How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Learning about planting What do plants need to grow. Healthy eating - 5 plus day.

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 talked about healthy food and growing your own food at home. This generated a lot of conversation about what they grow at home and what produce on the table comes from their own garden. It generated a desire to grow more things at home to eat.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Most students could already identify the vegetables.

“The students loved planting these little boxes and waiting to see what would pop up. They were very eager to regularly water the plants. It was a lovely focus to have in the classroom. It was a great success in terms of interest, coming in every day to see if their plants had sprouted.”

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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? Poetry, art, writing about vegetables we liked

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 realisation that it is good to keep trying new things. Many were encouraged to try out something they hadn't before.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Some children learnt a few types. I was surprised at how many they did already know.

“My colleague and I used the Little Garden kit. The delays in it getting to us was a slight disruption to our plans. However, the children enjoyed it and there was lots of talk about the different vegetables and trying new things. We set up a corner display. My colleague has included photos that is from us both”

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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? It fitted in with our whole school concept for the term of Kaitiakitanga. We were able to do literacy activities, maths activities, science inquiries.

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? Willingness to feed back to their parents and whānau about trying new vegetables. An awareness of where our food comes from. The realisation of how eating healthy can give us energy and make us feel good.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? A huge impact! It was interesting how many tamariki had no idea about what types of vegetables were out there and what they looked like.

“We loved how this taught our kids about healthy eating, different types of vegetables and that food is not just picked up from a supermarket. They enjoyed planting and being part of watering them in our classroom. The little gardens fitted in with our whole school term concept of Kaitiakitanga. It gave us lots to write about, hands on activities and an ability to see how our work flourished into something tangible. The tamariki are looking forward to taking their plants home in the next few days to plant at home for the holidays. Thank you school kit we love your kits!”

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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? Worked well in conjunction with the life education unit on 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? Healthier lunch boxes

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? They were able to identify several vegetables

“Outstanding. The children loved the responsibility of looking after their own little gardens.”

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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? Writing - instructional - how we planted our seeds Involvement in the school wide garden competition Science - seed cycles Art -vegetable collages

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? -

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? initiallly was very surprised at the few vegetables they were familiar with. after introducing this kit there was Lots of conversations about what veges they have in their gardens at home, in their lunchboxes etc

“the children loved the letterbox Highlight was when the plants started to grow and watch and draw and photograph progress”

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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? Measurement, writing, science

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 kids started the unit with a good knowledge of healthy eating.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Love the 'spot it' game with vegetables, this helped ID for some students. The seedlings went home over the school holidays so they were never more than a seedling for us to observe in class.

“High student engagement, much excitement over growth and speed of growth. Great opportunity to spark conversations about plants and vegetables. Love the hands on learning involved, it was a good task for building the ability to carefully follow instructions. Provided writing opportunities, observation and predictions.”

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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? Maths - graphing and measurement. We also did mapping as we sorting the different parts into categories and grouped them together when planted. Writing - Procedure writing and recipes. reading - Facts and research about certain plants and uses Science - G

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 enjoyed trying them in different ways. Although still growing we got different ones and tried them in smoothies, as a kabab, raw, and in an air cooker. Cutting them in different ways eg strips, spirals, shapes, also encouraged children to try thi

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? able to classify and croup them into similar parts that are eaten -roots, leaves, stem, etc. Recognition increased.

“Great kit. Children enjoyed the hands on involvement which is still ongoing. Fits in well with our Food of the Week program”

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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? Learning the names of vegetables. Planting vegetables Working together to take care of vegetables Planting, harvesting and cooking vegetables Tasting new things

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 a lot about healthy eating and the children are aware of the need to eat healthy to fuel our bodies.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The children can now name a lot more vegetables and tell you ways to cook the vegetable

“The Junior Syndicate at our school loved planting, growing and harvesting the Little Garden plants. They took great care of them and enjoyed tasting the results either raw or cooked.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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