How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Used for inquiry, te reo, and 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? Did not notice an improvement in nutrition and healthy eating.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Students were able to identify vegetables after using the kit

“Was a great hands on kit. Students enjoyed planiting and watching them grow.”

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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? Maths - measurement. Spacing out seedlings. Estimation-how tall is the plant going to grow. Literacy - recount writing. Oral language - new vocabulary Science - what do plants need?

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 taste the veg because they were involved with seeing it grow, which elevated their curiosity.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? This was a little tricky for some 5yr olds.

“Great to have different veggies to grow, the popcorn generated much excitement! It's so cool how the children get to see how and where they get their food from. Also, provides the opportunity for them to try new tastes.”

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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 - we did various different experiments with the seeds. We also did experiments around sunlight, growth and healthy eating. Growing vegetable scraps. Health & wellbeing - eating well Art - lots of vegetable printing and drawing and painting still l

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? I try to be careful about not being judgmental about what is in the children's lunchboxes or what they eat at home because you really never know or understand individual family circumstances. However what we did really explore and enjoyed was being advent

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? I was surprised by how few vegetables some the the children knew but it also prompted conversations around vegetable names in other languages and different types of vegetables from around the world. We also learnt the name of all the vegetables in Te Reo

“Rm22 loved this theme! The idea of them being vegetable protectors engaged them really quickly. We grew the seeds in our classroom, under different conditions and then planted the seedlings in our school veggie patch which are now on their way to be fully grown vegetables. The vegetable theme interested them so much that we made scone based pizzas and tried new vegeatbles as toppings that we had never tried before, everyone brought a vegetable in from home and collectivly we chopped and diced. It was a really fun day. As a teacher, I loved the card game that was included - the kids knew how to play it immdieatly as it's a bit like spot it & they really enjoy that. The little cardboard house was a huge hit and when the badges arrived the kids were beyond excited.”

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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 a class, we used this to support measurement. I required accuracy with their measurements so this really helped with students taking care and ensuring they were measuring from zero. I also asked students to make predictions as to how high their seedlin

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? Some students were going home and asking if they could make a little garden at home or have a small space of an existing garden. They know that our bodies need a lot of fibre and vegetables can provide this. They knew that Silverbeet and Kale could help w

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The game allowed discussions around vegetables and what texture, colour size and shape they could relate to each little garden.

“My class enjoyed being part of a 'secret club'. They enjoyed caring for their little 'Little Garden' as individuals and as a class. Some students would make a predictions as to whose Little Garden would have grown the most or the least. There was a high level of engagement and a lot of discussions. Our school grows some vegetables and the class talked about what was in the school garden (mostly silverbeet and kale!) and they talked about being healthy with vegetables and fruit.”

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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? The applications letter was awesome, and provided an opportunity to be extended into our writing, where our learners have elaborate on the skills they needed to join the "club". We also branched into the food nutrition aspects of the health curriculum, an

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? Trying new things is often challenging but our learners were excited to because they were growing the items too! We create a rainbow tasting platter to try and the kids loved it.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? This was greatly improved for some of learners - many already had great knowledge of vegetables.

“WOW - this kits was so much fun. The little band of Eco Warriors in out hub loved the practice nature. Sowing seeds, caring for them, watering, planting and now harvesting provided a full circle of learning.”

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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 made links to: Science - Living World Maths Social Science Health

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? I had quite a few students share things like "I like it when I get to pack my own lunch because I put in healthy stuff like raw broccoli".

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Luckily most of the students in my class had quite a high knowledge of vegetables. Maybe that could be due to being a rural school a lot of families have the space to grow their own vegetables.

“I misunderstood the initial instructions and therefore did not recieve this kit until quite late. Therefore I started the kit term 4 so I did not have to try and keep plants alive over the term 3 holiday break. My students really engaged with this kit and growing things.”

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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? maths measuring, counting, comparing, timing great developing social skills and oral language science caring for environment

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 had imput in producing and tasting

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? students compared plants

“The kids just loved belonging to our garden club and wearing their badges. They learnt a lot about caring for plants and eating veges.”

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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 integrated this as a topic right across the curriculum, healthy eating, trying new veges, science with planting etc, cooking.

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 looked at the food pyramid - tried new foods - food for our bodies

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? It definitely increased the children's vocab of items they didn't know.

“The kit was fantastic and my 5 year olds loved seeing their seeds grow.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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