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 looked into farming - science, cultures - social studies, reading and writing opportunities

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Students did not realise how easy it is to grow your own vegetables. They just see it in the fridge or on the supermarket shelves and did not know where/how most of it was grown. Many students thought it was disgusting having not tried many. We talked abo

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The students were surprised by what vegetables looked like during all the stages of growth.

“The students in my class have LOVED this experience. They have been so excited to watch their Little Garden grow. There is lots of discussion daily about the growth, whose is doing what, why some are not growing as fast as others, how important conditions are, which has led to further discussions and questions from the students. Everything arrived on time, it was easy to register, and I have enjoyed this as a teacher. I would love to do this again!”

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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? Maths, writing, reading, created ESOL activities, oral language.

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? The students were able to share their knowledge with the class on the chosen item.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? There were some vegetables they had never heard of which was a great away to introduce and learn more about the plant.

“I think it was a great experience for my children. They were very excited to learn and immerse themselves in the topic along with watching them grow. I definitely will get this for my class next year and would love to dive into it more.”

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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? Writing, inquiry and exploratory play.

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? Not all students but most were engaged and enjoyed planting the seedlings and watching them grow.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Myself and the children learnt lots about vegetables that were apart of the seedling packs that we had never heard of before.

“Thank you for the Little garden pack. Our children enjoyed exploring what was inside the pack. We enjoyed planting the seedlings as apart of our exploratory play. We were able to incorporate this into our writing, integrated learning and inquiry.”

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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? This kit sparked an idea for future gardening units and an opportunity to cook and try different vegetables in different ways. We were able to use our devices and use our research skills to look up how to care for our vegetables.

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? This kit provided opportunities to have discussions around vegetables, fruits and gardening. We talked about what we like and don't like in terms of vegetables. Which also helped us to talk about what is healthy to eat.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Most of the children already knew a variety of vegetables, but we were able to talk about and look at other vegetables we were unfamiliar with or ones not in the kit.

“The kit was very cool and fun to do. Students enjoyed planting and learning and talking about gardening. We are still working on the kit as we already had a set plan for Term 3 and with assessments in term 4 we have been slowly working through it. Definitely a good idea to take advantage of all of the resources on the kit page, study up or you'll be flailing a bit like me a non gardener :)”

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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? Art, sharing knowledge with other classes, preparing our outside gardens.

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? It changed a few views on trying unfamiliar vegetables..

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? They were amazed to learn about out how their favourite vegetables start life from a seed and what they need in order to grow.

“We have loved growing your plants and hopefully the kids will be eating them with their families. Unfortunately I had an accident and can't be at school for the rest of the term but I have some photos I can add. The learning was very meaningful and the kids really embraced the work involved in nurturing plants despite the wind and rain. Because I couldn't be there to finish up I am proud of them and their parents to finish growing them at home for their families. We also had so many donated that they had quite a few to look after.So all our plans to put them in our school Enviro garden didn't happen. I also don't have a photo of our Clubhouse but we do have one. Thank you School Kit.”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Science, inquiry, mindfulness, reading

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... some of the students have been bringing in fruit that they have grown at home.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Still early days - we only just planted them recently so not much has grown yet... they enjoyed the stickers and reading the vegetable names

“Kids loved it - we used it as our mindfulness activity linked to Whare Tapa Wha”

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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? This carried right across from our inquiry of healthy bodies - term 3 to water in term 4. Maths was incorporated as well.

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? Understanding where veges come from, how easy it is to grow, caring for something and looking after it, being healthy

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? A very big impact. Most children were eager to check daily the growth on the plant growth

“This kit was an absolute hit with everyone. I run a classroom of diverse learners and this appealed to everyone. Much joy and happiness came from watching the plants grow”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Science , seeds growing, germination

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 say they want to try them but the are a wee way away from the eating stage

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? We had to look up a couple , borage for example. Great learning for all

“A fantastic kit ! Done it before and would be happy to do again. The kids love it and the rate of success is phenomenal. Just excellent”

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Posted 3 years ago

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