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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Integrated into Literacy (Reading AND Writing), Inquiry, Te Reo (learning names of vegetables in Maori), Also focussed on well being (Health)

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? -Children are now talking about how they will care for their little gardens at home, we are keeping the herbs and placing in our community herb garden at school, will look at what herbs can be used for and their benefits.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We wrote persuasive arguments on WHY vegetables were important so lots of learning around the benefits of vegetables. The children are now pointing out when they have vegetables in their lunch!

“Was a fantastic resource! SO much integrated rich learning. I have never seen so many children so excited about seeing vegetables grow!!!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Only writing and Topic.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Great discussion about planting and water cycle.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Class was very interested in growing their veges and how vegs come into the supermarkets> Learnt lots of new vegetables and expressed excitement in learning about them.

“The seedlings were great and everything that accompanied it in terms of badges worked well. There was a few too many bits and pieces that needed assmebly which was time consuming.”

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

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Visiting other gardens in the community Process cooking Writing recipes Social sciences - animals, eating habits Health Promoting respect, responsibility

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? trying different and new foods

“Enjoying watching them grow and planting them. The children are responsible for watering them each day.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? code breakers and secret messages. Roleplaying

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Growing seeds in sunny places verse non-sunny places

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We talked about healthy eating and growing our own vegetables. As our school does this as a garden to table program, our students knew lots about this anyway

“This kit has been amazing. The children have been excited about getting a new secret message and planting their own seeds. They have remembered to water them every day and they are excited to see which seeds are growing the fastest”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Science involved with life cycles. Writing - keeping a journal Maths - measurement

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Sustainability- looking after papatuanuku and te ao. Looking after themselves taha tinana, taha wairua, taha hinengaro, taha whanau. We have Masterchef Comp happening at the moment and one criteria is to use 5 ingredients from your own garden.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Learners were very keen to try new foods and it was great to some include these in their lunch boxes e.g broccoli. Excited to tell me that.

“Absolutely loved this kit. Loved the excitement, joy, manaaki kids demonstrated in looking after their little garden.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? I mixed it in with science and literacy

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? In summer we would have watched it row and done some statistics with this. Although the Covid level shave played a massive part in what we do with the gardens etc.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They know that the lettuce is able to be eaten straight away if it is cleaned.

“Good set and enough for everyone in the class. Although it was hard for us to unpack them together in the garden due to Covid levels. It created great discussions for everyone about what is healthy and what in a fridge is able to be eaten from the garden.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We have used this kit as part of measuring growth and putting this into a graph. We have also used it as a science focus to discuss germination and growing conditions. One of my students knew how deep to plant his seeds. Some of the other kids placed thei

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? This has truly fostered an interest in growing plants. Many families started gardens in the first bout of lockdown. This will carry on. I hope to hear and see pictures of the vegetables when they are fully grown. My students also really enjoyed working

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Many children are prepared to have a taste of new vegetables or at least have a try. We have talked about different ways to prepare food and swapped recipes.

“My class has been very excited by having this opportunity. Many children have encouraged their parents to buy more plants from the supermarket. Also the children are actively helping out at home in the garden and wish to have their own patch.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? The focus of our use of this School Kit was more on the environmental importance of plants, rather than the healthy eating aspect. Therefore our cross-curricular learning was mainly Science and Environmental / Kaitiaki focused. There was also some literac

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? This School Kit has provided a perfect springboard for our school Kaitiaki focus, and provides plenty of scope for future learning. We'll likely get further on with a focus on healthy eating next term.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We didn't really focus on the nutrition and healthy eating side of this kit.

“Our school has recently been focussing on one of our teaching approaches - Kaitiakitanga, so the Little Garden League School Kit has been PERFECT! It has supported our tamariki to know about how to take care of plants, and make important connections to their environment. The organisation and engaging content of the kit was perfect for our Junior School.”

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