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 connected this with outdoor education, Garden to Table and Literacy.

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? Yes I think so.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? They gained more knowledge of different vegetables and how they looks as a seedling.

“This kit was fantastic. The kids loved this project and learning how their plants would 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? I adapted the kit to start building knowledge and excitement for our upcoming Garden to Table programme. After planting our seeds we had a discussion predicting when we thought the first seeds would germinate and which seeds would germinate first (species

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? As a school we already promote healthy and package free lunchboxes so I feel the children already have a pretty good knowledge about the importance of healthy eating. However, we will continue to build on this during our Garden to Table lessons.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Most of the children already had a good knowledge of different vegetables.

“The kids were super excited to get this kit and really enjoyed planting the seeds. After doing this we had a discussion on predicting when the first seeds would germinate, which seeds would germinate first (species/seed size etc) and why they thought this. This produced some amazing thinking. At the end of term the majority of the children decided to take their seedlings home to plant in their home vegetable gardens. We planted the remainder in the school gardens which, in time, will be used for Garden to Table, though not necessarily by our class. I didn't make the clubhouse as I felt it was more suited to younger children than Year 4's. Thanks you School Kit and New World for another amazing kit! And thank you for encouraging us to engage in the kit in our own way to best suit our students.”

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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 -growing plants

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? introduced them to so me new veges they've not seen or heard of bebfore.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The memory game really helped to build this up - also this years garden has some rarer vege in it that some students had never seen or heard of!

“We love little garden! It creates so much learning!”

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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? We have done writing, I created a bio sheet where they recorded the information from the tag about their plant (name, Māori name, scientific name, germination etc) and they wrote a definition of what they understand germination, repotting, and harvest 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? More to come after the school holidays. One of their holiday tasks is to taste their verge (if they can get an adult to buy it for them) and find/share a recipe using their vegetable. We did a vege tasting session, I bought broccoli, cauliflower, carrots,

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? It was great playing vege patch match, this has been a hit! They have had to identify the different veges in the game. We did a huge brainstorm of veges for our test (5 veges you have tried and a rating) and this led to some interesting conversations aro

“It is so cool to be given this awesome resource and I think that School Kit gives us LOTS of things to make it fun and engaging, what would be helpful would be information about how it links to the NZ Curriculum and suggested WALTs/ SC across a few curriculum areas. I appreciate that this might not be provided deliberately as it gives us teachers the chance to take it in whatever direction we like but some guidance might be helpful and then if we want to take it in another direction, we could. I wonder if Twinkl could be collaborated with to make some resources that teachers could access in relation to the Little Garden League? The badges seem to have held up better this year than they did on a previous use of this kit, when they all fell apart.”

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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? Fits nicely with our term 4 planning. So many opportunities for exploring and learning in many areas of the curriculum.

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? Hope to explain this in term 4

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Unsure we will work on this in term 4

“I introduce this project to my JNR class in term 3 but we will carry on in term 4. My aakonga love gardening and enjoyed touching and exploring the resources provided. We planted and have grown a few seeds which we then replanted into our class garden just before the holidays. We will be back into planting some more when we return after the break. I learnt from this I will need additional support from our tuakana class as seeds and labels ended getting mixed up with everyone so keen, Lesson learnt lol. This will fit nicely with our inquiry on healthy eating next term.”

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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: planting, parts of a plant, needs of a plant, care of a plant The Arts: Dance about the Needs of a Plant. Drawing of plants Literacy: Cracking codes. Writing about the planting process and needs of a plant Health: name the vegetables. Importance

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? Want to try some of the vegetables they hadn't before

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The activities provided and some other activities helped with this

“The kit was used as a motivator which allowed us to teach right across the curriculum. Children loved the idea of being part of a secret club and most enjoyed the codes.”

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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? Opportunities for writing, Maths, and Art.

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? Again something we will work further on in Term 4, but children were talking about what vegetables they liked and what they had in their lunchbox. I will set up some class challenges next term to see if we can get more children to have veges in their lunc

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? This is something we will continue to work on in Term 4, however the spot the vegetable game has meant that many children are recognising more vegetables/herbs.

“My class loved this kit and all were successful in growing their vegetables and herbs. They were fascinated to see the roots growing out the bottom of the jiffy pots and this made for an interesting discussion when the roots had grown more than the plant at one stage. We will carry on with it in Term 4 and maybe grow some other plants and decorate terracotta pots to go along with it.”

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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? Lots of opportunities to extend students vocabulary. Authentic writing.

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? Started good conversations around which vegetables were known to students.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Some impact, it will be interesting to develop this more once the plants start to fruit.

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Posted 2 years ago

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