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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We have incorporated LGL in with our maths, science, art, writing and reading, HPE and Te Reo alongside our whole school focus on Te Whenua.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We will be utilising ITC to make posters about our kai, also creating a classroom cookbook, and looking at community service by providing our school whanau with extra kai as the plants produce.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? this kit has been supported by our school having Life education visit as well. The challenge from both LGL and Harold has resulted in the children all tasting veggies in different ways to what they have normally had, such as making and tasting basil pesto

“The Little Gardners kit arrived at a time where it supported our Inquiry Topic of Whenua. The tamariki have been very excited observing their seedlings growth, and have taken up the challenge of Grow Protect Taste throw their daily monitoring and tending of their seedlings, designing of school gardens and have been willing to try new recipes that incorporate their veggies. This kit has provided a lot of oral language opportunities, development of maths skills through measuring seedlings and graphing their growth, Health and PE focus on healthy kai, science with the focus on what is required for things to grow, and procedual writing opportunities as the tamariki write about how we make different veggie based meals.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Students were able to draw the progress of their plant, and also write notes about their plants. They learnt about science/needs a plants have.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Students will continue to learn about plants, and healthy eating with more exposure to the plants as they grow and and try some of the vegetables.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Students became more aware of new vegetables. They loved playing the card game and identifying all the vegetables.

“The students have really enjoyed planting and looking after their plants, and learning about new vegetables!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Science &; Maths - seeds &; plants, measurement, seasons, weather.... we went all sorts of places! English - stories, writing Art - beanstalks, plant art

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Looking long term at our school garden and how we as juniors can get involved. We are using it to lead into our new native plants focus for next year also - growing seedlings that are not just for food.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We have talked about and tried all sorts of different vegetables, and also how they are different and can help us in different ways.

“Our class loved this kit, and it really leant itself to some great inquiry learning. I was amazed at the power the LGL had - kids who are normally very reticent at trying new things tried some crazy vegetables! The kids really believed in the story and the learning became important and real. Thank you so much!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Maths/Digital Technology - working out coded messages.

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In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The fact that they could grow vegetables themselves led them to try new ones.

“Well put together resource. Great excitement receiving our large package.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Language - vocab Art Maths - positional language, measuring Social Science - different veggies from around the world Music - we loved listening to and dancing to the veggie songs Writing - we wrote about something to do with our garden each day and u

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are going to develop the ideas from this school kit as a mini unit to roll our to the children each year - it really has been the most fun and engaging kit - thankyou so much!

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Yes it has been extremely effective. We've learned about super foods, vitamins, a healthy balance, and which foods are really good to promote to others who don't enjoy veggies. We have many converts to Carla carrot in our class!

“Oh my goodness, my class of year 1/2's have been so engaged with being members of the LGL. They have learned so much about healthy veggies, and we have extended the learning to use all sorts of vocab we wouldn't have otherwise been exposed too. The children particularly enjoyed code cracking, and monitoring the growth of the veggies each day. The characters you created made it all come alive - thankyou so much school kit :-)”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We wrote about vegetables, created planter boxes, sorted vegetables, moved like vegetables and drew vegetables.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are linking the little garden to our minibeast topic next term, where the children will need to create an environment suitable for minibeasts to survive in.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Children learnt about new vegetables, sharing ideas of how they like to eat them.

“Our children and families have been highly engaged in this project from the onset. The first thing the children do in the morning is check on the growth of the seeds. They often refer to the video of the roots growing out of the seed when no shoot growth is evident. Some of the plants have now been sent home to be replanted in home gardens. The resources provided are great and have made it easy to reinforce learning.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We used in our shared reading, maths for measurement, and in our writing.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? After we received the seeds we acquired a vegetable patch in the schools grounds where we planted potatoes with the sprouting Little Garden. Something we are looking forward to in Term 4. Thank you from all of us in Tawera 1.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We learn that vegetables help you get strong. We watch how the plants grow and can try to understand how me grow food. We have found how easy it is to grow vegetables and this is something we can do at home.

“Our children liked all the different types of seeds and to watch them grow. We are learning a lot about germination in our Year 1 class. The growing vegetables make us happy and we get to see which ones grow faster and taller. We have loved cracking the codes over the weeks.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Taking responsibility for looking after something. Understanding that some people eat different foods- respect for cultures. Maths - measuring growth. Reading labels, writing about we need to do, instructional writing.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Developing interest in our school gardens and making food for people in our community.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Children learn about different vegetables and discuss why we should include them in our diets. There are opportunities later for us to use them in cooking activities.

“The little garden kit is great to get the kids motivated about growing food and flowers. They learn about the needs of plants for growth.”

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