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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Poetry, reading, writing, measurement

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Other plants

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Talking with families. Sharing healthy food ideas.

“My children loved this little. They learnt lots about the process and loved seeing the progress”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? I used this kit with our ";sustaining and looking after the environment"; concept - some the opportunity to plant and care for something was reinforced by this. It was a great resource to use and would love to do it again.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We have some gardens at schools and now the kids were thinking about and wanting to plant more things and take responsibility for one of the gardens.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? For some children of different ethinic background they were able to learn able foods that they had never eaten. For others it promoted a conversation of vegetable likes and dislikes and the importance of eating them.

“The kids loved growing the seedlings, they kept going to look at them each day and were amazed when they started to sprout.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Cross curricular learning in science, mathematics , health and English.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Possibilities for future learning about other plants and growing. Because of the Auckland drought, saving and collecting water.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? students learnt about vegetables that they had never heard of before. Because they grew them they were willing to give them a try.

“The Children really enjoyed planting their seeds, loved watching the soil expand they thought it was magic. Then eagerly checking daily for growth. It really kept there interest and they were amazed at the different plants how different the leaves looked and the rate of growth. then finally getting to take them home.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Measuring growth of plants.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Enviro learning, gardening around the school

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Gave students an understanding of where vegetables come from.

“The children loved the code crackers. They enjoyed growing the plants.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? We looked at growing and what plants need to grow while we grew our seeds. We also looked at cooking and trying different recipes.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Looking more into the science behind growing as well as more cooking experiences.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They can tell you about the benefits of eating vegetables and tried many different vegetables. They also learnt the names for lots of different vegetables.

“What a great school kit! Out class really enjoyed this and loved doing the challenges to become Little Garden League Members.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Science, reading, writing we also did lots of play around making gardens and ways to look after things including veges as this was a great prompt

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Lots of our kids then wanted to be part of the enviro group at school and look after the gardens and plant new veges.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They were keen to try new veges! We brought in new veges to try and roasted them in the oven for them too.

“Little Gardens was great, lots of hands on activities that the kids loved. The code crackers were a great idea and kept the kids guessing! We really enjoyed the planting and growing, they are now in our school garden.”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? How to look after and care for living things. Food from around the world. How a seed transforms into something else.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Share food that we have grown with the community. What other plants/seeds etc can we grow in our school. What plants will attract wildlife.

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? The students gained an understanding that they could eat and use fruits and vegetables in a variety of ways, mixed with olther foods. They also understood howbmany fruits and/or veggies thay should eat in a day.

“What a great kit for our Year 3 and Year 4 students. The activities were well suited to them and they were fun for the students. I love that the activities were hands on as well. Joe”

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In what ways did this kit give opportunity for cross-curricular learning? Science. We are also a eco school

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Planting in our garden and eating the hard work

In what ways has this kit improved students awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? How you can grow your own food

“It was a good to teach the children about planting. We did this near the end of term 3 so kids took them home..sorry for the lack of photos”

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