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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? Great cross curricular links. We used it for our 'creative exploration' time where it had links to writing, science, technology, art.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The kids enjoyed the breaking the code activity- but being Y1 and Y2 they needed support- and only did the first code, otherwise it would have been a bit repetitive. It would have been great to have more challenges of other types emailed. We loved the app

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? As Auckland was in level 3 we only had 3 weeks to promote and plant. Unfortunately we weren't able to get into much about healthy eating but with more time we could have lead in that direction. We focused on spring and planting and seeds.

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Writing, Maths - measurement, spelling, Science - watching the plant grow and how long it takes, Reading instructions and the letter. This relates to what we do at GTT (Garden to Table)

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Observing our own school garden to identify edible plants and fruit the school is growing. Caring for the school garden and take ownership of planting and looking after the little plants and get involved in gardening work and learning more about it.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The students were willing to taste and give it a go. As we ran out of time I sent the little plants home for them to grow, protect and taste. We will be discussing when they come back to the school in Term 4. The black and white photo of the plants were a

“Little Garden League was a real success in my class. The children were all engaged and engrossed in growing their little plants. They remembered the three word pledge and enthusiastically decoded the puzzle. Every time the class phone rang they thought the call was from the headquarters of the LGL. We all had great fun together. Thanks a lot.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? From oral language and critical thinking to physical exercise and sustainable project learning. This kit provides all tamariki with the opportunity to be involved as well as to lead from experience, interest and/or knowledge in some way. Families too are

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Our project will continue through extending our learning out into the community through 'paddock to plate' projects. Where we will engage with local community members who are involved in the agricultural industry.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? This kit supports discussions around healthy foods, meal options as well as tamariki sharing interests, experiences and planning for in-class cooking opportunities. This has led to team discussions around healthy lunch boxes and plans for implementing pos

“This kit continues to be a very valued resource within our classroom. Tamariki check the seedlings each day, watering and discussing changes and growth. This kit also supports our whole school sustainable project through contributing to our garden to plate projects. Tamariki will replant the seedlings into our school gardens. Food will be used within our school programme as well as distributed through our pataka kai. The learning opportunities are endless, holistic, life-long and authentic.”

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