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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? 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? 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? We connected it into our writing as a prompt, inquiry as a science topic, math etc.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Cooking the vege's and recipes etc.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They learnt about the different types of vegetables and how often we should be eating them. They learnt to care for plants and some have even asked their parents to plant a garden at home.

“The kids absolutely loved it. We didn't get into as quickly as we would have liked due to covid, but we enjoyed it.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Science - plants, Technology - the process of growing food sustainably and best practice, Literacy - writing about their experiences and reading journal articles about similar experiences (especially in Connected science journals)

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Many children have become more willing to participate in our Garden Club at school and plant and maintain vegetables in our school garden. Children would like to learn about the origins of edible plants and how humans came to develop them etc.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? From above review: A number of children who said they usually hated vegetables said they were at least willing to try them a little more as they now understood how healthy and important they were and were also keen to eat vegetables that they had grown t

“This kit was excellent as it gave some great health learning opportunities that were delivered through real life experiences. Unexpectedly for me the children were really into this project and were really motivated to plant, grow and talk about vegetables. The online resources were really helpful in as was the fact this was also something they did at home and school, as many children brought extra plants from home that their parents had acquired from New World. All vegetables have been transferred over to our school gardens and will eventually be harvested and given to the needy in our St Mary's church community. We already do this through other vegetables grown in our school garden and donations from parents. Children also really liked the idea of joining a club and receiving special coded secret messages. A number of children who said they usually hated vegetables said they were at least willing to try them a little more as they now understood how healthy and important they were and were also keen to eat vegetables that they had grown themselves.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Maths in measurement, , Science -plant life cycle, Health-heathy eating, caring for environment, literacy- we also keep a plant diary-thinking like a scientist, making predictions, observing, noticing, recording

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? they were excited to take their plant home and care for it, trying new food,

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We have done a full unit on connection with the environment, so we have looked at why plants are important, they were really interested in the science behind plants- Some of the students don't have a vegetable garden . It was great to link it to our he

“awesome kit and resources, everything was very easy to use and very relevant to the junior school. The kids loved the secret club idea.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? numeracy and literacy learning, as well , of course, Science and health learning: From statistical investigations to recipe writing/instructional texts

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Interest in gardening and weather patterns and soil health: Cooking and tasting, and experimenting with different flavours in food tech

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We have investigated the nutrients that each vegetable provides as well as many recipes for the vegetables, and different ways of preparing them that have created an interest and understanding of the benefits of healthy eating

“its an amazing kit, easy to deliver and very engaging for our tamariki”

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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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