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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 A chemical change is a change that can't be reversed. I enjoyed the sweetness from the corn in the cake as it wasn't as sickly as using sugar.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The cake worksheet and the science behind the ingredients in cakes poster.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Learning about chemical changes.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Very. We discussed many sugar and gluten alternatives.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Sugar substitutes.

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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? Have a follow up task to be completed at home.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Living in busy families.

“This was a great resource to support our learning about physical and chemical changes.”

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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 * This was awesome - I loved baking! *It was really fun trying all the different veggies - some were gross!

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The different veggies

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? the substitutions

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Good, it was quite tricky to manage

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Some kids hadn't baked before so they loved the experiences and then went home and did this at home

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

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How can the learning in the kit go beyond the classroom to improve whānau wellbeing? giving the kids experiences to share with their families

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? cost, time, knowledge

“My class really enjoyed this kit, it was something different too anything that we had done before. The logistics were quite tricky but we got there and had some great success.”

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Posted 1 year 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 We added too much sugar and it exploded like a volcano. I didn't know you could cook with butter and eggs.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? baking a cake with vegetables, children were super suprised that this worked.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? experiment with cooking and it doesn't matter if it does not work

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? It had little impact on healthy food eating. Healthy eatingis controlled by what families buy. To improve this we need to get the big food companies to change.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? they now know how to bake with veges

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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? Having a take home recipe card would of been great

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Healthy eating is controlled by the family knowledge on food. The barrier is the knowledge in the family adn the family budget.

“This was a fantastic resource. I was however disappointed at the value of the shopping card. I was not able to get all the supplies needed to fulfill the requirements of the kit I had to add at least $30 and supplement some of the ingredients from home. The children however loved the experience that they got out of finding out what they could substitute and how important measuring was and doing things in order.”

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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 the baking and realising vegetables are yum" Child A "I can make healthy baking at home now"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The science booklets and support materials.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Changes to states of matter and healthy eating.

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

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? The children made different recipes and shared them at home. Baking that was done with families was shared on Seesaw back to the school.

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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? Whanau can share their own recipes with the class so that they can share with other families.

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

“Great unit that tied in nicely to our learning around sustainability and science. We were changing states of matter with cooking and this unit was perfect for it.”

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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 like to change the butter for peanut butter as we have some in our classroom cupboard". "Do you really only need these 4 ingredients to make a cake?"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The posters - kids could look at them all the time as reference.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Using it with our school vegetable garden.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Great - as stated before.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Recipes and ideas.

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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? Distributing recipes with our free veggies.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Parents not realising what is healthy and just continuing to supply unhealthy food as they are easy and the kids want them.

“It is at first very confusing to work your way through all the info as a teacher. Where do you start? What is the aim? There are no chronological steps to follow. The teacher's one-sheet info is helpful and that is what I used to gather my thoughts and work out a strategy. The science part as well as videos are aimed at Year 7 and older. I adjusted what I looked at to suit my Year 5s and 6s. My students enjoyed the baking and choosing part. We are going to continue to see what we can make with substitutes. Also, as our students are planning a veggie garden, what recipes we can design to go with our veggies. And... we are also designing recipes to use with the leftover fruit we have in school like apple pancakes, etc. So we are on a roll now. Thanks to this kit! Thank you.”

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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 really enjoyed how easy it was to make the 'base' cake". "I was surprised what healthy ingredients could be used to reduce sugar"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The Reflection cards/ The recipe card (plus visuals)

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? How you can substitute ingredients.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? It surprised a lot of the children to that the substitutions were healthy. They enjoyed this

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Know that sweetness can be in the form of fruit

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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? Create short videos for whanau

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? cost/ choice of ingredients

“The children really enjoyed this kit. The lesson guide was super helpful and the videos supported this module perfectly. The children's reflections on their cakes were honest, where some were very successful and some were not. The scoring 'vocabulary' - ie structure was helpful in getting the children to be specific with their reflections.”

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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 trying the different cakes. They were fun to make in our teams. (year 6) My cake was yummy and we got to change some of the ingredients out. Hopefully we can make more. (year 5)

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The handouts were great because they were full of information and gaves the children a focus.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? That baking and science go hand in hand with math.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? It was good. No one turned up their nose and they enjoyed tasting different cakes.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? They have a new range of skills now and hopefully they have learnt that they can substitute different foods to whatever they have at home.

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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 inspired were your students to try healthy alternatives to backing after using the kit?

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How can the learning in the kit go beyond the classroom to improve whānau wellbeing? not only have the class had a go at substituting ingredients but they have also had multiple chnaces to bakes over the year. This kits allowed them to focus on a bit more of the science as well.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? time/money/organisation

“This was such a great kit to receive. The children had a great time creating the different cakes and the discussions were very interesting to listen to. Thank you very much for sending the kit through.”

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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 Many commented on not knowing you could make a cake without eggs. One child in particular was really excited as they were able to develop a recipe that they could make for their mum (special dietary restrictions).

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The visual posters that showed the options to swap out - visual was really helpful for the kids to understand.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Experiments can yeld amazing new discoveries!

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Lots of students tried new foods and liked it, allowing them to possibly introduce/try new healthier options.

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? 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? Lots of students took these ideas home to their families to try.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? They often aren't the ones purchasing it. Parents don't want to spend money on things that might not be eaten.

“This was another great kit that got us experimenting and thinking differently. This was an idea that most of the students had not had experience with before so it was great to have the planning to support this concept.”

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Posted 1 year ago