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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Opened up opportunities for science - growth cycles, water cycle and how our bodies work - muscles, skeleton. Students were really interested in books about how how bodies worked and lots of questioning and discussions took place. Art - Our yearly calen

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are helping care for and maintain our school worm farm - the worm wee then feeds the vegetables other classes are growing. I think the biggest (and best) influence has been that many of my students have established small vege patches at their home. I

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? My students are very proud of their lunchboxes and the all of the healthy food they have in it. They now quite readily discuss with each other what healthy choices they have and which are their favourites. During healthy snack times they are very quick to

“WOW! What a fantastic resource this has been. Students were hooked in right from day 1. They loved filling out their application forms and sharing funny jokes. They were so excited when they received ";Approval"; at becoming a member of the Little Garden League. As for planting our seeds - the engagement and care they took as well as supporting others if they were a little unsure was so great to see. Every day my students came in buzzing about the activities we were doing and checking to see if their seeds had sprouted. After the holidays they transplanted their seedlings into larger seed trays and took them home to plant out in gardens many of the had established as a result of this kit. Lots of my students have taken on the role of Kaitiake for our school grounds and ensuring other students are careful around plants and other living creatures. Thank you for this fabulous resource. It is one that I think needs to hold a permanent place in the School Kit collection and be offered year after year. I am looking forward to seeing the results of my students seedlings in a few weeks.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We looked at the science aspect - parts of vegetables/plants/life cycles etc

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? So much talk around health and nutrition and about how food can be ";made"; or grown and which is better for us. They seem to have a real understanding now of the difference between naturally produced food and chemically produced food. Just awesome, authe

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Parents have told me that their children are more willing to try new vegetables now that we are growing some. The children are more aware of why vegetables are good for us versus food that has been processed and not grown on land or in soil.

“My kids are still raving about Little Gardens. We loved the hands on nature of this kit and the range of opportunities that it offered from Health through to Science. We were lucky enough to be given a garden kit from New World so we are growing more of our seedlings in our new class garden. We plan to apply our learning about nutrition to an afternoon tea later in the year when we harvest from our garden. The kids have so many ideas about how we can use what we have grown. I have received feedback from parents also about how their kids are more willing to try veges!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We wrote about the vegetables we had and made up stories about super hero vegetables as well as reading about vegetables and plant care.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We extended our learning into an investigation into the sun through looking into what plants need to grow.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Reports from parents were that children were keen to try new vegetables and children were very excited to have vegetables to try each day in lunch boxes!

“Very engaging for the children - they were drawn in by the secret club and highly prized the badges and of course the little seedlings. Very interested in the process of planting and growing and they loved the code cracking!! We discovered loads about vegetables and feedback from parents was great with children trying new veggies at home too.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We were able to link it into writing - both creative writing and persuasive writing. Creative writing was based on the different characters and describing them. The persuasive writing focused on why we should grow our own vegetables.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Students continued to learning about growing their own vegetables and looked at what other food they could grow themselves.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Students appear to be more aware of different types of vegetables. They are more willing to try new ones they haven't tried before and understand while eating vegetables are important.

“Students really enjoyed being able to plant their own vegetables and learn about how to be healthy eaters. The vegetables have since gone home, with lots of students enjoying being able to eat their vegetables already.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? writing- about our favourite ones, inventing a vegetable. how vegetables grow etc. reading- reading about how vegetables grow, supermarkets, gardens, different vegetables etc. inquiry-doing research on different vegetables Maths-measurment of growth/c

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Bringing the outdoors into the classroom, learning to do things that the students can take home with the and do.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The students are now more aware of what vegetables are out there. They are able to identify the vegetables they really enjoy and the ones that they would like to try.

“Having to get into the ";LGL club"; was a great opportunity to for the students to feel like they belonged to something. They really enjoyed being able to pot the vegetable mixture and watch the progress of the sprouting everyday when they came into class. Many have taken them home to join in their garden at home and are taking great care of it.”

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

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? we are still using the kit, and growing other seeds and plants in our māra.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We grow and eat our produce, so it is great for developing awareness of healthy kai, and nutrition. lots of great research happened during this time.

“The tamariki have thoroughly enjoyed this active kit. We are an enviro school, and being in the Ākonga Māori, our kaupapa kaitiakitanga is very important to us. We loved being able to plant, grow and nurture our plants and to put them in our māra at kura. There was lots of excellent resources and ideas that the ākonga loved too. Thank you so very much.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Working with others, communications skills, we planned out our garden and researched the plants that could go together, maths with measuring how far apart to plant.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? How to care for plants by protecting from the frosts and giving them natural sunlight. How to hygienically prepare food for others.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children are excited to eat something they helped grow - has given them ownership.

“Our children loved being able to plant their own little garden. Some of them had them already at home and others were disappointed that their parent didn't shop at New World! So all were very excited. We have a class garden that we are creating so the children can't wait to eat the produce that they helped create.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Links to our Health unit. We have huge issues with unhealthy lunches fpr our ESOL students so it'll be good for us to cook the vegetables once they've grown and share them with the students so they can see how delicious they are and encourage their parent

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Health curriculum - healthy environments. Eating from the garden, no plastic wrap, plants keep us healthy.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Not effective yet but it will be once they grow and we can eat them.

“The children loved making the Little garden plants and it's great for them to learn about where our vegetables come from and how to grow them. It also fits into our Health unit of learning about Healthy environments. We have just transplanted them into our outside gardens with parent helpers. Many thanks.”

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