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 drew pictures of our seeds growing and then wrote a diary about the growth. We painted pictures of vegetables. In science we learnt about what seeds need 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? We had a vegetable morning tea which was very successful.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Some children didn't know the names of all the vegetables and now they do.

“What a great kit for my Y2 class. The kids loved watching their seed grow and recording the growth. They enjoyed learning about what is required for plants to grow. An awesome kit that was highly engaging and interesting.”

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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? Technology: making vegetable quiche. Science: parts of a plant, conditions of growth. Maths: measuring the height of plants. Maori: introducing some Maori names and colours of the vegetables

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

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Discussed the vegetables we are growing and the ones we have in our school lunches. We promote 5 bites to try with our lunches. Students love hummus and carrot sticks in their lunches.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The more they played vege patch match, the more they started to name the vegetables. They could band the vegetables that were in their lunches each day too,

“This is the 2nd time I have used this kit and it was still amazing. Our students loved learning about the secret club, joking it, cracking the codes and of course planting the little gardens. Every day they were eager to come in and water their plants and loved playing vege patch match”

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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? The code crackers were good for a literacy activity

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

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Not a huge impact seen yet, but we want to do more cooking after we grow more seedlings, so hopefully then!

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Definitely some more awareness to different vegetables!

“My class loved this resource. It was easy to use and really got the kids engaged! Its so nice to be able to provide them with their own little seed to take home too.”

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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? Link with our environment inquiry, Lorax and council tread lightly programme

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 students were excited to grow their own plant and hopefully eat their produce.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The cards were quite hard for year 0, but we talked about the plants

“My yr 0 class loved this. It fitted perfectly with our environment inquiry. I also have a few children that have trouble leaving their parents in the morning, so watering the plants has become their daily morning routine. Fantastic!”

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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? Lot's of writing opportunities.

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? Lot's more excietment around healthy eating!

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Some improvement.

“The learners were really excited to plant. They also really enjoyed the way that they joined the club. We would have liked to have had more activities especially what to do after we have planted the plants. Generally a great kit.”

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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? As mentioned above.

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? By making them aware of veges and herbs they haven’t heard from before. Growing their own adds ownership to them as well.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Yes! Not a whole lot of knowledge in my class. The stickers and characters helped with engagement learning the vege names.

“My new entrant class enjoyed this kit. I’ve previously done this kit with year 1/2s so it was nice to see the children experience it at different levels. They loved seeing the mailbox arrive and submit their applications. At this age I needed to fill out a lot of the text answers for them. Maybe look at a more simple version for new entrants? They all loved seeing the soil grow as they added water. Some needed reminding to plant the seeds during the process and one child broke their soil container as they planted their seeds by using a bit too much pressure. They enjoyed seeing them germinate and it fitted in well to our inquiry of solids,liquids and gases through the water cycle.”

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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? Become part of our discovery/play based learning programme - Garden to Table

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

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In what ways has this kit improved student awareness of nutrition and healthy eating? Good - students are now trying, talking about new foods - linked to Garden to Table programme also

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Lots - they talked about vegetables they did not know about before

“Hands on learning - which was great”

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Posted 2 years ago

“We loved being part of this Little Garden League. We have been learning about CHANGE and being kaitiaki. Taking care of our little gardens has helped teach and develop understanding for us in these areas. Thank you for giving us the opportunity.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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