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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? Used this in writing - what was in the box, instructional writing. Part of Enviroschool - part of school garden.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Will resue this kit with our new NE for 2021. Liked the club.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Chn are exposed to diff types of veges etc

“Children loved planting and watching them grow at different time. Have collected ";spares"; from NW to use with the NE children next year. Thank you NW.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Kept getting sent links for activities but website was hard to navigate and didn't seem to find useful activities that include the curriculum and engage/teach students.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? More activities/teaching resources linked to the curriculum. Ideas for actual teaching and learning discussions, and to engage learning.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Not at all - receiving the plants where amazing but not much for actually teaching the students.

“Not many resources around teaching about gardens or healthy eating. Had to create own teaching an learning activities.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Science - Living World is what the children wanted to learn this term. Healthy food and also writing instructions were also taught through the Little Gardens.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Our school garden that we are planning and putting into action.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? There was a lot of discussion about being healthy and what veges they love and would like to try.

“My students are at a low decile school and wouldn't normally have access to the Little Gardens. They were so excited to have their own little plant to grow and take home.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? English - We wrote instructions on how to plant the little garden plants. We looked at non fiction texts and compared them to fiction texts. Science - we looked at photosynthesis and parts of the plant. We used flowers and leaves and vegetables as our mat

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? It integrated nicely into our Edible garden project which the children will continue on with this term. The children are all very keen to plant their plants at home and keep a home diary to share on seesaw.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We had a taster day where the children had the opportunity to try as many of the vegetables as I could find. Lots of children were very brave with the support of their peers (watching them enjoy and be proud that they happily ate many of the vegetables) t

“Absolutely wonderful resource. The secrecy and intrigue captured the children's attention. They have taken on the responsibility of caring for their plant reminding others if necessary.”

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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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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Science - change, soil make up, pollination, photosynthesis, parts of a flower, etc, maths measurement of growth, writing - what have we done? what worked well and what didn't? Inquiry - linking research, the moon, planting by the moon, mamaramtaka - Te R

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? What to do next with the plant - Recipes, book? Technology - making cement towel pot plant holders, Growing future gardens, composting, worm farms,

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The students have all been introduced to a lot of plants and vegetables that they didn't know about or hadn't tried before. More willing to try new things. :)

“Little Gardens 2020 - Awesome idea. Inspired a lot of classes in our school to get planting gardens and to have potato growing competitions etc. A great idea to get kids growing food at home too. :)”

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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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