How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Writing, Learning through play, enviro

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 about growing their own food.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? They recognize the pictures and talked about what they eat at home.

“The students love having the opportunity to grow their own food. They also enjoy looking after the plants each day .”

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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 were able to use this under our STEAM umbrella as we worked these in to our community garden. Lots of math for mastering growing spaces. English when we were writing about our gardens (inquiry), Science with the growth cycle.

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 love the idea of creating the food to table inquiry. Recognising the value of food, what it does for you and in some cases how simple it is to grow. We are loving having our own little gardens growing in our own little garden at school. Ka Ra

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? This was amazing and great to see that we all have a differing perspective. We also incorporated Maori labels for our vegetables in support of our focus on Te Reo Maori.

“The students loved the tasks in the box, activities to complete and learning about their plants. Each student was responsible for at least 2 plants which we have popped into our community garden!!”

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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 was a great extension to our Term 1 inquiry into healthy eating and packaging choices.

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 have a done a lot of work about this in the past few years and, as a school, we have noticed a significant improvement in the food choices, variety and packaging of the children's lunchboxes. We have a no lolly and only water school policy which the c

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? There was a good deal of interest in the different types of vegetables and some that they didn't recognise. It will be interesting to see how if they eat the vegetables when they are ready to be picked.

“The children were very excited and involved in the growing of their Little Garden pots and also loved the names and information about the growing periods. It's the first thing they look at when they come into school to see how much they've grown since last night. They laughed at the names and enjoyed cracking the code.”

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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? writing, science, 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 more interested in trying new vegetables

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? they were able to identify more than they originally could

“Great! The kids loved 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? Science - life cycle of a plant/seed Te Reo - names of fruit and vegetables Social Science - how growing a garden can help your community Health and Nutrition - healthy eating

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 excited when they brought different fruits and especially vegetables in their lunch box. Some children even started bringing carrots and cucumbers to school for the first time.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Some of the vegetables and herbs the children had never heard of. Some they had eaten before but didn't know the names. So this was a great way to introduce them to new vocabulary and new food.

“I will be carrying on the unit into Term 4, but the resources are great, especially the game. the children love the game and learning the names of all; of the different fruits, vegetables and herbs.”

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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? Early days but their care and attention to detail is huge. They have warned me about mould, in the soil that over watering might produce and have come up with a spray bottle instead.

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 akonga love the vegetables they grow.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? They are noticing how much the seedlings have grown and how they look. Some are more leggy and others have bigger leaves. Others are different colours and shapes.

“We started just last week and have been watching our seedlings grow. We need new larger pots for some of them 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 have woven it into pur school values - kaitiakitanga etc.

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 haven't got into this aspect of the kit yet.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? We haven't got into this aspect of the kit yet.

“The children enjoyed the planting and are very excited about seeing their seeds grow into plants. Some are a bit frustrated at the time it takes, especially when other children's seeds are sprouting overnight almost!”

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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? Linked with writing 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? Yes, more awareness of the importance of eating vegetables.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? They are aware of different kinds of vegetables now but we haven't had a chance to taste them yet.

“The little gardens were so interesting and engaging for my year 1 class. They loved planting them and we're able to do it independently and we're good at caring for the plants by keeping them watered.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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