“Amazing opportunity for cross curricular learning. Children have learnt to be resourceful as our peas have become floppy, they figured out that sticks and string can support them to grow. Children have enjoyed this learning and have learnt a skill that can put kai on the table.”

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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 did heaps of writing about our vegetables, we wrote instructions to follow when planting the plant, we wrote about the characters living in a garden, etc.

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They were really positive and are looking forward to being able to eat their herd or vegetable.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? It was surprising how many vegetables children had never heard of, let alone tasted.

“Room 5 had such a great time learning about plants, photosynthesis and watching their plant grow. We loved using the resources. In particular, they loved the cracking the codes, so much so, they wanted to do them again even though they had already solved them. It was neat going through the names of the plants and the kids had a real laugh when they heard their name as a vegetable.”

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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 integrated visual arts, literacy, maths, science and oral language.

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children were very excited to take their seedlings home to continue to grow during the school holidays and then eat their plants.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? I discovered that many of the children in my Year 1 class didn't know what were fruits and what were vegetables. This kit provided many opportunities to have this discussion.

“This is the first School Kit I have used. I have been very impressed with the resources and information I have received. It was very exciting planting and growing the seedlings. We had our student led conferences during this time. The children were very proud to bring their families into the classroom and show them what we were growing.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Reading the codes, using problem solving, graphing favourite veges, writing Day in the Life of a ____

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Lots of discussion and excitement about making a vege garden at home and more boys wanting to join our gardening club to look after the veges.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Lots of the boys could identify the more common veges, but had trouble identifying the herbs and less common ones. Using the cards to play the games and the alliteration helped with this.

“Wow! My boys have loved this kit ... I had some great laughs with the vegetable jokes they came up with on their application forms. They waited in great anticipation to see if they had been accepted! They are wearing their badges with pride on their blazers and love spotting boys from other classes with the badges. Fantastic kit with lovely feedback from parents. Sorry system won't let me add any photos - coming up with error, have resized, still not working.”

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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, health, mathematics - they really liked the coded messages

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? Exposed them to a variety of unfamiliar vegetables. A success!

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Lots of kids had never heard of turnips or swedes.

“It was a great kit, it would be so much easier to teach with a booklet instead of the online links!”

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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- measuring and graphing growth and germination Reading - journal stories

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? Seedlings are being taken home to plant in vege gradens.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Not so much identifying but discussing using the names of plants.

“Once again, I have loved this kit! For many children it was their first time cultivating seeds and the kit has certainly nurtured a love of growing, protecting and tasting edible plants.”

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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 were able to do an extended plant study and work in the understanding of worms in our environment and their role. As well as writing, shared reading, some maths with measurement and weight in shopping.

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? Not a lot, it was probably the lens I took though.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Great, especially with the cool character names - they even made their own names. The game was exciting and was well played!

“The students loved learning about their vegetables and enjoyed the planting. The students self-managed the plants and even replanted them themselves. We have been building our understanding of kaitiaki and this fit perfectly.”

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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 worked on spelling vegetable names. We created our own vegetable characters and wrote stories about the missions they went on. Lots of oral language and sharing too.

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? All my students were able to give reasons why we should eat 5+ a day. They were also able to share what fruit and vege they had eaten each day. The kit enabled them to talk more freely about their lunchboxes and what fruit and vege they all liked the best

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? My students knew most of the vegetables except for one or two. So we were able to talk about those gaps. What was interesting was the organising of the fruit and vegetables into those categories. I was surprised that half my students knew that a tomato wa

“The kit was good. The kids liked the letterbox and badges. As far as teachhing I struggled to find a good place to start and would have preferred a few more practical lesson ideas.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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