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. ICT. Literacy. The arts.

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? Hard to fully know and would like to delve deeper next time.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? They got better and loved the fun names. We used a Kahoot to help!

“This is my second time using the kit! It’s awesome. Hands on, great resources. The students love the Spotify playlist - especially the Broccoli song.”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We linked this in a lot with our literacy this term. We wrote letters to Head Quarters and they wrote back to us using the letterbox provided. We didn't use the secret code as this was a bit hard for us Year 1s.

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 are now more aware of the vegetables that they eat and are keen to try more. They identified the vegetables in our school lunches and were encouraging other classes to "Just try it". I know of several families who have taken their seedlings home

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? I found that students were beginning to use the correct vegetable names by the end of the time and reminding each other of what they were called.

“My tamariki loved this kit and were so excited to become part of the Little Garden League. They enjoyed writing letters to Head Quarters and receiving replies. This was great motivation for literacy. The resources are great quality. Children loved to be able to collect the little gardens at New World as well. "I've got broccoli at home as well" or "I don't have thyme yet in my collection" were overheard in conversations between pupils.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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 used maths and writing. Also the children created art around it too.

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? It has given them an opportunity to try different vegetables and they have said they are eating more at home.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? They loved the names of the veggies and could identify all of them.

“It was a very engaging and interesting kit”

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Posted 2 years ago

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 have a school garden which years 5 & 3 use for a programme called Garden to table. My year 1 children have loved learning more about plants, investigating how they grow etc. This has come through in their writing also.

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? It hasn't really. However we have talked about how we can incorporate these items into our dinner etc.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? We have researched pictures of plants and the ones we wanted to know more about.

“My Kids LOVED the school kit. THe kit was great to promote inquiry learning. SInce my children are only 5/6 years old, we stuck to the basics of what a plant is, why we need them, what they can give us, how they grow etc. My class's favourite part was coming in each morning to see how much they have grown! The only downside to this kit (this year) is that because of the nature of the pots, the disintegrate quickly so I had to find my own tray to put them in, but last year?! or the year before, New World & the school kit provided a tray with the grooves for the plants to sit in. Overall, my kids really enjoyed it and has given us plenty of new learning experiences.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“This is a fantastic kit. It is so great that one of every plant is provided, and the teaching notes really help to support the learning. The children found it super exciting to open all of the little plants and discover what they were. The plants become the cornerstone of a unit that will now carry over into Term 4. Lots of excitement, interest and learning. Thank you for providing kits that help to motivate and drive learning!”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

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Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? science- what plants need to grow maths- measuring the water to give them each day and time it took to grow

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 are more excited to try the new things they have grown, even if they haven't tried them before

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? some children did not know all the vegetables to start but this grew as we talked about them and looked for them when cracking our codes

“The children were so excited to open this school kit and really got into being in the LGL. They looked forward to cracking the code each week and growing their seedlings. It worked in well with our school veggie garden refresh too.”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

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Very High

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Writing about our seeds growing and drawing our seeds. Discussions around lunchbox healthy eating and creating/ designing meals. Counting the sprouts that came up in each of the little containers.

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? My Year ones enjoyed planting the seeds and watching them grow. We did healthy eating in Term 1, so this was a recap - how planting seeds grow into veges that we eat / buy from the store. Because it is spring we incorporated the "Growing" into learning ar

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Most of the little sprouts "seemed" to look the same to my year one's so they were hard to identify. However I had the names of the seeds written on popsicle sticks stuck into the pots for identification.

“My Year ones enjoyed planting the seeds and watching them grow. We received our kit late and have only just planted our seeds which sprouted last week. There is great excitement each morning when they arrive to see which has sprouted overnight and how many. They are looking forward to taking them home at the end of term to plant into their own vege gardens at home. They enjoyed the little stickers and these all went onto their lunchboxes. They liked posting things in the letter box - this is a novelty as I think most do not post letters so this was a lot of fun. Thanks! :)”

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Posted 2 years ago

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 have used this kit for topic inquiry, mathematics (measurement of growth), writing (process of plantation and observations of growth) and we have also based our showcase performance that includes dancing and sing that we are doing next week around the

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 now have more of an understanding as to why we have healthy lunches provided at school and the importance of healthy eating for their futures.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? All students are able to identify the difference between each vegetable plant.

“Students were very engaged throughout the term and are loving seeing their little garden grow.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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