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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We used the kit to interact Science, Technology, Health and service to community (with our end of Unit Plant Sale).

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Revisiting the 5 plus a day with students that they had learnt with Harold of Life Education was great.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Our school community are in a semi rural so many students already know a number of the vegetables.

“Totally loved the idea of the kit however it arrived a little later than we had hoped for and we were half way through our Unit of work. The concept and items included were fantastic and while we didn't use all of them this time when we do the unit again we will definitely use the ideas from the Kit. Thanking you.”

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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 incoperated this kit into maths, writing and reading. It was great

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 were enthusiastic towards learning about healthy foods.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Students recognised the common vegetables.

“Children LOVED this kit. Extremely hands on and engaging for my junior class.”

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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? Heath 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? Theyre aware of plants, parts of plants and using plants in cooking.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? It was great

“It’s so great getting the little gardens, we’ve incorporated some cooking skills that link with the vegetables that we grow. We also have been looking at the flowers and their companion plants.”

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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? This linked into writing and art as well for us.

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? This focus linked with our school enviro team making pasta sauce from school grown tomatoes so they were able to make the link with that. We also talked about how to fuel our bodies for athletics.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The children had quite a bit of knowledge but this did support a bigger group of vegetables to discuss.

“The class were very engaged in the planting and were keen to get other plants going as well.”

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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? As we are a Reo Rua Kura our kids learnt all the vegetables in Te Reo Māori which was awesome. I also purchased from paku traditional tools which we used in the Mara and we also starting learning about maramataka the planting calendar. So Scotland technol

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? Talking about healthy eating is always a positive. Conversations around what we were thinking planting and how health it was is always great. They take a little bit of learning every time. We harvested the cauliflower recently and made cheeses sauce. The

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Quite a bit. Especially the green leafy ones. They ca. now identify spinach from silverbeet. They also could only tell cauliflower from broccoli one the flower started to form. They learnt that they were flowers which made them laugh

“This kit was one of the best we have learnt from. We also planted potatoes etc at the same time and just harvested them yesterday. We made potato salad. The kids loved it. Today boiled new potatoes and butter. Yum”

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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? Our inquiry this term was Healthy Eating so this fitted in perfectly and gave the children great context. They learnt where food can come from with a bit of mahi.

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 were keen to watch the veges grow and then try the vegetables. We measured their growth and then harvested when they were ready. We designed menus that included the vegetables that we were growing to reinforce children's knowledge of healthy eating.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? A lot of these children had very little clue about vegetables. Having the characters for vegetables made it fun and also the games in the kit were a great tool.

“The children absolutely loved this kit. They were very involved from the beginning and enjoyed being apart of the club (some kids are still wearing their badges). Our veges have had a growth spirt and we've tried some snow peas, carrots, lettuce, kale (not fans). We are eagerly waiting for the popcorn to be ready. The children have learnt about germination, how to pot and take responsibility for growing things. This was a very successful kit and we look forward to watching and eating some more vegetables.”

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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? This was a nice way to continue our journey around Te Ao Māori and the different Atua. This has been going on all year.

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? Because we do 'lunches in schools' our tamarki are getting a much more balanced diet. They are also way more knowledgable about what they are eating. They are excited to see their gardens produce the food they are eating.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Huge learning through the game. Students sampled some of the vegetables/ herbs that they have never tasted before.

“It was great. Tamariki were excited to plant their gardens and because we had some donated they were able to carry out some experiments using their first one as a control.”

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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 loved writing about life cycles and proceeses/

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 loved learning about vegetables!

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? It worked well very with my NE children.

“The kit was very easy to use and kept the children well occupied. It was easy to incorporate into other learning areas.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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