How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Social skills, team work, reading, writing, maths, problem solving, 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? This has not had an impact yet, as we have not had a chance to taste any new foods. We are looking forward to tasting over the next few weeks.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? I was surprised how many vegetables my students did not know, so all learned quite a few new ones.

“Room 20 loved our little garden kit. It tied in nicely with our topic this term of growing and fairy tales. We loved being part of the secret club and having a badge to show we belonged. There was great learning happening, talking about how the plants grow, learning action/consequence when watering too much or not enough, learning about new foods, learning the parts of a plant. We loved watching the soil pellet expand - that was a highlight for many. Great hands on learning fun.”

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Posted 2 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? Literacy - Writing letters to the secret agents, labels for our plants, and observations. Mathematics - Graphs and making predictions about when our seeds would sprout. Measurement - measuring the changes and sorting from shortest to tallest. Science: Liv

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 tried some new vegetables in class and saw a greater variety in the brain break food coming from their lunchboxes as children asked their parents to prepare new snacks.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Opened a great dialogue about how and where plants grow. Do they grow below or above ground etc. Lots of conversations about what the vegetables were and who had tried what. What cultures ate particular vegetables and how they prepaired them.

“Our New Entrants loved the interactive and hands-on planning of the Little Garden Kit. It provoked lots of interesting and rich language opportunities while building lots of excitement in their learning. We enjoyed the variety of curriculum areas covered and whanau was excited by the opportunities this provided at home.”

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Posted 2 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? Science Maths - measurement Literacy - reading instructions and writing about the experience

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 tied in with our healthy eating in school lunches that we receive.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The code activity and challenge to learn the founding members meant students learnt more vegetables.

“Students love planting and growing the seeds.”

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Posted 2 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? Literacy - finding out about veggies

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 tried new veggies, even if they were hesitant, they gave it a go.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Children learned about veg that they had never heard of which was great.

“This fit in with our inquiry of ‘food for fuel’ and the children enjoyed coming in each morning and checking the plants. The resources that were given were engaging and age appropriate.”

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Posted 2 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? Maths- measuring growth rates, graphing. Science - life cycle of plants, classification Literacy- club rules and weekly plant diary

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 the children are so excited to carry on growing their seedlings at home and share their learning with their whānau. They are all eager to try them!

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? What a fantastic introduction to new and different vegetables and herbs for some children.

“I loved this kit! The resources were some of the best quality yet, and I loved setting up the secret club in my class. It has really helped our class culture and brought about new friendships and respect for one another. Such a bonus to have the amazing seedlings, my class have been such amazing kaitiaki caring and nurturing their seeds. It has also been a fantastic introduction to new and different vegetables and herbs for some children. Thank you!”

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Posted 2 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? Oracy, Science, Maths, Literacy - comes into everything!

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 able to discuss healthy eating and enjoy at school the items we make from our garden but this does not necessarily transfer into home or lunchboxes unfortunately.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Some new vegetables for all students to learn about but not necessarily try!

“We loved this resource again this year! It always provide a good catalyst for getting us back into our garden. We use this with students who are independent learners and encourage them to run the club and motivate others into team action.”

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Posted 2 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? Science - growing plants Maths - measuring the height of the seedlings/ time it took Literacy - reports about seeds/ reading - journal stories about 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? Was a starting base for discussions of healthy eating. We loooked at the Food pyramid and how their eating fit into this.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? They were introduced to seeds they didn't know. It created discussion

“The children loved the unit. It led into dicusion and investigation about seeds and how they grow into plants. They loved the secret code and application process too.”

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Posted 2 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? We tied this in to KEGs and our spring topic. Lots of art 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? Most are quite focused on having fruit or veg in their lunchboxes now and are always keen to share what they have in a class discussion.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? This kit refined their knowledge. They already had a good knowledge.

“Tamariki loved this kit and particularly enjoyed the growing of the seedlings. We tied it in with Kids Edible Garden. Our 'country kids' have a good knowledge of fruit and vegetables”

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Posted 2 years ago

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