How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Procedural writing

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? Students were keen to grow their own vegetables

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Extended the number of vegetables children could identify.

“Thank you so much for all of the little gardens. My class loved planting them and watching them grow. It also motivated us to taking cuttings and growing our own pot plants.”

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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 set up other growing projects around the room, including tadpoles and caterpillars.

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 sure.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? We really focused on the growing and not so much of the veges.

“Thanks so much for this little kit. The students were engaged and keen to take them home after they had started growing. Some were planted up into bigger pots and then transplanted out into the class garden. We kept them inside a little green house inside the classroom which made it easier for them to water. This is a great project to build responsibility and kaitakitanga.”

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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 - measurement, shapes Literacy - writing and descriptions Vocabulary

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 had a vegetable-tasting afternoon - they had to sniff them, lick them and eat them if they were brave enough lol. Most gave it a good go!

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Great - we have had some great discussions around the different vegetables. Colours, shapes and tastes

“A popular kit as always. The tamariki love to plant the seeds and were most excited to watch the soil tablets 'grow' when we added water to them. This was one of the most exciting and most talked about parts! It was lovely to have some children take on the watering role, our nurturers were always most concerned after the weekend that their plant babies were still thriving!”

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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 used the little garden league kit as part of a mini habitats unit. The tamariki had to create and look after a mini habitat

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 tamariki were excited to take their plants home and put them into their gardens. This may get them into growing more vegetables.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? They loved the vegetable match game, although some students struggled with the names most could identify the vegetable.

“The tamariki loved this kit. From writing their application and figuring out how to fold it to the planting of their plants. They were thrilled to get their membership badges as well as cracking the code.”

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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 tied in really nicely to our science and living world topic

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 children loved learning about the veges they had never heard of and were so excited to try them when they grow

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The children loved learning about the veges they had never heard of and were so excited to try them when they grow

“We loved taking part in the Little garden league, my learners were so engaged and motivated. It was the perfect balance of learning and fun, it tied is so nicely to our science learning and was easy to incorporate all other curriculum areas. I would highly recommend to others and will definitely do again.”

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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? Maths, cooking, art, writing, talking, science, gardening, health education, 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? They have tried new food, it related to our T3 work with Harold the Giraffe and the Life Education van. I bought in rhubarb and raspberries from my garden (frozen, and I know they are not veggies) also we had capsicum in our fruit in schools pack which th

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Much improved for many, they loved the veggie match game, one student even wrote about it for his student voice in his end og year report.

“Little Gardens Sponsored Veggie project”

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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: living world with literacy. Observational skills, problem solving, discussing and listening to the others, organizing self, cooperation with peers, development of own interests, pride in product and persevering to try again. Wonderful!

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? Made them more amenable than I thought to trying new things.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? We failed to keep following through to get them growing really consistently. Fantastic those that met with success. Yes definitely able to identify verges we grew.

“We loved getting the and getting into it. The shard sense of purpose was awesome and excitement generated with ideas. Two suggestions, the expandable material holding the seed is so cool to start it, maybe it needs another type of material for once the seed is growing as it just didn't support the seed and we didn't maintain our success as desired. Secondly probably our consistency was hindered by trying to sieze the opportunity to get the kit, but we were already overwhelmed by our own mahi.”

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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? Integrated well with our topic of "processes" and the process of how a seed grows. The children loved the hands on experience. We had a lot of discussions about where certain vegetables come from/how they grow. Lots of great maths opportunities. How high

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 was a really interesting topic that we will continue to delve into. It really fascinated me that my Year 0 class really struggled to come up with food that was "good" for our bodies. After lots of discussions and planting our seeds I think they have

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Huge learning for my year 0 class. I found it interesting that the majority of my class didn't know where vegetables came from. It provided me with some really good talking points to start with. They were all really excited to care for their own plant -

“This kit provided lots of amazing learning opportunities. Children were engaged and I observed their oral language really flourish during this unit. My children were excited to learn and really enjoyed the process of watching their seeds grow. They learnt so much about how plants grow and all about different vegetables. This kit really was a foundation for such a fabulous, rich unit of learning.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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