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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 I baked with my mum and we added Courgette in our baking

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The poster and the discussions we had. We also looking at the different posts about solid liquid and gases

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Having fun with science and maths! It doesn’t have to be boring

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Neutral sometimes we can’t change lunches etc when parents are time poor

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Adding fruit and vegetables to our baking is easy

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

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? Sending recipes home

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Costs eating healthy can be expensive and baking healthy can be time consumingn

“We had so much fun looking at the chemistry of creating a cake and appreciate how much time and effort had gone into the planning. Students also baked at home to tell us what they created. This term we studied chemistry and measurement which lended itself to this activity! We found it challenging making the cake at we had quite a few allergies in the class but was good to make others aware of the different needs.”

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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 Yummy, and looks yuck, tastes good

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Ingredients and gift card. As these were put into the cake. We explained what Ingredients do what like baking powder and baking soda.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Healthy doesn't always mean just vegetables when we use vegetables in cakes, fritters this is good.

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

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Spinach is yummy, healthier and they can get a good source of iron.

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What percentage of your students were familiar with tinned veges/fruit from use at home? 30%

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How can the learning in the kit go beyond the classroom to improve whānau wellbeing? Exploring healthy foods at school will promote better eating at home. Now we should do a lunchbox one.

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

“Our class didn't really do the exploring of different ingredients as it worked out to be a bit expensive, however we did explore different cakes made with a vegetable in it, putting a healthier spin on it. The students made a carrot cake, beetroot cake, courgette cake, and a spinach cake. The parents were invited and judged. Everyone agreed that even though the spinach cake sounds terrible, looks green, which was a bit off putting for some, it tasted so good. Gluten free too! This was awesome and inspired students to cook at home and we will be doing more cooking with my class. Thank you for inspiring!”

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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 love that I could take something home to have with my whānau to share” “it made me love maths”

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The scale was the best resource due to the learners being able to use of their own

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Fun with cooking and experimenting!

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Wasn’t as effective as I thought! The kids enjoyed experimenting

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Trying different foods!!

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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? Trying different things and giving everything a go. Supporting independence with children

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

“The kids LOVED this - it was highly talked about and intergrated into the curriculum in many ways.”

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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 are doing a school kit on backing and substitute things to make baking . I like that the school kit came with cans of food that we can use. And substitute things like apples for sugar and chickpeas for fat. We have learnt how to substitute things in baking. We got in groups of 4 or 5 and had to substitute 80g of stuff. Some groups used beetroot, some people used chickpeas. We decided that substituting chickpeas and apples was the best. I enjoyed it when we had to work together to get the best recipe. Some people had to bring cupcake moulds so we could make cupcakes. One bad thing that I thought that my group used chickpeas and at the end it had hole chickpeas in it (but it was ok).I LIKED THAT WE WORKED TOGETHER WHEN WE WHERE BAKING SUBSITUTING SUGAR IS IMPORTANT AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR HEALTH AND THEIR IS ALOT OF SUGAR IN FOOD. WE USED LESS SUGAR AND REPLACED IT WITH APPLES. WE ALSO USED BEETROOT AND CHICKPEAS AND LEARNED THAT THESE MAKE A GOOD SUBSTITUTE AND THE MUFFINS STILL TASTED GOOD. WE LEARNT ALOT ABOUT THE THING WE CAN USE AS SUBSTITUTES FOR A RANGE OF INGREDIENTS AND ENJOYED DOING THE SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS TO SHOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN INGREDIENTS ARE MIXED TOGETHER AND THE BUBBLE STRATEGY.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Learning about the different healthier options that can be used in baking/cooking and also the chemistry component where the children used a variety of ingredients to see what causes the 'bubbles.'

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Healthier eating options and finding alternatives to sugar. Researching recipes to see what ingredients you can substitute in baking. That cooking is closely involves science and can be a lot of fun.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? It created a lot of discussion about what ingredients are in foods and what that there is a lot of sugar in some foods. It also got them to think about the different types of alternatives that they could use instead of to sugar and fat.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Being more aware of what is in our food. That a balance in diet is important and cutting back on sugars and fat is important for their well being and health and choosing healthy alternatives is better for them.

