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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Maths-graphs of favourite veges, measurement-how much have they grown.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We will continue to talk about how things grow and what different living things need to survive.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They keen to try new things and have been proudly telling me about the veges they eat at home now. The children have been introduced to new veges they have never heard of.

“The kids loved planting the seeds and watching them grow. The idea of them being in the Little Garden league was exciting for them. The codes were a bit too hard and took too long for my 5 year olds.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? In particular we did lots of writing and art based on the characters.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We leant all about the plant cycle and how to care for plants, we will be monitoring them as they grow and have the potential for a ";garden to table"; activity.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We learnt more about vegetables, fruits and herbs. Which parts we can eat, and how they grow.

“We have absolutely LOVED the little garden kit. We learnt so much, and went along with organic lines of inquiry. We based lots of art, reading and writing on the characters and the real vegetables. We learnt about classifying the different plants and which parts we could eat. It was also exciting being part of a ";club";. We had fun writing letters to the LGL and getting letters back as well. We also got a lot out of the cracking the code activities.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We were able to use this in all areas of the students learning.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Planting out and cooking

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Greater awareness of the benefits of Veggies and more confidence in want to try new things.

“We have had great fun exploring the little garden kits. What a fantastic and fun resources. The weekly code crackers have been a huge hit and we look forward to eating and cooking with our veggie's soon.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Our topic for Science this term was light and sound so I used the importance of sunlight as part of the growing process and lightly touched on photosynthesis. For Te Reo we practised naming the vegetables using Maori. In literacy we read many books relate

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? It is a great foundation for a more indepth study on plants for the future and lends itself to the importance of looking after something by nurturing etc. It really was a brilliant resource. Thanks so much.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We have a brain food break daily and discussed what vegetables would provide suitable snacks.

“This kit has been a huge success. My students have absolutely loved watching their seeds grow and the whole build up before hand. They took it very seriously with their pledges to become a member. I have used two garden monitors daily where they have to be responsible for watering and providing natural sunlight. They loved cracking the codes and it opened up many other learning pathways for my students. Thank you so much. It was the perfect level for my class.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We did art, maths, reading and writing.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The children have are all taking home their plants today. We will watch them grow over the holidays and post pictures to Seesaw.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children took up the challenge to try new foods.

“My favourite kit to date! The children where so transfixed with the secret league.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We linked it to our inquiry about the ecosystem, and also enviroschool stuff.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We’d like to get involved in garden to table

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They understand that many things That can be grown can also be eaten.

“We loved opening up the school kit and finding all the treats that were in it. For some reason I did not get any of the emails related to it so they were forwarded from a colleague. I realised I had missed quite a lot of cool stuff there!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We just used it in Play based learning time and I had plans to extend it more into our writing and maths but the end of term and all that comes with it arrived!

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? My kit arrived late and I also introduced it in Play based learning time and this is the time I am often interrupted with new enrolments, parent enquiry etc so it didn't go as far as I wanted to go with it. But it was a fabulous idea and I will use the va

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? It helped to start the conversation of healthy eating and what is Fruit and vegetables.

“Little Garden Kit”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Maths - Graphing the days when our radish grew... Measuring the seeds Science - Talking about the growth of seeds and what leaves grow first. Also about transplanting seeds when they are big enough.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are continuing by growing more tomatoes and zucchinis... The kids love the comparison with height and area the plants take up... also potted tomatoes are great.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We spoke about the purpose of seeds and how they can give us fruit and vegetables. About nutrition? Probably not a lot to be fair, but the idea of growing their own to get vegetables was great.

“The kit was really good. I spoke before it arrived about the 'secret mission' we had and my 'secret box'. When it arrived, I kept it cello-taped for a good few days which created a lot of excitement!”

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