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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? They loved the code cracker message! We wrote about a new vegetable that we had tried and worked on using adjectives to describe different vegetables

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We tried new raw vegetables which was great for the kids

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? We used the bingo/card sets and played games of snap. Children were familiar with lots of veges

“This was such a fun unit. It is the second time I have done this and the kids absolutely love it. They love filling out the form to be accepted into the club and wear their badges so proudly. We enjoyed planting and checking them everyday to see how they had grown. We talking about how we are kaitiaki and that we need to care for our land, nature and plants”

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Posted 3 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? As a school who use Structured Literacy it was great to see the children attempting to decode the vegetable names to read them and they were able to read some of the Crack the code message independently which increased their excitement.

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? I had two families comment that their child had asked to try a vegetable they had previously refused and it is now a regular meal item and another family now offers their child raw vegetables in their lunchbox as they have discovered they just don't like

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? There was quite a few vegetables the children had never heard of. This led to some Google searches to firstly prove they were real and secondly to find out more about them. The class enjoyed finding out info like what type of vegetable each one was, for e

“My year 1 loved this kit from start to finish. The buy in from start with the embellished story that I too was a member of this secret organisation and the support I had to carry out this story from other members of staff made this even more special for the children. They enjoyed every aspect from applying to HQ to the code crackers to the growing and tasting of various 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? .

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Kids were excited to see what the final product would look and taste like. Raw vegetables VS cooked veges etc

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? My class identified around 50% of the veges. Lots and lots of opportunities for new learning!

“So super awesome! My class LOVED the little gardens. It tied in nicely with what we were doing in class (Scarlett runner bean growing race!) Each child randomly chose a little garden, planted it, nutured it and then took it home to plant in their own garden. The spare ones have been planted in our school garden. Too cute!”

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Posted 3 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Heaps- We incorporated it into writing, science, reading plus spending time outdoors in the garden once they were replanted.

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 constantly talking about how vegetables are so good for them and which are their favourites.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? They learnt so much about different types of vegetables.

“Thank you school kit. Once again you have provided school with an amazing resource. The children absolutely loved it. Can'r wait for the next one!!”

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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? Integrated well with writing. The class wrote information reports on the different vegetables.

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They were interested in trying different vegetables as they were interested in what they would taste like.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Most children understood the different vegetables and herbs. There were many there that they had not heard of before.

“This is little garden kit is always fantastic and a great way to educate students about herbs and vegetables. I always enjoy receiving one of these kits.”

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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? Lots of science, oral language and enviro.

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? This timed really nicely with having Life Education in school and the life ed educator talked about what our bodies need to be happy and healthy so definitely gave them a good message.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Good it got the children talking lots about veges and which ones they have in their gardens at home.

“The kids loved it. They enjoy seeing how things grow and caring for plants. They especially enjoyed creating an outdoor garden for the plants to go in once they were big enough.”

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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? Written Language and lots of home/ school interaction too. Maths with measurement and statistics as well.

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? Just very aware of the choices they are making. Lunch boxes are quite full of packets but they were very proud when they choose to put veggies and fruit in instead.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? A big impact. There were a lot of veggies that the children couldn't identify so this ended up being quite a big part of our learning.

“The Little Garden Kit was fantastic. We ended up running it a little differently and it started Term 4 off with great excitement. We ended up with a Room 14 Cookbook of our favourite veggie recipes being produced. Lots of learning opportunities... especially when plants died due to lack of love and water. Was actually quite surprised at what the children didn't know.”

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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 were able to link this unit to science, social studies, maths measurement and literacy.

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? We talked about eating vegetables compared with packet food for lunch etc most kids were more away of food being healthy or unhealthy after the unit

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? By the end of the unit all kids were able to identify and describe more types of vegetables.

“The kids absolutely loved learning about the plants and how they grow. They planted their own seed and got to watch it grow before their very own eyes. We talked about different types of plants and even got to taste some different types of veges. The kids took home their little plant at the end so hopefully it will be growing in their garden at home.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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