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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them #1 - I really enjoyed learning about the maillard caramalisation reaction. I went home and told my whānau how to get that yummy tasty crust on the top of the cake. #2 - I didn't think that you could make a cake by using the weight of the egg and then using the same weight for the flour, sugar and butter. I went home and made some for my whānau to show them!

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? scales - for accuracy and the observations sheets. The money and ingredients were most appreciated and they were used.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The importance of seeing bubbles in your cake to show that there is a rising agent. They loved the fact that they could make a cake based on the weight of an egg - flour, sugar and fat all the same weight.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? It was effective and made them think about the vegetables that they were to add in, in great detail.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? It was really interesting how they got into finding out what could be substituted eg. the water of the chickpeas could be used as egg white.

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What percentage of your students were familiar with tinned veges/fruit from use at home? 100%

How keen were your students to try healthy alternatives in baking at the start of this kit?

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How can the learning in the kit go beyond the classroom to improve whānau wellbeing? Have an informative poster that the student could explain to their whānau - healthy alternatives and why.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? The cost of healthy food and also the accessibility of fruit and vegetables.

“This was a great way to get chemistry into the classroom. The students loved the opportunity to bake three times and enjoyed making the observations and the taste tests. They also loved that they were like a real chef especially when they could create their own concoction!! The greatest learning happened when the cakes tasted terrible and they had to really go through their recipe to find out where they went wrong. The class loved the kit and I would so recommend to any teacher!”

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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 "we loved making the cakes, our first ones were really gross but after talking through what might have gone wrong we were able to create a yummy cake". 2. "I enjoyed learning about the different things we can use that can be healthy in cakes. It was great to use flavours like lemon as that was yummy"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The sheets were great to use and linked well with the learning.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? hopefully there are different alternatives they can use out and how baking is actually science!

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

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? hopefully there are different alternatives they can use out and how baking is actually science!

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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 discuss healthier options and try these at home

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? parents and cost

“the vegetable cake was great to have children introduced to kitchen chemistry. Lots of learning before we could do about liquids, solids, gases etc. Children enjoyed the hands-on work through it all. There was lots of great learning for all and loved the team work from all the children. You need to provide more money to purchase ingredients. This is not a cheap unit to do in classes with extra things to buy that you need.”

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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's not sweet, can I add chocolate chips?' ' it's okay, I guess but, it tastes funny"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Usjng a range of vegetable especially chickpeas and beetroot was so different for most of the student. it was great for them to see that they can use alternatives to sugar and high fat ingredients

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? To experiment and try new things even when they seem out of the ordinary. Being brave with a healthier diet

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Flavours were a challenge, overall a healthy class, but this was great to reinforce healthy eating ideas.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Using vegetables in different ways, reducing sugar in cooking and trying new things tro be healthy.

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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? Great over arching messaging and content in the Kit, students engaged in class and were able to share what they were learing at home.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Very little, apart from to easy access to high fat high sugar foods - family attitudes

“Very engaging and interesting for students, doing maths and science was so much fun when we got to eat the results.”

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them "Are you kidding me!" "I'm not making that!" "Hey, guys, you know this is not so bad!" "Who would have thought we could bake a cake and actually want to eat it, knowing there was no sugar!"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The posters.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Risk taking our way.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Very, our wonders are now experimenting with flavours and textures at home.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Home baking is the BEST!

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What percentage of your students were familiar with tinned veges/fruit from use at home? 100%

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How can the learning in the kit go beyond the classroom to improve whānau wellbeing? Our parents are not the problem, ours wonders are;)

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Being brave enough to try.

“To start with our neurodiverse wonders were unimpressed with the Vege Cake concept, in fact the rolling eyes and groans of disgust were pretty intense. So we changed the ball game and created our own version of ready steady bake. Our vege scientists took to the mahi, experimenting with flavours, colours and textures. The space was a buzz with wonder, discovery and eager anticipation. Flour flew, tin openers buzzed and hand beaters whirled. Observing our learners' deep dive into the baking investigation was fabulous. The laughter, problem-solving and careful communication, of creative ideas, was fabulous to behold. When all ingredients were poured, into the student's choice of tin, we set off for the kitchen, with a wonderous collection of unicorn sparkle, rainbow dash, splat the cat and chick-a dee-doos. Sod's law reader, the fire alarms blasted. Eyes popped and collective sighs of "ooh ohhh" ricocheted across the room. We had to leave our budding creations in the fridge and wait for the fire engines to arrive. The wait however built a sense of expectation and excitement! Later that afternoon the baking went into the oven and the smells that wafted through the school were tantalizing. Now the taste is in the pudding and our budding sous chefs took the cake. They so enjoyed tasting their wonderous creations, and were wrapped that just because no sugar was added, did not mean that their baking would not taste GREAT!”

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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 would never have put beetroot in a cupcake before today."

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Tinned vegetables

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? That even vegetables can make a good cupcake

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Extremely. A number of learners went home and baked for their families

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? That they have found that having vegetables doesn't have to be a negative experience

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What percentage of your students were familiar with tinned veges/fruit from use at home? 100%

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How can the learning in the kit go beyond the classroom to improve whānau wellbeing? By learners using what they've learned to include vegetables into their treats and snacks. Vegetables doesn't have to be horrible or bad tasting

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? None that we could identify. Our students are really privileged

“I incorporated the task with my writing class so they had to focus on the layout of writing a recipe first and then we extended it into the different ingredients and changing the properties. My learners had a lot of fun and thought this was a reward for writing the best recipes instead of extending their learning further into the science of baking.”

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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 A parent shared back in an email that their child had come home and was critiquing their pantry items at home and letting them know what was good and what needed to go.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The videos that were linked with the kit were really useful.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Awareness of the amount of sugar in products.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? It was a good start and created conversations of awareness and curiosity.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? As mentioned above it has already impacted some home with conversations around food labels and greater awareness of what they are eating and impacts on their health and wellbeing.

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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? Building whaanau awareness to sugary alternatives that are just as yummy.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Financial seemed the biggest barrier, followed by lack of willingness to try alternatives.

“The control cakes were delicious and easy to make. Some groups used hand-held electric beaters and others used a wooden spoon with a similar quality outcome. There were lots of activities to come out of the first session, so we decided to look at reading nutrition labels. Using a set collected from food items, groups looked at a variety of foods, both sweet and savoury and compared the total sugars in each product. They also looked at all the different words for sugar and realised that the labels could be quite misleading.”

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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 Surprize at how food that you normally might not like tasted fine in the cake. Loved the idea of measuring using scales rather than using measuring equipment.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? scales, apples, beetroot - canned veges

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? adaptability with swapping ingredients in and out. the ability to try things they are unsure of.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Fantastic as things they might not usually eat such as avocado or kale were great in the cake

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Ability to swap ingredients in and out depending on what is in the cupboard. Using measurements to substitute.

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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? We used it in relation with Garden to Table so we used things that were in our garden at school or the gardens at home as well as the cans.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Not having a garden. Money. Variety

“I found this kit fantastic and covered lots of curriculum areas. The kids got very proficient at measuring accurately and thinking about consistency and liquid and adjusting the recipes. The kids enjoyed the experience and loved the idea of adding things that they wouldn't normally add such as avocado, corn, orange and beetroot as well as kale and mint.”

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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 loved cooking with different ingredients" "everyone came upWith amazing recipes"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Experiential learning - so trial and error. Using ingredients that might or might not work!

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Using different ingredients as replacements for others

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Choice of trying different ingredients

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Sharing new recipes with families

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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? New recipes, cooking tips, family recipes, baking for fundraising

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Cost of living for families

“So engaging, by far my fav kit”

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