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 looked at the rate at which different seedlings grew which allowed students to gain some measurement knowledge.

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 have an understanding that they can grow their own food as well as how to look after these plants.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Some, although we wern't able to finish off the growing process at school so students weren't able to see the final result.

“This was a fantastic kit which captured my students attention straight away. They were excited to select what they wanted to grow and enjoyed learning about some new vegetables. We were very grateful to have a parent helper come in and help to plant up our seeds and students often went straight to their seedlings in the morning to see how theirs had grown compared to their classmates.”

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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? n/a

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How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

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“I was a bit disappointed that this kit was nothing new; it has been in the supermarket previously. I thought it would be something different. Sadly, someone put too much water into the growing punnets, so my class was not successful.”

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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? Linking across the curriculum - science, literacy - writing and reading about growing plants

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 have become more aware of what healthy eating and nutrition is

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? It was great to look at a wide range of vegetables as many of them the children didn't know

“What a wonderful kit to get students interested in growing their own vegetables/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? Pretty much the whole curriculum! Science, Health, Literacy, Maths, Social Studies

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 seem excited about vegetables now! They became aware of the importance of eating healthy food and there were even some students who started trying new fruit and veggies that they hadn't had before.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? By the end of the unit, students were able to identify many vegetables that they didn't know prior

“I have used this kit a few times now and absolutely love it! It is by far my favourite kit, and the students too. The students are always so engaged and excited, especially becoming members of the Little Garden League which they thought was very impressive!”

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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? Writing, reading, science and math

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 all really enjoyed learning about the difference between fruit and vegetables. They can't wait to try the food

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? They were able to recognize most but I surprised you could grow pop corn

“I always love the little garden kit. The kids have learned so much about planting, looking after the plants and are looking forward to seeing the end result. It has been an extremely busy year and the kids were happy to take time to look after their plants. They really enjoyed the story of the garden club and we used the vegetables for descriptive writing.”

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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 it for our writing as well as looking at how vegetables are good for 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? It has given them an understanding of where vegetables come from.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? They enjoyed checking each other plants were growing and looking free them for each other.

“The class really enjoyed doing this kit. They loved looking for vegetable jokes at the start and getting their badges. We were able to get a whole lot more little garden plants from New World so each student planted 9 plants each. They then took these home over the holidays and looked after them before returning them to school to be planted into the school gardens.”

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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? It gave us opportunities to find stories about growing kai etc and to work with senior students in our gardens.

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? Not really as we have not harvested any produce yet but there has been an increased interest in growing produce.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? We have talked lots about the different vegetables and students can identify more of a variety. It will be great to carry on with this next year when the plants start producing.

“This kit was awesome, lots of fun.”

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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? The kit provided opportunities for Maths, Science, and Literacy cross-curricular learning. Maths - measuring how much our plant has grown, science - what happens if we don't water our plant / over water it. Literacy - Report writing about plants

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 kit helped provide awareness of healthy eating, by our class having a discussion on food that gives us 'fuel' compared to food that doesn't. It didn't change many mindsets over lunch boxes though. It also helped us become aware of where food comes fro

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The students enjoyed comparing the different vegetables as they grew, and they became able to identify the different vegetables from the early stage. Some of the herbs we had were hard to identify at the beginning as they look similar.

“This kit was great. My Year 2's enjoyed planting their own plants and watching them grow in the classroom. Once the plants were established the children took them home to plant in their own gardens.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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