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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 Learning why toast tastes better than bread was super interesting. No wonder I love toast! I did not know you could make a cake with veggies!

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The design and review cards made it so much easier to run the experiments and to prompt the students when they were reviewing their cakes.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? That you can be creative with ingredients. Many people choose to live healthy lifestyles by finding alternatives to foods high on sugar.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? It opened the kids eyes to new ways of living healthy lifestyles.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? So many children went home and asked their families if they could do another experiment at home with their families - it was so cool to hear the positive feedback from whanau.

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

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? Making small changes to the way we traditionally do things can have lasting and mounting impact.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Cost of living. Access to fresh fruit and vegetables. Fast food being a 'go to' for busy and overworked families.

“This kit was engaging for our students. It was hands-on, which made it engaging and they were able able to connect it to their lives and cooking at home enjoyed. Many children don't get the opportunity to cook at home, so this was a wonderful experience for those student in particular.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them This will never blow up the balloon. This cupcake with peas will taste terrible. Just some of the comments that were proven wrong. One student who does not eat eggs initially didn’t want to take part and then his group really got involved in researching how to eggs could be replaced. I think the biggest impact was how inclusive his group was.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? A surprising one was how students had to refine their searches when researching the vegetables. Learning about chemical reactions because it introduced students to what they are and how they are happening all around them.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Some students had not baked before, so it was a great experience for them. Some had never had chickpeas, but knew hummus so it was a good discovery. I think being brave to try new things, take risks and being innovative is what they will carry with them.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? It definitely opened the conversation about healthy eating and ways to reduce sugar consumption.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? There was a lot of discussion about the effects of sugar on the body and the importance of eating a variety of vegetables. Also how they can be introduced into their diet. Students appeared willing to take more risks in eating a variety of vegetables.

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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? The discussion on the reduction of sugar, and the introduction of a variety of vegetables they were not willing to try.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? A reluctance to try new vegetables. Fast, convenience food due to many parents working 2 jobs, or the cost of food.

“This was a really fun and engaging activity that everyone enjoyed. The learning included accurate measuring and looking at ratios. Students needed to collaborate to research what each ingredient did and then negotiate their new group recipe. The students were surprised by the results as the vegetable cupcakes were mostly quite tasty. It takes a bit of preparation but it was 100% worth it. Will definitely do this again.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them 'Able to eat vegetables now in a way i enjoy.' ' Wow we can put apple in instead of sugar?'

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? the vegetables as it gave the children a different way of consuming vegetables .

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Not everything has to be made with cane sugar and we can use natural sugars

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Very. helped parents to provide other options

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? As above

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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 experimenting together to make healthy alternatives

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Pices

“Hi, we enjoyed making this and the children chose what ingredients they wanted to substitute. It was tasty to try beetroot in a muffin and the children and staff all said it tasted good.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them "I will try more baking at home" "I didn't even know you could make a cake with veggies"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Learning about how different veggies affect food and how they cook.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Knowing what is int he food they are eating and thinking about how they can eat better each day.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Students have become more aware of how easy baking is and how much better it is for their body than packaged food.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Promoting healthy cooking and baking at home.

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What percentage of your students were familiar with tinned veges/fruit from use at home? 50%

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How can the learning in the kit go beyond the classroom to improve whānau wellbeing? More talk at home about what is in food that they eat / drink like sugars etc and how these affect our bodies.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Money - good healthy food is too expensive.

“This kit was very engaging for the students. They enjoyed the hands on aspects of this kit and being able to connect it to their lives and cooking at home. Lots had never done baking or cooking at home so this was a great learning experience for them.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them Student A loved that we were able to use the cooking room to create our cakes Student B enjoyed thinking about all the foods that we could use to create other baked goods and they were going to try and home with mum Student C loved that he could design a recipe like the ones in books

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Although they had heaps of fun baking the cakes and I think they engagement of discussion resulting in some of the best oral language I have had this year.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? That science is all around us and we use it in everyday life - humans have adapted over time to overcome challenges

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? It was some what effective

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Think outside the box when cooking

