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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Lots, we did reading around the different varieties of vegetables that came, we did writing about setting up our gardens and art work around this as well. We also involved maths by measuring the growth rates of our plants.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Healthy eating, how to care and look after vegetables, ways of sharing and belonging to community gardens.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Lots of ways, children were able to understand where vegetables come from and what healthy food is and how we can stay healthy by eating them!

“The children loved the Little Gardens and it prompted lots of discussions and activities around caring for our gardens and regarding the different types of vegetables available.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Life Ed truck, writing, science, cooperative skills.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? One main opportunity is that we are planning to plant in our school garden and will be a lot of learning involved in that.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Students hav discussed that produce that we are to grow ourselves is healthy as we know that it hasn't been altered or changed in any way. They know that they need to eat 5+ a day and this has helped promote that.

“The Little Garden kits have been such a hit in our classroom! The children love caring for their plants and are planning to plant them in our school vegetable garden.It is provided lots of discussion and fits in nicely with our sessions at the Life Education Truck this week.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Maths - graphs

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Linked in to the environment and looking after this- sustainability

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Children were willing to try new vegetables

“Very engaging for the children. Enjoyed the practical side of it with the little garden plants.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Science of what a plants needs to grow and technology with cooking and preparing food

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Learning to look after things and have responsibility

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Students are passionate about growing veges and trying new veges

“We have loved growing the little gardens veges, but it would have been better to start a few weeks earlier so we could have studied more of their growth for the term. The students loved the codes to crack and being part of the club”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Literacy-Recount writing Maths for measurement, size comparison, recording Science - recording the life cycle of a plant. Art

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Plant life cycle, what fruits or vegetables do they bare? How and what ways seeds travel? Identifying how seeds travel. Why carrots are sweeter in winter-Prediction Fruit vs Vegetable do you know which is which? What different recipe's help us make a

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Recognising that vegetables provide healthy eating for our own growth and health. Identifying the needs of the vegetables after they have been planted. How to care for them and recording progress.

“This resource is fantastic for our class. All the students enjoyed the experience of planting their vegetables. Looking after it and seeing them sprout. Recording growth.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? This has linked really well into our Enviro Schools focus.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We will continue to look at growing other plants and pursue some more cooking elements where the children can explore different plants and their tastes.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We have been having discussions about vegetables that the children have never heard of and they are excited to come to school and tell me when they have tried or discovered something new.

“This kit has been so much fun to work with. The children have loved every element of it and have been completely engaged. It was easy to set up and follow the instructions and has lead on to further learning for us as a class.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Writing facts about veggies

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? N/A

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Facts about veggies

“The kit was amazing”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We are growing peas and beans in plastic bags for science, life cycles. Next term we are going to make Crazy Grass Heads using herbs.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Growing the vegetables and then making meals with them, ie Carrot muffins, soup. fritters, sandwiches with spinach, broccoli soup. Really looking forward to doing these with my year 3 class.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Lots of talk about vegetable likes and dislikes. Keen to try some untried vegetables.

“An awesome project to do with children. They get so excited waiting for and watching their plants grow. Well done New World.”

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