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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? 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? 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? 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? 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? Literacy - using journals to make connections in guided/shared reading, cracking the code as part of literacy, application letters. Mathematics - measuring and recording growth of seedlings. Science/Health - learning about the different types of plants,

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Planting out our seedlings into our own garden beds, continuing to care for them this term. Our next topic is Summer - as part of this will investigate the best vegetables to grow during this season. Also investigate the different types of fruits that ar

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? This kit tied in nicely with our school Paddock to Plate programme, which the students were involved in during Term Three. It helped them to become even more aware of the importance of healthy eating and nutrition, our school gardens and orchard and tryin

“My students loved this kit. They enjoyed learning about the plants in the kit that they had not known before. The Vege Patch Match game was a real hit and the students really enjoyed planting, taking care of and watching their seedlings grow.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? It linked to our Garden to Table programme where we grow food and cook simple recipes from the produce. It linked to The Life Education Bus that we did last year.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Thinking about our environment and how we can reduce waste by growing our own food at home.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They think about where their food comes from. They learned about the food pyramid and wanted to try new veggies.

“I really liked the concept of this writing kit. The kids love learning about making the world a better place so why not start with the garden. We also run a programme called Garden to Table at our school so it linked really well. The kids also loved the back story of the Little Garden League!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We talked about life-cycles for science, what plants need to grow. We did measurement and estimation when talking about plant growth. Lots of fun art-based activities were also created. Writing time covered recounts, instructions and reports.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We will cover 'plants' again early next year to reinforce learning. It gave the younger children a chance to be involved in taking care of the school garden and hopefully they will realize how special it is and want to keep being involved in caring for it

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? It has made the children aware that there are things you can eat and they can taste just as nice as shop brought food. The lunch doesn't have to be a 'snack pack' from the dairy. The you can make yummy sandwiches with food you have grown. The fact that th

“Our Little Garden from sponsored by New World has been amazing. We set our garden up in the class and the children loved watching all the plants grow, especially as they grew at different rates. Heaps of excitement when they popped through the soil. The special part for the class was taking the seedlings out when they were big enough and planting them in the school garden. Many children from the class regularly check on the plants! Our next step is to watch our seedlings and have a tasting time when they are ready. This should be interesting as a number of the children have not tried these foods before. Thanks to everyone involved from us :)”

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