How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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Neutral

Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Health and 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? No major changes

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Learnt about things such as radishes and coriander.

“Was great to get the students interested in the process of how plants are grown. The reading and writing element was a bit too hard for the level of new entrant so it needed a lot of teacher involvement.”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

Neutral

Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We used it with our technology learning and I used it in writing where the students wrote about their favourite vegetables.

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? My students were excited being part of the club and watching their seedlings grow. I was able to incorporate 5 plus a day and got students to send in recipes their family had made for dinner using the vegetables they had at home.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? A lot of them didn't know a lot of the more uncommon ones and enjoyed learning about the vegetable that their little garden was growing.

“This was heaps of fun. Students were engaged from the start and were eager to find out more. I did a slow reveal over a couple of days to build intrigue and excitement.”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

Neutral

Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Maths - measurement Science Literacy - procedural writing

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 can now discuss why their school lunches are healthy and how this helps fuel their body

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Many of our students had not heard of some of these vegetables

“Our tamariki lover growing these and the quality of conversations was fantastic as we explored the kit!”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

Neutral

Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? It supports our integrated curriculum approach. I'm able to bring in measurement, science and literacy using the plants as the 'hook'

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 healthy eating and nutrition but this wasn't where the focus was for my tauira.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The tauira used this kit in a different direction - that of growing, looking after and measuring the plants, rather than identification

“This kit is always a hit with my new entrant class.”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

Neutral

Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Maths, Technology, Learning through Play, literacy (stories), communication with game

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 are healthy eating school anyway, but we did do a mini unit on nutrition which was inspired by our use of the kit.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? By the time the kids had played the "Spot it" vege game a thousand times, they were pretty good with naming veges!!

“The Little garden kit is an amazing resource, interactive and fantastic as a long term project around sustainability. The "Club" component was well received by my class and they enjoyed being a part of something more, than just a classroom!”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

Neutral

Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Literacy - writing - about seeds, planting and lifecycles. Poetry - reading and writing poetry about seeds and plants. Science - life cycles, Living World - sustainability Project-based Learning

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? Taking pride in eating heathily - they have taken a great interest in the nutrition in the vegetables they have grown and also talk of eating veges from their home gardens. Thank you, this has been an amazing opportunity and one with long lasting benefits

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Huge - the children took a great interest in this and classifying seeds. They were interested in the different appearances of the seedlings as they grew and looked at what sseds belonged to the same families

“This kit has been amazing! It worked perfectly with our schoolwide project, Papatuanuku Breathes. My classes focus was on doing more of the things that help our earth and less of the things that harm. plan ting and eating sustainably was our focus for more of the things that help so this was perfect. The class have loved watching the deeds grow into seddlings then planting them in our Junior garden. They are now growing beautifully and are regularly looked after with our Teacher Aides taking out groups to water and weed or tend to the gardens as needed.”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

Neutral

Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Health / hauora, science - growth cycles 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? Tamariki are really proud of their ability to grow and nurture plants to grow - have seen increase in fresh vegetables in some lunch boxes.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Greatly improved - really surprise how few some recognised initially!

“Our tamariki loved the process of learning about and growing their own kai - months later we are still getting photos of their plants and produce - thank you so much for making this opportunity available to uS”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

Neutral

Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Science, tuakana/tēina learning, writing.

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 loved it! The chance to grow their own wee vege friend and research the best care methods was super engaging.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Many increased their understanding of different types of vegetables and how they grow. They also learnt a lot of valuable skills including patience and care.

“A wonderful opportunity to dig deeper into our plant life cycle learning and complete some lovely activities with our senior buddies”

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Posted 3 years ago

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