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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? I didn't have the opportunity to use this in a cross-curricular way.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The children were excited about growing their own plants, especially ones they can eat.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We had many discussions about the benefits of eating lots of healthy vegetables, even better if they grow them themselves!

“I have used the Little Seedlings kit before and enjoyed the new additions to the kit this time. The clubhouse and badges were a hit with my class!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Caring for the local environment, The world around us, Making best use of learning and living spaces at school and at home, recycling - all part of our inquiry topic in Term 3.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Following through, setting timelines, Project based learning.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Lots of discussion with Year 3/4s about which veges they liked and how they liked to eat them: raw, cooked, in special dishes etc.

“Great reseource - the children loved the little growing kits and the card games and their badges”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? So many ways for cross-curricular learning. Science, Maths for measuring growth of plants, gathering data on favourite fruit and veg, Reading and writing about plants, Art, Technology as they helped build our new raised garden bed!

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Plants and healthy eating has become our topic for the Term and it has brought about so many valuable learning opportunities. Thanks School Kit and New World as we have just loved this kit and how we can extend the learning from it throughout the whole Te

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? This will be looked at further into this term, but it is a great opportunity to learn about why the plants we are growing are healthy and why it is important to eat healthy

“I have received a few School Kits over the years but this one has by far been my favourite. The students were hooked from the very beginning when I told them they had the chance to be a part of a very special club. Our topic has extended into this term as we were lucky enough to have our local New World come in to build us a raised garden bed to plant our seedlings into.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Reading :books: shared with an opportunity for literacy, phonological, basic sight words, initial consonant, blends, punctuation etc. Writing: Handwriting, story writing, Maths: Counting, measurement: Science: life cycle of a plant, water cycle. The list

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? This kit provided further learning in sharing and caring, manaakitanga, arohatanga and whakawhanaungatanga. We have a Nanny and Koro day in week 6 where we entertain, provide baking done at school and sandwiches using our veges grown by the children to fe

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We looked at what vegetables were favorites and how they preferred to eat them. I.e. raw and dipped in peanut butter, cooked with cheese sauce and especially yum in a hangi. Children sharing their ideas helped each other to become more aware of each other

“Thankyou for once again turning out with an amazing resource for our tamariki. We sent a lot of our plants home with the children when there was a fear we may go back into a lock down but grew more when the children came back to school. In conjunction with our 2 other junior classrooms we were fortunate to have our trade academy build raised portable gardens for us to replant our plants to. The children are very caring little gardeners and are sharing their plants with their whanau including grandparents. Unfortunately I have been off work sick since the last week of term 3 and have only been able to sneak back in to water the plants during the term break and check on growth and learning of the children. They love it and know what a plant ends to grow. Thankyou for the opportunity to share this amazing resource with our children. Whaea Kerri and Roo. 2 students”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Reading different books about healthy lifestyle. Writing about their new vegetables. procedural writing on how plant, making healthy food. PE keeps active at school.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Growing a school veg patch

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We have started a raffle on how can try new vegetables. Some learners have tried many new fruits and veg and have found a love.

“I really enjoy the school kit. Children (Year 2) fully engaged from the get go. Making estimations on what's in the big brown box and the 'badge' box. The anticipation for wanting to plant their seeds and measuring the growth of them sprouts. High recommened I have included photo where I have had to blur and screen shot faces out.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Writing/reading we could research about different vegetables. After trying a new vegetable we could write a description about it. We kept a diary for caring for our plants. Maths we measured different vegetables, completed statistacal investigations which

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We will continue to try different fruits and vegetables as well as continueing to care for our class garden.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We didn't talk much into the health side of things too much. My students knew eating fruit and vegetables are important, but this kit encouraged them to try ones they had never heard of.

“Loved this kit! It was fun building the suspense at the start and then the kids loved being hands on with planting and caring for their plant. The theme gave me as a teacher lots of other ideas for trying different vegetables, learning about each one and could be integrated into all sorts of different curriculum areas. The kids were so engaged throughout the entire time of using this kit.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? English - developed their vocabulary Science - learnt about the needs of plants and what they require to grow - the importance of our physical world (sun, rain etc)

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Cooking - how to prepare easy and healthy meals Writing - some plants haven't been eaten yet so when we do we can write descriptive pieces of writing.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Many students did not know the names of the vegetables so this increased their knowledge on the different types of veges. They were also more eager to try a new vege as they had grown it.

“An awesome, hands on kit that had been well thought out. The story and motto helped to get student buy in right from the beginning. Authentic learning that led to many effective lessons and teachable moments.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We used this for writing, reading, EOTC and art.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? discussion around why vegetables and fruits are important to our lives. Being healthy. Having our own gardens instead of buying.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Loved seeing the variety of plants for the garden.

“A great tool for the classroom. Great learning and a great way to introduce new untried foods.”

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