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? Maths, Writing, Science

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 cannot wait for the seedlings to grow so they can try their vegetables. Some for the first time!

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Great impact.

“What an awesome kit.”

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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? Science - living world Reading

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? Haven't really had the chance to let this be impacted yet, but they are looking foward to having some of these vegetable for their Christmas dinners!

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? We know about many more vegetables now. Students were able to share their knowledge with eachother, and between them, they had it sorted.

“The class really bought into the Little Garden Leage. They were super excited to see all of the seeds turn up. We dug an old copy of Yates from the back of the resource cupboard, and have been working out the best time to plant each kind of seeds. We have also planned our school garden for the season.”

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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? Maths with the tracking of when the seeds sprouted, health and pe with a focus on nutrition and healthy eating and science with a focus on germination

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? -

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The kids hadn't heard of many of the seeds we had so they've come away with a good understanding of the various vegetables now

“The kids in my class absolutely loved the little garden learning! They loved being part of the little garden league and have enjoyed watching their garden grow.”

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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 incorporated it into our inquiry which was about structures (plant structure) as well as into our writing and maths.We did a diary about our growing plants and measured them to see how they had grown. We also used it with the learning of the vegetables

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 used the kit as an opportunity to try and eat a vegetable on the list that we had not tried before. Even if we did not think that we would like it.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The loved the names and found some very funny as we have children in the who have the same names as some of the vegetables.

“We absolutely loved the Little garden kit. It is so user friendly and the Year 1 students are able to relate very well to it. We loved the new names of the vegetables and herbs.”

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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? Shared as part of a cross school initiative which helped promote manaaki

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 engaged with eating stuff they have grown

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Kids amazed you can eat so much of the plants

“Kids love these kits”

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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 linked to science and art.

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 discussed what was healthy. This had very little impact on what kai was in lunchboxes. They know what is healthy but eat what Whanau provide.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Students could describe and name many vegetables during this kit's implementation

“My students loved working on this kit. It generated interesting conversations and students were keen to get involved.”

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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? There were cross-curricular links between reading, writing, science and maths.

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? Every morning a different student would tell their peers of a different vegetable they tried at home. There was a lot of mana around this.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Some students at the beginning of the unit could only identify a couple of vegetables but as we explored the topic further they could name up to 10 vegetables.

“My class loved using and learning about this kit. There was a lot of excitement around learning about new vegetables and how plants grow. Every day the students would check the plants to see if there was any change.”

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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? Links to writing - sounding out and blending names of veggies, hunting the room (for the poster) with how to spell names of veggies.

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 excitement of seeing a seed growing has positively impacted our ability to name foods and describe tastes. We are excited to talk about what veggies we prefer.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The game was a great resource to support this learning.

“Our Kōhanga was so excited to explore the contents of the box. It was a fantastic opportunity to collaborate during our plant unit and put into practice much of our learning. The game was superbly effective at opening up discussion around names and tastes of vegetables. We got quite competitive!”

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Posted 2 years ago

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