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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Measuring growth with non standard measurements. Increasing biodiversity in the playground. Health. Oral language, reading and writing.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? NNext year we will be furthering our understanding of how plants contribute to the biodiversity in our environment at school and locally in our area.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We have not had any growth form our plants yet, but they have learnt to name many new vegetables. We receive fruit/vegies in school and they have made connections between what they are growing and what we have received.

“Our kids loved taking part in this project. The secret codes were very cool and they are loving seeing the daily growth.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? There was a lot of oral language and it gave us opportunities to also read about different cultural dishes that the children eat.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The children are really excited about our new rebuild and planning gardens to plant healthy seedlings in, in the future.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? It was great to hear the students discuss lunchbox contents and healthy eating in general.

“The kids loved every stage of this kit from learning about the Little Garden League to growing and code-breaking. We planted them a little late, but the children loved being in charge of caring for the seedlings. Due to planting late, we purchased different fruits to try, which we ate mindfully and read about and discussed .”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Maths, measurement days

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Other plants. Other cycles like water cycle

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Good idea to show the students how easy it was to make your own healthy food

“Great Idea love the resources and the online resources”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Great links to reading and writing science

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Children are still proud of our gardens. We have been harvesting the food lately!

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Children wanted to try new veges as they had been growing them. It gave kids an appreciation of how long veges take to grow and why we should not waste them

“This was at a time we were focusing on gardening and also life education so it fit in perfectly.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? sorting fruit/veges and classifying them, is part of statistic in maths. we measured the plants and discussed shorter/taller than. Growing plants and looking at how plants grow is part of science. We wrote about our plants, what we did and what plants nee

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The benefits of planting our own veges and having gardens.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children were pretty on to it in distunguishing between fruits and vegetables. Many get fruit and cut up veges in their lunches, but the kit introduced to them to some new veges.

“My New Entrant children were very excited by the kit. The loved getting badges and being a member of the club. Planting their own vegetable plants and watching them grow was a huge success.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Visual Arts- painting plants Writing about the experience of growing plants and their needs.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Adding to our school garden.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Some of the children hadn't heard of some of the vegetables we were growing so that the discussions around these helped with awareness.

“The children loved this unit and looking after their own plants. They were very keen to water them every day and talk to them! It was an easy unit to follow and good for 5 year olds.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We used this kit in Maths for our measurement unit.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? It would be great to redesign our school garden (technology) and provide more spaces for plant growing.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Learning about and trying different vegetables.

“This was an easy, fun project for my students, we enjoyed planting, and growing. It tied in well with our heathy Heroes inquiry project and also our measurement unit.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Little Garden gave the opportunity to explore nutrition, healthy eating, the natural world (plants) and conversations about cultural diversity.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The School Kit also provided an inquiry platform to explore our key competencies and school values: Thinking, participating and contributing, responsibility, tolerance and respect.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children made links from the seeds and plants to the vegetables they see and buy from the supermarket and eat at home. It opened a dialogue about the variety of foods the children are familiar with, and which food is considered healthy and nutritious.

“Our class of inquisitive learners were very excited to receive the Little Garder School Kit. We created a Little Garden learning area in our classroom and had fun setting up the clubhouse, decoding secret messages and caring for our plants. We watched the tiny seeds sprout and grow, and then took our seedlings home. Our learning conversations took many directions. We shared our learning with our families and friends and proudly wore our Little Garden badges. What a lovely initiative, thank you!”

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