How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Opportunities to link to written language, maths 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? Kids were excited to try some vegetables and they encouraged each other.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? There was lots of discussion about vegetables and which ones they liked and had tried.

“Great fit for our year 1-2 class. The plan included was easy to follow and lots of fun!”

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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 - describing favourite veg, Letter to a peer telling them why they should eat ____ veg

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? Some students are keener than others to try new food now

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? We didn't do this as well as we could and if I was to do it again I would make slides to add to the morning routine and learn 3-4 vegetables a week.

“Students loved seeing things grow and also seeing what happened when we forgot to move the plants from in front of the window over a long weekend.”

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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? Linked the our Inquiry

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 understand that we are going to use the vegetables next year to make, preserve or cook it and eat what we make. Students have already tasted raw vegetables that they hadn't tried before. We are trying to implement the concept 'from garden to

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Getting the kit enabled students to research more about vegetable plants and herbs.

“Getting the Little Garden kit at the start of the term was a great way to hook my class into learning about growing plants from seeds. We have planted them in our school gardens. It also lead to learning about when to plant, what to plant together, crop rotation and companion planting and from garden to plate. My students had fun planting the little gardens and watching them grow. Thanks for providing such a great resource.”

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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? Tamariki decided to create a whole inquiry around their little gardens and how to care for the environment. We used out little gardens for writing and maths (great links to science too)

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? Excitement to grow and harvest their own food. We are a garden to table school so this was great for the kids to do

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Younger tamariki enjoyed the matching game to help build their ability to identify different vegetabels. they also enjoyed noticing differences between each others little garden

“Great kit. Prompted an awesome inquiry. Thanks!”

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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? Science (living world need s of plants, differences between seeds and bulbs), writing ( explanations, observations, lists), maths (Predicting heights, numbers that would grow, volume of water to be poured on etc).

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 made many aware of the wide variety of vegetables available.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Many had not seen or even heard of swedes or turnips and were fascinated by the leaves on things they did know such as carrots and broccoli.

“The children really enjoyed planting these seeds and watching them grow, with the Helper of the Day being responsible for watering them and ensuring that all the pots were rotated to ensure even sunshine. Some had used them before, others had not and had to learn how to plant seeds. The condensed soil tablets were fascinating to watch as they expanded, with some students spending more time watching than planting!”

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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 covered many aspects of the curriculum at level one . We incorporated maths , science , technology , health , visual art -great for oral lang programmes

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? Encouraged them to try different vegetables - particularly their own.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? high level of impact - hands on and children each had their own vegetable to focus on and look after - so learnt about their own and their friends . Most children could tell me who had what vegetable and they could identify them .

“Fun hands on activities that capture the children's interests.”

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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 opportunities along with maths.

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 has improved their understanding of where their vegetables come from. Many students have been inspired to try the vegetables they have grown and have told me they now really like them.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The students gained an understanding of germination time and just how easy it is to plant vegetables.

“My students loved the little garden school kit! They begged to begin and were very engaged.”

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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 tied this into measurement in Maths, lots of prompts for writing, healthy foods in Health and in Science we looked at the cycle of a plant and what a plant needs to thrive.

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 few children who were self-proclaimed "vegetable haters' tried a new vegetable from the school garden and while not everyone liked all we celebrated trying new foods.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Lots of new learning in this area for some children!

“Was a big hit with the class. Having the resources for all to have an opportunity to have a plant to care for and allowed plenty of conversations throughout the day between children around the plants.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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