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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Excellent links to Enviro-Education, Science and Writing through procedural writing.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Our next step is to learn about thinning the plants when we replant them for a second time (currently in slightly larger pots but will need to be thinned and replanted in the school garden once a little bigger). We are really looking forward to the next s

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? A huge factor has been understanding where food comes through - we're obviously not at the point yet where we can harvest anything but it's been really beneficial for children to see and talk about how our fruit and vegies start out.

“I was very impressed with the Little Garden pack and the attention to detail - all of the little extras such as certificates, badges, banners etc made it so special.”

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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? Talking and writing about veggies. Cooking vegetables. Measuring how tall our veggies plants had grown. Science - what does a plant need to grow? Why some plants grew faster than others Under on above the ground growing What's in our lunchboxes Co

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Leading into more cooking with the plants that we grew - maybe as something that the school could do for the community. Looking into different plants such as trees etc (which we are going to do next term) and visiting a local nature park.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We didn't go into so much of the healthy eating but encourage the students to share what vegetable they enjoyed eating and why. The students wanted to find out more about how to grow a plant than healthy eating although we did talk about this in class.

“Fantastic kit which was able to be taken in different directions. Awesome opportunity for our students to look at growing their own veggies and make connections to their home life!! This kit has been one of my favourite kits so far and the children have been so engaged in the learning. Thanks heaps New World and School Kit”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Science - living earth - caring for a plant The arts - creating vegetable pictures with leaves Digital technology - planting a seed algorithm maths - counting the seeds, plants, graph of the plants, Health - healthy living, vegetables

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? continue to care for a plant, measure the plant weekly, farms - vegetable and herb farms,

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They are all excited to eat their vegetable or herb.

“The children enjoyed the surprise of what plant they would have. They enjoyed watching their plants grow.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? It was used in our reading and writing programme also.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We will continue garden to table ideas next term and also try some cooking.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? All the children talked about the veges they eat and trying new things.

“My class absolutely loved it. So excited. So well done .”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? This has been our whole topic all year. We have learnt Maori words for everything from the vegetables to gardening tools, reading, kapahaka songs, art, science, spelling, handwriting

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Our kapahaka and prize-giving songs are all about purerehua life cycle, making more gardens, recycling, reducing plastic to make gardens out of eco bricks, music we made some vegetable instruments, garden to table, spelling

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Being brave to eat and try new vegetables. We had broccoli three ways and they loved it.

“Absolutely loved this kit. Most favourite yet. It fit into our inquiry perfectly as we have been building, growing, and learning about gardening. The kids loved the codes and making it into a club made it so much funner for them.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We read about plants, wrote about our own little gardens and imagine a garden with moving objects hah, did some journal writing about what was happening. Lots of discussions about healthy eating as well.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Integration into Reading and writing but also more interesting vocab

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? - learning about new vegetables,- healthy eating, - growing our own plants at home etc.

“My students really enjoyed this kit! The discussions around plants and healthy eating began to become integrated into our writing and our reading!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Literacy - making connections to self, text and world. Mathematics - sorting, classifying, coding, position and orientation, counting, seasons, time etc. Sciences and technology - what plants need and how to care for them, how to plant and nurture the see

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Exploring hauora and making connections to student wellbeing. Likewise, making connections to our inquiry theme Kaitiakitanga (looking after ourselves, our whanau, community, whenua and the wider world)

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The students have a greater awareness of the variety of vegetables available and are keen to try new vegetables.

“Thank you School kit and New World! The students were engaged right from the start and loved the idea of being part of a secret group, complete with their LGL badges. This unit tied in beautifully with our inquiry' kaitiakitanga'. We have just planted our seedlings and can’t wait until we can harvest and cook the produce. The students have been excited to try new vegetables at home, and have adopted the mantra 'grow, protect, taste'.”

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