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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We measured the plants weekly and made graphs to show the differences in growth. We used the plants for healthy eating unit and learnt the te reo maori words for some vegetables and fruits.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We will harvest the plants and use them tomake some meals.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We used it as a motivation/introduction and children learned that herbs can be used to add taste to food. We also investigated the benefits of fruit and vegetables for our bodies.

“The garden was great but maybe it would have been better if it came at the beginning of term as some died over the school holidays. The children loved planting them and monitoring their progress and was a great catalyst for our healthy food/healthy bodies unit.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Science/ Health/ Writing

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Children were happy to take them home and promote to their families.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Children were more aware of what were vegetables and some they had never heard of so we had to investigate what they would look like once grown.

“A very valuable experience as a lot of children were unaware of where vegetables came from and had never experienced planting seeds together.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? This kit tied in nicely with our termly topic around the sun. We learnt that living things need heat and light from the sun and water to grow. We did a science experiment to see what happened if a plant didn’t have these things. We wrote instruction bookl

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Creating a school garden.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The students loved seeing how the fruit and vegetables they eat grow and were more excited to try new ones.

“Great hands on kit that was engaging for my year 1 class.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Part of our Topic on healthy eating

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In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Learning about new vegetables, being encouraged to eat new things through listening to other students.

“Thank you so much for these. We have planted these in our school garden and they are going really well. The students had a great time watching their plants grow and watering them. Thank you!”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We used the code breaking activities as a follow up for writing and also based alot of our maths questions around these kit.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? This lead us into looking into our own school garden and vegs and the seasons.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Learners were able to make connections to healthy eating but didn't adopts these or relay information back to their whanau.

“This has been mine and my classes favorite school it yet.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? A lot of maths measurement went on with the watering and height checking.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The children are very keen to build more gardens in the school to transplant our seeds/seedlings to continue to grow

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Learning about different vegetables and some new vegetables.

“Absolutely Awesome!!! Our little towns community supermarket is a new world, so having all the seedling pots before they hit the supermarket was a highlight for the kids. They really enjoyed all the secret codes to crack and learning about growing, protecting and tasting.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Health and values of how to look after our things

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Values like perseverance and patience

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Students have started eating their produce and realise that it's tasty.

“A great tool to assist with stewardship that was our focus.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Literacy - persuasive writing ";Brocolli is the BEST vege ever!"; After tasting kale we all agreed that kale was not!

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Kaitiakitanga - sustainability, looking after our environment. Art - photography/close ups Te reo - i te mara

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Vocab builder - added new and interesting veges.

“Loved it - kick started lots of korero about gardening and seasons.”

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