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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We are learning about sustainability and maintaining our gardens to give back to the community. The children learned that all living things need to be nurtured and taken care of for things to grow. The children were able to identify and name vegetables th

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? We discussed how different coloured foods focus on different parts of our bodies for nutrition. We then did some simple science experiments to investigate more after watching mystery science to do with our digestive system.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? They loved playing the game and identifying each vegetable and then comparing the photos to their own vegetables when they started growing.

“Anchorage Park Primary, room 4 really enjoyed receiving the seedlings. It worked in well with our new greenhouse. Our goal the last two years was to grow vegetables and give them back to the community, we achieved this with the little garden help. The children learned a lot about the types of vegetables and loved learning the names. The game that was provided was a real hit. This unit tied in with our goal to become a Silver Enviro school which were awarded in November. As a teacher, a would recommend for other teachers to give it a go, such a brilliant resource. A big thank you to the school Kit Squad.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Health and Physical Education: Personal growth and development with being aware of eating healthy vegetables. Making a variety of simple salads and stir fry's for children to try, by trying different flavours and textures. Science: Living world - Life pro

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? For some children they were willing to have a try, for others they were quite hesitant due to textures and others opinions.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The kit gave the opportunity to look at and identify a variety of different vegetables to sow and also compare root vegetables and vegetables that grow above the ground. To learn the correct names for vegetables and the opportunity to taste and try new ve

“The new entrant classes at Levin North School loved planting the seeds and waiting in anticipation for something to start growing in their named seed containers. There was a good success rate with the seeds germinating and excited children able to take their plants home to plant in a garden at home.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Supports our school's Enviro School ethos well. Great resource to support the Science curriculum as well as Literacy through oral language and Health through the healthy eating concepts.

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 have a relatively good understanding of healthy eating so this had the least level of impact with the students.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The students loved the card game supporting this aspect - they generated a lot of discussion.

“Fantastic Kit. The tamariki love planting the seeds and observing their little garden grow. Supports our school's Enviro School ethos.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? I haven't found the kit effective in promoting this aspect.

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 talked about different kinds of vegetables and how we look after the plant and grow them. My students are five year olds and mostly ESOL students. They don't know what kind of nutrition in each vegetable but they all agree that eating vegetables is goo

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The children have learnt a wider range of vegetables throught the vegetable game.

“We used this kit for our science project and the children love it so much! It provides the oppotunity for individual experiences and the games are good follow up activities to reinforce the learning.”

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Posted 3 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? Ties it into science and growing. Statistics for maths and charting when different veges germinated. Writing opportunities.

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? Improved their knowledge.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Was good. Lots of new veges that were introduced.

“Great interactive resource. That kids loved it.”

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Posted 3 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? Healthy eating - math prediction/statistics

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 used a previous school kit that made muffins from different vegetables and it was a great success. This would go brillantly with this kit.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The booklet from New World helped identify unknown vegetables.

“The children enjoyed planting their little gardens and watching them sprout over time. We predicted which plants would sprout first and which would take longest. Once sprouted we planted these in our school garden.”

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Posted 3 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 it for science - fair testing, writing about our plants and then later linked it to the Jack and the beanstalk. It also linked in with health and PE as we talked about healthy eating and exercise as we had also just done our cross country and were

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 aware of how important vegetables are as part of a healthy diet

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The knowledge of students really grew in this area

“A great kit. Our class really enjoyed it and were very engaged in their learning.”

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Posted 3 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, Healthy eating, Maths-growth and measuring

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? Being exposed to some different vegetables. The children tried foods they hadn't before.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The children learnt a lot of different vegetables that they had not come across before.

“Kids were totally engaged and loved the by in with being club members.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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