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 talking and listening in small groups (Oral langauge) Identifying, observing and classifying (Science)

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 very engaged in the growing phase of our unit and excited to take their plants home, to add to their already existing vege gardens or start a new garden of their own.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Children had a good knowledge of vegetables to start but were particularly fascinated with the popcorn plant as they had never thought where popcorn came from

“The children were so excited about joining a special club and loved the back story. They have been coming in every morning to check on their seedlings and are looking forward to taking them home at the end of the term.”

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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 thank you letters to Cromwell New World for donating a vegepod to the school. Science- plants need to grow. History- discussed food that early Polynesian voyagers used or brought with them on the voyagers. I would have loved a TeReo resource to c

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? Beginning to. Once we complete growing, harvesting and eating the vegetables then we will be able to do more on this next term.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Definitely got them talking about their vegetable seeds and discussing them. Most children have them at home as New World is one of Cromwell's two supermarkets. The card game was awesome to help build the vegetable name knowledge.

“The story of the Little Garden League engaged the children. They loved applying with their application of interest to LGL HQ and posting it in the box. The children were asked to orally share with the class why they want to be involved. All had good experiences or reasons to be involved. They were all very proud when they got their badge.”

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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? The opportunities were endless. Here are just a few. They learnt about germination and drew some pictures of their seeds. They wrote stories and did maths to work out how many we had in total. They also counted how many seeds had come up.

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 students are looking forward to having burgers made with their own vegetables. They have to wait until next term for this however.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? There was much discussion about why they had "white carrots" and what they would taste like.

“This was really fun for the children and they enjoyed taking ownership of their own seeds. The wait for them to come up was short enough to keep them interested”

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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 - statistics and measurement english - writing observations art - drawing observations science - living world

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 were able to learn more about where food comes from

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? students were able to learn about new vegetables

“Students were very engaged and enjoyed learning about growing plants. We were able to integrate lots of curriculum areas into this project.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“This was a great unit where all of the children were engaged in learning about how to grow and nurture a plant and what a plant needs to survive. Every day the children would rush in to look at their plant and take it outside so it could get some sun in order to grow and water them each day. It was interesting to see how some plants grew quicker than others and had different stems and leaves. The children were very excited to this activity.”

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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 extended into almost all areas of my class. From technology, where our focus was building natural bird houses, to writing where my students were able to use what they had learnt to write captivating descriptive, narrative and technical pieces.

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? Most of my students have shown more curiosity to try more vegetables. When presented with different types of vegetables most would at least try a bite.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Most of my students were able to recognise a variety of vegetables by the end of this kit. Their knowledge expanded from vegetables they see in their home life to recognising vegetables they had not seen in person before.

“This kit fit in perfectly with our Term 3 Junior topic of gardening. This kit allowed me to add an extra layer to this topic in a way that was entertaining, informative, and engaging for my class.”

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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? Maths- card game used for memory. Science- sorting into groups

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? Children were willing to try what they had grown.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? We are still growing them in our school garden. Definitely children have tried new veggies and know more names

“Children enjoyed watching their seedlings grow and how plants grow at different rates. The lettuce was eaten early. It's great showing kids where their veggies come from.”

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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, social sciences, tolerance and resilience in trying new things

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 were well able to discuss which food would give them best energy and keep them healthy. It has not really impacted on what arrives in lunch boxes though as this is more parent driven (6 year olds in my class)

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? luckily, my children already knew the majority of the vegetables before starting this.

“This kit was great. It had lots of practical applications for our current inquiry and tied really well into our "Curiosity (Science) Week". Children have been really engaged. We will continue it into Term 4 to monitor the results”

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Posted 2 years ago

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