths - Measuring the plants and the growth.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The students wanted to learn more about these vegetables so supporting the local New World and trying a range of fruits and vegetables. Learning about why it is important to be eating 5+ a day.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Learning about new vegetables and repeating the the fruits and vegetables with the students and the memory game. Having fruit break where the students could then identify and discuss these was great to see.

“This school kit was cleverly designed and was engaging for all of the students in my year1-2 class. My class was passionate about this kit and enjoyed seeing the growth of the plants. They enjoyed being part of a group and wearing the badge to show that. Some of the badges would fall apart easily so it was great to have extras.”

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