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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? General health curriculum but also good for maths (statistics) and for establishing healthy relationships.

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? It prompted useful conversations about healthy eating.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The Vege Patch Match game was certainly popular and educational!

“My Year 3-4 class really enjoyed the process of preparing for joining the Little Garden League. Many of them had participated in the Little Garden league a couple of years ago in a younger class and had fond memories. My class benefitted from the 'caring' angle taken by the unit. Caring for each other as well as caring for the plants was the angle we took. I hope you enjoy the photos :)”

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Posted 3 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? This kit and the website seeing other peoples ideas allowed me to explore the vegetables in many different ways through, writing, reading, math and art.

How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Student became increasingly excited about fruit break time and enjoyed exploring the different fruit and vegetables other students brought. They also developed high interest in fruits with seeds and as they wanted to grow their own fruit.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Some of the students had very little knowledge on vegetables, the different resources supported them to identify new vegetables in a fun and exciting way. Students were very excited about sharing their vegetable jokes.

“Thank you for the Little Gardens, my class loved them. It was a great way to explore new vegetables with my students and was awesome seeing their excitement as they watched them grow. Lots of amazing learning.”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Healthy eating and link to writing and art

How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We haven't eaten any veges but it has given children an awareness of different vegetables and I have used the resources as a platform to teach more about healthy eating

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Good impact

“Great to have plenty of little gardens for my whole class. This is the second time I have received this same kit and it is excellent.”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Helped my English Language Learners with their oral Language Skills. Science and the life cycle of plants.

How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? A little. An awareness grew of the importance of including vegetables in their daily intake.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? It helped them a lot.

“A great kit. Helped my English Language Learner's group with their oral language skills. Lots of discussion and follow up generated.”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? STEAM Te Reo Whānau Engagement Kai in schools Breakfast in schools

How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Giving different vegetables a try mixing vegetables up and eating together like cucumber and carrot ribbons. We find the kids are lighter in their eating and learning to sharper.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? This kit had a high impact for my class and our Kura. The tamariki were amazed at how fast the vegetables grew and some had never seen vegetables grown and only saw vegetables at the super market

“I LOVE this kit. My tamariki love seeing a small seed develop into a vegetable. Learning to care for their seed. Making sure there seed was watered, got plenty of sun and also measuring each day and describing what is happening with their seed. Love been outdoors this kit is always a winner with my akomanga.”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We had an overarching topic of "thinking like scientists" so we were able to link to health, the environment, sustainability, family responsibilities and more!

How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children were super excited to plant and grow their own food to eat. A few children had already received 1 or more little gardens from shopping at New World with their families, so were happy to do more of it at school. For many of our wee ones, it wa

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Our students had pretty good prior knowledge of the basics, but it was great to be able to teach them more about herbs and some of the less mainstream vegetables that many 5 year olds haven't tried.

“This was a fantastic kit. The class was super excited to see it arrive and unpack it! It fit in really well with our science theme for the term and added on to previous learning.”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? It was good introduction for our inquiry this term. Making a difference in our community. Some students choose to continue the learning and grow more seedlings.

How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We have had many good discussions about healthy eating and hopefully some of our radishes and lettuce will be ready by end of term so we can make salads.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Students made te reo memory cards and games based on fruits and vegetables to play with younger buddies.

“The little garden kit was great for my class and our younger buddies. We spent time discussing plants and gardens as well as composting. Little buddies and big buddies planted the seeds in the cups and enjoyed playing spot it with the cards. Unfortunately, many of our original plants didn't make it. But I got some from some friends and we tried again at the start of term 4. Many of our plants are ready to be planted in the school garden in the next week or so.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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“We have done this same kit in the past. I choose 'GREAT' based on this. I went ahead and organised to be a part of this based on previous experience. However, I have to admit that the term 'went to custard'. We are in the throes of a building project meaning disestablished classrooms, sharing of spaces, teachers leaving, COVID, sickness. We were not able to complete this kit so the children will be growing their own plants at home. Sincerest apologies.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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