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 Writing - writing observation Science - what a plant needs to grow to full potentional Art - drawing plant

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? That they want to try more new fruit and veges. Spotting what each other have in their lunchboxes.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? What great for those uncommon vegetables and herbs.

“The children have really enjoyed this topic. We aren't finished yet but the buzz in the classroom each morning when they come in to check on their plant is such a pleasure to watch. The convosations they are having and the language they are using to describe what they see is awesome.”

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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 linked this to our garden to table moving to how we prepare and cook the vegetables. We wrote stories using the different vegetable characters.

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 definitely know more about eating healthy and nutrition but whether that transpires into actually eating better I don't know

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The children were definitely able to identify identify more vegetables afterwards

“The children really loved learning about different vegetables and it was great to have the different characters to make this more exciting/interesting. The children got really involved in caring for the plants 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 - Learner's enjoyed regularly measuring how much their plants have grown.

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? Encouraged healthy eating and discussion.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Learner's enjoyed identifying their seedlings with vegetables that they already know, while also watching them grow.

“Learner's had a great time growing their seedlings.”

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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 had many opportunities to teach about the LGL through our literacy program. We did some writing tasks and read lots of different types of books. We did a sorting activity of the vegetables the kids knew and the ones they didn't know. This was very inte

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 LGL kit nurtured a lot of discussion around healthy eating. We talked about how we could eat the vegetables in different ways like putting them into a soup or blending it into a smoothie. The various activities improved students awareness of healthy e

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? After we introduced the LGL we did a prior knowledge scan to see how much children already knew and which vegetables they had eaten before. It was very insightful to see the range of different vegetables that kids had never heard, seen or tried.

“We were lucky enough to have received this kit a few years ago and the children really enjoyed it. So when I saw the clues for the secret kit I was sure it would be something along the same lines and I was thrilled. The timing of this couldn’t have been at a more appropriate time. This year our focus started with wellbeing, followed by bugs and insects and caring for them. Then we naturally led into growing and caring for plants and trees in term 3. So when this kit was announced it was the perfect match. We loved having the hard copy and soft copy of the resources available. As we are a digital school we often use a tv during whole class learning. Feedforward: The letter box was a bit tricky to cut due to the sturdiness of the box. Have vegetables children will be likely to have access to/have at home”

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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? Science Literacy

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 may know what health foods are but they are not the ones purchasing the food that is provided for them.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? More recognition but this also came from them having the kits at home.

“I found it more challenging to engage with this year. The children do enjoy receiving being part of the club and growing the seedlings.”

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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? Maths - statistics - how many days before each pot "sprouted" Technology - reusing plastics for plant pots

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? School lunches often contain untried veggies/food and there gas been a small increase in willingness to try something new

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Many had not heard of several veggies, particularly herbs. We are intending to get some fully grown samples for taste testing before the end of the year

“My tamariki particularly enjoyed checking how the seeds had grown each day, and if course the badges! They were quick to point out the "healthy" choices at kai time.”

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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? Maths- measurement Art- sketching Digital skills-research

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 are excited and willing to try new foods. We eat from our school garden already each week.

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

“Our tamariki have loved learning about and caring for their plants. It’s great to be able to have them hands on from planting the seeds, Nurturing the seedlings and finally planting them out in our school vegetable garden. It gives them a great idea of”paddock to plate” and we will harvest the end products as they are ready. We have also just planted 40,000 corn seeds in our school paddock for a school fundraiser for our little school of 29 students so they will also be learning lots out there.”

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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? We were able to write about how our plants were growing as well as comparing plants that were not as successful. Science was a component, keeping them alive and caring for our plants, learning about parts of a plant and all that goes along with that.

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 encourage our tamariki to bring healthy lunches and have a fruit and vegetable snack time daily. We were able to make connections with this kit and our lunch box ingredients. The tamariki seemed more enthusiastic about the healthy foods that they had b

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The students had a lot of prior knowledge about vegetables. They did enjoy learning about other plants that they had not heard of before or tried.

“Once again a very well resourced and thought out kit to use within our school programme. The online resources are very user friendly and the activities included in the kit made for exciting learning opportunities for the tamariki.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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