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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 was surprised with how they tasted at the end especially the chickpeas! I really enjoyed working as a team and seeing what the colour and size of the other cakes came out like compared to ours.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The canned apples and I think the new foods like chickpeas and beetroot had the most impact

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Trying new things, learning about how ingredients impact the outcome of the cake

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? It definitely introduced a couple of new foods such as beetroot and chickpeas to students who normally wouldn't have had them before.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Looking at alternatives and lessening our sugar in our food.

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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? Definitely a discussion point for whānau and somewhere to get the conversation going. Also knowing that we can use alternatives for our cookings. Also we discussed allergies and why we might look at alternatives when it comes to cooking/baking.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Cost, have they been introduced to it before and something that they will actually eat?

“Students had an enjoyable afternoon making these vegetable cakes as we split them into smaller groups with the different fruit/vege element shared between the groups. Some even got to taste new food that they had never had before! Only thing is that I had a number of sheets left over and felt like I was wasting them as we didn't need so many. Otherwise a great resource to be used with the class.”

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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 It really made me think about what I eat and using more plants. I enjoyed cooking with vegetables.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Made the students think about using different produces for baking.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? No sure

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? I think it really made the students think about their dits

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Many students tried the recipes at home.

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

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How can the learning in the kit go beyond the classroom to improve whānau wellbeing? The students took their learning home to share with their families.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Knowledge and money

“This was a great kit which the students enjoyed making and really extended their thinking.”

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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 learnt about how different foods can mix together to make the same texture. I never thought I would put vegetables in a cake!

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Sending everything you need in order to complete the task effectively - it can be hard to get your hands on things like this in a small town.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Being able to think outside the box.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? THinking about sugar and sweetness in a different way.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Being able to offer them alternative healthy options.

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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? Awareness to alternatives.

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

“An amazing resource that engages the students, encourages them to think critically, and gain enjoyment out of learning!”

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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 liked eating the healthy cakes. I liked making the cakes with the weighing machine.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The weighing machine was fascinating to students. The actual ingredients were most impactful as the students could be hands on and creative.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Reduce sugar and replace it with sweet fruit and brother are healthier.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? It deflate an impact. Some students turned up afterwards with healthier choices on their lunchbox.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Eat more fruit and vegetables and less 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? We grew lettuce hydroponically in the classroom then ate it on fresh salad sandwiches. We will be planning more healthy baking or making ideas.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Parents not cooking. The community is too far from fresh shopping for those without a car so the kids get heaps of rubbishy processed packet food.

“Kids really enjoyed making the cakes and they were amazed at how they could exchange sugar for vegetables and still enjoy the cakes.”

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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 Spinach and vanilla, disgusting! Oh, no, actually it's pretty good (said on the second helping.). I didn't think vegetables could go in a cake other than carrot cake but we have tried lots of different veges and they are all pretty good. I am going to ask my mum to try and make sweetcorn cakes.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The planning sheets were fabulous.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? We are a garden to table school and it has expanded the students ideas of how to use many of the vegetables we grow. They are more prepared to substitute things in recipes now.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? It was a good support to a group of students who already eat a very healthy diet.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Eat more veges, they taste great.

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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? Lots of communication between school and home.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Very few in this community.

“The kit was a wonderful way to do some hands on mathematics while also looking at science and literacy. The students were very engaged in planning for baking their cakes and there were a number of combinations which sounded pretty strange but tasted great. The children were very suprised at how vegetables assimilated into the cakes and tasted great.”

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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 Our cupcakes didn't taste very well, we didn't use the right ingredients.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The understanding of sugars and substitutes, effect on mixtures.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? How things can change, social interactions and how to make sensible decisions.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Was great for students to see the difference between healthy options and quality of taste.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Increased knowledge of what's in their food and making choices that are informed.

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What percentage of your students were familiar with tinned veges/fruit from use at home? 10%

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How can the learning in the kit go beyond the classroom to improve whānau wellbeing? Have some workable alternatives to bake after, so that kids can see a great alternative, what it can look like if theirs didn't work out

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

“Was a great kit. Was such a busy time but our students loved the opportunity to explore this learning. Great conversations were had around ingredients and all the science behind substitutions, mix rising and the outcomes from 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 Disappointed because we didn't know how to make the cake. We would really have liked to try it out.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The vegetables - would have liked to make a cake with them.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Not applicable.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Not really effective seeing we didn't make a cake.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? You can make a cake by using healthy stuff.

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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? N/A

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? It's too easy for their parents to buy unhealthy food.

“I was really frustrated. I reeceived the package and was so excited to try making the cake with my students. I had no idea where to start and what to do. I kept on reading about other people saying it's fantastic, but no recipe or instructions anywhere. I would still like to try, but if I have no instructions, I am happy to send the package back.”

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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 So cakes can be healthy, I can now help mum cook at home.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? all of it combined

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Knowing that they can make healthy cakes

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Went well with our happy, healthy me unit.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Educate them on healthy eating, encourage parents to buy fruits and vegetables and why this is important for students learning.

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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? Education - students keen to inform other beyond the classroom. Whanau could be invited to assist with the cooking of the cake.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? cost of living, live rurally - not often go to town.

“Our terms focus was based on 'happy, healthy me' so this vege cake making was appropriate. Students were made aware of the food pyramid, what to eat most and what to eat small amounts of. We focused on hygiene also so this was helpful when gathering ingredients and making the cake. Over all a great celebration/ending to our unit.”

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Posted 1 year ago