How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? The kit allowed opportunities for learning across all curriculum areas, from counting seedlings grown, and predicting produce to trying the produce in addition to drawing the produce, writing up the process and testing different positions for the plants t

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 tried vegetables they had not tried before and took produce home to share with their families.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Some children had never seem some of the vegetables grow before and did not recognise the fruits.

“Using the Little Garden kit has been an absolute highlight this year. I chose a few high-anxiety or diverse-needs children to train as our experts in gardening. Working with the kit and growing their own seedlings not only gave the children hands-on access to the natural world and provided learning through all their senses – sight, smell, touch, taste and sound, but gardening also provides positive outcomes for health and well-being in addition to supporting their mental health. The gardening and care of our plants provided an opportunity for our children to learn about the natural world around them and being kaitiakitanga of our world. /kʌɪˈtɪəkɪˌtaŋə/”

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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? looking after our school garden, nurturing 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? 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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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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?

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 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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

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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

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? 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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We tied this into health/PE, writing and maths. It also tied in nicely to our inquiry

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 were eager to eat healthy and we found that they were taking this message home to parents.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? At the beginning of the kit students knew basic vegetables and by the end they could name and identify a lot more.

“Despite the kit arriving later than expected the tasks were engaging for the children. We adapted the pledge/application slightly to make it more accessible for our learners. The resources were well put together and of a high quality. The children enjoyed”

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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 linked it into science , maths length and writing. Lots of predicting!

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 learnt about plants that they had never heard of, and the benefits of eating fruit and veges.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The stickers helped but we timed it wrong so the kids took them home for the holidays so we didnt see any fully grown.

“My kids loved this kit, and being able to do it themselves was all part of the fun. Every morning the kids came in to check on their plant and their progress. It was a great tool to help teach the children about what plants need to 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? Maths and writing about growing our 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? Yes, children are more aware of the importance of earing vegetable and fruit as part of a healthy diet.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? We talked about eating vegetables as part of our diet. There was more willingness to try new vegetables at the end.

“Children loved planting their own plant and taking care of them. There was great excitement when it was time to take the plants and plant them in the garden.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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