How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Loads of discussions of different veg and fruit. How they grow and what they need. Lots of teaching opportunities for keeping healthy and eating 5 a day.

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? Well informed and positive

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? It was fantastic.

“The children loved planting their plants! Very excited watching them grow!”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Te reo tikanga. Maths and science skills measurement and plant cycle and growth. Writing opportunities and real life experiences.

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? Bringing awareness of vegetables and trying new things was great. This motivated lots of parents to make their own vegetable gardens at home seeing the positive buy in from children.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Growing cutting and preparation of new and different vegetables with peers around meant children tried new things they wouldn’t usually eat at home.

“This was such a great learning opportunity for my class. The resources were fantastic easy to follow and easily made age appropriate. Providing the ability for students to grow, touch and taste their own vegetables was fantastic we all enjoyed the experience thank you.”

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Posted 2 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? Health & PE, Science, 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? The students were very interested in healthy eating and learning different ways we could use the vegetables. They were really excited to hear that we can create vegetable chips in an airfryer!

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? I found that a lot of students had not heard of some of the vegetables and most had not heard of the herbs. This was a great way to introduce the students to new vegetables.

“Our New Entrant class loved this kit. We had a lot of discussions around healthy eating and why it is important. We created brainstorms of different ways/recipes that we could use for the different vegetables. I liked how all of the activities were very engaging and how the backstory created a really great hook.”

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Posted 2 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? Art, te reo, enviro studies

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? Once the vegetables have grown we have decided what we will use them for. So very effective

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? They were able to identify the difference in seeds, seedlings and vegetables soon.

“What a fantastic kit leading into planting our school vegetable garden. It was great to for the students to see the process and learn all about the different plants and why”

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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? Could easily link it to reading, writing and maths. We do DIMC at our school. I enjoyed integrating this into the math stories I presented to the students.

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? I think it encouraged them to notice the range of vegetables that are out there. It inspired them to plant more into their gardens at home. Changed some of their attitudes about vegetables.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? I heard students use the name of the vegetable they had planted and what their friends had planted. I set up some mini challenges with images of vegetables and fruits. One of them was were I placed images of vegetables and got the children to sort them.

“All of my class were highly engaged. I think the things are enjoyed the most was cracking the codes and watching their seedlings grow. Mondays were the most exciting for them after they came back from the weekend. I have a class of 20 students but the extra seedlings and badges were very helpful as we did come across some small problems e.g pots breaking because they were watered too much, pots being tipped over etc. So thank you for the extras! It was very versatile and easy to integrate into other curriculum areas e.g writing and maths. I loved listening to the children talk about their own veggy gardens at home and hope it inspired those who needed to put in a little more effort into theirs at home too.”

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Posted 2 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? Topic - Healthy eating. Science how and why things 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? The students were more likely to try eating new vegetables as they saw them grow. Through discussions students were able to encourage each other to be brave and try new vegetables.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Students were able to identify more vegetables and herbs by the end of this unit.

“The students love the activities related to this kit. They especially loved the code crackers and of course watching the plants grow!”

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Posted 2 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? We transferred this learning into our maths by tallying how many of the same plants we had.

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? I think children are aware of how to eat healthily but hopefully when they grow their own vegetables they might be more likely to eat and try new foods.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Children had the opportunity to research about new vegetables.

“My class loved this kit and there was lots of learning with regards to new vegetables or plants that they had not heard of. The children have no taken their plant pots home and were very excited to be a part of The Little Garden League.”

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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, how plants grow 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? We are still growing and will harvest at which point we will talk more about nutritional benefits.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? It created a good sense of awareness and discussion around other varieties of vegetables.

“Great kit! The kids loved being able to plant their seedlings and watch them grow. It fitted really well with our inquiry topic of care for our common home.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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