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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 think using apples is much better for you instead of fake sugar, but be careful if you use too much it will be too gooey" "Chickpeas are yuck but they're okay in a cupcake"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? I found the impact of the sugar was a massive talking point this year. Many kids mentioned how there are lots of different types of sugar now (sounds like many parents are doing Keto). We started looking into the nutritional value of "Fake sugar" and if i

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? I think the concept of on trend food/ ingredients has made them more critical.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Really good as we even started to look into fizzy drinks and the fake sugars in them

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? I honestly do not think the parents using alternative sugars will change but I think some kids are making wiser choices in relation to fizzy drinks

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What percentage of your students were familiar with tinned veges/fruit from use at home? 40%

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? There was a discussion about doing stewed apples from the leftovers from the school lunches and then we collect old glass jars to store an giveaway.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Fresh is expensive and it can still be cheaper to buy some value brand biscuits premade cheaper than baking.

“I've been doing this kit for a few years now and I'm still amazed how much it can change with my class according to their interests.”

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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 learning about the chemistry of a cake and how the ingredients all react together. I had never tried vegetables in a cupcake before but they were surprisingly really nice to eat.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The kids loved learning the science behind the ingredients and how they mix together to create the chemical reaction.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Learning that you can have vegetables in a cupcake to make them healthier to eat. That they learnt about chemical reactions.

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? They can teach their family how to eat healthier

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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? We shared this on our Seesaw accounts and some made healthy cupcakes at home.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Not many barriers

“The kids loved this kit and were very engaged in making and especially the eating of the cupcakes. They came up with imaginative ways to use vegetables to replace some of the core ingredients.”

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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’m going to make this recipe at home, after they made the vege cakes. We created a chemical change by making this cake.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The ingredients in the pack

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? To experiment with their baking and try to make healthy baked goods.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? It opened students to look at sugar content

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? They don’t need lots of sugar to make thing’s delicious

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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? Invite whanau in to cook with us and experiment. Give the ingredients to students to take home and try recipe again

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Cost of ingredients to bake at home

“We enjoyed it. I like how it made the students think about what they were putting in the muffins. Some of the groups had some crazy recipes. It would have been good to have more experiments to do leading up to making the muffins to make students learn about chemical change.”

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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 did not think that a vegetable cake could be so yummy. Our teacher always finds really cool and interesting stuff for us to do.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? I think it had most everything supplied and the resources were great

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The fact that eating cakes can be a healthy option to sugar based cakes. (food for thought)

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? very good created lots og interesting discussions

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Healthy eating is not has hard as you think and doesn't need to be expensive

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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? easy to make and create healthier options than previously thought about

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Whanau reluctance to make /take the opportunities on healthy eating options

“This kit was awesome with so many cross-curriculum opportunities for the learners from measuring ingredients to nutrition.”

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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 1 - My group added zuchinni and carrot into our cake. We weren't too sure about zuchinni but our teacher told us we wouldn't even know it was in there and we didn't. We could only taste the carrot but it was so yum. Student 2 - We tried to change

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The planning sheets were amazing - for them to be able to see the break down of ingredients and what each ingredient's purpose was, was really helpful for their understanding

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? I remember every baking experiment from when I was at school because it was always something fun and different. I believe this particular unit will be remembered by my class for years to come because of how it was over a period of time and involved multip

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? I don't believe it was the most effective way to promote healthy eating as they were still baking cakes BUT it did get them to experiment with different vegetables that they were very opposed to at the start.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? They will take home new skills of baking and what different ingredients are used for and can teach this to their families through baking at home.

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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? Baking healthier versions of food they already know and love just by adding healthy alternatives - savoury and sweet

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Cost of vegetables and fruit, parent influence

“Both my students and I loved this kit - it would have to be one of my favourites yet! I had some very reluctant students who were very apprehensive to add vegetables to their cake so we also included bananas as one of our substitute ingredients. The kids loved working in small groups and learning about baking cakes while trialling different substitute ingredients to change their cakes up. It was also an awesome way for those who hadn't baked at home before to have a go.”

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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 think I liked beetroot but when it was hidden in a cake as a sugar substitute it was delicious. This was so much fun! I didn't think it would still taste this nice when I made the cake healthier.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The ratio and substitutions in the baking brought in some great maths.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Try new food in their baking.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? They are more aware that baking will still taste nice without as much sugar. However, I am not sure too many will choose to substitute at home unfortunately.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Swap in fruit and vegetables to reduce the processed sugar.

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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? More recipes and ideas for them to take home and try at home

“This school kit was highly engaging to the children. Any learning with food seems to have a special ability to hook kids in and this one didn't fail. Many even used the base recipe and made their own at home. It was easy to follow and I really appreciated that I was able to do some baking and have some fun with food and it didn't come out of my own pocket for a change (thank you). They were fascinated by substitution and we got a lot out of the kit. The kids were all very surprised that they still really enjoyed the cakes once beetroot was added.”

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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 can't believe you can make a yum cake with veges in it! (Y6) I learned why to reduce sugar in our food. (Y6)

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Having the scales and simple base recipe made this accessible for all.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? I think they will be more open to experimenting with recipes and making changes to fit in with healthy eating or other requirements.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? I think this was great. It linked into our other learning about our health and our bodies. We talked about what sugar is and how much is in our food, many students did not know about this.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? I think they were excited to share their learning with their whānau and hopefully they will try cooking healthy food at home.

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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? I think I would try to get in whanau as helpers and taste testers if I did this again. I think whanau were excited to see the learning on Seesaw.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Money, time to cook and knowledge.

“My students and I loved this kit! Many students had not baked before, so there was a big learning curve. The healthy eating aspect of the kit, and the idea of putting vegetables in their cakes was challenging for many children, but they loved the opportunity to be creative and create their recipes. They tested their recipes, and we also had our DP come in as a blind taster. The kids were very excited to see how their recipes came out, and they were all very successful. This was great fun and I think the kids learned heaps!”

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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 Interesting I didn't know we could make a cake with vegetables. Fun to make.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Recipes to help us put it together.

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

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

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Vegetables can be fun! Healthy eating doesn't have to be hard.

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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? Students teaching/sharing with their whānau

“Great for those who don't like veges. Good to use alongside healthy eating, instructional writing, measurement (maths) and science learning (all of which were a focus for us this term).”

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Posted 2 years ago