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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 didn't think we would like the cakes that we used vegetables instead of sugar. I don't like vegetables but this is yummy.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The range of vegetables as it really got the children thinking

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Many have tried making cakes using vegetables at home.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? It was great especially for children who eat very little vegetables

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? vegetables can be used instead of sugar. There are many vegetables that we can use.

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What barriers do your students face in accessing healthy eating?

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 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? introducing healthy alternatives to the whanau

“This was a great project that fitted with our Math programme - measurement and also our healthy eating unit. The children enjoyed the challenge but did try to substitute too many ingredients in their first trial. This encouraged great discussions about what they needed to do next time. The final try was successful and the cakes were enjoyed.”

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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 had one pair say "They didn't cook properly but they were so yum". Children a ruled by their stomachs sometimes. They are fully baked cupcakes, they just didn't bake in the specified time.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Being able to design their own cakes

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? To experiement! To question what ingredients can be used as substitues.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? I'm not sure of the long term effect as I only taught the class for 7 weeks. But I know it got the class thinking about alternatives to white sugar

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? One group suggested making a full-sized cake for their family. But it sparked a lot of conversations about how we can use vegetables in different ways.

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What barriers do your students face in accessing healthy eating?

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? The discussions around sugar have been taken home by many - this is from feedback from their core teacher.

“My experience with the Make Vege Cake kit was challenging - time was a huge factor for this. I used it in a food technology setting, teaching year 7/8s - this helped with space and equipment. Our ovens didn't bake our cakes at 180º in the specified time. Suggestions for others: - Test out the cakes first in the oven you will use with the class. Don't assume that because you make muffins/cupcakes frequently that it will be the same in class. - Mash up the veges/beans that you're using. - Crack and whisked the eggs for the groups to weigh out. I think I over-complicated it when I said "crack the egg and weigh it then make the other ingredients weigh the same". Some groups had 55g, and some groups had 65g. While this would work in theory, there was too much confusion. I will be using this kit again with the other classes I teach over the year.”

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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 That tastes ok even with vegetables! I liked the science part of this.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Scales were very handy!

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

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Many were surprised at the health effects of certain food types.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Many were surprised at the health effects of certain food types.

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What barriers do your students face in accessing healthy eating?

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? Many children were discussing the kit with their parents at home and tried baking at home with different ingredients.

“Our kids loved this kit! They enjoyed creating some fun and not so nice cakes and then creating better ones!”

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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 loved being able to use measurement and answer the maths questions about the cakes. I liked eating the cakes after we made them.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The scales for measurement - linked well with our maths. The colourful foods made it fun for the kids who didn’t yet understand the science behind the baking kits.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Experiment with food is fun, but does have its implications.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? We probably didn’t promote this as much as we could of.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? That there are healthy options that can still provide great flavour.

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What barriers do your students face in accessing healthy eating?

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? Maybe some additional promotional tools to email families

“Was great tool to enable kids to experiment with both flavours and consistency of baking.”

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Posted 2 years ago