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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? by introducing funky ways to eat healthy foods is a good way to get nutrients into the body but also by getting kids exited to cook with real food

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Lack of knowledge about what goes into most if the food they eat but also not having the knowledge at home

“We had the best time with this school kit. We were able to take it beyond the classroom and explore loads of other ways we can alter our choices in life not just food. The students were also able to design their recipe cards using Canva. The students wanted to continue with this concept so we used the "depression cake" recipe and we discussed why they used specific ingredients and what else we altered over time.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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 "I liked learning about the Maillard reaction. It explained why toast tastes better than normal bread." "Baking in class was really fun. I am much better at measuring properly than I was before. At the start I couldn't believe you can put veges in a cake but it was yum!"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Having the practical tools necessary to carry out the baking (scales, muffin cups, ingredients, Countdown voucher) made it much easier for me to undertake this project with my class.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? They had so much fun with this kit—I truly think some of them will remember this forever! Knowing that they don't always have to follow a recipe exactly and that they can swap ingredients/reduce sugar to make food healthier is an important lesson they will remember.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Very effective—it brought up some interesting discussions about what "healthy" is and how, actually, all foods have a place within a healthy diet. It all comes down to how frequently you are consuming these foods.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Learners are more confident in their basic cooking/baking skills, so they can help out more at home. They can be more active participants in food preparation and encourage their whānau to make healthier choices.

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

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? I am hopeful that learners will take their knowledge of substituting ingredients home, to show their whānau how they can reduce the fat and sugar content in baking by replacing with fruit or vegetables.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Cost of healthy foods (fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs), lack of time to prepare healthy food, picky eaters.

“Wow—what a comprehensive, high-quality resource! My class absolutely loved this kit. We loved delving into the science behind baking and learning about all the different chemical reactions that take place during the process of baking a cake. My students and I all learned so much while using this kit. Highly recommend, absolutely loved it.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them I cannot believe you are going to ruin the cupcakes with Beetroot - Will age 7. Many of the children said they wouldnt eat anything with Beetroot in it and we well and truly converted them

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The pantry products tinned veg and fruit - we talked abput how there is always something in the pantry and we just needed to use our imagination.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? imaginative cooking and also gettting the science of baking correct as we had two attempts

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Not hugely, although it did promote baking from what we have in our pantry.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? See above

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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? I think starting with the children will be an effective and positive influence on them and the whanau.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Most pof our children come from farms and have a good understanding of where food comes from, but few had any idea about using alternative products.

“Making chocolate red velvet cupcakes for our Dads using Beetroot as our colour and measuring our ingredients was a challenge for years 2-3-4 at St Joseph's school in Pleasant Point. The whole process was enjoyable as we tried the beetroot before we put it in our mix. The children could not believe how the Beetroot was so good and they could not taste it in the cupcakes.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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 'I didn't like beetroot before and I thought you only put it on burgers. I didn't think the cake would taste nice with beetroot in it but it was actually good.' 'It was so much fun doing science experiments by adding the different vegetables to our cakes. I've asked Mum if we can do this experiment at home.'

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The design and review cards made it so much easier to run the experiments and to prompt the students when they were reviewing their cakes.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The amazing (and funny) memories created at school while conducting our unit and also the enthusiasm some of the students showed to continue their experimenting at home.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? This kit was so effective at promoting healthy food as most students hadn't thought that adding vegetables to cakes/baking was acceptable. It also gave them the opportunity to handle some vegetables they hadn't had experience with (mainly beetroot and chickpeas)

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

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? Making small changes and those changes becoming normal will definitely improve whanau wellbeing.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Cost is a big barrier at the moment. We have a breakfast club at school and we have recently started receiving some fruit/bread to give to whanau. The free fruit is awesome as the students have access to apples throughout the day and it's awesome to see them eating them.

“This was a fantastic eye-opener for the students to realise that you could add vegetables to cakes/baking. It was awesome to turn this into a science unit as my class absolutely love anything to do with science. Science and baking is the best combinaton.”

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Posted 2 years ago