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? 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?

Very Low

Neutral

Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Writing - students wrote recounts - wrote about progress and lastly wrote letters to parents about what they vegetables they tried and liked. Math - Children created simple graphs to monitor growth.

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 willingness to try something they had not tried before (some not keen though). Understanding that their are many nutrients in vegetables to help our bodies.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? I want to say probably 50/50 - would need a lot of repitition for some students to retain - but on the flip side students were very confident about their individual plants.

“This was a wonderful resource to receive. Many children did not even know some of the vegetables or herbs that were in the kit. They enjoyed being able to write about what they did when they planted their seeds and then having to look after them. They were amazed at the difference between times of growing and how some grew faster than others. They measured their plants and we created very simple graphs to monitor their growth. Then of course came the taste test. Some children were reluctant to try new things (very fussy eaters) but most were happy to give it a go - they also shared with their parents the new food they tried and liked through a letter to their parents.”

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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? Heath, Oral Language, Maths. Art.

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 would often bring up their veggies from their lunch and talk about the ones they had planted.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Some vegetables were not familiar to the children at all and just seeing the picture of them created curiosity.

“This was a great kit. The children loved submitting their reasons to be in the gardening league. And we’re delighted with the badges they received. Some are still wearing them at school. I had one child who began our expert planter and helped the other children plant their seeds. We have some vege plots at school that we’re able to plant our seedlings out into with our older buddy class. The weather as been a bit up and down this term so some we have slow growth since planting out. But the kids check regularly on them. And will notice the growth over the up coming holidays. Thank you for this kit opportunity.”

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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? English (Writing), Science, Health: Discussions and writing about: How do plants grow? What does a plant need to grow? Visual Art: Illustrating what plants need to grow.

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? Raise some awareness of nutrition and healthy eating. The kit provided some opportunities for conversations around this topic.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Some impact, students were interested especially when the plants started to grow.

“A great kit! My students loved having a space set up in the classroom to watch their seedlings grow. The bunting, little cardboard clubhouse and 'class photo' were very useful. Having those meant that I did not have to worry about making too many other resources to go to the little garden corner. I had to modify the application letter to ensure all my students could complete it independently. They absolutely loved sending the application and getting a badge.”

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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 are a school lucky enough to have school lunches provided. It tied in nicely with encouraging healthy eating and recognising food that are in the lunches.

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 ability to talk about foods that are healthy and identify what they are eating has improved. They are able to make better choices for themselves.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Students loved playing the spot it game to recognise and identify vegetablesa and then linking to vegetable they get in their school lunches.

“Little Garden Kit”

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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? Oral language and vocabulary was huge and having the kit led to children asking me to take out books from our school library on fruit and vegetables. Also Maths, 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? This led to many discussions on food and what we should be eating, so I would say there was definitely an improved student awareness.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The children learned about vegetables that they had never heard of before. They were trying to read all the names of the vegetables, which was super cute.

“My children were so excited when the Garden League box arrived at school. We discussed everything that was in the box and this led to a wonderful discussion on fruit and vegetables, which led on to vegetable and fruit songs and videos and books to learn more. I took little groups at a time to plant the seeds- which was a fantastic, relaxing activity for a Friday afternoon. I posted photos on our ClassDojo page and the whanau were thrilled too. The excitement kept building as the children watched the little sprouts coming up. I had to send the plants home earlier than I would have liked as it was end of term 3-school holidays. But I know that quite a few of my class still report back in our news circle of how their plants are still growing. It was an amazing experience for the children (and the resources that came along with it were super too). I have enough left to use this again next year.”

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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 completed procedural writing on planting seeds, reading tasks connected to the different vegetables. Lots of different maths activities - sorting, counting, graphing the germination, word problems, including addition and subtraction based around garden

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 class have tried a wide range of vegetables and are more willing to give new things a go. More students are bringing vegetables as brain food - compared to fruit from before. Parents are sharing how they enjoy more - often raw items.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The characters were great, we brought in many vegetables to match so students were able to talk more about these

“Kids really loved this. So many resources to explore, well sequenced and level appropriate. This kit gave all students the opportunity to plant seeds and learn about a wide range of vegetables.”

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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? Literacy, math, technology, te reo maori, science and art.

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 became more aware of what was in their lunch boxes and what they might like to 'try'

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Lots of discussion around some of the less common vegetables

“Very engaging, students were excited.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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