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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Literacy, in terms of reading and writing about vegetables and nutrition. Maths - statistics when studying plant growth.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Promoting keen gardeners and fostering a love and curiosity for nature.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? My class loved learning about the variety of vegetables and how they looked different at various stages of growth. They were curious about vegetables they hadn't heard of and were keen to explore further to find out.

“Lots of great supporting resources came with the kit. Plenty of seeds that will be suitable for any size class. My class thoroughly enjoyed it and I would definitely recommend it to colleagues in the future.”

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Posted 4 years ago

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We used it as a way to introduce our gardening unit and we integrated it into our writing programme.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Children can continue to explore gardening and new vegetables.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We used it as a way to lead into our healthy eating unit. The class were about to learn about new vegetables and it instigated discussion about vegetables they like and ones they would like to try.

“Great idea, kids loved them. Helped the children to learn more about vegetables.”

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Posted 4 years ago

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We have done some procedural writing about how to plant a plant and what food comes from plants. Our Inquiry has been also integrated with our concept of where does food come from.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The plants will continue to grow and then we can taste the produce. Looking at how to look after our plants now they have grown.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We have talked about and looked at different vegetables that we have growing.

“Great interactive kit that all the children could get involved in.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We used this kit a lot during our learning through play sessions but also during writing, science and maths.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? This could lead to investigations around the water cycle and the sun and how plants grow.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? This has helped the children to learn the type of veges they can plant in the garden and where some of their vegetable come from.

“Our tamariki loved being involved in planting the seeds and watching them grow. The kit was fantastic - we will definitely use the mailbox again as part of our writing programme. The vegetable matching game was very popular too.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Using the code breaker in literacy. Also researched their seedling and the life cycle. Used the seedling characters as inspiration and created visual art.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? This is a great introduction into our garden unit and healthy eating in term 4.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The are more willing to try new food as they found out about them.

“The most amazing school kit we have ever received!!!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Writing, diary of my plant daily to show the differences in their plants each day, letters to whanau about what they would like in their lunchbox Art, vege murals, go noodle videas about veges, big books about gardens

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Shopping lists of veges in maths unit on money, school garden, vegetable picnics, writing a description of their plants

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They have tried foods they normally didn't eat or thought they didn't like and learnt about veges they had never heard of

“A great resource for the kids who thoroughly enjoyed the unit. They had taste parties, tried new foods in their lunchbox, wrote letters to each other to tell them what food they liked after taste test. Lots of artwork created also and writing was all about myittle garden every week”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Science writing - recording maths - code cracking. measuring

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? interactive games Follow up learning activities look into the nutritional value of each vege

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We know to try new vege's and not to refuse trying them There are lots of different kinds of vege's we can eat raw in our lunchbox We have discovered how quickly some veges grow We are excited to try vege's that we have grown from a seed Sometimes it

“We tried food we have never tasted We liked planting the seeds and watching them grow When the veges grow we get to eat them We enjoyed the vege patch match game We loved cracking the weekly code”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Fitted well with inquiry topic of 'Field to Table'. Good art using veges and herbs as subjects for sketching. Good language around identifying the various veges and herbs.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Maths -measurement and graphing. Art - still life pictures Writing - writing adventures involving the LGL characters

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? It has made vegetables and herbs more interesting and appealing to the children.

“Children have been very engaged with the resources in the kit and it has inspired good conversation and language.”

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