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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Literacy - Writing plant diaries, finding and reading books about plants/vegetables. Maths - timeline of plant growth. Technology - creating a garden for the seedlings to be planted in.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Creating a garden environment to plant the seedings. Sparking the idea of a school wide pea growing competition. Making healthy food out of what we grow (salad, sandwich ect..)

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Given tamariki an understanding that you can grow food. The cycle of a seed, to seedling, to plant, to kai you can harvest and eat. They have learnt about different vegetables they have never heard of or eaten before.

“We have loved watching our little garden grow. From planting the seeds, watching their leaves poke out of the soil, to now where they are big enough to transplant into a vege garden. We each had a designated plant to grow and we learnt that they needed water, sunlight and oxygen to grow big and strong. We are excited to eat them and get healthy!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Clues- reading, becoming a member-writing, measuring plants- maths, counting seeds- maths, nutrition- science and wellbeing

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The kids liked the code cracking so we will do that again. We will do some more writing and oral language discussions as the vegetables grow.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Willingness to try new vegetables. When anyone grows anything we will all give it a try. Good but in for trying new food.

“I found this a great and exciting package. The kids were all talking vegetables which was so nice to see and they were talking about their gardens at home too. I think this was a great resource and my year 2 class were very happy and engaged.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Linked with science

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? None

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They had understanding of where the food came from.

“Was a good resource and children enjoyed it the process of growing and becoming members.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? This kit was great for covering essential skills: THINKING, USING LANGUAGE SYMBOLS &; TEXT, RELATING TO OTHERS, MANAGING SELF and PARTICIPATING &; CONTRIBUTING. It is always fabulous to take part in inquiries that cover these.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Cooking, reading recipes, maths for measurement etc in relation to cooking. Healthy eating and what we need for our bodies.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children were all talking about what the seeds were and what they would grow into. Some were teaching others what went where, such as leeks into a stirfry and that thyme was a herb. It was great to hear them share their knowledge. All are looking forw

“The class loved being a part of the secret club. The badges were a nice touch (though we found them fiddly and easily breakable). They loved the secret messages and using their own code breaker. Watching the seeds grow was fascinating (even for old hands like me!). Getting our hands into soil to repot the first big plants was a great next step too.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? maths - counting, spacing, fractions etc.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Continue to learn about our vegetables as we transfer and grow them in our school garden.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Learning and exploring new vegetables - understanding the connection between food and the environment.

“Great easy to use - really connected with kids in the class.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Students have been writing recipes, describing vegetables, persuading people to eat different vegetables multiplying recipe ingredients to cater for bigger groups, looking at cause and effect when we leave plants outside in the sun/rain/if the birds get t

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Baking, creating a vegetable feast, exploring groups of vegetables (e.g. nightshade family).

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We have worked to hide vegetables in different ";treat"; foods, and tasted new vegetables! We also wrote about how we were trying to camouflage the vegetables. One student wrote: ";Camouflage is when you hide things. My Dad hid capsicum in the mince and

“This kit is incredible! It has provided opportunities for students to challenge themselves in a range of different ways, from creating their own codes, to making up different recipes, and trying new food. I will definitely be recreating this kit again next year with our own seeds! It has also promoted collaboration in my class as students have had to work together to look after the seeds and make different food for the vegetable feast!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Linked to writing, art and math

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We will continue monitoring the plants growth, children sending photos from home as they continue to care for plants.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Generated lots of conversations about vegetables and why we eat them.

“Room 1 loved planting their seeds and checking them each day until they sprouted. Having them growing in the classroom led to lots of conversations about vegetables (what we like/don't like to eat), how plants grow, our gardens at home etc.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Inquiry - discussed plant life cycle ... we also looked and discussed other ways to grow plants besides from seed; what plants require to grow Language: provided new vocab for children; especially ESOL in the class

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We will look at the reasons some might not have grown - link it to our cause and effect theme in Inquiry.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We had some good discussions but the children (well the age I teach) are guided by their parents choices to some degree. But still important to create awareness and provide them with the facts.

“The kids love them! Some of the activities were great - the links and videos all in one place was great and easy to assess. Lots of variety.”

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