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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Good for writing and reading- instructions for a recipe and we used the carrot club resources on twinkle to tie into reading and learning the vegetables in Te Reo Maori

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? - Te Reo Maori- learning vegetables - made cartoon vegetable characters and described them

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Trying new vegetables, making healthy recipes

“Thoroughly enjoyed and engaging activities. The kids loved watching the seeds grow and the code cracker. The only thing is that we did find that the timing with the school holidays meant that some kids plants didn’t actually grow before then. The badges were also very flimsy and most broke within the first day.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? This unit gave a lot of different opportunities to use cross curricular. we completed a lot of great descriptive writing sessions. Fabulous art work was done with children drawing from instruction independently.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Children got to transplant their vegetables into school garden learning about whole school management of growing vegetables and fruit. Children got to interact and learn about listening to others learning. To follow instructions to keep records of what wa

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Children tried eating different vegetables. They found ways they could grow vegetables at home from seeds in the vegetables that they are eating. Some children had experimented with different seeds at home and had started growing their own vegetables.

“A fabulous unit Children were engaged from day one. Really excited to learn about plants and what their seeds were going to be.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Oral language played a huge part as did going to the library and finding books about growing things. The children were using math language as well as their own language to compare sizes of plant, time it took for seedlings to come through and science - ho

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Living things ... similarities and differences in what living things need to survive English (visual) - creating posters to reinforce growing and eating healthy foods Maths - measurement

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? It reinforced learning that had occurred earlier in the year and also the home learning during lockdown.

“The Little Garden League was a 'hit' with our young children. The real excitement was when the seedlings pushed their heads through the growing mix. The room exploded with questions like... how long do we have to wait before we can put them into our garden? How long before I can eat my carrots?”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Maths - measurement. Science - living world, how plants grow, what do living things need to survive. Literacy - code cracker.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We looked into what other living things need to survive - do they need the same things as our plants.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Giving students exposure to different types of vegetables that are available to us.

“Great resources. The children really brought into the idea with the club house and the badges. The code was a bit tricky for my young ones but we modified it to suit easy enough. Worked nicely with our living world inquiry.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We set up a role play Garden centre which was very successful with many of our students using oral language and writing in their play. We set up a role play Gardening Centre which allowed the children to write lists, use their oral language and sor

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We participate in the Garden to Table programme so this kit has added to this by adding to the learning of the children. This learning will be continued, where the children get the opportunity to work in our school garden and then be able to use the produ

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Our school is participating in the garden to Table programme so the kit has enabled the children to build up their learning opportunities.

“Before the last holidays we gave the children their kit. The plant was to be looked after so we could use it in a miniature garden to be on display for our school Ag Day. The children were very enthusiastic. We had lots of positive feedback from parents. The children's knowledge of plants grew.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We got the students to write a little persuasive letter to the LGL to let them join. In Inquiry we were learning about pollinators and their importance in the environment which linked with this.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The students who shopped at New World kept planting new plants. They all took their plant home just before the holidays.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They were excited about their plant and how long it'd take for it to be ready to eat. 5+ a day

“Our students loved learning about the LGL and how to grow their vegetable.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Literacy, numeracy, health/wellbeing, oral language, social/communication and working together.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Garden to table - eating our own produce and researching what we can do with our produce. Following recipes and eating together ettiquete.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? What plants need to grow and taking care of them. Trying new vegetables and being open to new things. The importance of healthy eating and with covid being able to have your own food at hand by growing your own.

“The topic tied in perfectly with our topic of sustainability and Garden to Table. The children were very excited at the sell of a secret club and the badges. As children are often not in charge at home they were able to influence home decisions around healthy foods and trying new things through it being a special select club.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We were able to link in health and science through the use of the little gardens.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We further looked into bees and how they positively impact the planet.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children discusses veg more and linked the growing to their dinners at home.

“Our children loved being able to plant their own veggies and see them grow. It was hard however as all the plants will not be ready. It would be great if this could be a T1 kit.”

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