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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? we have explored science, english through writing about our learning, art and health.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Tasting new foods, preparing foods, growing foods, harvesting foods.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Encourages children to develop knowledge and learn about new foods.

“The children have thoroughly enjoyed planting and watching the little garden kits grow. e have transplanted them into our hot house at school today. We all helped to set up the water system and the children are looking forward to seeing their vegetables and eating them on our return to school next term.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Te reo vocabulary building with all the vegetable names, art with drawings of the plants, science with the plant lifecycle, seeds and their different types etc, maths as we measured the plant growth and so much more! Key competencies was at all time high!

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Fruits vs vegetables and looking at the parts of a flower

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? There were lots of conversations about all the different vegetables that we haven't even tried and how that could be some part of their 5 plus a day that they were missing out on.

“This was easily the best school kit we have ever received. So much excitement from the students and teachers for that matter, and so much integrated learning all in one! The students really developed such high interest in the LGL club and were constantly looking over their plants and commenting on the growth. We loved it!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? The coded messages have been a great reading and writing activity

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Using the vegetables to make food (such as the tomato and basil to make pizzas)

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? It has promoted gardening skills and plant life cycles over healthy eating as the plants take so long to grow and eat.

“The idea behind this is great. The kids were definitely engaged and were excited to grow their vegetable. I have found it difficult with young children as you have to educate them about watering and I found some children over watered them so their seeds have not grown. I would also like to add that we as teachers do not have hours to spend making the letterbox. It is nice to be environmentally friendly but I hated making that box.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? The missions covered so many areas including maths, reading, writing, code breaking, researching - reading, writing, presenting, the planting included science and environment...

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are now presenting our research projects about our plants, we have also donated our extra seedlings to our school gardening group for planting in our school garden.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We researched our plants after we planted the seeds and we discussed the different plants and healthy eating :)

“Absolutely awesome kit!!! Room 8 have loved all the missions, plantings, codes, badges etc... Thank you and New World so much! We have emailed photos of our learning and planting so far :)”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We are continuing with this growing theme through into Term 4 with our topic being weather. Ties in nicely with plant growth. Weather seasons etc

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are continuing into Term 4 with the Gardening theme and growing our seedlings into plants. Hopefully future learning will flow through into the home. We as a syndicate are creating garden boxes as well which will be great to tend to throughout the summ

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They are excited about this summer and growing their own vege's at home.

“Fabulous resource. Children have enjoyed planting and watching seedlings grow in the classroom. Hopefully this will flow through into their home life and encourage gardening habits.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Art- drawing Writing- letters, stories about the characters, recipes

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Pollination

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We have been learning about healthy eating especially choices with breakfast. The students were amazed to see how much sugar was in some cereal. This kit helped them see the difference between processed food and fresh fruit and vegetables and how they cou

“Great kit! The kids absolutely loved it. Right from the start they loved guessing what was in the box and then they got hooked on the story! Filling in the application was brilliant. Then the secret codes they just couldn’t get enough. It was so good to see them all rushing into school every day just to check on their pot. Very happy kids when the seeds started sprouting! Hopefully all the seeds will come up! Very clear teaching plan, great videos and other resources that the kids liked. We had lots of fun drawing all the members and learning about different vegetables that we didn’t know about. Also great discussion about eating vegetables and trying them! Only problem was the timing so close to the school holidays. Students have to take plants home and some of them are going away so they will be missing their plants growth. We would have liked to use them in the school garden but the kids didn’t want to leave them at school.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? It was great for cross-curricular learning, the children wrote about taking part in the planting and we discussed scientific concepts and healthy eating.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The children have taken their seedlings home to replant in their gardens so they will continue to watch them grow. The children also worked together when planting and looking after their seed.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? It enabled us to have discussions about vegetables and what we can eat and enjoy.

“The Little Garden Kit was great. The children were really excited to be able to plant their own plants and often checked the guide to see how long it would take for the seedlings to grow. It promoted discussion around the environment and science including things like photosynthesis.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? New Entrant class They could chat about their favorite fruits and veggies and we spoke about healthy lunch boxes and how each vegie plays a special role in your body.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? New Entrant class They could chat about their favorite fruits and veggies and we spoke about healthy lunch boxes and how each vegie plays a special role in your body.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? New Entrant class They could chat about their favorite fruits and veggies and we spoke about healthy lunch boxes and how each vegie plays a special role in your body.

“We enjoyed getting our hands dirty in the soil, talking about the nutrients in the soil helping the seeds grow. We could measure the water and children had turns caring for the plants. It was a great learning opportunity and opened up other topics.”

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