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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 learnt about budgeting and was able to out less sugar in my cupcakes because we used blueberries and apples - Isla. I found out that if you use canned apples, it makes the cupcakes crumbly - Ever

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Understanding the poster and how the ingredients change the outcome of the cupcake.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? That they can use less refined sugar in their baking by substituting it with fruits or vegetables.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Ok, they enjoyed the cupcakes and a few of them took these recipe's home. In the past few weeks I have had a few children bring in cakes made of fruit and vegetables. The children were excited about baking at home after this project though. It's nice when I hear about the children taking charge in the kitchen!

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? They now have a substitution for sugar so hopefully this allows their family to enjoy a few more healthy treats.

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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? Reading up about alternative recipes and understanding that this contributes to their health and wellbeing.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Fruit and vegetables are so damned expensive!

“We loved this kit. It was enjoyable. The kids loved experimenting with the fruit and vegetables together with the base ingredients and were able to acknowledge that sugar can be replaced with other ingredients, yet give similar flavours.”

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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 like how we are doing this and making our own creations. This is fun.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The basic components of making a cake, they wanted to be able to do this at home too. The swaps, a couple of the students looked up what else they could use instead of an egg and then went searching for banana.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Loved the doing aspect of the kit and the taste testing was a hit. They were very empowered by being able to sample and compare. The taste test sheets were not too complex to fill in which meant they could get into the eating part

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Chickpeas was very interesting for them as a canned product. Surprisingly, they weren't too keen on using the beetroot but I encouraged a group to use it. The corn and apple were safer as they were familiar with these products.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Substituting ingredients to reduce sugar intake. Binding foods and the components within a cake which could be replaced with healthier food options

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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? They will share this learning at home, some students wanted to take the proportion sheet home with them

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Well I think canned food is a good option to be honest. Unfortunately fruit and vegetable prices are high and many people resort to buying convenience packaged foods

“We just loved this kit here at The Terrace School in Alexandra. The year 8 group really enjoyed substituting ingredients to create their own special cakes. Lots of fun and laughter along the way with this kit. So pleased we signed up for this one! The beetroot really made their creations colourful!”

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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 loved making the cakes, most tasted yummy - Gemma I enjoyed making the cakes, but some of my cakes failed.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Physically making the cakes - showed the children how different ingredients effected the baking

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? How we can make healthier choices

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Great, we tied this in with Food for thought so we learnt how to read labels too

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? How to make healthier choices.

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

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What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Cost of living prices for groceries/

“Loved making these cakes!”

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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 liked working out the different amounts of stuff we needed to make the cupcakes. I liked baking with my teacher and my friends.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The weighing machine and learning about measuring ingredients out and learning how different foods can be used to make tasty kai.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Wanting to experiment more. They are inspired to cook other things. We got our own little oven for our classroom to do extra cooking.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Learning about new foods, and how they tasted before and after cooking them.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Showing their whānau that you can make yummy kai out of almost anything and it doesn't have to cost heaps.

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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? sharing what they learned at home and making the cupcakes for their own whanau.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? cost of living. lack of knowledge

“This has been a fun activity for my students. They have enjoyed being able to experiment and learn about various ways to make a cake without loads of sugar.”

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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 IS FUN. I REALLY ENJOYED THE BAKING

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The apple, because it was something the students were familiar and they had ready access to

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? That you can bake using healthy alternatives

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? As I was only working with a small group it was very effective.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? That you can bake using healthy alternatives

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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? Knowledge taken back into the home

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Cost and knowledge

“Students loved this interactive activity. It brought about lots of discussion around healthy alternatives and the science of baking. I used this kit as an LSC with a junior class and highly recommend 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 Loved the baking component and freedom to change the recipe.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The scientific components at the start.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The fun they had in trial and error.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? They definitely learnt how to adapt recipes.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? How to make small adjustments to a recipe to improve the health benefits.

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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 were all excited to take their learning home to cook at home

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

“Really engaging introduction into the scientific concepts. Well organised and detailed planning and resources.”

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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 It was fun seeing how the cake changed. I liked getting to cook my own food.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? electric scales - could be used for so many other things in the classroom outside this kit. the review sheets also helped kids arrange their thinking really well.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? On it's own, just excitement and some awareness of sugar, fat etc. Combined with other classroom learning, it was quite powerful for some.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Pretty good in the short term. Lots of conversations happening around morning tea and lunch. However this did start to wear off in the long term.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Just having the confidence to make things at home and experiment a little with the recipes.

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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? It was good to build their confidence in making things themselves. I heard from some whānau who said their kids had come home and tried something similar at home.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? cost, whānau knowledge, exposure to what they can eat/buy

“The kids were really pumped about this and keen to get amongst. It tied in really well with our sessions with the Heart Foundation around healthy eating and looking into what is actually in food. It was a lot of heavier thinking for my class which went over the heads of some of them - but they loved getting back into the kitchen.”

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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 know that vegetables could make things taste like this." "I'm going to see what vegetables I can find at home and try this with my brother."

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The printouts where all children got a copy. It was easy for all to follow and saved me time as a teacher.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Hopefully the benefits of vegetables and how easy they are to use!

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

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? The health benefits of vegetables and how you can easily make adaptations 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? Promotion of vegetables and healthy alternatives

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? cost of food

“This was a fantastic, hugely engaging kit. The children loved experimenting with different vegetable combinations to create sakes. From a teacher's point of view, the resources were great, easy to follow and to implement in the classroom.”

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Posted 2 years ago