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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We tied this into our literacy, by identifying the alphabet/letters on the weekly code and making up our own codes. We used celery and food colouring to show how the plants absorbed their nutrients from out of the soil.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Sustainability

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Children enjoyed growing the food and then knowing what each of the vegetable were. Growing them themselves encouraged them to want to try eating them. They were all excited about being in the secret club.

“The resources on the web page were child friendly and easy to find. We watched several videos multi time, each time getting different ideas out of them. The secret club had children hooked in from the start and they all proudly wore their badges. They kept the club a big secret and would not share what it was with other children if they didn't have a badge,”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? See review above.... maths and science

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? They all became very interested in plants in general, I had several leaves brought into the room to identify!

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They are aware of fruit and vegetable for healthy eating but they are 5!

“I am a busy New Entrant teacher with x25 almost 5 and 5 year olds, so my feedback will be brief! I absolutely loved the entire idea and the way it worked. My littleies all planted and grew their very own seeds, they were desperate for the seedlings to sprout (so was I!)... running in to the classroom every day to check on their progress. I warned the parents the seedlings were coming home for the last holidays, their treasured seedlings all made it home. Students were super engaged on planting day and retained that engagement until they took them home. Growing seeds fitted with our science and measuring them fitted in with our maths!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We learned about the life cycle of plants and how to keep them healthy and strong.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Numeracy - statistics. Graphing how long seeds took to germinate etc. Science- life cycles, what living things need. Literacy - journals and descriptions.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Students were keen to try new things and enjoyed learning about how they could do it at home toom

“The whole kit was a great resource. Everything was thought of and it was super easy to teach. The kids loved the hands on resources and keeping track of.our growing progress. It was great they could get them from New World too and do it at home. Awesome school kit idea!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Art.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Set us up for KEGS

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Ate a few things we never have before. That was interesting!

“We loved it but unfortunately it came too close to the holidays and the plants went home. We are currently on a kegs term and I wish I had held over to this term. But we had fun and learnt heaps.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? This experience was able to cross through all curriculum areas with ease. The science aspect covered the life cycle of a plant, math with measurement and many others..

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Research development..our children are now keen to investigate how plants can positively impact our environment, earth, people and poverty rates. Thank you.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Our children now understand the health benefits that come from plants ie, nutrients, vitamins, minerals etc..

“The my little garden experience in our classroom was absolutely amazing! Our children (who are usually rough around the edges) learnt how to nurture and care for something so little. Their seedlings are looking healthy and mostof our children have taken theirs home and planted them in their gardens. Thank you School kit sponsors for allowing our children the experience of learning to grow their own kai and for this amazing resource that has taught them a much needed life skill.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We used it as a health topic and a science topic with germination and growth cycle of a plant but beyond that it really didn’t lend itself to any other topic.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We talked about how the children could plant their own vegetable garden at home and they took their plant home with them before the holidays. We have a vegetable garden at school so now the children have a better understanding of what is happening as the

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? It opened up the discussion of what vegetables children had tried and ones they hadn’t. We talked about how important it was to try new things and then decide whether we liked it or not.

“I teach New Entrants (5 year olds) and they loved planting their seeds. It was a great learning topic for us as well. We learnt about what it took to make the plants grow and then we learnt about the stages a plant goes through when it is growing. The children loved watering the plants and then watching and looking for when the first signs of the plants coming through the soil. The only thing that created a challenge was the little signs that said what the name of the plant was became very soggy and ripped due to watering etc. I wonder if these could be made more durable.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Science, reading and writing as well as health covered.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? They were interested in plant life cycles and how and where things grow best.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? I think some students see fruit and vegetables in a different light. They have really enjoyed learning about them and growing their own.

“The students enjoyed the story behind the kit and enjoyed deciphering the clues. Some children became very interested in growing plants. They all enjoyed being part of a secret club.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Living world, science, health and well-being - linking vegetables to providing energy.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Garden to table with our community gardens.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Children were able to see link from the seed, plant and then vegetables that they recognise on their sandwiches and dinner plates at home.

“The children were very excited to grow their little gardens. They rushed to look each day to see if they had grown. The code was appropriate for some of the children but many needed support to complete and then help to read the message. They had an opportunity some weeks later to grow more seeds and as part of the garden to table programme have become a lot more engaged with our school garden and what is growing.”

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