How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Story writing, outdoor ed, science, maths, singing, cooking, working together to plan and create our special outdoor 'clubhouse' growing shed, oral language

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 more excited to talk about and taste veges and herbs, and loved the idea of being involved in spreading the word about growing and eating veges.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The games and the seed planting led to some great discussions on what was what, introductions to new veges, descriptions of their taste, comparisons with other vegetables, and the children's dining and cooking experiences.

“Loved this kit. The children were completely hooked by the storytelling, mystery and secretiveness, and were very excited and serious in their mission to grow their plants and spread the good word!”

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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? Health and healthy eating, how to grow your own food, maths - measurement of the vegetables growing, counting the number of plants, English - writing of our observations, Oral language,

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 has improved awareness of nutrition and healthy eating because the children were exposed to vegetables that they didn't know or eat. They got to share their learning and plants with their whanau, they experienced watching their plants grow and se

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The vegetable matching game is really good. The children are really enjoying matching up the cards and identifying the vegetables. They love playing it in the reading programme and have fun with it. They learnt to identify vegetables that they didnt know.

“The children really enjoyed using the Little garden kit. They loved planting the seeds, and watching them grow. It was a great experience and they then got to take the plants home to their own gardens.”

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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, science, health & pe, 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? Students more likely to trial new foods

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Much more confident

“Absolutely amazing! Students loved the entire kit. The activities were wonderful”

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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? Biology- life cycle of a plant, weather Health- trying new foods Art, English- writing character descriptions of vege characters and illustrating 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? I brought in a variety of raw and cooked vegetables to taste and all children were able to try things they knew they liked and new ones. Tinned baby corn was new to most, and ended up being a favourite!

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Great discussion on what the unfamiliar ones were. Debate whether popcorn was s vegetable or just another name for sweetcorn.

“The children loved the kit. As we had to carry it over into Term 4, I was worried the children wouldn’t be as excited since the New World promotion had ended, however, they really got into it and it spurred some of them into planting ones they already had at home.”

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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 a poem one week about vegetables where the children had an activity they had to do. Measuring when we planted our 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? I'm not sure their attitude has changed. They are prepared to try new vegetables - even just a little taste. A number of children realise that it is important for them to grow their own vegetables. All the children took their 'Little Garden' home at the e

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Some recognized the different vegetables, others were introduced to new ones.

“We enjoyed sharing 'The League" with our class. Some of our previous children word their badges which was great. (We did take photos but unsure how I can share these with you.)”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

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Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Oral language /Writing opportunities - procedure, recount of personal experience, fact Maths- time, length, statistics Kindness value -caring for something, noticing,

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 was great. It generated great chats about the fruits and vegetables they choose and could choose for their Fruit & Veggie brain break.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? We were late in getting started due to unforeseen factors so we are early in this. I was impressed with what they knew already.

“It was a great kit. The class were excited and loved creating their little garden.”

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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? Mostly oral language Some maths when talking about height of plants Science - Why have some seeds grown quicker than others and why are the seeds from each plant all different sizes. Technology - Children had to design and make a cardboard basket to take

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? These children seem to eat very healthy.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? It was amazing that the children recognised the vegetables they were planting. This class of kids actually have a good variety of vegetables they eat.

“My children of Year 1's were so excited to plant their vegetables. They loved watching the soil tablet expand with the water. Then they eagerly waited for their seeds to grow. It was interesting talking about how some take longer to grow than others and why that might be. Just before the holidays the children got to take their plants home. This was very exciting for them. We even made little baskets out of card to take their plants home in.”

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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? It was great to see children comparing the number of shoots as they appeared in the pots. The having to wait as some took longer than the others and the fact that the size of plants was so variable even at the early stage.

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 interested but the impact of high fruit and vegie costs places constraints on family budgets.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Many students had quite a limited range of plants they could recognise. They found it hard to relate the early shoots to the plant they would become.

“This kit is fabulous as usual. The children really enjoy the hands on components. My class this year were less able to sustain a high level of interest compared with other groups in the past. I really missed the fact that not all components arrived at once, in fact even though we had a message saying badges etc would be sent as soon as they arrived, mine never did. Not having those tangible factors made it harder to keep interest. They are really needed for young children!! Thanks to the sponsors especially in these tough times. It was so worthwhile.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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