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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? It has linked science, writing, maths, and Te Reo learning for my class.

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The students now talk about what vegetables they are eating in their lunches and in their dinners at home.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The students were already able to identify the majority of the vegetables but now they are able to identify a wider variety.

“My class have absolutely loved the little garden school kit. They get very excited planting their seeds and watching them grow.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We also learnt about sustainability and being a green gold school that is important to us.

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 developed a passion for growing their own food through this activity.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The children had a good foundation knowledge but introducing new vegetables extended that further.

“It has been fantastic to have the Little Garden activity in my Year 0/1 class. We have been learning about garden to table and this has brought the learning to life. Thank you so much for the amazing resources. The children loved it.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Our inquiry topic of Hauora linked in perfectly with this kit. We covered healthy eating, the Living World strand, and incorporated the kit into writing - for example procedural writing (how to plant and care for a seed), descriptive writing (taste, textu

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? I've overheard discussions from the class about how they get energy from their 'brain food', and they enjoy counting how many people have the same items in their lunchbox (finding carrot buddies or banana buddies each day!). We're noticing a lot of season

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The kit prompted a lot of discussion from students who liked to eat some vegetables that others had never heard of (e.g. radish). The class became more interested in the existing school garden and were encouraged to join the junior gardening club, learnin

“My Year 1 class have loved having the chance to grow their own food! We discovered some vegetables they had not heard of before, and learnt about how to care for seedlings. The kit was so easy to incorporate across the curriculum.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Science - we also used this as motivation to see what conditions seeds grow best in. Also a bit of writing.

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 been a catalyst for discussion and supports other learing we have been doing.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The picture were clear and easy to see - helped children to learn names of different veges. Undertsand what their seeds would grow into in time . Real life veges were great also and provided for all senses.

“Some of the paper work like the writing bits for the letterbox were too complicate for my 5/6 year olds.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Science - what a plant needs Health and PE - healthy foods and fuelling our bodies.

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? Was a great discussion point. Lead into children learning about a variety of foods and what is healthy and treat foods.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Children loved playing the spot it game and learning the names of the vegetables they were growing.

“Started this kit in T4 and it has been amazing. It sparked awesome interest within the class around vegetables and fruits and widen children's knowledge of how to grow a plant and what different vegetables there are.”

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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 this as our whole inquiry topic so we had lots of across curriculum learning based around plants and growing veges. We did statistics around veges/fruits and the little gardens we received We read books around plants both fictional and non ficti

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 have more awareness of vegetables and were invested to actually grow and eat their vegetable. With our school lunches we often had kōrero with kids around the vegetables we were receiving and which of us grew those. I think there could be further r

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? It really grew. Especially with the vege patch match, the kids were really into that game and quickly grew their recognition of the vegetables. The poster also helped identify the vegetables and characters, although the "old"colouring sometimes made this

“My ākonga absolutely loved the LGL kit. They were excited about the special codes and enjoyed planting and looking after the plants. We had vege patch match tournaments and these were a real hit with our tamariki. Kids had experience with new vegetables and plants that they had no prior knowledge of.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Discussions around measurement, time, temperature and weather. Discussions around colour, size, and cooking veges.

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 become fans of veges!

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? We planted this term so at this stage the identification boost has come from the stickers and pictures which are very engaging.

“Our Enviro group absolutely loved planting the little garden seeds. We learnt lots including how deep to plant seeds, that the paper packets will dissolve/rot, about sun and watering and about all the different types of veges.”

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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- photosynthesis Written Language- instruction writing - how to plant seeds.

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 promoted the fact that it is easy and fun to grow you own veges!

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? It was rather tricky with some of the salad veges- we had to make our own signs.

“We loved doing this school kit! From the moment it arrived, the engagement and excitement levels were high! We loved getting messy when planting each seed and we took turns at watering each day. We decided we need to keep our vegetables close to our classroom so we could continue to watch them grow so some children helped one of our super Dad's to make a big planter box to go on our deck. Each week we get to take fresh produce home as the salads and spinach just keep growing! We are eagerly awaiting our first crop of peas (flowering now!) and each week we have been measuring how high these peas are growing. We had lots of questions about the growing of these plants and the best conditions for them. We learnt about photosynthesis and each and every child can now tell you what it is and how it works! This kit was perfect for my hands on ,outdoor, nature warrior class! Everyone loved it and is still loving it! Thank you”

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Posted 3 years ago

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