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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Science and living world was our main focus. We used this kit to springboard into Social sciences about the roles of people in our community. How does our food get to our plates? The other main cross curricular was looking at the Te Reo words for our frui

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? A great shared kai and cooking experiences for our children with donated produce. As the food, fruit and flowers are growing in our ";wild"; garden it is providing a lot of extra discoveries, when we find plants thriving hidden amongst other plants.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We used this to talk about the importance of a balanced diet including 5+ fruit and veges. The children were excited to share about their fruit and veges in their lunches and saw what they looked like growing. We looked at some youtube videos of farm to t

“This kit was good. The resources that arrived got our class very interested. The initial planting was fun and the children loved seeing the soil swell up in the water. Our initial plants did not do well as it was a little early to plant them before the school holidays and their was a lot of mold that grew on them over one weekend. We have since planted them outside and will be interested to see what pops up as the weather is getting better. The resources online were a bit tricky for my five year olds but we adapted them.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? It provided us with a basis for some additional reading and discussions as a class around the science of growing plants.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? It linked nicely into our Health unit about caring for our bodies etc and we could make connections between the two.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Children have become more familiar with a variety of vegetables, fruits and herbs that they didn't already know about. They also have been encouraged to try new things.

“The Little Garden Kit was a great resource for our class. The children had high engagement with the whole idea and set up. They were very excited to grow the seedlings and take them home.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We used this as part of our writing, science and social studies unit.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? This was a great way to start our school gardens at Havelock School. We have just got new planter boxes and this was a good way to get the class motivated to carry on with gardening group after our plants were ready to be planted. I was very surprised how

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We learnt the names of vegetables that some children didn't know or heard of.

“This got the children very excited and were ready to be part of a secret mission. The enjoyed all the activites .”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We compared and contrasted our experience with the little gardens with an inquiry about man-made technology. There were also linkages to maths and literacy.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Extensions of the many of the concepts we encountered are entirely feasible. Lots of areas to expand on.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Seeing the work that goes into fresh food encouraged the kids thinking about natural food. The excitement and anticipation helped maintain their focus good eating, and sustainable practise.

“Wonderful experience for the kids. They prepared the beds, raised the seedlings, watered, composted and waited with eager anticipation. It's great for them to see the whole cycle. It gives them a greater appreciation for the things they eat and where they come from.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Journal stories in reading and measuring in maths

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Follow-up in Enviro club activities.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Finding vegetable recipes and cooking with them helped with awareness.

“The boys thoroughly enjoyed this kit. It fitted in so well cross-curricular and the excitement at watching their little seeds grow was great. We learned a lot about vegetables - some that we didn't know - and especially enjoyed tasting them - some boys for the first time.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? So many cross-curricular learning opportunities! We wrote stories about being Kaitiaki (writing), we gardened (inquiry), we measured growth (maths), we read and cracked the code (reading and maths- problem solving), living world (science) lots of oral lan

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The children have learnt so many valuable skills that they will be able to continue using. Many of them have become more interested in gardening and have joined our school garden club as a result.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We had great conversations about the importance of including vegetables into our daily eating.

“My classroom absolutely loved this Schoolkit. They were very excited as soon as it arrived and were eager to start the gardening process and to be part of the club. The lesson plans were clear and easy to follow and suitable for my year 2 class. It tied in nicely with our Schoolwide Kaitiaki (being a guardian of our environment) unit. It allowed us to go through the plant growing process- from seed to seedling and then finally being able to plant it in the garden. The children were very passionate about looking after their plants and took pride in this. There was a lot of excitement each time the children checked their plants and could see that they had grown. This kit allowed for many wonderful learning experiences across the curriculum. Thank you very much for allowing us to be part of this experience.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? wwe were able to easily incorporate this kit into our 2020 theme of Guardianship. We also included the activities in our existing Garden to Table programme

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We will continue to use the kit next year when we visit our local market to purchase fruit and vegetables as part of our healthy eating inquiry.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Our Students were fascinated with how different vegetables looked as seeds and seedlings. Identifying and grouping different vegetables was a vital part of their learning. many of our parents shared how the children were discussing vegetables at meal time

“As always School Kits delivered a quality resource to support our overarching 2020 theme of Katiaki (Guardianship). With the help of New World we were able to grow and care for a full set of vegetable seedlings which we have grown and added to our school gardens.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We covered reading, writing and maths. Read the poems, did the writing, maths to measure, and science to look at the videos about plants.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We covered reading, writing and maths. Read the poems, did the writing, maths to measure, and science to look at the videos about plants.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? dIt has certainly improved as I could see in their lunchboxes the food that was packed. In our school, we are provided free fruits and veggies too. Earlier, they were not into eating but now they are trying to taste them. Great and a positive change to se

“Thank you, School Kit, myself and my class students really enjoyed learning about the plants, their life cycle, plants' parts, seeing the seeds how do they look like also planting the seeds. Kids had so much fun while planting the seeds and seeing the plants sprouting out. Every morning and every afternoon they were looking after their own plants by making sure they pour enough water, it's in the sunlight and it's covered with soil too. One of the student's said, ";I like looking after my plant just like my own little baby brother."; As a teacher, I had fun too seeing the plants grow day by day. Another important thing, great to have a collection of veggies and herbs. These days kids don't eat enough veggies and they hardly knew much about herbs. We also learnt about herbs and I learnt too. WOW, a free amazing resource to use. Thanks to New World too for this kit. Thanks to School Kit again for delivering them free.”

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