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? Drama, art

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? Sort of…would of been nice to have more resources regarding healthy eating

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Students had a much better understanding of vegetables

“Little garden kit was fun to complete in my class. The students enjoyed the mystery aspect to it the most and got excited receiving messages I made up from the HQ. My students focused mostly on the growing aspect of the kit and learnt about germination, growth ect more than healthy eating! The resources that came with the kit were fun and created a great atmosphere in the class. Would like to do this kit again next year and I’d recommend starting it at the beginning of the term rather than half way through as I did.”

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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? Children took ownership of their own plant. Our learning was mostly centered around healthy eating.

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? Children now engage in more conversation about healthy eating and how we can produce things in our own backyard.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Children learnt about different types of vegetables and what they looked like. Some children were more familiar with the types than others.

“Having a class set of little garden vegetables was fantastic. The children loved taking ownership of their plants and watching them grow each day. They then took them home once they were big enough to continue using from 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? 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

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? 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?

Very Low

Neutral

Very High

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?

Very Low

Neutral

Very High

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

Neutral

Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We used the kit as a writing experience. We then wrote instructions on how to plant a seed using the kit. This was then used as a purpose to write for a student who wasn't there that day.

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? Not sure.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Lots of discussion was had around "what one have you got?" and "I like ____!"

“Lots of little gardens that everyone could do one each. Had spares incase someone's got lost or damaged.”

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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? Great science and health cross overs

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 more gave students an awareness of where their food comes from and how easy it is to provide healthy food for yourself.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Heaps! Some of our students had no idea what any veges looked like before buying in the supermarket.

“I completed this kit with 5 year olds and it was great learning for them. They had no idea of the process to grow and harvest veges so has been fantastic learning of the process and what goes into our food.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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