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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? An understanding about what we eat and the knowledge that often cheaper food is doing more harm than good.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Cost of living and access to healthier options.

“The class had a great time using this kit to learn, conduct experiments, and create recipes with a variety of ingredients. They were excited to continue researching and discovering new ingredients that could be used to make the best cakes. The experiments were not only fun but also provided ample opportunities for learning across various subjects for all the children involved.”

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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 that there was sugar hidden in tomato sauce and pasta sauce. I learnt that sugar is addictive. The more you eat it the more you want some more. I will definitely tell my parents about not putting too much sugar in the food.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The canned beetroot and corn. Many had never tasted these, but were keen to try it and enjoyed the tastes.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? To make healthy choices when eating but also that when cooking you can substitute ingredients

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? It was highly effective, they have been making good choices in packing their lunches

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Many said they will be telling their parents about the dangers of eating too much sugar and not buying sugary drinks

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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? They have learnt lots not only about the Science, but definitely about making healthy food choices

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? none

“We integrated the kit with our unit on Kitchen Science. We had been investigating chemical reactions by making hokey pokey, popcorn etc. But making the cake was more than just the Science, it was also about making good choices about healthy eating. The students were really surprised that sugar was not good for their health.”

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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 "Oh em gee, I looooove the beetroot cake. I didn't think it would taste like that." One student also shared how they've never baked before and they really enjoyed doing and think that they would go home and get mum and dad to bake with them.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Chemistry of baking. Students were empowered to experiment with baking once they knew how the chemistry works.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Honestly, I think baking knowledge and skills which I know a lot of them won't necessarily experience.

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

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Monitoring sugar levels, knowledge of substitution (if there wasn't butter, they could substitute it for something else), chemistry effects (which ingredients rise, which hold together, etc)

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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? Switching for healthier options in baking.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Having the choice to buy their own healthy food. Healthier options are more expensive.

“At first, my students thought that a vegetable cake would be the worst thing on the planet. Once experimenting with their vegetable cake, the students loved it and wanted to explore other vegetables. They also loved figuring the science out and it made for great team building.”

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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 that veges could taste good in a cake!" From the child who's mum came in to help us bake..."Hey mum, we could do this at home together couldn't we?" -great making connections.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The recipe design sheets - loved the way it was broken down into 20g lots to guide the modification of the recipe.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Veges taste great. Connections within the class. Understanding that not everyone can eat the same thing or will like the same thing and we have to be mindful of everyone's taste and opinon (acceptance)

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Not so much, but lots of other great benefits.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? We can eat less sugar and still have things taste good.

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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? Generally our tamariki are eating really well, but options and education are always good. Many had not baked much before so they were exposed to a new skill and also hygiene around baking and storing food.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Minimal at our school

“Amazing! The practical, yet achievable challenge of this kit was so great. My class loved this so much and it was great to see the cooperation, communication, negotiation and problem-solving amongst the class. We loved the multi-step process. The layout of the sheets was great and I loved the approach to breaking things down into 20g chunks to modify the recipe as a lower sugar recipe. We had some epic fails and pleasant surprises at how our recipes worked. This kit had limitless options and it would have been interesting to try other veges in the cakes, but alas, time restrictions. Thanks for a really engaging 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 "Chick peas were disgusting but you couldn't even taste them in the muffin." "I didn't know all that about science in the cakes so that was all good to know."

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Poster and recipe analysis.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? I hope they have a better understanding how to 'health it up' so they can still enjoy delicious cake. Also, I hope that some of the learners who found the science part interesting, will continue to consider the role of science in food making.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Not so much as I am the tech teacher.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? I hope they will talk about vege replacements and do some baking at home.

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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 haven't considered that

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Not sure but many are in low income households. They all get school lunches, which are great.

“Learners were engaged in all aspects of this work. It was interesting to see the results of various combinations and some screwed-up faces when they tasted some of the outcomes. We did three rounds of combos and found our favourites. On the side, learners worked on physical and chemical changes and now have some idea of why cake 'acts like it does'.”

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