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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We looked at seed life cycles, healthy living, what we need to grow and ne healthy

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Visiting a local farmers market and vege grower

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We have sampled veges and we have tried some of the recipes from New World to accompany this

“So excited to be part of this the children have loved it and we have learnt so much”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? maths language reading

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? this is a great opportunity to use the integrated curriculum and children learn lots of different things from the one subject

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Children know that healthy food gets grown

“It's fantastic to have this available and the children absolutely love it”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Firstly we explored language, what Hua and Hua Whenua means, and the names of certain veggies in Maori. We did writing on how the seed grows. We read about how plants grow and researched where different vegetables like to grow.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Our plants are still very small and not carrying any veggies yet. We want to plant them in the school garden after the holidays and keep caring for them. Once we have actual veggies, we will learn how to write a recipe. We will taste and compare the taste

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Year2/3 class: They now understand that vegetables come from the soil. Some grow above and some below. The concept that things that come from the ground are really healthy for you and you should eat them regularly has been very well established. We did an

“This was a briljant project to do with my students. We explored how the seed germinates and how the seedling grows. They were absolutely astounded once the little seedlings broke through. I was like a competition for them to see who's seedling grew the fastest. This project gave us opportunity to explore so many topics and the students loved being part of the secret club. They would go out and go find other students with the badges.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Where plants grow, parts of a plant, which parts of vegetables (stem, leaf, flower, root, fruit, seed) we eat, what plants need to grow, surveys on our favourite vegetables, sorting vegetables/plants/seeds into different categories, developing oral langua

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Colours and how eating a range of vegetable colours are important for our health.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They have a much better idea of vegetables being healthy for us. We are going to further build on this next term when we link some exploration of colour with the importance of eating different coloured vegetables.

“A fabulous resource. The children were captured from the beginning when they applied to be members and posted their applications in the cubbyhouse. They were then highly engaged and absorbed by the process of planting and growing their plants. They learnt a lot about plants along the way, which linked in perfectly with our plants topic. A big thank you to everyone who made this resource possible.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Hauora - Health Science Literacy Te Reo

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? In unison with our worm farm that we created this term we will be using the seedlings that she students planted to grow at our own school garden and use the worm castings and worm tea to nurture our vegetables. We will then use the vegetables to create me

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? by exposing them to a variety of different vegetables and teaching them how to grow their own.

“My students absolutely enjoyed the kit and becoming members of the Little Garden League. They loved the code breaker activities and planting their own little seedlings which they have been monitoring and caring for daily! I had also given them their own little league name so they could expand their knowledge of the variety of vegetables such as Eruera Eggplant.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Good use for science, literacy and maths. Our inquiry unit was change so it fitted perfectly with that.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? To keep talking about healthy eating and to see over time the changes, and also who manages to grow and eat the different veggies.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children have been involved in discovering new veggies and very keen to try them as they grow.

“Lots of ideas, kids loved hands on stuff and digital resources provided.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Managing our resources, taking care of our things, using kind hands, - the table was very popular every day with kids wanting to water them. We used eye droppers so the plants could not get ";flooded";.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We had a few seedlings left over, which we will plant in our class garden in our outdoor space where we can continue learning about this.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Was a great way to open their eyes to the range of vegetables available - great to reinforce at brainfood time.

“This was an amazing kit as always! It was especially useful as a wonderful surprise for the kids to come back to after the 2nd lockdown. Over those following two weeks, we only had half of our children back - this meant we could spend greater time teaching about taking care of our plants and enjoy in smaller groups the whole process. The children that came back late were ";begging"; each day to plant their one. Today we began sending them home and we used the badges to be revealed at this point - it hooked the kids in once again. A massive thank you for this kit!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Health and wellbeing (healthy eating), maths (how many days did they take to sprout?), science (natural world - plants need sun and water)

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are starting a school garden where there will be lots of opportunities to learn about planting, composting, weeding, harvesting, soil health etc

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They wanted to try some new vegetables

“Great for teaching about caring and nurturing (plants and people)”

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