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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We used the Little Garden kit as a part of our Conceptual Curriculum. It linked beautifully with the concept of change. This kit reinforced the health and well being learning to Te Whare Tapu Wha.

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Students understanding of how important good nutrition is and how this contributes to our well-being increased. Physical health is part of the Maori well being model of Te Whare Tapu Wha.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? I was surprised at the lack of vegetable knowledge my students had at the beginning of this unit. As a result of this unit, students had a greater ability to identify vegetables.

“The tamariki thoroughly enjoyed the Little Garden kit this year. There was so much learning for our students. The science of planting a seed and what nutrients are needed in soil to grow food. Students were delighted to see their seeds germinate! There were plenty of cross curricular links to Health, well-being and our conceptual understanding.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Maths - measurement - length and volume Writing Art - decorating their containers Oral language Key Competencies

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The discussion around eating vegetables for nutrition was promoted at all our LGL Meetings. It was refreshing to hear most of the students talking positively about their favourite veges .

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The Vege Patch Match game was really great with fun vegetable characters to identify. The sepia poster was not as effective.

“Thank you for this great little kit. A small group of students were selected to be part of the league ,based on social, emotional and engagement reasons. They all bought into the Secret Club scenario with the help of the principal, office manager and teacher. The secret coded messages were just the right level for the students and the time we had available for league meetings. They felt very special. All were excited to take their seedlings home to plant in their own gardens. Some were planted in the school vege gardens.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Our Inquiry topic was about making healthy choices. We spent time writing about our gardens and reading about healthy choices.

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 really interested in how to grow plants, why they grow plants and which plants are healthy for them.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The named characters supported kids knowledge of vegetables.

“A much loved kit that all the students loved being involved in. They enjoyed the hands on experience of planting and growing their own vegetables. The were very engaged in the secret club aspect. Great quality products and a very easy and fun kit to use. Thank you!”

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Posted 2 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Art, writing

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Provided good discussion.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? A good impact. Some of the children had not heard of some of the plants. By the end of our time all children's knowledge had grown.

“The parcel arrived and it was opened. The different plants, the bunting and the badges drew lots of oohhs! and ahhhs! from my Yr 1 students. We had an afternoon planting session which was a great hit! The plants stayed in our class for a couple of weeks with the children taking turns spraying each plant with water. Once the plants had taken off, we planted them out into our class garden. The children were able to observe the plants growing, or in some cases, not! It provided good discussion about why some plants were growing well and why some did not. A great kit! Thanks so much SchoolKit!”

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Posted 2 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? The links to Literacy and Numeracy were made. We also purchased the Little Garden League books from New World as an extra resource to use in relation to those given to our class. Links to Social Science and links to Te Ao Maori. We tried to use Maramataka

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? The class were looking at gardens and being country kids were do promote healthy eating like all other classes. They are starting to harvest some of their plants and we do try these when we get some. This has mainly been the silver beet and the chives at

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The game was really good The kids liked it and it did help with knowing the vegetables names but we didn't get a couple of the vegetable plants in the kit and these were the names we were not as good at. The Swede and Borage if I remember correctly.

“This kit was awesome the plants and the resources that were send had a purpose. I have preferred other kits where all instructions were on paper and email, the online component was hard to keep track of sometimes and as much as I tried to use it. Not too sure if I got the replies I expected when I messaged the group/admin but effort was there.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? It was fantastic. We learnt about all different food and where it came from we learnt about bees and honey. We learnt about tuna and how to catch them. We created posters about our vegetable, we did Art showing how our veges grow.

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? My students were very keen to try any vegetables that they hadn’t eaten previously and I think creating a safe environment to try new foods is important. This kit created that environment in a fun way.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? My students really enjoyed talking about at the vegetables. The kit had a great variety of different vegetables which helped. We tried some of them that we hadn’t tried before, which helped students to see what they looked like.

“Thank you for this opportunity. My students loved this. We learnt all about where our food comes from and had the experience of planting our own vegetables. This was not an experience that all of my students had done before, which was awesome they could experience how to plant a vegetable. My students loved the code crackers and learning about each vegetable.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We wrote facts about vegetables. Did art.

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? They recognise them

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? We spoke about the different variaties

“Great! Children love seeing them grow!”

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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? Science -living world, writing, statistics, math (counting, sorting/grouping) and anything else I could reference it to.

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? For the students that aren't exposed to different vegetables and healthy food it hasn't had the overall impact yet. As the vegetables have finished growing, but hopefully before the end of the school term we will have some that they can try. I think that

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? As we haven't seen or tasted the final product, I don't think this has changed yet. But students that had tried certain vegetables that we planted shared their thoughts and feelings to others that hadn't. I think this robust discussion was highly benefici

“This kit has really sparked something inside my students. They are motivated, engaged and they really love the hands on aspect. We can't wait until all our veggies have grown.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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