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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Writing - informing about vegetables, persuading people to eat more healthy food, creating posters about this, making up and writing about their own vegetable. te Reo Maori - learning the names of different food in Maori.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Creating our own garden and looking after it, making it sustainable. Thank you!

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We have based our learning around fruit and vegetables and the importance of eating them. This has had a good impact on the students' understanding.

“This was an awesome pack and opportunity for the students to learn more about plants - especially fruit and vegetables. Thank you so much!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We used it as a ";procedural writing piece"; and we translated some of the names in Te Reo

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We will be carrying on with out ";Plant inquiry"; into the 4th term. We will be focusing on how our bodies use healthy food for energy.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children were more willing to try new foods and they had more understanding of why they need to eat healthy food.

“The kit was absolutely amazing. The resources were so easy to use and the children really enjoyed the lessons. I cannot thank The Little Garden League for allowing us to be a part of this initiative. We really had a ball.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Children learned about plants. We talked about growing times and why plants took longer and how many days in a week. We wrote about them.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Planting them in a school garden and then cooking them.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They learnt about different types of vegetable and what a Herb was.

“What an amazing project for my learners. They were so excited and keen to join in the learning. They have loved to watch them grow and we have developed an understanding of basic gardening.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? great story writing about favourite veggies, how to plant seeds procedure, how a seed grows, recipes, link to our school chickens and using veggies to make snacks for them, Books around veggies and eating food, exploring the school garden to table area, m

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Replanting of class vege patch without any cost to us, cooking in the kitchen (next term). Working together, being responsible for your own and others things, paying attention to detail (small seedlings emerging, soil being pushed up from seedlings).

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We have not reached this part of the program. We will look at the different types of vegetables and try to sample as many as possible that can be eaten raw. (not our ones as they won't be ready yet).

“a wonderful concept - a secret exclusive club. Made what was available to the general public at New World something extra special.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? There was opportunity for measurement (we didn't get to this as the seedlings are only just sprouting), and reading/writing (reading and filling in the forms, the code-crackers). Measuring the water for the little garden planting.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? I will definitely continue to use the spot it vege game as it is a good one for language and memory.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Awareness of different veges has increased and tamariki were excited to grow their own.

“This kit tied in beautifully with a question my class have been asking: what and who is nourished at our school.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We have made, and are continuing to make, graphs and measuring exercises in Maths around the growth of our plants. This includes the length of time different plants are taking to sprout.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are looking forward to using our plants in food technology, using the recipes we have picked up from New World. We will also be doing art work around the vegetable characters.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We have been discussing different vegetables and herbs and how they affect our bodies. We have been using the analogy of how a food looks like the body part it helps to grow (e.g. broccoli for the lungs, carrot rounds for the eyes). Our students need lots

“This is such an awesome project to do with my class. We are preparing for next term's inquiry which is based on Maori Kai, so it is perfect timing. We have begun with half of the pots, so we can the progression through a few weeks. I teach a special education new entrant class, so some of the written and reading work is a bit tricky for them, but I have a broad range of abilities, and I love how this kit is so adaptive for ages and abilities. Everyone is able to get lots of learning from the visuals and the fact that the whole kit is so hands on. We are sending some of our plants home for the holidays with the students after repotting them, and we are also lucky enough to have some planters gifted to our school, so we can carry on with our project right outside our classroom. It really couldn't be a better kit for our learning right now, so thanks so much School Kit!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? The Little Gardens supported literacy: writing about their favourite vegetables, learning the names in te reo, maths as in sorting, sequencing and measuring. In fitted in with the Action part of our Inquiry; planting vegetables for sustainability, healthy

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The Action part of Inquiry; doing something to make a difference in our lives and for the lives of others. Growing food and sharing it to those who might have a need; the wellbeing and our Religious Education Curriculum about sharing and Aroha

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They learnt about healthy eating and how important vegetables are to us. They also liked learning about edible flowers.

“The Little Garden was great. The children really enjoyed the Dramatic process being ";In a Club"; with Challenges. They enjoyed posting their cards and receiving their badges and membership cards after completing some tasks. They are so proud of their seedlings watching them grow and taking photos as they grow.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We mixed up science with literacy and food technology and art. It all happened very naturally too

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? This was like a practice for having a real permanent school gArden and gave us lots of ideas about how to get one established.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We discovered that healthy food is also yummy food!

“Such an original and interactive resource - all my kids were engaged and motivated to write! Their writing contained new and varied vocabulary and was longer than usual too. While our plants are of course not yet ready to eat, we have been planning and anticipating what we will do.”

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