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 linked to science 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? Students discussed what was healthy. This had very little impact on what kai was in lunchboxes. They know what is healthy but eat what Whanau provide.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Students could describe and name many vegetables during this kit's implementation

“My students loved working on this kit. It generated interesting conversations and students were keen to get involved.”

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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? There were cross-curricular links between reading, writing, science and maths.

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? Every morning a different student would tell their peers of a different vegetable they tried at home. There was a lot of mana around this.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Some students at the beginning of the unit could only identify a couple of vegetables but as we explored the topic further they could name up to 10 vegetables.

“My class loved using and learning about this kit. There was a lot of excitement around learning about new vegetables and how plants grow. Every day the students would check the plants to see if there was any change.”

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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? Links to writing - sounding out and blending names of veggies, hunting the room (for the poster) with how to spell names of veggies.

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? The excitement of seeing a seed growing has positively impacted our ability to name foods and describe tastes. We are excited to talk about what veggies we prefer.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The game was a great resource to support this learning.

“Our Kōhanga was so excited to explore the contents of the box. It was a fantastic opportunity to collaborate during our plant unit and put into practice much of our learning. The game was superbly effective at opening up discussion around names and tastes of vegetables. We got quite competitive!”

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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 - cross section of vegetables growing above/below the ground level Writing - Maths - tally chart, measuring height of growth

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 feel that being 5/6 years this aspect was limited but is something I have made links with for learning going home so whanau can support it

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? HUGELY!!!!!!!!!!!!

“Such a great hands on way to engage all students in their learning. We then researched recipes that we could make that use some of the plans we are going to 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? We used our DMIC learning in mathematics to problem solve multiplication cation and division using arrays of pots. Linked perfectly into our enviroschool and Pare Kore Zero Waste unit.

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 looked at the healthy food pyramid and the vast options for vegetables.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? We thought the variety of vegetables in the Little Garden was varied and students were interested to learn and discuss unknown vegetables.

“An awesome kit that aligned well with our school values on showing kaitiakitanga (guardianship) for our school environment. We loved the independence, students were able to follow the instructions to problem solve without teacher involvement. We were able to link learning across the curriculum.”

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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? We used the potting of the seeds as procedural writing 'pro-seed-ural' lol. Literacy was the only cross-curricular link for us, as well as the filling out of the application form contained 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? The club was a little less engaging this time around. The badges were something a bit special the kids enjoyed last time around as they wore them almost daily and the thrill of the secret club was evident.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? We didn't do many activities other than planting of the seeds, discussing the bunting and playing the card game. We didn't seem to have the access to the mystery messages that we had the last time around, if this was done differently this time I'm not sur

“We were really grateful for the Little Gardens to plant and the class enjoyed watching them grow. The kit was less engaging than last time. We had a few accidents with pots getting tipped over when getting watered, we missed the tray to hold them all safe. The kids were content with just having their own Little Gardens at home for those that were keen.”

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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? Writing about vegetables. Reading journals about vegetables/growing things. Maths-measuring. Science-using our observation skills.

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 children eating vegetables in their lunchboxes. More chn recognising vegetables on others lunchboxes. Trying new vegetables.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? More students able to identify vegetables. Enthusiastic about learning the names of new vegetables

“Stars: High engagement kit. Students loved spotting others around school in the LGL. Chn loved the vegetable game. Chn talked about this at home. Cross-curriculum links. Wishes: The house was hard to put together and I didn't end up doing it as I didn't have the time to spare. Would have been better to have arrived pre set up, or a simpler construction. It would have been better to have one copy of all the resources in the box rather than having to find, download and print the different code crackers etc. it would have been better. Many of my students brought in vegetables from home before my kit arrived. It would have been better to have started before it came out in New World. Three teachers at my school had the kits, but we all received different communication at different times. it would have been good to have had more consistent communication.”

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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 links to Hauroa - Te whare tapa wha

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? How it support our Hauroa - Total well being

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Kids were able to identify at least double

“Kids loved the opportunity to do hands on learning!”

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Posted 2 years ago

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