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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We linked this to a Plant Science unit in our class.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We will be continuing to learn more about seed germination, and the life cycle of plants.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children have learnt a lot more about the nutrients the plant makes for itself and the positive impacts freshly grown vege can provide us with!

“This pack was awesome! It made the children in Room 1 very excited and was a great hands on resource and linked well into a unit we are doing in Science about what a plant needs/photosynthesis. The children loved planting the veges, growing, protecting and look forward to tasting!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Used in written language - writing about their plant, Science talking about the parts of the plant eg: sstem, seed, roots, leaves, stalk etc Maths = how high their plant was bigger, smaller, taller etc

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We will be growing more vegetable plants in our school garden. We have planted sunflowers as well to look at the growth of these plants. We will be weeding, composting and working with a worm bin to recycle food/paper waste etc.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? TThey have learnt the names of a lot more vegetables and herbs. The health benefits of these and hhow to grow them.

“An AWESOME little kit that my students LOVED!!! This fit well with our Kaitiakitanga focus and school garden. Such a great opportunity for our young students to have their own plant!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? The little garden fits in all the areas , they could read about it , write about it and even tell their parents about their experience of eating healthy.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? For the future we are going to learn about our environment and how to take care of our enivironment.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They loved growing their own vegetables and wants to taste it. They are willing to try more vegetables.

“Great , the kids love the plants and they are learning how to look after them.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? This kit has been a super tool to integrate with the various subjects across the curriculum. We have used the potatoes as maths problems, written countless stories about the characters as well as the process and even had great fun with veggie art!

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? - Science! And how plants grow, what is involved and different aspects of a plant - Patience!!

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Veges are the new coolest thing! From coming up with ideas of how to make others enjoy them, to making edible art with them, our children have loved taking their learning home.

“Such an incredible kit! Perfect for our little learners to actually see the learning in its process. Being able to get their hands dirty, the fun secret codes, and the special background story have really engaged all the children and sparked their interests. The website is easy to navigate and use. I have particularly enjoyed the high caliber of support material and resources provided on the site and the way we can integrate these resources throughout the curriculum. As an enviro school, this kit fits so well into our philosophy and we can’t wait to see our wonderful gardens become even more bountiful. Thank you school kit!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We had some awesome science based writing in our new entrant class. We made predictions about what might happen with the plants and what they would need to grow.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Maths and measurement--when the plants grow a little more (we have some slow sprouters and some quick ones) we can use the helpful measurement on the plant display to learn about measuring objects. I'm also hoping to encourage some visual arts relating t

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? When we planted the vegetables we looked at what different vegetables they were and how it was really important to eat vegetables to give us energy and look after our body.

“My class have really loved the Little Garden and all their secret missions. They take time to water the plants every other day and monitor them carefully and it has inspired many of them to go and buy plants to continue the experiment at home. It's a great resource with a great selection of items to help the kids and the teachers too!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? The kit was excellent for learning across the curriculum. We have been measuring the daily growth for maths, writing stories, reading facts about vegetables, learning what nutrients are in the different vegetables, learning how plants grow and the names o

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Our learning will continue next term in all the curriculum areas as described above.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The kids have learnt a lot a bout vegetables including those they have never heard of. We have discussed 5 plus a day and why it is important to eat vegetables. They are looking forward to eating them!

“An excellent kit which has our students engaged and intrigued.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We incorporated learning from the School kit into our writing activities as well as our maths. We measured how tall our veggies grew and used descriptive words to write in a scientific report.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Life Cycle of the Plant Healthy Eating Responsibility Participation Measurement Writing

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? I did not use this to promote healthy eating- we used it to support learning about the life cycle of plants.

“I teach New Entrant, year 0 students. My students used this kit to support their learning of the Plant Life Cycle. They loved having hands on activities to partake in, and learned a lot about responsibility while growing their vegetables. This kit was engaging and extremely successful with my students. We LOVED it!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We were learning about plants and how they impact the environment in regards to bees etc. So we looked at bees, which led to waterways, forests and their own home gardens. So much oral language and writing.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Looking at what we could do to provide a sustainable garden to feed our school families

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We have linked this to our healthy snack time and our lunches

“Fantastic Kit, We have saved some to plant in Term 4 so we have a continual growing period.”

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