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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? Science How plants grow What they need to grow Maths - time seeds take to germinate. - measuring water to add the soil to

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Encouraging the students to join the school garden club Get their parents to allow them to grow a garden at home.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They have learned about the different vegetables that they can eat

“Kids have enjoyed planting the little gardens and watching them grow. They love coming in in the morning and checking their plants”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? It covered Science well and the cycle. Maths was also a great area that could be referenced here - measurement water and growth of plants. Calendar references for cycle growth timing.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Looking further at healthy eating with fruit and vegetables. Creating our own vegetable characters. Ways of cooking

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Looking at names of vegetables and ones they like to eat. The vegetables that parents 'hide' in their meals was an interesting discussion.

“Such a great way to have children introduced to the growth cycle and support a healthy eating programme. Being hands on and able to observe the growth. Lots of discussions prompted and responsibility for watering and check the plants.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Life cycle of living things. Health and well being time e.g linked to germination. Garden design. Measurement e.g. of distance required for plants to grow. Values of caring and respect for environment.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Garden design and town planning. e.g linked to Kiwana Towns unit.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Awareness increased but healthy eating not increased for some.

“children enjoyed planting seeds and taking care of them. Some were planted out in a team garden. Gave further insight into the benefits of eating vegetables.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Reading, Writing, Topic study and Mathematics.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Recognizing and remembering the names of plants around them and how they are useful in making our meals tastier. Look at recipes and try making simple child friendly meals,

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? My students can name the vegetables in their burger and in a salad.

“Was a good resource kit.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Some links to Maths - measurement

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Opportunities to research other vegetables, caring for our environment etc

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children have become more aware of a wider range of vegetables and are much aware of how to grow them and look after them.

“The timing has been a little bit tricky with having the school holidays in between as well.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We use the kit as a lunch pad for writing about fruit and veges, the code breaking was included in the reading rotation and we measured the amount of water it took to water the seedlings and graphed the results as part of our maths.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? A lot of the seedlings are now happily growing in the vege garden at school, we have talked about when to harvest the carrots and onions etc

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? My students were excited to tell each other what fruit and veges they liked and didn't like, we did a tasting were students were able to try some veges they had not tried before, I noticed more carrot sticks, cherry tomatoes and celery in lunch boxes afte

“My students loved this unit, I used the coded messages as an activity during reading time. They loved earning the badges although the form to be filled out was a bit labour intensive for my 5 year olds and we ddid it over a couple of days.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? This kit was a great motivator for many learning experiences across the curriculum, especially literacy.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We would love to develop our school vege garden further.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children learned the names of lots of new vegetables and were keen to try some new ones.

“This was an amazing kit and the children loved being part of the special club.”

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