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 read different shared stories about plants and gardening. I chose readers about growing plants for guided reading. We looked at the water cycle. l

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We provided our students with healthy lunches so we have had a lot of teaching around keeping healthy by eating a balanced diet.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? We saw some improvement with vegetable identification.

“My students were super engaged in with this kit. The resources provided relevant real learning for my tamariki. They were so proud of their badges and a few of my students came to school telling us that their siblings had also been little garden league members in the past. We found out that the majority of the class had gardens at home or at their grandparents homes. We extended the unit by incorporating why bees are important for our environment. Thank you School Kit and New World for this fantastic resource once again.”

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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? This lended to writing and using Digi Tech for us.

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? It has encouraged some to grow more veges at home and some are bringing more healthy foods in their lunchbox.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Quite a bit, a lot of children didn't know the name of basic veges!

“The kids loved watching their plants grow! It was amazing the amount of children that had never planted anything before.”

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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? It was easy to link across reading, writing, maths, science, and social studies.

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, it has definitely improved their attitudes towards healthy eating and nutrition. This is probably an area that we need to focus on more.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? It was great because quite a few of the students didn't know what some of the vegetables were.

“Kids loved the hands-on experience and seeing the plants germinate was really exciting. Heaps of fun and lots of learning at the same time. They learnt so much about different vegetables and it was perfect for us developing our school garden. Great unit!”

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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? Reading, writing and maths were all able to be related to the theme of plants and healthy eating.

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 were excited to grow the plants and try them

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Most of the children knew all the vegetables already.

“Fantastic kit that was very informative and fun for the children.”

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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 weave elements of this kit in to literacy and numeracy. We also did some learning about parts of plants, what they need to survive, etc.

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? Very minimal. Students still reluctant to try new foods and not particularly interested in increasing their fruit/veg intake.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Minimal. Some students engaged with the character names of the vegetables, but most showed little interest.

“Students enjoyed the planting/growing, but their interest waned quickly beyond that. Some of the materials were too hard for the children to engage with (year 3) and therefore the excitement that could have been built, was unfortunately unsuccessful.”

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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: learning about plant growth cycles and making predictions - Maths: making graphs by grouping seedlings together and the rates different plants grew - Literacy: research about different plants, writing about our planting experiences, rich readin

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? - Loved enjoying the products of their hardwork

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? - Explorong different types of leaves by observation - observations on different plant stems, colours and heights of plants

“Loved it! Was such a success and hit with our little ones”

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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? Health and PE, Enviro Gardens, Science, Writing, Maths

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 were engaged and this sparked the desire to want to grow more vegetables at home especially knowing that food is expensive and it is rewarding growning and eating your own produce. High student engagement!!!

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? All of them were engaged, asking if there were more that they could take home to grow.... The students new most of the vegetables and were surprised there was a popcorn one (this caused a bit of dilema as everyone wanted a popcorn plant).... Year 2's :-)

“Apologies for the delay (I only started this a few weeks ago, due to ERO visit and lots on at school. Children really enjoyed this (growing kit and badges)”

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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? Literacy and Maths

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Very good

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? good

“Great kit, children loved growing the plants.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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