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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Great for science and writing labels, maths counting and graphs

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Lots of discussion around what was healthy and how good affects our bodies

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? We had great discussions about diff vegetables, tried lots of new ones and loved the matching game.

“We had an by amazing time learning to grow and care for plants. We started with our little gardens. Then we germinated some seeds and grew a flower garden”

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Posted 2 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? This fitted in well with our learning around what plants need to survive as we explored the water cycle, and other science experiments that showed how plants get their nutrients.

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? Had this been our focus I feel this would have been effective. I'm certain that had we also done this earlier in the year we would have been able to harvest the vegetables and enjoy them. The popcorn plant sure created a lot of discussion and curiosity!

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Had that been more of a focus I'm certain it would have been effective.

“Our year 2 students had a science focus learning about the living world, so the little gardens were a wonderful complement to this. The resources that were provided in addition to the seeds were relevant and engaging. Our students enjoyed planting the seeds, taking care of them and tracking their growth. Thank you for providing such a wonderful opportunity!”

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Posted 2 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? It was a fantastic kit for writing. The children loved writing about their planting days.

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? As we have lunches in school the students were able to identify the Vegeta bless they had planted within the food they ate.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? This kit had the most success and impact on my students. They shared their knowledge with their whanau.

“My new entrants were thrilled to be gardeners at our kura. They loved being able to plant and care for their seeds. Many of the students did not know lots of the vegetables so we had fun discovering them and trying them.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We were able to talk about seasons and plant lengths for maths.

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Unfortunately our kits arrived later in the year so students didn’t get a chance to try last year. Hoping to try them this year as they got planted into the school garden.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Students used the characters to learn what the veggies looked like.

“The students really enjoyed going through and planting all the plants. They also enjoyed putting the character stickers on to see if we had them all the different plant type.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Great Science learning about seeds and development of plants. Also about photosynthesis and what is required to help plants grow. This also translated into writing where it was a topic of choice.

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They were more willing to try what they had individually grown.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Definitely increased their ability to identify their own vegetable

“The students all got one on one time to plant and learn about their little garden. They particularly liked the badges and the opportunity to be hands on with the kit and learning more about the individual vegetables they are responsible for.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Tis kit lead into planting many other things, looking at dates and times of growth, measurement. Diary writing about a bean plant from growing it in a plastic bag and transferring it into a pot. Sketching what we can see. Jack and the Beanstalk Story was

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? The class got more involved in the actual gardening side of it and wanted to plant more and more vegetables.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? They wanted to grow them all.

“The children were so excited about this kit. It sparked a really big interest in planting in our class. We ended up planting bean seeds in plastic bags in the windows and then transferring them to pots. We also planted tomato plants, strawberries, flowers, sunflower seeds etc. The children learnt to take care and responsibility of their plants and how to help them grow. Lots of photos and sharing with the parents.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Looking at what our local vegetable stores produce and when- great for local curriculum. Maths, writing, science, health.

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? As the lessons went on students were more motivated to try new ways of healthy eating.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Lots, surprising how little prior knowledge students had.

“My students really enjoyed learning how to identify different vegetables and learning the process of how to care for them to help them grow. The badges gave a sense of ownership and team work amongst our classroom. Huge amount of engagement.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? All curriculum areas tamarki especially enjoyed price comparisons at the supermarket

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? yes! Please see above

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? 10/10! Made connections when we made soup and other kai

“Kia ora, Thank you so much for this kit. Our tamariki LOVED it! Was very cool to see the connections the tamariki made between our school garden and the little gardens.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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