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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Gardening: preparing soil, composting, discovering how much food waste we make - and devising ways to reduce that. Worms - not the 'how to eat fried' variety - lots of interest in the types of worms, life cycles, care etc

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Most of our plants are still growing. Not really at the eating stage yet, so we are continuing to care for them in preparation for a salad day.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Discovered a bunch of things we didn't know we could eat. Our food pyramids are more detailed in the vege section now :) Knowing we CAN eat, is still quite different to actually putting the vege in one's mouth however :)

“Many of the children did not know the plants before the kit (neither did their teacher. Borage??!!!) Nice for them to learn new plants and how to care for them. Discovered that not all pots needed the same amount or frequency of watering - and that there's an interesting consequence of over watering an as yet to sprout seedling”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Writing - we did writing on how we look after the environment by planting healthy (and pretty - pansies! plants) Reading - we got books on plants so we could learn more. Environment - We went out to look at and study the bees. Art/scientific drawings -

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Some children were inspired to look at other things in our environment and made google slides and posters on them. Three of the girls in the class started an earth club to look after the environment.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We looked at the importance of eating healthily, but also looking after the environment - we loved the environment friendly containers and even tray! We talked about what was in our lunchboxes - so this was a good way of discussing healthy eating.

“The kit was really exciting for the children - they loved the secret mission feel. Uncoding the secret messages - they loved them, so much excitement! We had a lot of fun planting and growing the seeds then taking them home to grow with the family! We had been looking at the importance of bugs, especially bees to the environment so this was a bonus!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? It was able to enhance our learning outside the classroom with the planting, maintaining and care of the plants.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We can't wait for our veges to be ready to eat, we will be able to then use them to prepare, cook and eat a variety of tasty vegetables adding to our core curriculum

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Some of our children learnt names of different vegetables and allowed us to extend their knowledge. We were also able to talk about vegetables and how they are important for us to eat.

“Our children loved this kit, the excitement in planting the seeds to seeing them sprout was awesome. We had many children learn new things about vegetables and some new names too. Great that it was hands on and appropriate for our whole team.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We utilised the kit to learn about the growth cycle of plants, from germination to bearing fruit. We created art as part of out diplays. Literacy was evident in stories and writing. Maths used to measure growth.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The children have enjoyed caring for their seedlings and now have taken over responsibility for the school gardens (as this is where our little garden seedlings have ended up). THey are excited to try some recipes using the vegetables as they mature to fe

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The biggest learning for our class was the different varieties of herbs and vegetables contained within the kit, as they were beyond the normal, common household range. Our tamariki were also inspired to pick vegetables from our school garden to take ho

“We loved every aspect of this learning experience. From the moment it arrived, the anticipation and intrigue was off the charts for our whole class. There was valuable sharing of prior knowledge for some children, whilst others got to experience something entirely new. We particularly loved the connections, comparisons and competition that went on between class little gardens and whanau little gardens!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We had a whole inquiry based around how plants grow. We wrote about our seedlings and their growth, how plants grow and then about our gardening experience. We have done some artwork relating to flowers and vegetables.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We have been meaning to get our school garden up and running for a while now and this kit kick started that process because it provided us with the means to do so - the vegetables itself, which we don't otherwise have money for. We have been inspired to k

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Healthy eating is a big priority at our school and this really helped! The children had not heard of some of the vegetables and we tried them as a class. Growing the vegetables from seed helped the students to understand how plants grew and they were more

“My New Entrant class loved this kit! We did a whole inquiry unit on how plants grow and using the Little Garden kit we grew our plants, became Kaitiaki of our own plot in the school garden and last week, set about weeding our garden plot and transforming it into our own little garden. The kids are very excited to grow their own vegetables that they will then take home to their families. Thank you school kit!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Reading - code cracker, application Writing - application process for my year 1's and 2's was a new and exciting writing format Maths - how many plants for each child in the class, watering Other - how to continue the care for these plants and our resp

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Making things from our fully grown vegetables! From garden to table How can we continue this whole-school

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? That vegetables are important to have and can be put into anything. They talked about how vegetables can be put into anything!

“A great kit! Tied in really nicely with the classes' learning about healthy eating and why vegetables are so important. The students were really engaged and so enthusiastic about the initial introduction process as well, such as the application, badges, code cracker, etc. Such a cool idea to be apart of the league! I am struggling to decide on where to put the plants now and how to keep them going as I personally don't have much of a green thumb. However, this is something I plan on problem-solving with my students. Thank you for this amazing learning experience!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Maths - measurement. Size of seeds, spacing when planting, and height of our plants. Reading - a variety of texts about gardens, plants, etc. Science - how to grow plants, what do they need to survive. School values - manaakitanga (caring) and whakaute

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Life cycle of a plant - seeds turning into plants. Continuing to plant, grow, and look after our school garden.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? My class were very proud to be part of a special League. Students loved Vege patch match and recognised veges they eat and prefer not to eat, to veges they didn't know about and/or know names of.

“What an awesome kit and a great way to encourage students to learn about healthy foods that they can grow and eat. The kit had my students engaged and interested from start to finish.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We used the seedlings for maths activities - work out how many could be planted in the garden, measured their growth, graphed how many seedlings we got (ones in the kit plus parent donations) and talked about money spent to get a seedling. Literacy - how

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Kaitiakitanga - caring for our gardens, land, and world. Manaakitanga - cooking and sharing with whanau. Social skills - helping others plant their seedling, discussions every morning at the club house watching the seedlings growth.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Many children at the beginning of the kit said they didn't like a lot of vegetables and herbs, but once they saw the character (like Brad Brocolli) they thought he was really cool so were open to then trying brocolli. We could then prepare, cook and eat t

“New World Kit - AMAZING!”

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