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, 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?

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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

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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

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 did predictions and measurement. Looking at which plant would grow fastest and tallest. We also used our kit to learn te reo words and names for the 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? Students learnt about eating fresh food v's processed / packaged. They are now very aware of the importance of fresh!

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? As new entrance, probably not a lot. But they were fascinated to learn that vegetables grow from a small seed and plant.

“The children really enjoyed learning about how plants grow then actually putting their learning into a real life experience - planting these seeds and watching them grow. Our Rangatira was responsible for checking on them and watering them daily. Some had used them before, others had not and had to learn how to plant seeds. The highlight for many students was the condensed soil tablets. They were fascinating to watch as they expanded. All children was so proud of their plants and took them home to share with their family.”

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Posted 3 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? My Year 4 children particularly enjoyed the opportunity to delve further into science and health via plant growth (living world) and 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? Children always seem to be much more interested in eating things they have grown! It was great for them to see how easy it it to grow your own food.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Most were fairly capable to start with - certainly filled gaps for any who were unsure. Great to be able to recognise the seeds and seedlings as well as the leaves, fruit, root we may eat.

“We just loved this kit! As a teacher, I love that it comes with EVERYTHING you need! Clear and easy to follow. Some vegetables have gone home while others are now in our school garden. It springboarded into some really cool other plant based learning like sunflowers from seeds, rescuing oak tree saplings and trying to grow popcorn! Such positive learning! Badges were a hit.”

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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? I am assuming environmental awareness. Some Maths. Science Social awareness.

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 always impressing upon them to choose healthy options. Thank you.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? They initially learned to identify several before sowing.

“This is an awesome resource which I started in my class, we managed to sow the seeds together however due to illness (Teacher) I was not able to follow it through personally. When the seedlings sprouted, the students were given their little pot to take home by the stand-in reliever. Feedback from parents was that they were proud of their plants and watched them grow.”

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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? Lots of writing opportunities, science - living world - taking care of the plants - planting, watering, sunlight, oral language, learning new kupu.

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 had a better understanding of where vegetables come from and they could make connections with the vegetables that are served up in their school lunches.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Lots of new learning, identifying vegetables and their names.

“The tamariki loved the opportunity to grow their own vegetable. It was an engaging activity and had them working hard to earn their badge and take home a grown plant for their whanau can see. They learnt the process of how to grow plants from seeds and it created opportunities for new language for the ELL learners. Thank you for this opportunity and learning.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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