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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Reading Writing Maths all integrated as we planted, read information and observed how many days different seeds took to germinate - great for extension of language and introduction of specific horticultural terms.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Home sharing - initiating gardens at home or the desire to keep the plants growing in pots to see the completed plant

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Sparked conversations regarding different foods and likes. Students have happily shared how their tastes have changed as they have grown up and tried new things. Because of the multi cultural flavour of our class many discussion have had a wide variety of

“Our Year 2 class have loved the experience - it has hooked in all learners of all abilities! What a brilliant resource!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Mostly Science Living things

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Growing more plants etc next term

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They are excited about watching the plants grow and are choosing which ones they will take home.

“They took a long time to make and organise in a class of YEAR 3S.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? It provided opportunities to increase students oral language, as they talked about what was happening with their seedlings. It also provided opportunities for reading books about healthy eating and growing plants as well as writing about healthy eating an

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Future learning opportunities could be to continue growing vegetable plants in a school garden, and with an in-school garden to table group to then cook with the food that has been grown. It also provides space for future conversations with students to fu

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Students became more aware of where food comes from, and have been able to watch it grow and then be able to enjoy their produce when it was ready to eat.

“Little Garden has been a great addition to our Junior classroom, particularly because being a school in a city where only a few children knew about growing vegetables and then being able to eat the produce they had grown. All of the students were really engaged in the process of planting the seeds, and every morning were excited to see what had changed with their seedlings.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? I have been working on a Science unit about our Solar System - the kit was perfect for discussing how Earth is unique because of the plants that grow here, creating the oxygen rich atmosphere that allowed for animals to evolve and thrive. We had the pract

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Next term we will focus more on life is here on Earth, thanks for the inspiration!

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Kids are always keener to try food they have been part of preparing, and the process of seeing how seeds germinate then grow to provide us with food to eat is very engaging.

“Thanks so much for this wonderful kit, which was rich in hands on learning experiences.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We’veweaved this unit into writing and reading

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Continued discussion around veggies

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We’ve had lots of conversations about what food is good for us. And different kids are eating different things at home

“The little garden has been great for my class. They are really enjoyed creating their veggies and writing about them. They love watching their own veggie grow. And it’s provided lots of conversations about what the kids are eating at home. Very impressed school kit!!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We have linked this kit into all curricular areas is has provided such a rich base and our tamariki and enjoying all experiences.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The Little Garden kit has been used to guided our rich topic heading into term 4 where we will take a closer look at food and discover how food impacts us and how we can keep ourselves healthy and nourished.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We have linked this kit into our learning for next term where we will ‘take a closer look’ at our food and the nutritional needs of our bodies and how to make a lunch that nourishes us.

“In Kaakano 1 we have LOVED the Little Garden school kit, we have incorporated this kit into all of our curriculum areas. The planting of our seeds and nurturing them have brought about lots of rich conversations about the needs of a plant and how we care for them. Code breaking has been hugely popular, we have broken codes, made our names with the LGL code and made our own codes for others to break. Our children are loving this kit and can’t wait for the taste experience next term.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? It was great to see not only the Health and Science aspect shine through, but the coded letters and info cards helped bring literacy and numeracy into their discussions as well. Having to take responsibility for their seedlings also helped them learn to m

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? This was a great start for us to lead into the summer term and our Enviro School reflection which is happening in Term 4. This will have a growing, food to table aspect as well.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Students have been discussing different types of fruits and vegetables. They are now more aware of a larger range of types and what they look like. They also are prompting each other and their families to eat and grow more vegetables.

“The students really loved the idea of being part of a club and thoroughly wore and showed their badges off with pride.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We included learning in our writing and shared reading time, for example we read Jack and The Beanstalk together and completed writing activities around this as well as in our inquiry time where we planted the seeds.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? It will be interesting to see our learners response when the seeds grow and we can share the vegetables as some learners hadn't tried different vegetables so this is an opportunity for them to try them from seeds they have grown.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? It was interesting to talk about the different vegetables and see what students like to eat, we do brain food during the morning block and encourage eating of fruit and vegetables and I see students are bringing vegetables now.

“In the Junior Hub our inquiry for Term 3 is about 'Taking Care of the Environment' and how we can be kaitiaki of the environment. The Little Garden Kit fitted perfectly as one of the vision areas our students wanted to explore was to plant more vegetables in our school garden. Our learners were hooked from the start when the applied to be part of the secret club and they loved to receive the codes and took the time to complete them. Planting of the seeds and watching them grow was a real hands on highlight and we have now transferred them into our school garden which the students were excited about!”

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