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 - time Motor-Skills Listening Skills

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 hasn't, probably due to me lacking in the launch of the idea. I want to try again in term 4 as I have some left.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? They loved it, the poster really helped.

“I planned it pretty poorly, I started in week 8 of term 3 when I should've waited until term 4. They took them home over the holidays and some have kept them alive and growing and some just let them die. All my kids loved the idea of it but when the holidays rolled around it got lost.”

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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 did heaps of writing about our observations and experiences! We also found some information which we used for reading 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? The children were excited to eat their vegetables as they'd nurtured and grown them themselves.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? It actually amazed me how little the students knew prior to this school kit and then how much information they retained from it!

“This was such a fantastic school kit and very timely for our school inquiry! The children had such fun planting their little garden's and then watching them grow and taking them home to grow further! they were extremely engaged and learned so many important skills.”

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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 took the science route learning about plant life cycles and seed growth. We also did writing around the same topic and read books about plants and how to care for them.

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? Provided great example of vegetables and herbs which promoted much discussion around healthy eating and favourite vegetables.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? It has had a little impact but we let the kids follow their interests which led more into garden maintenance and caring for plants in general

“This was a fun little unit to teach. The kids loved the opportunity to get out into the school gardens and enjoyed learning about seeds and plant growth.”

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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? Procedural writing - how to plant seeds Reading - Jack and the Bean stalk

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 already knew that vegetables are good for you. A cooking session would help which we plan later this term - like a vegetable soup

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Definitely impacted, especially with the badges. The kids wore their badges everyday to school which promoted discussion not just in my class but with other children in other classes asking about their badge. We hope to get the children try these vegetabl

“My class loved the Little Garden School kit. They took their pledge seriously and made sure their plants were well looked after. When the badges were given out it created a conversation about the different vegetables and it amazed me how many did not recognise many of the vegetables. Although healthy eating was not a big focus we did learn to recognise more vegetables and they all knew that vegetables are good for you.”

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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? The students wrote about what they did in their writing book. They drew their character and learnt more about how to cook or prepare their vegetable. They played the game and learnt about coding.

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? Definitely that message was heard loud and clear with the last pledge to try more vegetables and this was sent home just before the school holidays. I have reminded them of this pledge with some children saying they are trying..

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The students and teacher were introduced to different vegetables and because each student had a different plant they identified the vegetable with the student. Some became quite precious over their plant.

“The Little Garden League was an amazing experience my class began while I was on leave and I completed on my return. The imaginative, role play component was creative and fun. Everyone wanted to get the popcorn plant to grow which we planted in the school garden. Some how carrot sticks appeared with the usual sausage sizzle day. The codes were great and they got quicker with solving them. Thank you so much for the opportunity.”

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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? Able to link it to Inquiry, literacy and 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? Able to talk about what healthy eating looks like

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Children learnt to classify and sort the different veges

“A user friendly kit that provided the class with a great hands on learning experience. They loved coming to school each day to see how much their plant had grown.”

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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 school kit provoked some great writing opportunities, as well as reading and of course science.

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? Tamariki commented that they hadn't realised they would enjoy some of the vegetables we sampled. We were able to have some good discussions about the benefits of eating vegetables as well.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Children became more confident distinguishing between different vegetables, and became familiar with new vegetable names.

“The children were highly engaged by the context of a secret club. There was much anticipation about our seedlings, and this provoked some good discussion about what plants need, and the different ways different vegetables were growing. The code crackers contributed to heightened engagement. I was pleasantly surprised by how enthusiastically the children tried a range of different vegetables. Below is some feedback from tamariki about what we learnt: - Interesting and exciting - It was good to help grow plants. - It's good if you taste a vegetable more than one time. - Give things a go. - It not about it looks, its about how it tastes. - Always look out for signs from HQ.”

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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 had robust discussions about veges and what different families eat in their homes. Cross curricular learning happened while researching best garden practice, how to cook and eat different veges. Different cultures and how they use veges differently.

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? Students generally have a healthy awareness of eating and nutrition. It was good to discuss healthy things to put in their lunchboxes and healthy practice at home to discuss with their parents.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Lots of the vegetables were identified, some were new learning for some students.

“The garden kit was amazing. My students were so engaged and loved process of growing something from seed. They also loved the community feeling of being in the club with friends from other classes.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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