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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Visual Art - Using veges as art tools. Numeracy- Look at measurement and height of plants as they grow and recording observations. P.E - Different types of beans and shaped we can make with our bodies. Vege Salad tag emphasizing the names of vege

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The opportunities that came up was that students were interested in what plants need to survive and how insects play a role in that survival and reproduction.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? My students struggled with distinguishing fruits and veges and through this kit we were able to go into detail about what characteristics make fruits and veges. Drawing on their home experiences students discuss what veges they use at home and in what dis

“Little Garden League Kit Great interactive kit for year 1 and 2”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Many opportunities with integrating science and writing. We did many observational drawing and diagram that were used to write descriptions and information report.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Creating miniature gardens, we looked at little garden and lizard sanctuaries. Looked into different types soil and different types of plants and how they have adapted to survive and avoid diseases.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? It has opened up conversations with parents and peers. They now understand how easy it is to grow veggies and many have encouraged parents at home to start a herb garden.

“It was a great kit especially during spring. The children were extremely engaged and were able to link a lot of the learning to home and past gardening experiences. They could see in real time how it grew from a seed and showed were curious with many questions! Being park of a league and a club had a wow factor and because it has a purpose of protection and preserving they wanted to ensure they did the job right.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? maths in measurement of plant growth. science in living things and what they need to grow. literacy in writing about observations and topic.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? cooking with our produce.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? vegetables are good for our bodies and fun to grow

“loved this resource. the little ones were hands on and really enjoyed watching their plants grow.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Could fit into all curricular areas.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Children learnt how to grow plants and we tuned this into our inquiry for the term.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Children were trying new veges at home and sending pics to school.

“Children loved the aspect of doing tasks to get into the club! I felt like once they were finally in the club the excitement wore off. They did a good job of growing and caring for the plants. The challenges and tasks were too hard for my NE class.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? It was a good opportunity for the students to look at the science behind how plants can and need to grow. For example the sun helps the plants grow.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We have discussed caring for our plants in the future.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children enjoyed learning about the individual plants and their growth time. We discussed how we could use our plants to make meals for the family and school community.

“This kit was amazing - timed very well with our little garden review in school.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Science, writing, reading, maths- measuring, comparing, art

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Our plants unit is continuing as there is a lot of learning to be had with this. Curriculum areas as well as attitudes such as patience , caring, thoughtfulness, stamina, perseverance........are able to be developed with this.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Our plants are still growing so this part will come next.

“The kit was great. Thank you for sharing this resource with us. The cracking the code part was well beyond my New Entrants but we made the most of planting and continuing to learn about plants, their parts and what they need to grow.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Writing inspiration, maths- measurement, drama, story telling, coding, technology, problem solving, health, responsibility &; ownership, community- getting experts to come and help, providing back to the community by helping others with our new knowledge.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? not sure...

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Student knowledge of the names of vegetables has grown. It was interesting to see how many students lacked knowledge of where their food comes from.

“Our class loved learning about the plants. The content was easy to simplify for my younger students and they were engaged throughout this unit. Their knowledge has certainly grown through this time of learning.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? For Literacy we have done lots of reading about growing vegetables and eating different foods including food in different cultures. We have written stories about foods we love, about healthy lunch boxes and we have enjoyed a visit from Harold and the Life

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are really excited about design thinking with the digital curriculum at the moment so would love some more opportunities to look at this. Thanks School Kit you are absolutely amazing and we love love love receiving your awesomeness.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? As part of having the Little Gardens we ate our way through the alphabet exploring lots of lovely new foods that are healthy and nutritious. The kids are doing lots of talking and exploring with their lunch boxes about what they can include in their lunch

“The class absolutely loved and are loving the Little Gardens in our classroom. We still have them in our Classroom and are busy getting them ready to be planted out in our schools big vegetable garden. The children took their task of applying to be part of the Little Garden League very seriously and we loved the tasks involved in applying to be part of this. The children love wearing their badges but we have found many of these have broken easily along the way. We love the range of activities that we can do across the curriculum as part of having the Little Gardens in our class.”

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