How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Linked to our Sustainability Inquiry by introducing students to ways in which they could grow their own food and minimise plastic waste.

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 plants haven't developed edible vegetables yet but all are looking forward to growing their pots and eating what they've grown. They have been introduced to vegetables that they hadn't been aware of before.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? They enjoyed playing the Bingo game and recognising the different vegetables.

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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 are going to use this in our writing for procedural work- how to plant a seed and also about how vegetables are healthy for us.

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 are excited to see the seeds grow into plants. This will no doubt lead into how these vegetables can be used and will hopefully encourage children to try a new food.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? We are not at this point yet. I have yet to introduce the game to my students.

“The children of Ra 30 were very excited to plant their seed. We only did this last week but we are already seeing sprouts. The children and I are watering our seeds everyday before school which is promoting lots of discussion about how to best care for our seeds. Thank you for the school kit, it really is a great experience for the children.”

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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 have been using the kit for talking about our health, science for growing (diagrams, sunshine, parts of plants/fruit, etc.) and writing, keeping a log of our plant's development, and writing adventure stories about our plants as heroes.

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 only received the kit just before the T3 break, so this is part of week 4-5 learning in health this term (Term 4). They are talking in health about how vegetable's and fruit have lots of vitamins and carbohydrates to help them grow and take care of the

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Our students have had fun finding out what their plants looked like at the supermarket or online. and choosing which plants they enjoyed eating.

“The materials and teacher resources got me off to a great start, and the children have enjoyed their project”

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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? Hauora We turned our planting into a random act of kindness by inviting another class to join us and formed planting buddies. We visit regularly to catch up with our buddies and check on how our plants are doing. Science What plants/seeds need to grow. P

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? General awareness.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Generated great discussion - especially around variety and how vegetables are used eg potatoes become chips.

“Love the idea but a lot of the resources that come with the kit are not well suited to a New Entrant year 0 class. I just created another way of implementing and motivating the students into planting/growing. We planted our seeds directly into a large outdoor tub as we did not have the space inside.”

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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? The children created a Digital book on the "seesaw" learning platform. They researched what the vege/herb would look like once fully grown and then added pages titled Day 1, Day 7, Day 14 with a photo showing the vegetables growth.

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 were excited to try the vegetable once it is fully grown and no one commented that they didn't like their vegetable.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The class were amazed at the different types of vegetables that they hadn't heard of.

“The children really enjoyed the planting day and checking on their seedlings every morning.”

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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 have made a graph for maths, used vegetables to make up some persuasive arguments as to which vegetable is the best (writing) and found out facts on each of our plants (science). We have also sung the songs (music)

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 has been great to see everyone give the new foods a try and many of them surprised themselves by enjoying them. We hope this will transfer to home although with fruit and vegetable being so expensive, we are not sure if our families can afford to buy t

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? With lots of tasting of vegetables and herbs they had never had before, they have been learning how to identify these new plants.

“Our class have loved planting their seeds and watching them grow. They come in each day to water their plants. They love the vegetable songs, the codes and all the other learning we have been doing. We are only 3 weeks into our learning so expect even more to come.”

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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 have researched and learned more about the vegetables and herbs in reading, used this research in our writing and used it during inquiry time.

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 has allowed a lot of discussion and research for recipes

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? It allowed some great discussion. What is this vegetable? How can we use it? How do we prepare it and how does it taste?

“This has worked perfectly with our science topic this term of Living World. Kids have loved learning how to care for a plant and checking daily on them. Have really enjoyed this kit. We have discussed the growth cycle and how we can use these plants when they are ready. We have investigated recipes child can use at home. They have definitely been exposed to different herbs and vegetables they hadn't been before. Lots of conversation.”

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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? Measurement - height of plants Probability - will they grow? How many? Capacity - how much will we need? History - when did we start to eat these? Geography - where do they come from? How is travel involved? Diaries/ illustrations/ bringing their own fro

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 have created some easy recipes that got sent home for whānau to make with their wee ones that really focused on good eating choices and healthy ingredients :)

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? We are a rural school so lots of knowledge abounds but some pupils haven't seen some of them plus we investigated other members of the plant families so extended knowledge that way too :)

“The look on their faces when we unpacked the kit was amazing, some had seen them before but most had their first try - we have googled good soil, microbes, good insects to have and the importance of healthy plants getting what they need to thrive ready to eat or admire! Our 5 year old's thank you :)”

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Posted 2 years ago

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