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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? I was able to use the school kit to bring in some mathematics learning where the students had to complete a matching colour activity to apply to be a part of the little garden league. We were also able to use the application form as a part of our writing

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The opportunity to talk about the different parts of a plant arose and this school kit was a fantastic way to lead into this.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The students in my class are now able to begin to understand the importance of healthy eating.

“The students really enjoyed planting and watching their vegetables and herbs growing over time! They were excited to be a part of the exclusive little garden league and put a lot of thought into their applications. This kit was a great hook into teaching the students about healthy eating.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? This kit was awesome ! We were learning about how seeds grow for our topic. The little garden kit offered an engaging way of exploring seeds and watch the growing process.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? My class really enjoyed the code aspect of the kit. They loved cracking the code and were always eagar to discover the next secret code. Using the code templates provided, I created more secret messages, this was a great way to encourage extra writing for

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The kit was a great way of introducing children to the importance of eating vegetables as well as giving children the chance to be apart of the growing process.

“This was such an awesome kit ! It offered children the chance to be apart of a team and to learn able were their food comes from. My year one class loved the secret code aspect of the school kit which was super engaging”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We used this kit and integrated it into lots of different learning areas. Maths (measuring growth in time and cm), science (living world), literacy (writing about our little gardens &; completing the code crackers), drama (was a great provocation for our

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The kit provided great authentic learning with skills being taught that the children will use in years to come to further their learning in this area.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children have learnt about a variety of different vegetables and have tried things that they may not have tried at home. Excellent for reinforcing the importance of eating vegetables through growing your own. Authentic!!

“We absolutely loved the Little Garden League kit. Such a great variety of learning activities that engaged the children in learning about growing your own vegetables. The mystery in the beginning really hooked them in and got them excited for what was coming up. Thank you for the opportunity to use the kit!!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We used vegetables, fruit throughout other subjects, like counting and adding vegetables and fruit, writing about our favourite foods, playing games during PE like fruit salad, we sang about food, drew and painted foods, looked at tgechealthy food pyramid

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Building on what I gave said in the last box. Going more in depth about food and looking at what foods are not so good for us and why.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We talked about what vegetables and herbs we had, we looked at what we could make with them and we also cooked some to try as a class.

“This pack was amazing for our year 0-2 class. I made the LGL all a bit mysterious and they were so excited that they got to apply to become a member...they kept asking everyday have you heard back from headquarters yet?! The look on their faces when I finally said yes was priceless! They were so proud to get their badge and own seedling! The learning around planting and how to care for plants was amazing and transferred to everyday things also. Was so cool seeing them get so excited to water the plants etc. We have put them into our school garden now and waiting for them to grow vegetables. Thank you so much for this pack, what a fabulous initiative! Looking forward to seeing what other packs come out.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We learnt to share, work together and create a garden from scratch

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Once everything has grown, we will be learning how to cook new recipes from garden to table.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Children have learnt about new herbs and veges they haven't tried before

“Such a great kit! My kids had an awesome time planting and building gardens out of pallets.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Ownership, observing, maths, science

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Individual and team work

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Spark discussion and healthy food choices activities

“It was an amazing resources with real hands on learning experiences. The children got to be responsible for there own plant and enjoyed using their own initiative when and how to care for their plants. The complementary games, badges etc made for an awesome project”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? This kit tied into our literacy, maths, science, te reo maori and inquiry well. For example, we were able to use the code breakers during literacy and differentiate for a variety of learners. In writing we invented new LGL characters focusing on alliterat

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? A general interest in new kupu and processes of growing, cooking and eating healthy kai.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? For some children they have been introduced to new fruit and vegetables. For others they have more willing to try vegetables and more interested in our school gardens.

“This was a great kit. It was simple and easy to follow and the reminder emails meant that everything was kept 'on top of'. There was something in the kit for each student and the 'club' aspect really helped with our class culture.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Developing key competencies through gardening together. Writing during the code cracking. Reading of label for different plants.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We now have a class garden. We are looking forward to continuing this for many years to come.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We are willing to try different foods and are developing understandings of where our food comes from.

“We loved our Little Garden kit. We have planted some seedlings in our school planter boxes and are looking forward to sharing our vegetables with our friends and family. We enjoyed cracking the codes, especially when we received some Little Garden tools as a reward for working so hard!”

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