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 were learning about different habitats this term, so growing and caring for plants was a great opportunity. We had a daily chart drawing our observation of how fast the plants were growing.

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? Such a practical way to encourage healthy eating. We look forward to hearing from families about what happens next to their little plant when they take it home.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The chn were super excited to share with their families what vegetable they grew.

“This kit is so much fun!! The chn were all super excited when we planted them and brought their parents in regularly to our class to show the progress.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Being Kaitiaki of our environment. This followed on from our Inquiry of being Inquiry of our beachers, oceans and sea creatures. This Little Garden League helped them transfer their learning into looking after our gardens and food.

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? Fits with our Healthy snack Vege break during the morning.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? They enjoyed looking at the pictures and choosing what they wanted to grow.

“Aweseome experience for the children. They enjoyed choosing their plants, watering regularly and watching closer as they grew.”

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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 were able to dive into environmental learning. Using them as writing prompts. Incorporated maths and science by measuring out how much water and sun light the plants will need to grow as well when it is appropriate to move them into a bigger pot. It wa

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 made kids want to plant their very own veges at home, grow them, and then be able to share their produce with their family’s! It allows them to understand healthy foods as well as it being more economically friendly.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? A lot, having the pictures, looking at the seeds and then being able to do some more in depth factual research help the kids identify and make connections to where they have seen these plants before etc.

“The Little Garden Kit was a great term 3 topic project! I have a new entrant class that is filled with mostly boys so being able to get hands on in planting seeds, learning about how to care for plants as well as watching them grow was something really special for these kids! There were enough seeds for all class members, plus more! They loved being able to have a badge to represent their learning. They enjoyed writing letters and learning about new information about their plants as well. We had them at school till the end of term then the kids took them home to share with their family’s to continue to nurture and care for them, giving them some home responsibilities.”

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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? Mathematics- counting plants, measuring growth Te reo- names in te reo Maori Writing - lots of engaging writing prompts

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? Its a great way to introduce them to plants that they would not the chance otherwise. They might be willing to give future foods a go since they have context.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? awesome to see from seed to plant the change, haven't quite got to vegetable growth yet, but awesome that they are learning to identify by leaves.

“Awesome, tidy resource perfect for summer”

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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? Linked with writing, health and PE

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? very positive

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? learnt about lots of new vegetables. Loved the veggie match match game

“My class absolutely loved our garden! They enjoyed learning about all the different plants and watching 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? It allowed for literacy, numeracy and 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? A little bit, they understand that vegetables are good for them, being so young there was a lot for them to take in and understand in the kit.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Because the vegetables weren't once children often see it was hard to some to understand and know which vegetables for what. They were excited when they saw ones they knew.

“A great concept and idea for a kit, however there was a lot in here for a class of NE/Yr 1. It took alot of teacher direction, doing and input to make it work. Children weren't able to just run it on their own.”

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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? Maths - looking at time for sprouting / height of growth / measurements for watering etc Writing - instructions - how did we plant these, what needed to be done. Observations - what have we noticed. Science - life cycle of a plant / different germanation

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 talked about converstaions they had had at home following planting, we encouraged trying different things and some students asked for this at home also. The children were very open to all trying what we have grown - we are not quite at this stage

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? It was really interesting to see who could identify what vegetables to begin with, who had tasted what and thoughts around this. The more we spoke about what we were growing and what we could do with each, the more understanding the children gained. A g

“My akonga loved this kit. It led to a lot of other learning and the students were fully engaged in this.”

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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? Maths - statistics - graphed the number of days each plant took to germinate; graphed the number of each plants we received in the kit

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? Discussion on what students ate was interesting.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Students were keen to play the card game and this allowed us to discuss the names of vegetables

“This kit tied in with us weeding and refreshing our garden area outside. Students were fully engaged with the growing of the plants. They were interested in how plants grow - this tied in with the club motto. Unfortunately, sickness didn't allow us to use this kit to its fullest potential but students were engaged in the activities that we completed.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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