How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Connection to our school garden. Caring for plants. Kaitiakitanga What plants need to grow - science. School and home connections. Worm farm and compost. Worm wee to support our plants growth.

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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? Lots of new vegetables for the children to learn and talk about. Really good range.

“Ngaa tamariki loved planting their own special vegetables and have enjoyed coming in each morning to water and see how much they have grown. Very proud when sharing with whanau.”

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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 spent this term learning about the 7 R's for sustainability and are now going to start composting due to what we have learnt from the kit.

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? Children are all excited about taking their seedlings home and sharing the vegetables with their families when they have grown. Many children said that they would continue to try eating some of the vegetables we tried in the classroom.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? At the start many children were unable to recognise or name basic vegetables, now they are all able to name all the common ones and some of the less common ones.

“The children have been really engaged and excited for the beginning right through to the end. Many children tasted a variety of new vegetables and many very surprised by the fact that they liked them.”

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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, Garden to table, maths, healthy eating

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 are more willing to try new veges and herbs.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Very good

“Ruma tekau ma whitu would like to thank the team for the amazing and priceless experience we had, joining the little garden league club, planting the seeds and watching the seeds sprout and grow. Thanks again from Ruma tekau ma whitu at Papatoetoe West school.”

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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 kit was fantastic to use across the curriculum. Our theme for the term was science based on growing plants and their life cycle so it fitted perfectly. We counted boxes, sorted into colours, plants that grew above and below the ground, similar vegeta

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 really at this stage yet. Looking forward to trying when our vegetables grow.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? It helped us to learn the Māori kupu for vegetable names. We could discuss the difference between a lettuce and cabbage.

“The little garden kid has been a fantastic addition to our plant mania unit this term. My year 0/1 tamariki loved the hands on nature of planting, caring and observation of the growing seeds. This was all able to be completed independently. Looking forward to planting our seedlings out and eating some produce before the end of the year. Thanks School Kit!”

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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? Measuring and graphing for Maths.

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? We were able to talk about healthy diets and the food pyramid.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The children were excited top learn the difference between root vegetables and those that grow above ground.

“Loved doing this with my class. So much learning about what things needed to be healthy and grow. The children loved it as well. It was cool to see them run in in the morning to check if their plants had grown. Now they can't wait to 'harvest' them.”

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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? Writing - filling application form Science- what do seeds need. We watched how they grew towards the sun and discussed why and what would happen if we turned them around. What parts of veges we eat - enjoyed discussing this. Maths - vege match game. Count

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? They have an awareness of a wider range of vegetables and know they are good for them and keep their body healthy. They were encouraged to all try a new vegetable and this really worked at home (several parents commented on this).

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Good, they identified a variety of vegetables and learnt some new ones.

“Loved this resource. The children really got into it. They loved passing the challenge to become members and one child took his badge home and told Mum he couldn't wear it until he had tried a new vege at home! They did struggle to complete the application form (Year 0/1) however and I had older buddies in one day who I used to help. Not sure how we would have completed this with out them. They still choose to get out the vege match game.”

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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 wrote about vegetables and what we did to plant our Little Gardens. It also tied into science as we learnt about the life cycle of 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? Approaching vegetables with a positive attitude because they have had their own personal experiences at growing their own.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Exposed them to new types of vegetables they may not have heard of before.

“Awesome and engaging kit that the children absolutely loved. Great real-life learning experiences for them!”

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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? Writing, fine motor skills, gardening, cooking, oral language, social skills, communication, life skills, food prep,

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? Our students are naming vegetables or matching them. Most are able to correctly locate them on their communication device with little support. This is a big win for us and their whanau as they can transfer this sill at home for meal times.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Mainly the basics but was some excitement about popping corn.

“Working in a school with a wide range of diverse needs this kit was such an enriching topic for us. It created valuable learning and great opportunities to extend vocabulary and use alongside communication devices and assistive technology. It enriched our programme and we are looking forward to using some of our very own home grown plants in our cooking programme next term. Seeing the whole journey from garden to table is very exciting for some of our tamariki who had no idea where some of their kai came from.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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