How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Children learnt how vegetables grew and what they needed to grow. We looked at what they needed to grow as children and talked about trying vegetables in our diet.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Great! Children used their skills to identify vegetables in the community garden

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Taking part in the community garden

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Maths, Literacy, technology

“This was a wonderful resource! I used it with Year ones. They were very excited to grow their own little vegetable, care for them and help them grow. The littel characters and letter box made it extra special and meant I had a lot of engagement in the learning. Our families were also engaged and supported their children's learning.”

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Posted 1 year ago

How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Hopefully the excitement of planting and watching the plants grow will have some impact on their future healthy eating choices.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Only marginally successful

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Building a vegetable garden

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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Neutral

Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Story writing, science, art, listening skills, maths

“The children were loved planting and we’re very excited watching their plants grow.”

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Posted 1 year ago

How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Student only eats puree food. Students have only healthy lunches send from home. Most of the time it is puree vegetables.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? I have a class with very high need students. We used the activity to smell the different leaves and look at pictures to show what the smell is about. We gave the seedlings to the mainstream school to plant in their vegetable garden. My students will often

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? To enjoy the sensory aspect of it, through smelling and experience having their own garden

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Maths. language, Social science

“It was great for the students to see how vegetables grow and one student was able to water the garden on a regular basis until we gave the garden to the mainstream to plant in their garden”

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Posted 1 year ago

How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? We didn't use this as a healthy eating - although we have focused on Hauora this term, so next time I will use more of the resources to compliment our programme.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Sorry, we didn't use this kit for healthy eating, we used it for building relationships

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Discussions on who we play with, including others.

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? P.E doing games to encourage others to play.

“Our class loved the sticker activity. Encouraging students to play with different people in the class, making new friends.”

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Posted 1 year ago

How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? They learnt about different vegetables that they never knew about and what they do for your body.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Was great to have characters with each vegetable.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? seasons

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

Neutral

Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? measurement - numeracy

“This was lovely and great to do with my class, the plants grew successfully and they enjoyed the games and posters.”

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Posted 1 year ago

How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Giving the children a range of veges not normally seen and expensive to buy.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Still struggled with some vege which are quite close when they are seddlings.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Looking carefully at what we grow in our school garden.

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

Neutral

Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Science, literacy with both writing and research.

“We loved the Little Garden League. The children got into the growing and related activities. It was a pity that some of the veges were plants which were not suited to growing in our climate or space. It was great to experiment though.”

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Posted 1 year ago

How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Great discussion around healthy eating

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Very successful

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Unsure as students have moved onto another year level

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

Neutral

Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Maths, Science, Inquiry, Literacy, Technology

“The children really enjoyed doing this”

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Posted 1 year ago

How successful was this kit in building student recognition of vegetables?

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Lots of talk of healthy foods, students sharing their favourites.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? They could identify from the pictures, but we didn't get actual veggies in time for the end of the school year.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Science - how plants grow, what they need to grow. Healthy eating habits led into how to keep our bodies healthy (washing hands, cleaning teeth, etc)

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

Neutral

Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Some writing activities.

“The students loved the plants and the extra activities in the kit. Unfortunately, due to us starting in term 4 we got to watch the plants grow but did not get to share any produce that came from it as everyone was on holiday. We sent plants home with the students, but very few of them managed to keep them alive long enough to get any veggies to eat.”

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Posted 1 year ago

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