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 were looking at symmetry in maths so it dove-tailed beautifully into what we were doing.

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? because it was fun and they were hands on they were more invested in trying new vegetables.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? All increased the number of vegetables they could identify.

“The children loved it all. There was a good variety of plants and they loved finding out about them.”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

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Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Science, maths, writing and health.

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? We looked at different vitamins plants gave us and so on.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Heaps.

“We monitored growth and discuss why some plants may have taken longer to sprout etc.”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Written Language Mathematics Inquiry Learning

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? Gave us the opportunity to have the discussion around being open to trying new things. Don't have to love it - but at least try!

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Their knowledge started off very poorly, but by the end they were able to name different vebetables.

“This was so much fun. The children were excited the whole way through the process.”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We did some writing about the plants. Could do more inquiry based activity’s learning about plant life cycles.

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? Neutral

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? There were some vegetables our children hadn’t seen before. They liked sharing their favourites.

“It was so fun! Easy way to do planting at school and our kids really enjoyed watching them grow.”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

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Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Art Writing Life Cycle of plants What plants need to grow Dairy writing Maths - measuring plant height cooking - vegetable soup

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? We hope to make vegetable soup

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? They are very interested and many of the vegetables are unknown to them

“I have just started this unit. The children are all very excited. They will start planting their seeds this week.”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

Neutral

Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Maths shape size Science weather Writing lists observations Art observational drawings

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? Absolute passion for growing vegetables, awareness yes , unsure whether this will be carried over long term for some.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Students were able to monitor their plants and talk about how they would grow.

“Kids were keen little gardeners, with many continuing this passion at home during Term 3 holidays. We have continued planting this term and even with the torrential rain that swamped the plants, the kids had opinions as to what that meant short term and long term growth at school and at home.”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

Neutral

Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We combined this with our statistics unit

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? We talked about 5+ a day and different ways you could cook vegetables

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The children learnt about so many vegetables they hadn't heard of before. And one Chinese girl in my class recognised a lot of vegetables she eats at home and could tell the class about them.

“The kit was amazing. The children learnt so much about different kinds of vegetables. They tended to them with a spray bottle of water everyday and we recorded which vegetables grew the fastest and which ones took their time. They were very surprised by the snow peas as they grew sideways around all the other pots!”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

Neutral

Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Science - The Living World which we are currently learning Digital Technologies - creating their own slideshow to document their journey with this kit Literacy - creating posters showcasing their plant

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? They were engaged and excited.I think it also helped that a lot other their parents/families had a garden or were looking into getting one because of the financial climate at the moment. We also have a greenhouse at house so some of the students knew abou

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? This kit had an impact of them identifying a majority of their vegetable/herb. They of course was able to identify their plant that they planted and looked after.

“This is such a fabulous kit. The children loved the resource and the fact it is hands on and and at the end of it they will have a plant to take home. I also loved that some many teachers happily offered resources, help and support,”

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Posted 3 years ago

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