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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? could be integrated through social science, technology - science and math. Lots of different activities to come up with.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? well resource, lots of knowledge to pass on

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? such a great resource for my tamariki to know what they look like.

“awesome resource, my class enjoyed getting to plant their own little garden.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Sketching fruit and vegetables, blending colours for art work; writing instructions and drawing steps to show what a plant needs to grow.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are working on our Junior garden as a way of understanding cycles, seed collection, growing seeds, planting seedlings, developing a worm farm and composting so that children begin to learn about our ecosystem and what it needs. We have some very ke

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? It introduced children to a range of vegetables and fruit.

“Students loved opening their packages and caring for the seedlings. It connects with our Junior garden and learning what plants need to thrive.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We measured the plants weekly and made graphs to show the differences in growth. We used the plants for healthy eating unit and learnt the te reo maori words for some vegetables and fruits.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We will harvest the plants and use them tomake some meals.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We used it as a motivation/introduction and children learned that herbs can be used to add taste to food. We also investigated the benefits of fruit and vegetables for our bodies.

“The garden was great but maybe it would have been better if it came at the beginning of term as some died over the school holidays. The children loved planting them and monitoring their progress and was a great catalyst for our healthy food/healthy bodies unit.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Science/ Health/ Writing

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Children were happy to take them home and promote to their families.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Children were more aware of what were vegetables and some they had never heard of so we had to investigate what they would look like once grown.

“A very valuable experience as a lot of children were unaware of where vegetables came from and had never experienced planting seeds together.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We went down a science route and learned about plants and plant needs, life cycles then Alston only minibeasts

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? It has laid the groundwork for future growing units, they will maybe have a passion to get a garden going at home etc

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children who had gaps in their knowledge now know a lot more vegetables

“I really enjoyed the Little Garden teaching kit and so did my classroom of new entrants. The club idea captured them from the start and I was able to find out what prior knowledge they had. We used the little garden to kick off our “Backyard Garden” unit and based out learning around what plants needs to thrive and then moved on th minibeasts. The little garden was a fabulous introduction and it is great to see the children taking responsibility for the plants and knowing what they need.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? This kit tied in nicely with our termly topic around the sun. We learnt that living things need heat and light from the sun and water to grow. We did a science experiment to see what happened if a plant didn’t have these things. We wrote instruction bookl

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Creating a school garden.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The students loved seeing how the fruit and vegetables they eat grow and were more excited to try new ones.

“Great hands on kit that was engaging for my year 1 class.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Part of our Topic on healthy eating

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In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Learning about new vegetables, being encouraged to eat new things through listening to other students.

“Thank you so much for these. We have planted these in our school garden and they are going really well. The students had a great time watching their plants grow and watering them. Thank you!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Health and values of how to look after our things

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Values like perseverance and patience

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Students have started eating their produce and realise that it's tasty.

“A great tool to assist with stewardship that was our focus.”

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