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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We restablished the school garden because of the children’s motivation in this learning!

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We had a huawhenua banquet and every child tried a new vegetable/s. Immediately, there was an increase of cut up vegetables in lunchboxes for brainfood and kai iti.

“An absolutely fantastic resource that had learners completely motivated to get absorbed and engaged in the learning. Every step of the process had children excited to jump into the learning. The kit provided opportunities to connect learning to other areas of the curriculum; maths with recording growth on bar graphs, measuring out water (2/4 of the pottle for water etc), science, writing recount or instructions of the seed planting process and captions for Seesaw posts, reading/writing for code breaking, Health and PE Hauora for health and wellbeing with diet, growing own veges etc and Social Sciences contributing to your whānau and community through gardening etc and belonging to a group and Te Reo Māori learning the Māori vegetable names. From engaging in this school kit many children in my class have started other gardening at home including bringing in Kumara and potatoes for use to plant in buckets at school. Great selection of vegetables and herbs. Children have grown a love for gardening through this learning.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Went in more depth about types of veges, food pyramid, how plants grow etc

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Students now have their plants to look after and send photos to our class blog so we can see how they are tracking

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Learning about lots of different vegetables and open mind to try these when their plants have grown

“Great kit for the kids to get involved in, starting up conversations about healthy eating etc. went along nicely with our healthy eating inquiry at school”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Our topic this term was Eco-systems and interconnections between plants, animals and humans. We also focused on Well being and the importance of connecting with the nature. We have created 'Nature Journals' and spent a short time in nature every day, usin

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Next term I will focus on cooking. We will use vegetables in recipes and explore healthy eating further. I would really like this kit to be available next year as well. I have tried some other kits but they were not as well suited to year 3 children as t

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Students were encouraged to taste 'new' vegetables. I was pleasantly surprised how they enjoyed tasting raw beetroot, spring onion, kale and parsley. Some initially said I don't like... but seeing their peers taste everything that was offered, they also h

“My Year 3 Class has loved the Little Garden Kit. They enjoyed every step of this learning adventure, starting from making envelopes with their applications, decoding secret messages, growing their seedlings, creating 'characters' and tasting different vegetables.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Gardening, human body (science), health and nutrition (sports and PE), we also used this for maths (measuring out water, how tall plants grow etc), literacy (drawing pictures and writing stories, using the decodable secret code messages from HQ), taking i

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? we are continuing with this next term and growing our own school garden fruit and veges and using these to take kids for cooking lessons - how to incorportae veges into their food. We are also teaming this nutrition side with the Zespri health and fitness

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Kids learnt about how things grow - what plants need to be healthy (watering with water instead of fizzy) and relating this to our own bodies. Students also learnt where food and veges originate from - not from the supermarket or a packet but from the gar

“The kids loved having the responsibility of planting and growing their own seedlings. It was great for some of them to see how food begins out and how things grow - where food really comes from rather than in a packet. Once the seedlings had produced food it was such a great opportunity for kids to try some veges that they had never eaten before and wouldn't usually try but because they had grown it themselves they were interested to taste.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Measuring- when we planted we discussed the different times they would take, we had to measure 50 ml of water and plant a cm down. Responsibility- they had to water their own plants and be careful not to knock them all over.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? I am planning on growing beans in plastic bags next term, so they can see the roots and seed growing. I am looking forward to hearing about whose plant grew over the holidays. Most of the children were eager to try/ eat their own vegetable but some of th

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They talked about and learnt about vegetables they had not heard of. They enjoyed the snap game.

“My class thoroughly enjoyed their little gardens particularly as we do not have a new world in our little town. If I am able to do this next year, I would plant them sooner so we watch them grow- when I sent them home for the holidays only a few had started to grow. This was great for discussion but disappointing for those whose plants were not yet growing. The secret messages were well received. this was an opportunity for buddy work as some of my year 2's would not be able to do this independently.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Other activities we did: - Reading about different plants - Creating Google Slide show about seedlings and plants - Making flowers out of paper - seeds to flowers - Word clouds with vegetables and fruit. - Making our own fruit &; vegetable face like

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Consider how to gauge the amount of water needed – how much water is too much or too little? Plant observation booklet with day to day reflections on growth. Students to choose their own spot in the classroom to grow their seedling. Which spot was caused

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The students became more aware of the different types of vegetables. Some of them hadn't eaten kale or radishes before. Others were able to share their favourite meals with the vegetables in the league.The students compared the length of time that it took

“Thank you for a fabulous School Kit. My students loved being part of the Little Garden League, growing their own plants, decoding messages and having their own special badges. Every morning they watered their seedlings before taking the pot to their desks and reading to their plants. The students learnt: - Responsibility of a plant - Most plants need sun, water and soil - Some plants do not need soil but they do need sun and water. - There are different types of vegetables In the kit the students liked the: - Seedlings kits and tray - Charts &; posters about the LGL founding members - Banner, pledge cards and badges - Vegetable game - The kit which was exciting The students' favourite activities were: -Planting seeds -Talking to our plants and taking care of them. - Making jokes - Playing the vegetable game - Decoding the messages sent from headquarters - Waiting for the plants to grow. - Filling in the form to become part of the league - Reading stories to our plants K. Swinton (Teacher) Room 7 Sunnynook School”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We were able to integrate literacy with wanted posters, writing about our favourites and dislikes etc. We made graphs and collected data for maths activities.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are creating a school garden and will use some of this learning in our inquiry next term around the weather.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We talked about the names of the plants and identified who had tried them and who hadn't. We then had a 'trying' session. I noticed an increase in the amount of vegetables in lunch boxes and children being excited that these were some of the things growin

“Right from the beginning, the children were engaged and motivated by this kit. They were excited to plant the seeds and then join in on the learning associated with it.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? There was a great science focus around the health and wellbeing of the plant life cycles and we explored mathematical concepts around measurement and retelling learning through literacy.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Future learning would definitely be a greater school wide focus on horticulture. We would love to get more whanau involved on a bigger scale by re-establishing our school/community garden and perhaps learning about tree care for our current fruit trees.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? This kit has supported our tamariki in their awareness of the plant to plate concept. Many tamariki are used to buying their kai from the supermarket so it was great to support learning around how to grow their on kai.

“This is my first time having a school kit and wow I was so impressed with it! We have a school wide focus on health, wellbeing and hauora and this has been a fantastic resource to support our focus. Thank you so much for this wonderful resource kit and opportunity, what an absolute blessing to our tamariki and kura :)”

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