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, 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? Lots of enjoyment and awareness about eating healthy!

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? My class learnt about new vegetables and could identify them after learning about them.

“My class loved the seedling kit! So much enjoyment learning about seeds and growing plants and watching them 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? Literacy - reading, writing and oral language Arts - visual, drama Maths- graphing, measuring, number problems Science - growth cycle of 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? Students were eager to have as many tasting sessions as possible and enjoyed rating the flavours using a face system. :slightly_smiling::neutral_face:☹️

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? A huge impact ... we identified the plants we knew and learnt new names for the unfamiliar ones. The card game was a hit and helped with instant recall of vegetable names. Very fun

“The Little Garden kit was an exciting, stimulating, hands-on way to get children excited about planting seeds, looking after them, learning about gardening and the importance of vegetables and trying new vegetables that children may not have tried before. It also provided a team building experience by being part of the club.”

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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? Lots of te reo opportunities. Our main kaupapa this term is sustainability so this was a perfect fit.

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? Vegetables have become a topic of conversation in the classroom. Favourite vegetable, the different colours. They understand that vegetables are an important part of their diet.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? They were very keen to learn the names and show their knowledge to others.

“My year 2 class loved everything about this kit. We all achieved success with our plants flourishing in the classroom windowsill. They enjoyed filling in and posting their application forms. The Vegetable Patch game is a classroom favourite (they have invented their own rules for this one!) Nest week they are taking the plants home to share with their whānau.”

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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? Reading through books about various vegetables. Writing about our experiences. Maths by working out numbers of students and how many seedlings we could use, measurement of time to grow seedlings 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? This kit generated excitement about vegetables we were familiar with, as well as discovering new ones.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? We played some fun Kahoots where we identified fruits and begetables.

“There were plenty of resources for the whole class. They really enjoyed the anticipation of cracking the code, and discovering what our kit was about. I had other teachers wear the badges while on playground duty, and the students from my class loved seeking them out and getting a small reward. We were fortunate enough to have a small garden that we could transfer our seedlings into, so overall the class had a great time. My only negative is not knowing what the kit was about before it arrived. I feel I could have planned a bit better, prepared our garden (it's since become overgrown with plants that were already in there before we planted). If I had known I could have made sure to secure a class garden early, completely emptied (transferred the original plants to another garden) and given my class their own plot to really engage with the kit. I felt like I was always making decisions on the fly as the kit was being used.”

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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 the kit for literacy- writing reports and reseraching vegetables. Science- planting, watching them grow and what plants need. It was especially good when someone over watered the plants and they went for a bit of a swim... That led to some good di

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 were more curious and felt ownership over their particular vegetable. Some were very keen to stick to what they knew, carrots. But other's were keen on the unknown. It helped developed knowledge of different vegetables.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? We were able to go into the school garden and identify the vegetables growing there. It's normally run by senior children, so our juniors loved exploring the garden.

“I love the little garden kit. The kids are very engaged and love growing their own vegetable plant.”

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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? Instructional 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? They have been talking about eating their healthy food first during lunches

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Most kids new most of the vegetables but they were still able to learn some more.

“My 5 year olds love it. From the expansion of the soil pod, to watching the plants start to form, to being able to plant them in the garden at school. They have been talking about healthy foods and what kinds of veges they have been eating at home and what they bring home from the supermarket”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

Neutral

Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Writing - how a flower makes a seed; life cycle of a plant Science - how water flows from the roots of a plant to the leaves; what do seedlings need to germinate Maths - measuring height of growing plants Reading - reading seed packet information

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 are always willing to try new foods when they have been a part of the process e.g. growing the vegetables, doing the cooking etc.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? We are still working on this one, this term so not yet sure.

“The students are always excited to learn about how a plant grows and then observe their own plant growing. When students grow their own 'food', they are more willing to taste new foods.”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

Neutral

Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? As above but also maths with graphing, lots of art, collaborative work, science experiments and lots of wonderful reading and writing opportunities.

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? As above

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Greatly and they have engaged their families as well and have planted 'extra' vegetables. There has also been a lot more healthy options in the lunchboxes.

“A very engaging kit that hooked the children into learning. We used the kit as a starter and the children cared for their plants beautifully culminating in them taking them home and continuing to grow them. We also do numerous experiments and planted other things, made compost and now this term are continuing and then focusing on bees and the great job they do.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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