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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Cooperative learning - children could teach each other how to plant - lots of oral language too!

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Looking after a plant, watching it grow...

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Encourages them to try and learn about new foods

“Children were very motivated, loved the planting and learning about new veges/plants - the info on the website about each plant was fantastic.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Links to mathematics, science, art

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Our garden is still thriving and students are caring for our environement.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Students were keen to try new vegetables - one had never eaten a carrot. We came up with 7 different ways to eat the carrots and the students voted on the best way to eat a carrot and created a graph to display their results.

“Students loved planting their seeds and watching them grow. The resources you provided were fantastic, thank you for making this possible.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? There were opportunities here, but were very engaged with our school theme around the historical world.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The students were able to take their seedlings home and share with whanau

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Students were noticing items in their lunchbox that correlated with the vegies in the games and pictures that they had been using.

“The students were very engaged in the idea of belonging to a ";club";. They enjoyed the games too. Especially the characterisation of the vegetables.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Didn't actually link cross-curricular. Timing with other in-school requirements made this a little difficult, but scope for this could have been huge. I would have linked into Visual Arts a lot more, and this in turn provides a backdrop for their writing

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Looking at Healthy Eating across the school for the future and continuing the growing of vegetables at school.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The fact that everybody is trying different vegetables, they all want to try - positive peer pressure. Students more aware of fruit &; vegetables in each others lunch boxes too.

“Students loved the hands on, getting dirty aspect of this, which is ongoing with plants still growing at school. Clear instructions / storyline.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We had a great time exploring and graphing vegetables and fruits we liked and didn't like, colours and shapes. This kit leant itself to every area of the curriculum which was brilliant. We could spend a whole term or semester on this.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Gardening at school, caring, healthy bodies and exercise, change, life cycles, There are many future possibilities.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? lOts of them already had a great awareness and this was reinforced. The ones who didn't have particular reasons and have parents who don't value produce and healthy eating. It's quite possible they can't afford it too.

“This kit really inspired all of the children to nurture and grow their own plant. The took pride each day coming to to monitor its progress and cherished the water and care that was required. All of their plants went home with them proudly when the school term ended.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? This kit was utilised in several ways across the curriculum. Our children enjoyed measuring and observing the growth of the plants (maths), they also enjoyed creating and caring for grass heads and watching the growth. We had a taste testing day and we th

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? If we had more time I would have loved to have created some vegetable art

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We had a tasting vegetable day. Children who wouldn't normally eat vegetables loved trying something new which was exciting! We discussed how vegetables are good for us and help our brains and bodies grow.

“Our year 0 year 1 children loved this kit. They were highly motivated and engaged from the beginning. They loved being part of the secrete 'Little Garden League' and were so excited to receive badges. The resource was excellent and motivated all learners. There were ample opportunities to extend the learning in many different ways- I loved that it could be so broad.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We took on the whakatuaki of nuture your seed, and it will blossom. We did flower art, well being - giving complements, reading and writing.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Cooking

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Students took pride in nurturing their seed. I hope we planted them early enough to harvest by the end of the year. The hands on learning was engaging but also students could show responsibility to nurture and look after their very own plant.

“This was an engaging school kit with students learning to nurture and care for their own seed. Values and KC were achieved while teaching this unit. Easy to use. Provides a resource for all students.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We have integrated reading and writing into this kit, the kids have also been measuring their plants and have looked into the science of how plants grow.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We will be planting the little gardens at school and hope to see the kids continue their fruit and vege interests.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Students are more willing to try vegetables - every child in my class tried radish and we were able to have discussions around vitamins and minerals and why it is important.

“Kids loved the kit, planting the seeds and watching their veges grow. The 'grow, protect, taste' pledge was a winner in our class - we even had some kids 'quit' tomato sauce!”

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