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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We have completed writing (instructions and explanations) maths (measuring and graphing as well as art and further science based on their 'wonderings' See below...

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Umm wow.. we are now incubated chicken eggs…The Hub 2 'hens and roosters' faithfully turned them each day and we hatched 7 healthy chick who are now happily living at my house. We sprouted mung beans and runner beans, creating beautiful art works of wind,

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? I was blown away by the number of students who had not tried some of the most obvious (to me) vegetables. They were willing to try new things and were surprised that they actually LIKED some. We are in a position where about half of our children have a 's

“This has prompted so much learning and excitement. We had a ball and built our learning about spring around the kit. Loved the code breaking. Our kids had so many great questions. But they are super excited about trying and eating new vegetables now!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We included it on our Paddock to Plate - science topic. We used maths and lots of labelling with this kit.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We decided that we wanted to grow veges at our school and then possibly sell them to our families. This will open up lots of real authentic learning experiences next year

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? This kit introduced new vegetables to some students and they had a better understanding of how they could grow their own food.

“Our Hub of year 2,3 and 4's loved the LGL. It worked in perfectly with our Paddock to Plate theme. The children loved being able to grow their own vegetable / herb and this was carried through to their homelife too for the children that shopped at NW.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Writing, reading, mathematics, science

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Discussions around how to care for our plants, how to use them in recipes, how they may incorporate them into their own diets.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Many of my tamariki hadn't heard of the vegetables available in this kit so they learnt that there are many options available to them.

“Thank you to School Kit and New World for the awesome resource that you sent our class for term 4. It was a great use for my year 3 and 4 tauira who enjoyed watching the seedlings grow and thrive. My tamariki are a hands on rōpu who love getting their hands dirty almost as much as they love to eat so this ticked all the boxes!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? The kit intergrated with the curriculum wellm the students measured their seedlings and compared tthem to others. They wrote about their plants and learnt about the plant lifecycle. They learnt about what a plant needs in order to live.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The students are aware of how to plant seeds and how to grow their own food. Understanding that food does not just come from the supermarket.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? This helped the students knowledge of where vegetables come from. They learnt about healthy eating and what they should be eating each day.

“The students loved the little garden kit. It intergrated well with the curriculum and taught the students about seedlings and how to grow your own food.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? The children used maths measurement language to talk about the growth of their seedlings and compared heights of the various different plants. They talked about the time it had taken for some of them to grow and noticed that some took longer than others t

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The children were keen to learn more about gardening and wanted to start a Team garden plot outside their classroom.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children were keen to try some of the vegetables and herbs that they hadn't tried before.

“My class really enjoyed the way this kit was presented. They loved cracking the codes and were really focussed when working these out independently or with friends. They loved the fact that they could watch their seeds sprout and compare their plants progress with others. Each day they would come up to me and tell me what changes they had noticed and were very excited to replant their seedlings once they were big enough.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We linked it to Science and Maths.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We were able to use the veges for cooking and we donated plants to garden to table.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The gained more knowledge of vegetables (what they are) and are more willing to try new things.

“My students thoroughly enjoyed the kit. They enjoyed the buy in and secrecy of the kit. They loved watching the plants grow”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? The children read about gardening &; worms in their reading books. They wrote stories about what they had done and the progress of their seedlings. For math, they took measurements of the progress their seedlings were making every couple of days. For scie

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Future learning included us looking into how recycling our food waste and feeding it to the worms in our garden worm farm can help produce natural fertilizer with worm wee and compost soil to use in our garden plots.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children started talking about what vegetables they like to eat. Some talked about what vitamins some of the vitamins/benefits you get from eating vegetables. Unfortunately, we were unable to eat the produce we grew. We did however get the children to

“The children absolutely loved this Little Garden League Kit and were very motivated to grow their own seedlings/plants. All children got their plants to grow. However, we had to plant our seedlings out during the last week of term 3, and most of them did not survive over the 2 week holiday period. I feel a little more guidance about how long to keep them inside, when to put them outside to harden off would be super helpful! This would really help those of us who don't have much experience with gardening.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? I used to it cover health, and science, and we used our learning in reading and writing

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? More children came along to EcoClub to plant out the seedlings in the garden. Bonus!

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We learnt the difference between processed and un-processed foods, and researched why it is necessary to eat plenty of fresh unprocessed foods like those in the Little Garden collection

“This was so easy. It took none of my precious time as a teacher, and was all results. You can't go wrong with growing things in the classroom. Thanks School Kit for making it such a breeze.”

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