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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Literacy activities linked to science

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Keeping the seedlings at school means we can now look at measuring them and tracking growth.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Children learnt to recognise new vegetables by photo - once the seedlings have grown sufficiently we will plant them in the school garden which will enable students to try these veges too.

“Wonderful resource! The kids loved growing and learning about new plants in the garden. A particular highlight was the secret messages that came through. The children loved decoding these each week.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Science- the living world Health- Healthy eating Writing- writing ideas and prompts

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Healthy eating and where our food comes from. We look forward to the seedlings being planted in our school gardens for the children to then enjoy the fruits of their labour! :)

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We have vegetable gardens outside our classroom. The children were excited to make the link between these gardens and the seedlings and then in turn the vege's they eat!

“The Little Garden kit was fantastic. It was really well resourced with enough little gardens for each child. As a result of the kit the children's language was enriched as they were very excited about the 'new things in the class' this caused a lot of discussion. The Little Gardens also provided a great spring board for teaching science- the living world. Thank you so much!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We went on to do experiments about plants and sunlight. We measured growth.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The interest has been sparked in the children about the how and why food grows. They have taken their learning home and it has created good home school links with parents sending resources for us to use in the class.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? All 25 children tried at least one new vegetable or fruit.

“Great selection I had enough for one each for my children. We used all of the resources and children brought seeds from home and took them to plant in their gardens. They really enjoyed tasting different fruit and vegetables.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Trying to fit this in was my biggest problem. I guess if I had of known what the kit was would have enabled me to choose if I had time to put into this kit.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Wanting to try things they didn't know about eg thyme

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Good for them to see the plant sprout - thats where it all starts.

“Yes it is good but we have got kids bringing them in and they're everywhere! Would have been good to have done them in isolation of New World doing at the same time (which I know was the point) but too much!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We did some story writing about favourite fruit and vegetables and looked at the life cycle of plants. Great links to science, literacy and maths as they watched the plants sprout and grow taller.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We envisage upon harvesting our little garden and trying new foods by next learning how to prepare salads and simple stir fry’s using our produce.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Students could see the need for nurturing plants in order to get their healthy choices as an end result. They became aware of needing a variety of foods they hadn’t tried before and it made them look after their plants more carefully.

“This was such an awesome opportunity for my class of 5year olds to extend on our healthy eating program. Thank you so much for the resources! There was a great selection of plants, giving the students the chance to see the lifecycle in action and we hope to taste the products after harvesting next term”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We were able to cross with literacy (reading and writing) as well as science, social sciences and visual arts.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? More in-depth discussion about seasons and when to plant - what happens with planting during different months etc

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They are more aware of the variety of vegetables

“Students were really engaged and found this topic very interesting.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Literacy - reading and writing about the different veges we tasted and looked at Maths - sorting the veges into different groups, counting how many seeds we had vs how many sprouted Art - Drawing our favourite vegetable, sketching in detail parts of the

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? This kit lead me down the path of bees, and we talked a lot about pollination etc, as well as studying the parts that makes up a plant and what the different parts of the plant do.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We did a lot of taste testing of different vegetables in this unit, which allowed the kids to try new things and find they like new healthy food. I could extend the healthy eating to a '5 plus a day' idea, and creating healthy lunches too. We also learnt

“A really great kit, that enabled us in a year 1 classroom to extend our knowledge and vocab about plants, planting, vegetables and everything healthy! The vege match game was also really awesome and my class still play it everyday.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We used this kit for our reading, writing, and math and technology. Comparing prices, researching supermarket and garden center prices and comparing and debating which fruits and vegetables are better to buy or grow and why. They used computers to researc

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We have created a small edible garden at the school which will continue to be a learning opportunity for all students. Also the code activity we will do again, writing instructions etc being the first part of the digital technologies curriculum.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? It has introduced them to vegetables they had never heard of before, and the herbs have created a discussion about what they are and how to use them in cooking. We compared growing and buying our fruits and veges and this has worked well with the feed my

“It was great! The kids loved it and really got involved, thought they were part of a secret group and have been talking about plants and eating healthy for weeks. They have made recipes to make with their LGL plants and are going to start a edible garden at school too. It's be absolutely amazing to see the so engaged.”

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