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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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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? 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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