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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Yes we have been able to link it in with standard forms of measurement and our garden to table programme.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The class are keen to keep growing plants and I think they will keep playing the game for a long time

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They have learnt the names of lots of different vegetables. It was linked nicely with our garden to table programme as students were able to try some of the vegetables we are growing.

“My class have loved becoming part of the little garden league. It has introduced them a a wide range of different vegetables and herbs. They have loved coming in every day and checking on their seedlings, watering them and watching them grow. It has been a great resource in the classroom.”

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Posted 4 years ago

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? My class wrote descriptions of a chosen vegetable from the kit. They were also able to write a description of how to plant a plant.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We will plant our little plots into our class garden and continue to grow the plants until they are ready to harvest! We will then compare the size of the plants at the end of term 3 to the size of them at the end of term 4!

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Some of my children had no idea how some of the vegetables grew. There were also some children that had not heard of some of the herbs and vegetables at all! We were able to discuss what these were and try some of them too!

“My class really enjoyed planting the little pots of plants together. Each child was able to pot their own and they were very excited to watch them grow. They have enjoyed caring for the plants and watering them often. They have thoroughly enjoyed completing the code crackers each week and they were able to remember the letter to picture code the following week.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Writing reading and maths. Science and art

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Continuing to see growth and caring and looking after their plants

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Kids are trying new veges and herbs and talking about them

“We Iove it our kids are really engaged telling us the new veges that they have tried. Growing the seedlings has been awesome, quick and successful. Lease do it again. It has covered. All aspects of the curriculum and the key competencies. Thank you”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? maths -measurement Science- growth Literacy- applications Codes

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Growing food in the school gardens and friendship gardens

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Growing your own food makes you want to try it!

“Loved the secret club idea!”

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Posted 4 years ago

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We have written about vegetables, cooked vegetables which involved cutting and peeling, made graphs to show the vegetables we liked and analysed this data, how seeds best grow and we have spoken about ways of keeping our bodies healthy. (Science, HPE, Wri

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We have gone off on a tangent about fruit and vegetables and how they grow and next we are going to be learning about the importance of Bees. We have also reviewed the importance of including our youngest learners in our Enviroschools sessions.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children in our class have all tried a new vegetable. We have been able to talk about healthy and unhealthy lunch boxes and also the importance of a balanced diet to ensure our bodies are the healthiest they can be.

“Thank you, New World and School Kit! This kit has been amazing. The children were engaged throughout. They loved the secret nature of the club and have loved watching their seeds sprout! We still have so much fuel to continue with this kit for some time. Thank you for creating such an exciting starting point for our learning.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Nice segway into Life Education coming next term for us and continued focus on healthy eating and healthy lunchboxes.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Science of seeds and plants

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? I felt my students were more interested in the growing aspect than the healthy eating but this could be because of their age.

“The hands-on activities for the students in my class were great. They really enjoyed working together and cracking the codes. The Vege Patch Match was a huge success in my class of new entrants and they regularly can be found playing the game.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We covered literacy (writing recipes, labelling vegetables, writing sentences. Reading/maths with the secret messages). We made art - creating vegetables for our wall garden.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We can look into the progress of our vegetables and try planting different vegetables depending on the seasons.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We made vegetable soup that was initiated by the children. They knew that eating vegetables was good for them and they knew that we could use them in a soup to share with our friends.

“Such an easy tp use and resourceful kit. Has everything you need plus the motivation to keep the children engaged.”

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How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We used at as part of our Science, Health and Inquiry learning.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Life Cycle of Plants Healthy Living Farming

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children tried eating one vegetable a week and they encouraged their siblings to do it as well.

“The children in the class loved it especially their special badges! They have learnt a lot from this kit.”

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