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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We could link the kit into our reading program by reading books about vegetables and fruits. Maths we made tally charts and graphs based on our favourite fruit and vegetables. Writing, was an opportunity to write a procedure writing on how to best look af

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Once, our plants have fully grown, we are going to develop our own recipes using our fruit and vegetables.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Children are more willing to experiment and try new fruit and vegetables that they may previously have shied away from.

“My year 3 girls and boys absolutely LOVED receiving their little plants to plant, water and grow themselves.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? This kit tied in nicely with our inquiry topic of life processes. Learning how things grow and survive and how we can help them to thrive. It was also great for maths and we compared the growth of the plants, measured them and graphed the results. There w

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We went on to look at how worms help the soil that the plants need to grow and look at our school worm farm.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The kids learnt a lot about vegetables and fruits. Most of them didn't know anything about herbs so it was great to have those included as well. We had a tasting afternoon and they discovered that if they were brave and just tried it most of them actually

“This was an awesome kit. My y1/2 class were so excited to see what was in the box. The resources were high quality and everything you needed was provided. The kids were so pleased to be able to take their own plant home at the end and lots have kept me updated with how they are growing. Lots of them collected more seedling kits from our local New World when their parents were shopping.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Our inquiry was the Ecosystem so this linked perfectly. We made ecosystems in a bottle to and were able to use the little gardens there too. Thank you!

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are now making dioramas of gardens and the different living and non living things that are needed for that ecosystem to work. Our goal is to label it, and makes sure we have a message.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We have planted them out in the gardens and are waiting to reap the rewards!

“Loved all the hands on activities and how the plants started growing at different times depending on what they were. Linked beautifully to our inquiry too.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? It tied in with maths really well! We looked at measurement of both the plants as well as amounts of water used to water them. It covered health of course with healthy eating and fuel for our bodies. We also completed several art and writing activities di

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We finished the unit a while ago which has meant our veges are growing in the garden - our future learning will involve weeding, watering and caring for these plants before we harvest them. Then the fun begins - what shall we make???? The children are con

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children learnt about vegetables they didn't know about. They tried some new fruits/vegetables. Their understanding about why these foods are important for us has greatly improved.

“This unit was awesome!!! I loved that it was open to the teachers interpretation to add to it as wanted. The children loved the provided resources, quizzes, and activities. The badges were worn with pride! I did it with a Year 2 class and it was very age appropriate. We thoroughly enjoyed participating in this unit and believe me there is still more to come as the veges continue to grow and hopefully soon we will be harvesting some food to eat.”

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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? We used the code to write coded messages to each other. We carried out research on our chosen plants to find out as much information as we could that we then presented to the rest of the class increasing our digital fluency. We looked at instructional wri

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Next year we are looking at creating a school vegetable garden and also planting fruit trees that in years to come the children will be able to pick and eat at school.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? There have been daily conversations about they type of food that the children are bringing in to school to eat. We already had two children in the class who are vegetarians and their enthusiasm has been encouraging the others to try veggies that they have

“The children were so excited first of all when they rehydrated the soil disks, decoding the messages, then when the first shoots began to appear and when they repotted their plants. Now they are waiting for their plants to grow.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Lots of cross-curricular learning - art (drawing of vegetables, painting vege planting pot), maths (measuring), literacy (reading about gardens/vegetables) (writing - descriptive writing)

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Continuation of vege growing at school and increasing awareness of the importance of eating vegetables. Links in really with with the Zespri Virtual Challenge promoting healthy living.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children had a good knowledge of vegetables as we have a school garden, however what this kit encouraged and improved was their willingness to try new vegetables they hadn't tried before.

“We absolutely loved this kit! The children were so engaged throughout and whoever thought of the secret messages, what a hit!! We are now getting to enjoy the first of our vegetables (radishes) and learning the different lengths of time it takes vegetables to grow.”

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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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