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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Maths: tallying our plants, measuring seedlings Inquiry: Living World - needs of plants Writing: recounts and explanations

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are looking forward to sampling our vegetables once they grow!

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? It's got them excited about vegetables.

“This has been an absolutely wonderful resource. The opportunities to extend for writing and maths were useful. We will be able to re-plant our garden beds as a result. Have a look in our blogs: https://tautoruandautahi.blogspot.com/2020/09/plant-power.html https://tautoruandautahi.blogspot.com/2020/09/launching-into-inquiry.html”

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Posted 4 years ago

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Students have learnt about how to care for a living thing (Science), about why they should eat veges (health), and we have written about our experience of planting them (Writing).

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Planting a variety of other plants and learning about them. growing vegetables and then cooking them, looking at healthy foods and what nutrients they provide our body, learning the te reo names for veges.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Student's didn't know many of these vegetables, so now they are aware of what they are. Students have taken their pledge very seriously, and are keen to try their veges out once they are fully grown.

“A fantastic and fun kit, nicely timed to come out the same time as the public, which encourages chn to collect them at home too. Children have enjoyed the secret messages, and loved having the badge which they wear with pride. They really brought into the secret club idea. They have enjoyed having their own plant to plant from a seed and then look after it and take it home to plant in their own garden. They have been so excited to come to school each day and see what changes there have been overnight and see whose seedling has sprouted. The only slight negative was the hassle of making the letterbox, which was quite full on only to be used once!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? The learning links predominately to Science and The Living World with some links to the Health Curriculum. The game was a great language activity.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Next term we are looking at the Technology Curriculum. The Little Garden has given me the opportunity to utilise the vegetables and fruit as an authentic problem for my student to solve. Thank you for this great resource.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Vegetables and fruit became cool with the help of the games and growing these in class. Students also learned to identify the plants with the matching game and other resources.

“I loved the whole concept of the league. The plants and supporting resources were fantastic. The children learned about all of the plants, with the help of the characters and matching game. It was super fun and I very much appreciated all resources as did my students.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Science and Inquiry learning: learning about how plants grow, coming up with questions to explore i.e. why do we need to water plants? Literacy: reading and writing about growing vegetables, plants, framing and healthy eating Maths: how many cups of wat

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Using the kit to explore other areas of the curriculum.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children were much more interested in learning about how the plant grow. However, they are excited to see how small seeds turn into vegetables. They are starting to get more excited to actually be able to eat the vegetables they grow.

“The little garden kit is just amazing! My class loved learning about how the plants grow, how we look after them, and how much love, care and effort takes to grow plants. Through the kit, my class is learning to take on responsibility as well. It is wonderful for the children to see how the plants grow.”

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Posted 4 years ago

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Art- visual, Maths - Measurement, Science, English - writing &; reading

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We could grow community gardens at school. Using the food to feed students and families in our community. Eat healthy food that wasn't processed keeps us healthy.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Five Years olds think all food comes from supermarkets. It was a ";wow"; moment for them to realise that food comes for plants.

“What a fantastic resource. The kids have loved learning about healthy eating, Plants that grow food. There has been such a buzz with waiting and watching the magic happen with the first signs of life popping out of the dirt.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Was great for writing - our favourite vegetable, codes for their names and singing the songs

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are using are little gardens in our vege garden at school and hope that when things become ready everyone will have a taste. We have been working on this that even if you don't like something today tomorrow you might because as we get older our taste b

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children all know that vegetables are good for them and that it is good to try new ones. A number of children have made gardens at home which is wonderful.

“Love the little garden - especially the codes the children were so involved. It is so easy to use”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Great way to link all curriculum areas.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Unfortunately at this stage no further learning but it has me thinking about learning for next year.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We were able to briefly talk about this, but due to the timeframe we had in class we could not talk about this fully or as much as I would have liked.

“This has been a very exciting kit for my students. However it would have been better if received at the start of a term rather than the end. I don't feel I was able to give the kit and learning around it justice. Unfortunately I already had things planned for Term 4 which cannot be changed.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? maths, writing, reading , oral language, physical activity

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Garden to table opportunities Where does our food come from?

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? a lot more discussion and sharing with whanau

“The children had great fun and anticipation guessing what the top secret activity was. They enjoyed all the vegetable character names and planting their seeds”

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