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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

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? looking after our school garden, nurturing the plants

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? They are bringing more vegetables for their lunch.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Recognise different names of the vegetables.

“The whole class was very engaged with the planting, growing and looking after them.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Science and Inquiry

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? The children were more willing to give different veggies a go.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? the characters were really cute and the kids wanted to use them to write stories.

“My class really enjoyed the kit! We built planter boxes and absolutely loved watching the seedlings sprout and grow. The delay in the badges meant we had to go a little slowly at teh start but there was no helping that. Thank you school kit :)”

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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 Wellbeing was a big factor. Healthy eating and sustainability etc. Links to increased cost of living etc and more and more people may be starting to grow their own veggies. Art & design - we designed our own veggie gardens (on paper) linked in

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? Not so much a willingness to try new vegetables, however we did discuss how the veggies can be used at home in the kitchen. Particularly pizza making. As the herbs could be included too. We had a look at veggie pizza recipes and talked about how home made

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? My class is Y5/6 so most knew most of the veggies but there was definitely some learning around the herbs - some had never seen corriander before as they'd only seen it dried in their pantry.

“Great fun. My Y5/6 class were tasked to make sure their plant pots SURVIVED the term! They were individually responsible for helping their plants survive and thrive. A great learning angle for them.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Most of our learning was science based, students also used their knowledge to write about their learning and to write creatively.

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 kit was a great resource to start discussion about healthy eating and we have been fortunate to have followed up with a visit from Harold and the Life Education team.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Most students already knew many vegetables but everyone learnt something new and they especially liked our blind taste test challenge.

“The Little Garden League kit has been a very engaging kit for our students. They loved watching their seeds germinate. We used heat pads and grow lights for some of our seeds and were able to compare growing conditions.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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