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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We have been measuring the plants growth. Measured the garden space and how we can put them all in our area. Learning how much to water them and the vocabulary that has come from the whole experience has been huge. Science, Technology, English, Maths...

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Predicting their height when ready to harvest. Which would be taller, larger etc. What plants they have now planted at home that they have hassled their parents to buy or buy more stuff from New World to get the plants. Being interested in caring for th

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? I provided the tamariki with a majority of the plants in the LGL (purchased from New World) and we had a double dare activity, where they challenged each other to sample new food. We then cooked the whole lot as a Stir Fry and a few said they could now co

“The hands on learning that has occured as a result of this kit has been invaluable to my tamariki. They are more knowlegable about the various plants, what they taste like and how they can be used.”

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

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Got them excited about growing a vegetable garden.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Somewhat - were able to name more vegetables.

“The plants are a good little hands on thing you can do with your children.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Taking care and looking after our kit aligns with our school values. Looking after the environment.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The possibility of participating in creating and looking after our school garden

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Eating healthy does not have to be expensive. You do not have to always purchase products from the supermarket when you can grow and eat your own fresh fruit and vegetables.

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We have used the kit in mathematics by recording the children's favourite vegetables on a graph.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We have talked a lot about healthy vegetables and the different ways we can eat them. This has sparked the children's interest in cooking.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They are asking their parents to put some of the vegetables in their lunchboxes after seeing them in the kit. They even call them by their names!

“The little gardens are fantastic! My class of five year olds are excited about vegetables and cant wait until we can harvest the garden and do some cooking next term!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We extended the activities to integrate science, literacy and art. Reading and writing through and about the kit as well as investigation and learning about the plant life cycle.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Next term we will be building on what we learned from the kit by working in our school garden. We will learn more about healthy eating and learn to prepare some healthy food.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They learned about some new vegetables.

“My class loved this kit! It has them so enthusiastic about growing vegetables and our school garden! They were also really taken with the club concept and especially the coded messages. The letter template at the start of the kit was a really fun way to start the kit and the kids loved finding vege jokes! The whole kit was loads of fun and it had some great integration of literacy throughout as well as generating good vocabulary development opportunities (e.g. germination).”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We read about our vegetables. We wrote about our vegetables. We measured our vegetables, and spent time looking at a calendar and counting the days until our seeds were expected. We developed our vocabulary in a number of different ways. We even did veget

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Next term, we are going to continue our focus on healthy eating, and include healthy rubbish-free lunchboxes as part of this.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The students have become more aware that vegetables grow from seeds, and that they are healthy and make you strong. They have learned that they make your brain grow, and make your body healthy. The seeds being planted and growing helped the students to co

“The students absolutely loved this school kit. They were excited that they each could do their own seedling, and loved watching it grow. Each day, they came in enthusiastically to see if their plant had made any progress. The students all developed their knowledge of vegetables and edible flowers, and parents reported more willingness to try and eat vegetables at home. It was a fantastic resource. I just wish I could have another one to do next term!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Maths - statistics - graphing of favourite vegetables - ongoing number problems, measurement of the plants as they have grown Literacy - various articles about vegies - shared reading - what am I writing, descriptions, narratives

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? In Term 4 we will be looking further at 5 t a day - eating healthy fruit and vegies. Maths and literacy will also continue as well

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They had no idea of vegies that were a bit different. They got to try new vegies and they also learnt about 5 t a day.

“This is a great kit for the children and it was very exciting for it to be secret. They loved applying to be a club member and then having a badge. It has been easy to integrate into literacy and maths as well. Total child buy in!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Art- drawing plants, flowers, foods maths- symmetry of halves, patterning, measuring heights Literacy, reading, making signs, books and writing explanations Science- growing, what plants need to grow

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We have linked this into a healthy body and nutrition unit and have also started a year 1 vege patch as a result of having these seeds. this is going to start a new food to table focus every season at our school

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Increasing ten fold. Have linked it into a nutrition unit of inquiry!

“love it! kids are learning so much- the just love the soild discs and planting, andf making their own vege patch”

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