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 - Learning about living things. What they need to survive. Maths - measuring of the water - talking about ml. Filling 3/4 high with soil then topping up with 1/4 soil. Opportunities for lots of language across all areas. Exploring different seedl

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? We've had lots of conversations about healthy food. Our children are 5. We've noticed some children have these vegetables in their lunch boxes.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The pictures were good. We've used the cards in a game and this has created conversations about vegetables we've recognised, tasted, enjoyed and ones we didn't know.

“Thank you for this amazing kit for our tamariki. Thanks for the resources, the prompts and community with wonderful ideas. Our 5 year olds enjoyed planting their own seedlings. We set up a nice area for them and have enjoyed watching them grow. It created a good stepping stone to learn about living things. This has gone on to extend their understanding of where vegetables come from and how we can grow our own vegetables 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? Discussion of scientific topics such as the water cycle and photosynthesis.

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 kit spring-boarded some great discussions about what people have in their lunchboxes and what vegetables students grew in their own garden.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Moderate impact and positive discussions about healthy eating.

“Kit was well organised and really easy for the students to access and use. The kit worked in with our school garden to table programme and sparked interest into how the vegetables that we use in our cooking grow.”

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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 read about different plants, seeds and vegetables and fruits as well. We used it in our writing to describe how a seed germinates and grows. We also used it for creative writing to write stories about seeds. For art we drew and painted different vegeta

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 them think about their eating and how important vegetables are in their diet. Some have started vegetable gardens at home as well.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Students are now able to identify vegetables and where they grow.

“Students were very engaged and loved learning about plants as well as the actual planting. Taking ownership and responsibility of their plants was a big theme.”

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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 were able to combine this kit with our school focus on Kaitiakitanga, te reo and health. We also did some reading and writing about vegetables.

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's always good for our kids to learn where food comes from, and to experience fresh, healthy food rather than processed. It has definitely opened some kids up to the idea that veggies can be tasty as well as good for us.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? There were some cool new vegetables that the kids got quite excited about. There has been lots of discussion of these throughout the term.

“My class had a lovely time planting their seeds and watching them grow. It has turned into a bit of a competition to see whose plant is growing the fastest!”

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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 incorporated Te Reo Māori, language and maths as well as Science. Students measured the growth of their plants. We learned new kupu for fruits and veg and which plants grew in the ground and where else could they grow.

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 enjoys talking about what they have in their lunchboxes and for fruit break. There has been a lot more talk about different fruits.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Our plants have just been planted into the ground so we investigated using video and images to help identify vegetables.

“My class have loved doing this kit. They were really engaged in the whole process.”

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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? Literacy: Writing about favourite vegetables, writing about joining the Little Garden League. Numeracy: Graphing our favourite vegetables, counting vegetables, measuring growth of vegetables. Science: Understanding how a plant grows, using dye from plants

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? Hard to say. We have school meals, and definitely a lot of children eat them and have been trying lots of vegetables this way. When we started the kit a lot of the children already talked about a wide range of vegetables they enjoyed. I think once our see

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Children learnt some new vegetables thanks to the founding members and the matching game. Once our seedlings are more mature and producing vegetables it will help us to identify more.

“The Little Garden League School Kit we received was wonderful. Tamariki were very engaged as they got to join a club and receive a badge and seedling of their own. They looked after the seedlings together, taking turns to water them. We all enjoyed chanting 'Grow, Protect, Taste!' and the children had fun spotting others in the club with badges on. The kit provided some great ideas for getting other people around the school involved, making it all the more meaningful. The matching game included was great and is now part of our program during numeracy and literacy. The kit fitted in perfectly with our inquiry of creating a community garden at school.”

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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 were in a year level unit of Manaakitanga. This linked really well as we had lots of opportunities into being kind to plants, the environment and ourselves.

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 were more aware of when they ate fruit and vegetables during eating times and would share this. We also talked about when they eat them at home and would share if they tried something new.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? It was great for my students. We did the test of naming 10 vegetables to be able to fill out the application form. Students knowledge of different vegetables was shared around the class and we had a focus on learning names in te re Māori as well.

“My students absolutely loved creating their application letters and having them picked up by a vegetable member. They were so excited to crack codes and plant vegetables. We are just about to finish the unit with a taste test and receive our badges at the end of this week.”

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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, Health/PE, Art, Social Sciences

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 are really looking forward to trying our veges once they are ready for harvest, some who accompany parents on supermarket trips have been spotting and suggesting new veges for the family to try.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Great! To gain membership they had to name all the vegetables on one of the game cards and because of the diversity of veg they really did have to think hard!

“Enjoyed this kit, kids loved the club side of the challenge and sharing their knowledge with whanau and encouraging them to grow at home too. They loved coming in each day to see what had germinated and measuring the daily growth. Also interesting to make observations as to what was growing better in certain parts of the classroom - darker/lighter/warmer etc.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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