How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Measurement - we discussed area/perimeter needed for planting the little gardens into a pot. We monitored the growth of the seedlings. Writing - We took photos and wrote about the experience of planting.

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 are more excited to try different things and understand the importance of healthy eating.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Children have been exposed to a much bigger range of vegetables. Children are excited to grow and eat what they have planted.

“Children loved the hands on experience of planting the little garden pots.”

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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 used the kit to extend our te reo around asking questions about who has what vegetable and what is the vegetable. We also used it for maths as we had been looking at arrays for multiplication and division so designing gardens with planting rows was a r

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? Through discussions with the students they have built up a much bigger nderstanding about why we should nourish our bodies and eat healty food like veggies. Lots of students stared talking about and bringing in chopped raw veggies as a brain food snack an

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The kit was a really useful tool to expand students knowledge of vegetables and herbs - lots of the students didn't know what some of the veggies and herbs were so were interested in learning more and finding out how to cook and eat them.

“The little Garden kit was awesome! My class were excited from the moment it arrived and were keen to get going as soon as possible. They were all asking questions about who would have which pot and sparked many conversations about favourite vegetables and who grew veggies at home. They have taken great care in looking after, watering and watching their pots as they have grown and were so pleased to transplant them into bigger pots. Overall..a really engaging 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? We have taken the theme "plant systems" and used it in literacy, numeracy, science, art, STEAM, as well as prt of our play-based curriculum.

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? It has encouraged our tamariki to bring more vegetables into their lunchboxes!

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? I'm sure as the plants continue to grow, we will get some genuine understanding of what vegetables look like and how they grow.

“We have thoroughly enjoyed using the resources you have kindly donated to us to explore plant systems in my play-based year 1 classroom. We have made a role-play cafe, made models of plants with up cycled materials, looked at how insects, humans and plants work together in a system in our science, used literature to promote reading and writing around the topic, measured and compared growth in our maths, and have made a beautiful garden out of pallets to house our growing garden and observational artwork has been blossoming almost as much as the plants themselves! Ngā mini Nui!”

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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 are learning about measuring weather and growing vegetables and herbs as part of our science unit. So this was perfect.

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 are going to use the concept of garden to table to have children enjoy some of the food on pizzas.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Many of the plants were new for the children so it really extended their knowledge of vegetables

“We are so pleased with the mini garden kit. The plants are growing already.”

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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 linked it in with measurement in 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? They are excited

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? They are still seedlings but hopefully will as they grow and we use in garden to table next term.

“The students enjoyed potting the seedlings and watching them grow.”

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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, reading, maths, science. Learning about how our seeds grow

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 are able to identify why fruits and veges are really important for our bodies. Linked in quite nicely with the school lunch programme

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Lots of unfamiliar vegetables to kids which really surprised me. Allowed lots of conversations about different types of food

“This has been so awesome doing this again with my class. They absolutely love it! The mailbox has been such a nice touch and the kids love the magic that comes with being a part of the club”

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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? counting the seeds sorting seeds measuring garden beds with support

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? Initially attitudes were not in favour of vegetables now they are more inclined to give it a go. Success!!!!!!

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The tamariki were so proud to be able to identify vegetables. We extended this activity by bringing in vegetables from our home gardens to cook and eat with the tamariki. Some hadn't tried many of the vegetables before so were super proud of themselves es

“Love these kits for my ORS tamariki. Many are not exposed to this type of experience so a wonderful way to teach sustainable practises for the future. The tamariki are beginning to identify a variety of plants now.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“The tamariki I sourced the Little Garden Kit for are 16 ORS tamariki. I adapted some of the activities to suit their needs. The tamariki were fully engaged in the planting of the seeds and were excited to check their seeds daily to see if they had grown. Many were wanting to water their plants which is great to see their learning come through as they know they need water and sun to grow. We spent some time in our school allotted garden preparing the ground ready to transplant. The School kits are well thought through and offer great ideas to extend the learning further.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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