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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 cool science experiment with food" "The veggie cake kit was fun, and it helped me understand fractions better while making something tasty"

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

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? How easy it can be to make healthier choices

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Swapping out ingredients for healthier choices

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Baking skills and better knowledge of nutrition

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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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? The children can share the recipe with their families, they can spend quality time cooking and learning together.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? The cost of healthier options and the parents time when it comes to cooking or baking.

“Our class had a blast with the Vegetable Cake School Kit! It's not just about baking; it's "science experiment with food" as one child said. The kit made healthy eating fun and sparked an interest in food science. The children enjoyed swapping out sugar for other sweet ingredients, and it fit perfectly with our maths lessons on fractions and measurement. Thumbs up for turning baking into an awesome learning experience!”

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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 "wow veggies taste yum, can we try some different veggies?" "I went home and told mum and we tried baking with some zucchini"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? the planning information made teaching this kit very helpful also the sheets for the kids to write on, saved me a lot of printing/organising.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? That eating healthier things can yummy. Being aware of what the kids are eating and how this can be changed for the better.

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

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? So much. A huge part was kids trying new healthier things. Also knowing that it is ok to try new things and add veggies into their food. Also understanding what goes in their food

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

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? Easily. A lot of kids have reported back to trying what we learnt at school at home. Some parents have commented on what the kids are talking about and some have taken recipes home to try with their whanau

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? cost, knowledge, understanding/ knowledge of healthy eating.

“Our kids really enjoyed this kit. It was really hands on and pushed a lot of the kids outside of their comfort zone.”

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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 never thought about using indgredients like that for baking." "I'm going to help Mum get my brother to eat veges now!"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The lesson planning information.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Thinking outside the square when they are designing food items, being more exploratory with thier ingredient choices. Thinking more about healthier alternative options for ingredients.

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

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Students talked about taking this knowledge home to help change the way they used ingredients and ingredient choices.

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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? Students going home and having discussions with family, and also cooking with alternative ingredients at home.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? Cost of vegetables currently.

“This task and kit prompted some awesome discussion and learning opportunities in 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 I couldn't believe that we could make yum food with veggies but the corn made nice muffins. I didn't think I would like the chickpeas but they were actually ok. I like weighing all the ingredients in my group because I got to use the scales.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? the sheets that allowed them to note the changes to their muffins. scales for integrating with maths

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? enjoyment for making food and understanding of different types of ingredients

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? it made them think about sugar content

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? different options for adding sweet elements other than sugar

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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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? unsure

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

“We completed this kit in smaller groups and the students enjoyed learning about the different elements that go into baking. They were quick to understand how the changes they made impacted their end product. My class all looked forward to taste-testing their creation, even if they didn't always enjoy the taste.”

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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 didn't collect examples of student voice sorry

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The recipe sheets that the students could write on

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Cooking can be innovative

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? Not too effective as the students were reluctant to try the various vegetables

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

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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 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? Students take their recipes home to make, get feedback from whanau?

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? modern society

“My class enjoyed experimenting with cake as part of a wider Hauora inquiry.”

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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 kit was so much fun to make! Wow that was so cool!

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Creating the cake and using different materials to create different outcomes.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The impact of changing ingredients to a recipe.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? This kit really helped the children understand sugar consumption.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? How to swap certain ingredients for healthier alternatives.

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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

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? It helped the children to understand sugar, and how it affects us.

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

“This kit was awesome! The kids absolutely loved participating in this kit. A great way to explore science and create an awareness about sugar consumption.”

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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 "I didn't like how my cake tasted but I did like how it was healthy for me. I leant lots about chemistry and if I got to have another bake I think I could make my cake even better." - Kids one "I liked baking. It used lots of math and science and we learnt as we made them which was cool. I thought my cake was pretty good because the control cake had way to much butter." - Kid two

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? the scales were great because I can reuse them and they were expensive to buy.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The student all reflected on this unit and said it was one of the most enjoyable for the year. It will promote healthy eating and creating your own food rather than always buying packaged from the supermarket.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy food in your classroom? I think I did a good job at encouaging students to be more mindful about what they are eating. I think it could be imporved with a further lesson on how much sugar is actually in the regular foods we are eating.

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Now now have a wider knowledge of simple healthy alternatives for home baking that also taste great.

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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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 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? Students will then bring this knowledge back to thier families and promote healthy eating/ baking/ creating your own food from home.

What barriers do your students face to access healthy eating? the cost of fruit and veg, the understanding of the importance of eating healthy.

“This was a great kit. The students were highly engaged and enjoyed the hands-on learning. It made science easy for me to teach, meaning I could cover more chemistry learning than I would have otherwise. I did have to buy a lot of extra food to make it work which was expensive. Next time it could be cool at all some key learning posters/ prompts to refer back to such as a poster on healthy eating or chemical/ physical reactions.”

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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 I was surprised that it tasted like cake, not like vegetables. If I didn't know they were in there, I wouldn't have been able to tell.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Info about the importance of a varied diet.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Choose fruit more often, some have taken recipes home to make during the holidays.

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

What learning from this kit can students take home to impact their family's wellness and health? Sharing the recipes with whānau

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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

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? Recipes being shared with whanau

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

“My students really enjoyed learning about the science in baking and how different ingredients can change the outcomes.”

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Posted 1 year ago