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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Students did independent inquiries into their plants and presenting their findings. We also did math equations using fruit and vegetables.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Looking at healthy eating. How to care for plants and trees. How bees affect plants etc.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? My students think more about the food in their lunch boxes. Since we have had different vegetable tastings in class, I have seen an increase in fruit and vegetables being consumed at break time.

“My class loved these kits! They were so engaged throughout the term, wanting to know when the secret code was coming out! They really liked caring for their own plant and checking its growth each day. My students enjoyed researching different vegetables and trying new vegetables. Well done! Looking forward to the next kit!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Oral language (as above) Science - life cycles what plants and other living things need Maths - solving the codes how many days until germination - graphing Written lang - favourite vegetable KAHOOT online guessing game. In teams the kids has to

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We grew our LGL plants at school - some children wanted to take them home to be grown, others will be planted in our school garden. I also had some plants donated to me - these were sent home as a 'gift' for someone special. The children have been asked

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The kit and videos prompted great discussion and awareness:- We looked at the school garden and identified some of the plants that were in the programme. Looked at lunchboxes, healthy food and 'sometimes' foods. Talked about favourite veges and favour

“Adaptable programme for different age groups with enough plants for every child to be involved. (I adapted the LGL member application letter - I used a phonics lesson using different vegetable words as the basis to be the 'test' to join the club.) Very comprehensive website with a wealth of resources and information. It is so good to have the links in one place for easy reference. (Thanks for saving busy teachers time by locating quality resources for us!) The BADGES!! so popular with the kids - well done for including plenty so each child could have a choice of badge.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Writing responses, oral language

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? A great way to build connections between school and home

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They learned some new vegetable names and were interested to find out more

“Amazing free resource, kids were excited about the little gardens and the badges. More interested in the planting than the secret club. Was maybe a bit to elaborate for my Y1 class. A lot of excitement watching to see them sprout, some good conversations around what plants need and why some might have sprouted before others.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Writing, reading, artwork, health and science( we have labeled plants and a bit of maths with measurement.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Awaiting the development of seeds into mature plants to enhance further learning activities.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We have talked about it and shared what they like and why. We have written about it in various ways. Some children didn't know some of the names and different types. Now they do. We hope to plant the seedlings out into our garden plot at school. When they

“The paper name labels need to be changed. They just fall out. We don't know what we have in some cases until they grow. The tray was hard to read and I know it is compostable but it got moldy and smelly in the classroom. Maybe next time it would be great perhaps to include ice block sticks to put each childs name on and what the plant is. Or a stick with the name of the plant with room to put students name on. We have transferred seedlings to another tray now and some are ready to transfer into bigger pots but not sure of some of them.”

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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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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We were doing measurement for maths so the chn were able to measure and graph progress of all the plants; they could compare and analysise their statistics. We always have a focus on resilience and self-management and the little garden project worked ni

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Gardening, cultivating their own gardens and planning. There was alot of science involved in the little garden work; soil science, plant science and animal science. the unit also links nicely to a bee study and the impt of bees in the gardening world.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? I think it highlights to the chn how big and how much scope there is in eating within the vegetable range. There are so many vegetables and because we had younger chn they weren't even sure of some of the vegeable and flower names but after being invovled

“These kids were fantatic; the children loved learning about growing vegetables and they coincided with us planting our pumpkins for the harvest festival in the Autumn. The chn were able to learn the skills and fundamentals about growing which quite a few of them took a step further and got involved in gardening at home. We loved the selection of seedlings available and the children loved comparing the seedlings timing; I have kept a few going in the gardens at school so the chn can follow the progress of them.”

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