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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Science - we looked at the life cycle of a seed , talked about pollination and germination Health - looking at fresh foods, where our food comes from, healthy eating etc Outdoor education - we worked outside to plant our plants and create an area to rep

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We will continue to try to grow our own vegetable garden in our outdoor area

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? It has worked well as we were in the middle of a topic on Farm to Table where we had been looking at where our food comes from. Because the plants were so quick to grow the children were able to see results quickly and see how easy it is to grow our own f

“Overall the little garden kit was great, the badges and introduction with the letterbox worked really well to pull the kids in and get them interested. They loved getting a plant each to plant, water and take care of and support the learning that we had already been doing in class. The other activities were all a bit tricky for my 5 year olds, so next time I would love to see some 'easier' options for the secret codes and also the cardboard labels for each plant don't last when they are getting watered. Otherwise - such an awesome initiative that I would love to continue doing on a yearly basis with my class.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Great links to literacy and science. Art. Health and recreation - gardening as a hobby.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Adding the plants to our school garden. Home/school links - positive feedback from parents.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Students have a greater awareness of the different vegetables and plants that they can eat. Many of the students had no experience of a number of the plants in the little garden. I brought samples (e.g watercress, chives, borage, mint) for them to try. I

“My class enjoyed the build up to the planting and becoming members of the little garden club.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? As it was an integrated kit we used as a stand alone which we could encourage the use across the curriculum. I used this as a complete topic and was able to ensure the students were kept motivated for the duration. I used in writing, topic, maths and sing

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Measurement of the plants, science- photosynthesis, labeling, natural world. Cooking the veges grown. Create a menu.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The discussion around growing their own food led to making connection with their own world. ZThey were also able to explore about different types of food them and their family could try. The links were excellent insupporting this.

“The students got really excited by the secret club. They liked having the badges and getting the plants. The background info was good but maybe you could make profile cards with the main points of the character. As teachers we had to modify and sell the club. The application was a good idea but was harder for pre readers. As class size is more than 20 could be a mission. I liked the idea of the letterbox. The class enjoyed getting an envelope back the next day wit their badge and key. The messages that came out were very long. With pre readers even with scaffolding was quite difficult. Messages could be shorter? If you had extra funds maybe you could create a one pace cartoon with the needed info about previous members.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? This linked into our spring unit really well- looking at what plants need and why spring is so busy.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Using the plants to take home and grow the vegetables in their own garden -

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We talked more about the colours of the veggies. Tasted the herbs in the school garden - they were more likely to give it a go and have a taste.

“This was fun and exciting for our tamariki. They especially enjoyed watching the seeds sprout - causing lots of debating about ‘who was bigger’ ‘whose grew the fastest’ so thank you.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? stimulus for writing children received letters (written by the teacher) from the Little Garden League and wrote back to them Maori - chn connected with tikanga and thanked Papatuanuku for the abundance of food she provides Movement / drama - r

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Sunflower seeds - will grow, collect seeds, make seed packets, give as gifts

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children are more aware of plant based foods and where the foods they eat and cook with come from. - more willing to try foods (even though "; I don't eat vegetables";) that they have grown and nurtured themselves discussion about the freshness of

“The kids were very excited to receive the kit before they were released in the supermarket.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Literacy - reading and writing about the different veges we tasted and looked at Maths - sorting the veges into different groups, counting how many seeds we had vs how many sprouted Art - Drawing our favourite vegetable, sketching in detail parts of the

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? This kit lead me down the path of bees, and we talked a lot about pollination etc, as well as studying the parts that makes up a plant and what the different parts of the plant do.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We did a lot of taste testing of different vegetables in this unit, which allowed the kids to try new things and find they like new healthy food. I could extend the healthy eating to a '5 plus a day' idea, and creating healthy lunches too. We also learnt

“A really great kit, that enabled us in a year 1 classroom to extend our knowledge and vocab about plants, planting, vegetables and everything healthy! The vege match game was also really awesome and my class still play it everyday.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We drew the characters = art. We described using I pads the taste and smell and look of new vegetables = ICT, literacy and oral language.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? How plants grow and science experiments.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children loved sampling new vegetables. Most didn't even know the names of the vegetables they were growing, so we learnt heaps.

“This was an absolutely wonderful kit. All of the resources were age appropriate and the children loved them and were full engaged. All of the little gardens grew except one...but this was a great learning discussion. We didn't use the website much but as a teacher it was helpful for me to find the resources i needed.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We wrote about what we had done and seen, measured, made kale chips, veg soup et

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Develop our use of different vegetables in the classroom and promote the school vege garden, Kai Growers Club and recognition of veg.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Trying new things and promoting vegetables and growing our own.

“This was a great resource for my class of Year 1's. They really enjoyed the whole idea of the 'LGL', the planting, checking the seeds each morning and decoding the Club Letters from HQ. Thank you very much.”

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