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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Writing

How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Students were eager to identify healthy foods

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Students were able to identify most vegetables

“Really great kit to use in term 4 :)”

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Posted 2 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? This kit allowed for art activities. It allowed for maths as we made graphs. Science by learning about plant life cycle. Reading and research. We also used the musical aspects. I used this to teach kindess as well.

How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? I think its allowed students the chance to not be so quick to decide if they like something or not. The idea of trying new things was really nice and allowed kids to see others trying new things too. It really allows children to have a bit of courage and

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? I think the kids enjoyed the tasting the most as they could see and try each vegetable/fruit. So their every sense was used to experience the fruit/vege.

“I thought the information/planning at first was quite hard to find. You sort of had to click through a million places to finally get there. The activities themselves were quite fun my class has really enjoyed the code crackers. I also loved the badges what an awesome idea!”

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Posted 2 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Good for us the future of the planet, we were looking at plastic and ocean so linked well

How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? good, but again 5 years so still in adults hands

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? ok, but 5 so bit up and down

“Kids loved it. Loved watching the plants grow and discuss the different stages of growth.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Graphing opportunities for tracking the timeline of germination for different types of seeds, and how quickly each plant type grew and by how much over each week.

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? Most of our children are willing to try new vegetables and include them in their daily diet. 5+ was a concept they had heard of, and understood that a serving size was roughly the size of their hand. Healthy eating abounds!

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Our children grow many of these vegetables in our garden to table programme, so while they were aware of the different types, they didn't realise the differences in the germination and growing times of each different type of plant. This was the focus of o

“A great kit of supporting our Garden to Table programme. Our children were most taken with the time it took for different seeds to germinate and how each plant looked different so quickly after germinating.”

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Posted 2 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 for science ,maths and 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? The students are keen to eat their own plants(vegetable)

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Great impact and developed an interest in different plants.

“Little Garden 2022”

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Posted 2 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Science - living world, habitats - root veggie or other, plant features and photosynthesis. Healthy Eating Maths - statistics and measurement, charting the growth and when certain types of vegetables sprouted. RE - Care of God's creations, Kaitiakitanga

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 already aware of the need for a balanced diet. Brainfood is eaten at brain break time and healthy eating is encouraged at lunchtime but this Kit introduced the children to new veggies and I noted that because of the kit they went looking

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Still have a wee bit of work to do with the New Entrants. Good recognition of the common known types of veggies eg, carrot, corn, cabbage. Still learning about borage, thyme, the different radishes and kale vs silverbeet etc.

“Such a great kit. Children loved the surprise of the box arriving and the extra special badge delivery. This is such a great kit for the use of topic appropriate language, questioning and general discussion. Curiosity was high with students asking what each plant was and how long they would take to germinate and grow, where the best place was to put them in the classroom so they had just the right environment. Who was going to be in charge of watering etc.”

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Posted 2 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? Links to our positive behaviour for learning were promoted during this unit. Unity was prevalent throughout. Science in terms of how plants grow, what they need to grow. Health - healthy eating and why this is important. Sustainability in terms of growing

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 students in my class were mostly already savvy with what is 'not healthy' i.e. chocolate biscuits, lollies etc. We encourage the language of 'treats, sometimes food and food they can have more of'. It's hard for some whānau of our students as they act

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Surprising the difference in how many of the students were able to identify the vegies. Most students knew the basic ones but some knew quite a few. Students also shared about helping their parents do cooking and that's how they know.

“Little Garden 22”

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Posted 2 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 tied into science but also health and physical education

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 definitely less hesitant to try new veges

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Grew their knowledge and expanded the knowledge they already had

“This tied nicely to our plants unit It was really cool having the students have their own seedling to make observations on over time”

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Posted 2 years ago

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