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“Great resource. Kids enjoyed seeing whose seedlings sprouted first.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Linked into our health topic, sexual education which at year 1 was about looking after ourselves.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? I would love to do this again and incorporate it more into a healthy eating unit and gardening unit.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They were excited to try some new veg is after seeing how they grew.

“Was a lovely start to spring and my class loved watching the little gardens grow. They were so excited to become a member and complete the code crackers. We discussed healthy eating which also led into our health topic.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? My class loved the stories. We made some graphs of our favourit fruits and vegetables. We found some stories from the book room that involve gardening.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We have an unused garden at the back of our room and we have planted some things there. Other children took their seedlings home. Learning can involve the whole family. The biggest opportunity has been me, the teacher doing some planting and gardening. I

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Children have become more aware of what vegetables look like and are noticing things that others have in their lunchbox. I have one boy who always has takeaway pizza for dinner and packet food in his lunch box so he is becoming more aware of other foods t

“A great resource and one that I am keen to use again. Thank you so much for all the effort and work that has gone into preparing this resource. Knowing how food gets from a seed to the table is really important and real life learning.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Through the number of plants and the process of planting these plants, Room 2 was able to count each plant and understand the importance of taking care and watering thr plants each day.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Allowing them to have prior knowledge before receiving the pack.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Room 2 was able to learn about new vegetables and how they help our bodies. They know the vegetables in general help the body stay healthy and strong.

“Room 2 enjoyed exploring and experimenting with this pack. They enjoyed learning about different plants and comparing them to plants they are familiar with and those around the school.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Procedural writing - recipes using a vegetable or a few vegetables Te Reo Maori - vegetable names Maths - used the code to create sums

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Inspired by this kit, our syndicate has revived the school vegetable garden and has involved the students in maintaining it. Our next inquiry topic is around the water cycle and we will link the needs of our new plants to this learning.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Many of the vegetables were new to the students. Busy families tend to cook and eat the same few vegetables (if any) so there was a lot of curiosity and learning around that. The Vege Patch Match game was excellent for this as they had to name the matchin

“This kit was wonderful! As a teacher new to NZ this (crazy) year, the mystery and fun generated by the Little Garden Kit was a perfect tool for me to use in the classroom. From having everything provided in the kit (the suspense after it arrived!) to the extensive resources and support materials online, this was ideal to provide many valuable learning opportunities with no pressure on me.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We were able to write about the veges sprouting, estimating which would sprout first, stats pictogram of our favourite fruit and vege.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We were able to then plant them out in our school garden but over summer we probably wont be able to eat them. So it would be great to be able to go full circle and then eat the produce.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We. were able to have lots of conversations around healthy foods, fruits and veges for year 1s this made a lot of sense for the children as they could see where healthy food comes from, what it grows on ect. They could see that these are not prossesd and

“It was a great project to work on with my class we absolutely loved watching each plant sprout and grow. This lent so much learning in my class room, from reading, writing, math and science. I believe for the children in my class this was a rich learning experience for them!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We were able to link the project to our earlier topics about bees and sunflowers and also linked it into art. Covered writing, science, inquiry.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? I would like to repeat the project at another time to implement it more effectively.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The children loved growing the plants but we were unable to implement the nutrition side of it effectively due to 2 lockdowns.

“The Little Garden project was a great idea and linked in well with our wastebusters programme. However due to the two lockdowns we were unable to implement it effectively. It would be a worthwhile project to repeat in the future.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Digital technologies - decoding Reading Science - categorising

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Great match with the SVA kit. We joined these together and made a garden and a community pantry.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Students understand what a herb and vegetable is. Encouraged children to put more vegetables in their lunchbox.

“Fantastic kit. Promoted healthy eating and fabulous information about vherbs and vegetables.”

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