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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Maths-statistics, measurement Oral language-Patch match game &; Code cracking Reading/Writing- Code cracking, fact finding, vocabulary enhancement Science-Growing cycles Health- Healthy eating, food prep &; hygiene

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Planting our school garden and exploring seed dispersal

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They have tried new vegetables served in different ways. The kit has exposed them to the natural process that takes place in the growing of them.

“We loved this kit. The children were so engaged, they loved the mystery element, and then all of the prediction and experimentation with growing and tasting. The code cracking has become a favourite past time and I am having to make up more challenging messages everyday. A fabulous fit for our play-based learning environment with all of the oral language generating activities. The activities were targeted perfectly for this age group...the kids definitely have a new found love for veges. Thank you.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Linked to being kaitiaki and caring for others and the environment. links to religious education gods creation strand. the code cracking was great for literacy learning, letter recognition.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? continue to care for plants when they take them home and plant them in their own gardens. Harvesting the vegetables and using them in their own cooking and meal planning.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We had lots of discussions about healthy choices and how healthy foods fuel our bodies and brains.

“Room 10 loved being a part of this super secret club, planting our seeds, caring for them and watching them grow. they had a great time cracking the codes. Awesome cross curricula links.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We did coding/maths, science with the water cycle, writing by creating our own characters and writing descriptions and we got to do art by designing them.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are now going to create a garden for our school. One of our great parents are helping us use our greenhouse that sits empty then we will learn about the garden to the plate.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They have been learning all the names of the vegetables and how they are good for your body. It has connected to our whole school topic on The Good Life.

“this has been an excellent kit. the kids have loved learning all about he fruit and vegetables and were intrigued when they were part of the LGL club. They have learned all about growing plants and the best way to look after them. We have also done some propagation to follow on from the videos we watched.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Maths: Measurement of growth and volume of water. Writing: Language experience of planting seeds and noticing growth. Science: Needs of a seed. What is a seed? Parts of a seed. Oral language: Talking about seeds, plants and food. Te Reo: How we are k

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Children are now taking care of class garden with the seedlings from the kit. They are seeing themselves as kaitiaki of the seeds and gardens.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Students where introduced to new vegetables. Encouraged 'risk taking' when trying these new foods.

“First time using school kit and I LOVE it. Thank you New World putting this together. Our class (year 0-2) learnt so much about herbs and vegetables and skill of growing of plants. It inspired our writing, oral language and maths for the last few weeks.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Integrated with our inquiry and the reo. Ngaa tamariki o Rongomatane.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Making a vegetable garden, composting, Enviro-school

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Learning about the different types of fruit and vegetables.

“The kids have loved this kit. Their plant's growth is carefully checked each day. They really enjoy solving the codes and they are currently designing their own garden characters using alliterative names. They were also very motivated to earn badges with various tasks. This kit has integrated very nicely with our Papatuanuku/ Kaitiakitanga inquiry.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Maths - We measured how long each of the plants were after 3 weeks of growth. Science - We made predictions about which plant would sprout first - Little did the kids know that it actually said how long they would all take on the label. Concept

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We need more plants that don't take as long to grow in class. Or you could send us the kits in term 2 so that we have 20+ weeks to grow and harvest them so that we could touch on healthy meals.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? I struggled to go into depth about healthy eating as we didn't have anything to use to make any healthy meals. The plants all took to long to grow. I used it to make the class aware of the life cycle of plants.

“I thoroughly enjoyed the My Little Garden pack as it wasn't just a one hit wonder. It required the kids to actually plant their seeds and care for them until they are ready to be harvested. We unpacked the importance of water, sun and soil and also a plants life cycle. The students update their parents each week on how their plant is growing and continue to have meaningful conversations in class about the progress that their plant is making. I did find it hard to go into depth about healthy eating when we knew that the plants wouldn't be ready to eat for many months.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Surveying and graphing our classes favourite fruit, linked in with our school wide sustainability theme, coding using the secret messages and creating our own codes.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Learning more about growing our own food as the seedlings get replanted into our school gardens and not to mention eating the vegetables and following recipes to cook with them.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Children learning the difference between fruit and vegetables and where their food actually comes from.

“Awesome resource, thank you so much School Kit. The class were super engaged being part of the Little Garden League and took their pledge very seriously. So much integrated learning happening, surveying and graphing our favourite vegetables, code cracking and creating, learning what plants need to survive and thrive! It is lovely to see our tamariki taking on responsibility caring for their plants.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? - Computational thinking with solving and creating codes - Science (plant growth) - Maths (graphing favourite vegetables) - Reading (reading and understanding code) - Links to all key competencies too (particularly managing self and using language, sy

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Students have shown huge interest in growing plants, so I'd like to continue this in term 4. I also plan on focusing more on healthy eating and trying new foods. Will continue using the secret codes as a link to the digital technology curriculum, when we

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Students are beginning to talk about healthy eating, but as we didn't focus hugely on this area it has not improved their awareness significantly. We may look more into this next term.

“This kit has been an amazing part of my class learning this term. The children have been totally engaged throughout and are so excited about being a part of a special club. Every morning they come in to check their vegetables and they're proud of their growth. There are so many different routes that learning could go in with this kit and I'm really pleased with the engagement and enjoyment that my class have got from it. In particular, the secret codes were a great way to bring computational thinking into the classroom.”

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