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? I think it was the class disscussion around growing food to eat and not being reliant on supermarkets and others to ensure we are nourished.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The children loved the different varietys of vegatables and the shapes that cam out of the groud gave us endless ideas for art but over all the children gained ahuge understanding of how vegtables look and taste.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We have used our garden as a sustainability project promoting ability to grow to eat. We used science (*as it is our topic) in cooking and how we can transform and change a pumpkin into soup. The children wish to continue to plant our gardend and we are c

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Science Writing and Outdoor Ed.

“We loved it, taking the seedlings to saplings and then putting them in our garden. We have just harvested everything and today we had soup for lunch. The children were so proud of their harvest and we have some left over. We took some to the KOHA shed in town and we are selling a few at our gate to buy a game for our classroom. There have been so many learning pathways with this and it has been a wonderful journey. A great example of care and Mahi to reap rewards”

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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? More knowledge

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Supported new knowledge

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Link to garden club

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Links to science and health and literacy

“Great kit to support learning about healthy foods and mara kai”

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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? Children were discussing their healthy snacks with each other during the day

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Many children learnt so many names of vegetables that they didn't know existed.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? I have children bringing in seeds to grow together in the classroom

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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

“My class loved being involved in this! They loved getting to be part of every process, and we had many parents coming in with their excited children.”

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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? Students learnt that we have a eat a rainbow of coloured vegetables in our diet to be healthy.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Students were able to watch their seedlings develop into vegetables and this helped them to identify a variety of vegetabels

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We will be doing this unit of learning again next year as it was a great success.

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We did writing - saying how we planted our seeds. maths - They students measured their seedlings growing

“Very beneficial to talk about the garden and where food comes from and for students to engage in the process of growing their own food which healthy.”

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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? The children were able to discuss nutrition in relation to their lunchbox food.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? It enabled children to try new vegetables that they haven't tried before. This also helped them be able to identify vegetables.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Not applicable

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Healthy Eating and Technology

“Interactive and hands on. Children highly engaged and allowed participation with home.”

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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? Knowledge of different vegetables!

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Great. Lots of fun activities

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? -

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Writing, Art, Maths, Topic

“Our students AND teachers are always so excited to see our LIttle Gardens arrive in the mail...One of the highlights of our year! Thank you!”

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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? Brainfood choices were made that were wonderful

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? We did lots of sorting and thinking about healthy choices

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Learning more about what we eat and how it gets into our lunchbox. We even talked about recycling and litter free options

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Science, English, Maths, Health

“This was such a wonderful resource for hands on learning. The children loved getting their hands on to it and were very excited.”

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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 have used the kit to make links between the nutritional elements of vegetables and how they benefit our bodies.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The exposure to growing vegetables themselves has definitely enhanced students knowledge of the range of different vegetables.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We would like to continue growing vegetables from scratch and developing our garden to table programme.

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? We were able to make links to science, literacy and maths.

“We have thoroughly enjoyed having the Little Garden School Kit as part of our term unit on Kaitiakitanga, teaching children to nurture and care for plants so that they will, in turn, nurture and care for us. it is a great vehicle also for teaching children about health, nutrition and where their kai comes from.”

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