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 - statistics and measurement english - writing observations art - drawing observations science - living world

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 were able to learn more about where food comes from

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? students were able to learn about new vegetables

“Students were very engaged and enjoyed learning about growing plants. We were able to integrate lots of curriculum areas into this project.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“This was a great unit where all of the children were engaged in learning about how to grow and nurture a plant and what a plant needs to survive. Every day the children would rush in to look at their plant and take it outside so it could get some sun in order to grow and water them each day. It was interesting to see how some plants grew quicker than others and had different stems and leaves. The children were very excited to this activity.”

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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? This kit extended into almost all areas of my class. From technology, where our focus was building natural bird houses, to writing where my students were able to use what they had learnt to write captivating descriptive, narrative and technical pieces.

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? Most of my students have shown more curiosity to try more vegetables. When presented with different types of vegetables most would at least try a bite.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Most of my students were able to recognise a variety of vegetables by the end of this kit. Their knowledge expanded from vegetables they see in their home life to recognising vegetables they had not seen in person before.

“This kit fit in perfectly with our Term 3 Junior topic of gardening. This kit allowed me to add an extra layer to this topic in a way that was entertaining, informative, and engaging for my class.”

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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? Maths- card game used for memory. Science- sorting into groups

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 willing to try what they had grown.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? We are still growing them in our school garden. Definitely children have tried new veggies and know more names

“Children enjoyed watching their seedlings grow and how plants grow at different rates. The lettuce was eaten early. It's great showing kids where their veggies come from.”

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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, social sciences, tolerance and resilience in trying new things

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 were well able to discuss which food would give them best energy and keep them healthy. It has not really impacted on what arrives in lunch boxes though as this is more parent driven (6 year olds in my class)

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? luckily, my children already knew the majority of the vegetables before starting this.

“This kit was great. It had lots of practical applications for our current inquiry and tied really well into our "Curiosity (Science) Week". Children have been really engaged. We will continue it into Term 4 to monitor the results”

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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? We used them for science, measurement, writing to keep a log of their growth and care of plants, health and it linked in perfectly with our healthy eating unit this term.

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 aware of where food comes from and how it grows. They are more open to trying some of the different foods in our school lunches. The cant wait to see how they grow in their own homes! We also learned a bit about why vegetables are good for t

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? The students were excited to find new vegetables they hadn't seen or heard of before and were interested in learning about more vegetables. It would have been awesome if New World could have arranged us to get some fresh vegetables to try as well.

“Our class loved growing their seeds. They didn't think they would actually grow, so when they started sprouting, the children were so excited! We have been making observations and drawing the growth of our plants too. They have loved being in the secret club. The badges were a great touch. The resources were amazing and really well made.”

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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? We wrote about our favourite vegetables and read some vegetable related stories.

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 taste testing was fun and we spoke about vegetables being healthy for us

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? We learnt some vegetable names in Maori too

“My new entrants loved learning about vegetables. We tried new vegetables and enjoyed the game sent out. We were all excited to become members of the LGL club. We loved sharing our jokes on the membership application. We also watched some cool time lapse videos on vegetables growing. Our plants are now sprouting and we will take them home at the end of next week.”

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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? Having plans that accompanied this kit with ideas for cross curriculum links would have been great.

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? Improved. But again, lesson plans would have been helpful to truly make this a success.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Much improved but again lesson plans and ideas would have been appreciated

“I have new entrants. Some activities like letter writing are well beyond the abilities in my class. There are no lesson plans with this kit which meant I was having to try and create and adapt resources for this kit to ensure my kids were engaged and experiencing some success. Was a good addition to our school garden program though and got the kids excited about growing things.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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