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How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them Kids tried the recipes again at home. One parent commented on the discussion they had around the dinner table about how baking can be made healthier.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The actual eating of the muffins!

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? To try new things before dismissing them.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Was good for students to think a bit differently about how ingredients can be used.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Discussions were had at home, and parents enjoyed learning alongside their kids.

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What percentage of your students were familiar with tinned veges/fruit from use at home? 80%

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How can the learning in the kit go beyond the classroom to improve whānau wellbeing? I'm not sure. More readily accessible recipes available for ingredients that are low cost?

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Cost, time and parents doing the shopping and coking

“What a fun resource with so many hands-on components! Great for kids to mix things up a bit.”

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Posted 1 year ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them I enjoyed learning about the different ingredients you could substitute but didn't always enjoy the taste!!! It was fun to try the different types of vegetables.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The substitutions as this was unknown to most.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Food can be interesting, diverse and fun.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Very, tired in with the inquiry.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Lots of discussion and interaction about kai and Tikanga around this.

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What percentage of your students were familiar with tinned veges/fruit from use at home? 70%

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How can the learning in the kit go beyond the classroom to improve whānau wellbeing? As above but we also shared our learning in a school assembly.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Dietary and cultural barriers.

“Our Middle Team inquiry has been 'Kai Time' for Term 3 and 4. We used the Vegecake kit to kick start the unit and looked at various Tikanga around food, how food is sourced, and where it comes from. The Vegecake kit fitted in beautifully by exposing kids to 'new' (to them) flavours, thinking about where the ingredients in our food come from and how we can cater to different dietary needs. Thanks, School Kit!”

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Posted 1 year ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them The kids loved getting into groups and physically making the cakes. They enjoyed eating them too and seeing how much they had risen.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The tools and ingredients were the most impactful, as well as the poster.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? They will remember the great time they had baking vege cakes in class.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Slightly effective - we could have gone into greater depth if we had more time.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? They could start baking with their whanau and be more enthusiastic about cooking with veges.

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What percentage of your students were familiar with tinned veges/fruit from use at home? 80%

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How can the learning in the kit go beyond the classroom to improve whānau wellbeing? We could extend this kit into a gardening project or do more cooking with their whanau

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Price could be a barrier to some, as well as a lack of access to gardens / fresh healthy kai

“This kit was good in the sense we got into the kitchen and did some fun baking. We also learnt about the science behind how things rise. I feel this was pitched at a slightly harder level than my year 3-4 class was at. But we had fun anyway!”

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Posted 1 year ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them "I'm telling Mum I am a chemist when I bake" "Beetroot tastes weird but its cool to turn things pink." "Can we do more of this next year?"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Recipe review and design cards - very helpful, kids loved them.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? That science is cool and that science is everywhere.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? I had many reluctant students, who love to drink energy drinks and eat pies and chips, so it helped a bit.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Being creative in the kitchen and the willingness to try new things.

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What percentage of your students were familiar with tinned veges/fruit from use at home? 90%

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How can the learning in the kit go beyond the classroom to improve whānau wellbeing? Talking about what we were doing at home. Encouraging family members to try to eat more vegetables and fruit.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? The cost and access to good quality ingredients.

“My class thought this was very cool, especially with the strong science link. They love the idea of baking being chemistry. The basic recipe was simple and easy to use and the resources we were given were excellent.”

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Posted 1 year ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them It was so much fun learning how to use the scales to get the ingredient measurements just right! I never knew we could use apple instead of sugar!

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Having some of the ingredients provided and voucher to fund some other basic ingredients was awesome . Having a set of digital scales was also amazing.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Students have learned that they can substitute different ingredients if they don't have some in their pantry or have allergies. They have also learned that we can make cakes healthier by adding fruit and vegetables.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Children were prepared to try some foods that they had never done before as they had been involved in their creation and learned that some tasted really good.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? That we can help with cooking at home and that we can use fruit and vegetables to make some of our foods healthier than they may be currently.

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What percentage of your students were familiar with tinned veges/fruit from use at home? 70%

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How can the learning in the kit go beyond the classroom to improve whānau wellbeing? Children can help their families with cooking at home.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Cost of ingredients.

“Our class has really enjoyed the opportunity that this kit has given us to bake and experiment with ingredients. We loved seeing maths and science in action through our baking too! Lots of learning how to measure precisely and researching how we can substitute ingredients which was awesome for some of our students who have food allergies to see. Some flavours we liked- such as making apple muffins and carrot muffins. Others like beetroot and chickpeas were not such a hit! We are now more likely to try new things in our baking at home!”

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Posted 1 year ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them "I can't wait to go home and try this recipe!" "I really enjoyed learning about the chemistry of a cake, I didn't know how much science was involved" My students now want to see if they can make a healthier version of pancakes!

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The recipe guide pages really guided students in creating their own recipes, know what they could take away and should add to replace it.. I loved the review sheets as it made the students reflect on their learning and think of their next steps.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? I think it has encouraged my students to think differently about science and how chemical reactions work. They might want to take science in high school as a result.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? I think the students realised how easy it is to bake your own food so you know exactly the ingredients. Weighing out the ingredients show them how much of each was used. I think they were shocked at how much sugar was used in their store bought cupcakes and to think of healthier alternatives.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? I think it encourages students to bake with their families and that home baking is better than store bought food.

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What percentage of your students were familiar with tinned veges/fruit from use at home? 60%

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How can the learning in the kit go beyond the classroom to improve whānau wellbeing? I think by the students going home and telling their whānau how easy the substitutes are and that you can do it on a budget too will impact whānau well being. Also family time baking.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Knowledge is power, if parents don't bake or cook often then it is tricky for the kids to get exposure. So promoting it at school is a great way to get conversations started.

“Encouraged children to problem solve and really engaged them. Students were asking for the recipe to try at home and 4 children baked at home and then decorated the cupcakes. I would recommend to other teachers to give this a go and see where the learning leads. It does take a lot of time but it integrates literacy and maths nicely.”

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Posted 1 year ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them "I didn't know baking soda tasted so weird," I wonder what they used before baking soda was a thing"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The posters/sheets for students to record observations.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Kids will start using veges in baking.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Somewhat.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? A few kids wanted to make beetroot chocolate cupcakes with their family.

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What percentage of your students were familiar with tinned veges/fruit from use at home? 80%

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How can the learning in the kit go beyond the classroom to improve whānau wellbeing? N/A

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? N/A

“Great learning, practical, we enjoyed involving fractions, scientific hypothesising and lots of fun!”

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Posted 1 year ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them Landyn - As a gluten free eater I liked that I got to try different ingredients. Ethan - I didn't like the dishes we made but it did make me think about trying other vegetables in baking.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Definitely the choice of different ingredients. An eye opener.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? I have this year's Year 7 students again next year. They are keen to plant some vege seedlings.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Very.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Garden to Table. It opened their eyes to the fact that vegetables don't just come from the supermarket.

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What percentage of your students were familiar with tinned veges/fruit from use at home? 40%

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How can the learning in the kit go beyond the classroom to improve whānau wellbeing? Not sure.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Their busy family lives.

“This was engaging from the start. Anytime food is involved there is higher interest. The students were wary of a couple of ingredients e.g. chickpeas. When I shared you can make chocolate mousse from the chickpea liquid they were skeptical. We are having a go in our Xmas week fo a Christmas Chocolate Mousse.”

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Posted 1 year ago