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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? The students were able to write a diary about their plant. We used them as 'models' for our maths problem solving activities. The plants were used for drawing and sketching.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The students looked into sustainability and how we can help to feed people who may not have enough food.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Because the students had grown the vegetables themselves, they were very excited about trying them. They were interested in all of the different flavours and were keen to try them all.

“Our students were thrilled with the plants and were very surprised at how quickly and well they grew. They are now full grown plants and are being enjoyed by their whanau.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? This kit offered so many different learning opportunities, we measured the growth of the plants (we also planted bean seeds) we compared the growth of different plants. We included vegies into our weekly baking session so we could taste some of the differ

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Tamariki request walks to the community garden to check on the progress of their plants and have asked to plant some more seeds. We are including healthy baking options in our cooking.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Tamariki were excited to share our growing experiences with their whannau. They would share what health vegies they ate for tea during mat time. They were requesting healthy options in their lunch boxes. Tamariki learnt how importanat it is to just try so

“This was the first Kit I have tried and my class and I were so excited to open it. It was easy to set up and held our tamariki interest for and extended period of time. We were excited to see the progress in the plants and share our learning with the rest of the school, whaanau and our wider community. We also decided to add a bean seed each to our growing experience which enabled our new entrants to measure growth a little easier than the slower growing plants. By sharing our plants with our local community garden we were able to do something nice for them as we spend a lot of time enjoying their beautiful environment. Tamariki love cracking the codes, what a fantastic idea and even the newest new entrants in my class could do it. A big thank you to New World for supporting this awesome learning experience.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? maths, Key competencies

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Wanting to know more about how fruit and veges get to the supermarkets

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They had the opportunity to try different fruit and veges that they may not have tried before at home. The influence of their friends trying new things was very helpful too.

“Amazing resources the children LOVED watching their plants grow and they were great guardians”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? The kit worked well with our play based learning programme.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The children were interested in growing things- able to build cross curricula links to Literacy. Linked to previous units on farming.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Able to have hands on resources to show children the importance of garden to plate.

“Great resources included in the kit. Lovely additions such as the badges and the posters.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Measurement - height of plants and days of growth

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Learning about soil and what plants need to grow

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Was a great opportunity for children to try new foods.

“Kids loved these little gardens and then enjoyed learning about different fruit and vegetables”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We visited our local museum and looked at mara - Maori gardening and the tools they used is the past to garden with. We also planted some gourds, kamokamo and kaanga pirau (rotten corn) and pumpkin seeds. We also looked at the 5+ Day kits Growing plants

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? How a Seeds Grows - writing explanations and drawing illustrations Writing jokes and retelling to a buddy Maori - names for vegetables

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The students were able to discuss what their favourite vegetables were and how they came to like some vegetables when initially they didn't like eg cauliflower. They also did some research on vegetables and herbs that they had never heard of or tried befo

“The kids were very engaged with the whole kit from planting the seeds and watching the observable growth of the plants. They enjoyed making up or researching and recording plant/flower jokes recording them on the letter and sharing the jokes with their peers. They also loved playing the vegie patch match game with the cards and identifying/naming the different plants and finding matching pairs.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Used as prompts for writing and received some of the best writing from the tamariki. Maths, learning statistics and looking at what the favourite vege was in our class, inquiry learning about the science of our healthy bodies, and wellbeing.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are planning on using our knowledge of growing to grow sunflowers and other plants to give as gifts to parents at the end of the year.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The tamariki learned about the different vegetables and connecting to their very own lives. The kit has allowed the tamariki to be active in looking after their plants by watering, checking, watching them sprout. They tasted vegetables they never heard/se

“The tamariki in my class absolutely LOVED the little garden. The range of plants was fabulous. The tamariki loved their plants and enjoyed planting them in our specially designed area. It has been very engaging and they loved watching their plants grow.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We looked at categorising the vegetables, root, leaf etc. measurement of growth, we created our own vegetable character - drew it and wrote about it. We also looked at the Maori names for the vegetable- this would have been great on the labels too.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Some of our families donated their little gardens so we were able to keep some at school and the children were able to take one each home and they have been documenting its progress and looking forward to creating a dish for their family.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We looked at the different vegetables and between us all were able to describe what they tasted like so that children who hadn't had that before would get an idea. We also talked about how that vegetable would be prepared e.g cooked or eaten raw. All the

“The kids really enjoyed the little gardens even my kids that don't like to get their hands dirty enjoyed it. They took looking after their seedling seriously and we have just moved them to our school garden. Looking forward to trying them.”

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