How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Lots of reading and writing! Lots of recipes and descriptive language learning

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? They were more open to tying things

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Hugely/ so many didn’t know most of the veges names

“My children loved this! So much hands on learning and so engaging. The cycle from seed to sprout to vege has amazing for them to see and experience. We linked this to much much cross curricular learning.”

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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? This provided many opportunity for cross-curricular learning: writing observations about the vegetables and herbs, researching and finding out new information, learning about time concepts - how long the time periods are for the growing of each vegetable

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 didn't focus a lot on the healthy eating and nutrition side of things, we focused more on the actual aspect of growing the vegetables and herbs, and the different processes that were taking place.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Students became much more familiar and able to identify different fruits and vegetables. The students were able to take their own little plant home and were excited for it to continue growing so then they could try it/taste it when it was ready to be pick

“The Little Garden Kit was fantastic in our classroom. The students loved planting the seeds and it was such a wonderful hands on experience. Since planting the seeds, the students have been checking on the plants everyday with excitement of how they have grown. They have also developed their knowledge of many different vegetables and herbs. Such a great, engaging experience for our classroom.”

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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? They learnt about secret codes , patterns and symmetry, which is Maths and Science, they learnt about literacy - reading, writing and making up stories and they learnt about spelling. It worked in with our Topic also, as they learnt about community and ta

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? Some were improved, but some just don't like eating vegetables and some parents don't make them eat vegetables.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Half of them recognised most of the vegetables that they have in their home.

“I have had this school kit before, so I was hoping for something different. It went well, the children loved learning about the different members of the secret group, and being a little gardener. They liked growing their own plant and taking care of it.”

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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 in to shared reading with books about planting and growing. Measuring growth link to math

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? Nothing that I have seen, however as plants grow and produce maybe??

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Most children knew all the vegetables we were growing and had tasted a good range of them

“Year 0/1 kids loved the planting activities however rest of box content was well above their interest level”

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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? Tuhituhi - children made diary’s of their plants progress Panui - they wanted to find books in the library about seeds and veges!

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? Talked about how much energy is needed to create a vegetable/fruit. After the discussions , all the fruit at snack time is now completely eaten instead of lots of whole fruit with only a bite taken out of it going to the compost.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? A lot of new vegetables and plants were researched and found. Many of my tamariki were not sure of quite a few of the plants before this kit.

“My kids loved choosing a plant to grow and being able to show kaitiakitanga by caring for it and providing it with what was needed for it to thrive. Once sprouted, we planted the seedling in our māra, hopefully they grow big and strong and we can use the produce for garden to table in the future!”

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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? Measurement, writing and art opportunities.

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? Many children did not even know what their vegetable was, this exposed them to many new foods and I hope they explore more vegetables in their meals.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Many children did not even know what their vegetable was, this exposed them to many new foods and I hope they explore more vegetables in their meals.

“Interestingly, many children had not planted a seed before or tasted many of the vegetables that we were growing. Children loved having the responsibility of looking after their plants and watching them grow was super exciting.”

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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? art - draw you growing plant/ veggie

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? Kids persuading others at home to try/eat healthy food

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Not so much this kit - we extended the idea and did lots more on identifying the veg

“The children were super excited to watch their plants grow each day. Really easy to use kit.”

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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 wrote about our Little Garden, using instructions and making predictions. I based my whole guided reading around planting, growing, Bees and healthy eating. We looked at sustainability and how we could maintain a healthy community through the PE and He

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 once we get the seedlings into our maara kai the tamariki will see more value as they will have the opportunity to take the kai from the garden to our wharekai for cooking.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The pictures on the containers helped alot and they are now looking at what is a fruit and what is a vegetable.

“My tamariki and myself love the Little Garden Kit. The potting and caring for our little garden certainly aligns with our Uara, Manaakitanga. It was great to see the tamariki become kaitiaki and showing a real engaging interest in our Little Garden.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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