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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them "It was fun because we got to experiment with the recipes." "It was great being able to eat the muffins." "It was science and maths but yummy!"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The recipe - 60g of each ingredient was a big learning curve for me. I loved the teacher instructions and the supporting documentation.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Cooking is science and maths - also, you can substitute ingredients and it still turns out well.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Fairly effective - they still wanted to put the sugar in though... we'll keep working on it!

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Substitutes for ingredients, particularly eggs, you can make a yummy muffin using vegetables such as beetroot.

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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? Showing how to reduce the sugar, but it can still be tasty. Using cheap ingredients which go a long way.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? They lack the control over the grocery purchases, but they can have a big influence over what they think is tasty and what parents could buy for them. Hopefully it has inspired some students to do more baking at home.

“What an amazing kit! I learned a lot and so did the students. The structure of the lessons was very good, and the tips from other people who had done the kit on the Squad page were super helpful, especially the one about beating the egg. The students experimented with the recipe, and having the sheets to use was great. The students were pleasantly surprised to get some pink muffins which tasted great by using beetroot. The process got more streamlined once we knew the system of measuring and mixing, naming our muffin cases etc. Due to eggs being really expensive, most students used an egg replacement, which I hope they are able to share at home.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The recipe cards were really useful for students to see the ratio they had to adhere to.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Some students had never baked before. I think they now see it as something that's not so daunting as it first seemed.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Very effective in the way that they now can look closely at what they are consuming and the individual sugar levels

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? By looking at the amount of sugar and how easy it is to replace sugar with fruit and veges all students said that they would now think about substituting white sugar when baking from now on.

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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? Many students are now motivated to a) bake and b) bake more healthily using the recipes the class has designed.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? We discussed this and it only came down to cost of fresh fruit and veges.

“We had a fantastic time researching, planning, baking, revising and improving our baking. The science within the baking was visible and the students could clearly see how science directly affected their creations. We had a load of fun and we now have a comprehensive assortment of healthy recipes to choose from and bake over the upcoming holidays.”

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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 The kit did not impact me as much due to the lack of information and I didn't like the product we ended up making - which was the chickpeas and apple. Student 2: it was interesting and our group was really engaged throughout - some students like the taste while others found it not very nice.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The Countdown gift card was useful and all the food tins , cup cake cases provided plus the scales ( although they kept randomly turning off). Students found the cards confusing. Videos were useful.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? To try and experiment and give other products are go. There are other healthy alternatives

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? It was fun to do something new and it related to our Health speeches at the time, so it promoted other health products.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Sometimes it is good to substitute other products.- but they learnt you have to have the right balance. That there are other healthier products available

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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? Children trying this at home with their siblings.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Cost of living - on the food products today especially fresh fruit and vegetables so looking at tin alternatives available was a good idea and of course last longer.

“Kit included lots of interesting facts however not enough information and clarification on the process of how to make the actual cake.”

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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 never knew that something as disgusting as courgette could taste so amazing in cake!" - Olly.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Learning about the properties of elements and how cakes work. They had a general idea, but enjoyed using their knowledge they got from the cup cakes to create vegetable cakes without recipes.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? That knowing what things do when they interact gives you the freedom to explore new ideas.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Pretty good, they are 10 year olds though, so every cake had a sweet twist. They really enjoyed the comparisons and looked for other things they could also change in their lunches.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? They can supplement original recipes now and provide different alternatives to recipes.

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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? We shared it with the wider community and wrote advertising for healthier options.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Food costs and preprogrammed ideas about food.

“This has been a wonderful refresher on general knowledge with greater insight into how elements interact with each other. The end creation of Vegetable cakes was an event, which allowed them to use their knowledge and plan a fun event they could invite their whanau to. IN this way it went across the curriculum and became a full syndicate inquiry!”

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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 They loved the science supporting the baking and being so actively involved in the whole process of learning (ie not just about reading and writing)

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The support learning videos - helped with recreating the experiments in the classroom making the learning more powerful.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Be more mindful of what we eat, understand how intertwined maths and science is with everything do in our daily lives.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Helped bring better understanding of what we put into our bodies and where different types of food is hidden.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Share their learning and start conversations

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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? Share a range of new, interesting, healthy and cost effective recipes to try in the home

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Cost of living, understanding what is good for them, their cultural habits / beliefs / way of life, what is accessible in the home

“Awesome kit that connected with several areas within the curriculum making this kit a valuable kit in the classroom.  ”

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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 didn't think I was going to enjoy corn in a cake but it turned out yum and I made it" "I like making cakes with my group and trying to see if other groups would notice what vegetable we used. The other group didn't guess our vege! We win!"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The digital scales as it tied into our Math with measurement. We learnt pretty quickly that the measurements had to be precise to get a nice cake. I personally loved the gift card for New World so that I didn't have to worry about getting all the ingredients myself.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? We still talk about this activity and my class has continued on with baking cupcakes. Some students even went home and baked with their whānau.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? It opened my students eyes to using different things to make cake.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? I think it showed students that you can make a cake with any ingredients, even tinned food which might be more readily available at home than fresh produce.

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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? Modelling that baking with vegetable (tinned or even that last piece of celery) can be used to make something delicious!

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Cost of fresh produce. Beige coloured, packaged food is readily available and often cheaper.

“Putting vegetables into a cake seems crazy but we found out it is actually delicious! We had our tastebuds challenged and our minds.”

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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 really enjoyed eating our cake even though it had some weird stuff in it. I’m going to try making this at home.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The recipe design cards because they clearly showed the substitutions students could make.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? How to use healthier options or alternatives when cooking and baking at home.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? We are part of the healthy eating lunches in schools programme, and this kit allowed students to see why our lunches contain the items they do.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? How to make sweet stuff that doesn’t always contain lots of sugar.

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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? Students can use their knowledge of sugar replacements to encourage whanau when they are cooking at home.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Not enough whanau knowledge of healthy eating options or alternatives. Time-poor. Financial issues.

“This was a challenging but thoroughly enjoyable series of activities. My students had to put aside their pre-conceived ideas and think outside the box.”

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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 10 yrs - I was surprised that I liked the cakes because the ingredients were funny. 11yrs I told my mum and we are going to make the muffins at home

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? They idea that you can experiment and make adjustments to a recipe. This helped them feel more in control and become more creative. The scales too because they were more precise than other scales students had at home.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? That they can experiment with food a little and invent their own food

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? They are more open to trying new foods

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? several took recipes 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? That's a bit of an unknown but hopefully they share their learning

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? The cost of healthy ingredients and the time/energy constraints of their parents lives

“We used this kit with a couple of smallish elective groups because our kitchen facilities are limited. This worked well and everyone got to have a go and share their thoughts. This kit's approach invited students to approach cooking as being more about the process than about them getting something yummy to eat”

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Posted 2 years ago