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? Great discussions on which are our favourite veges and how we eat them - two thirds of the class are from other cultures and so we have loved looking up images of the food and sharing views from our lunch boxes. bo

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Definitely improving - it was quite an adventure to see which ones we could identify after the labels were watered frequently.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Maths - growing in rows - mult/div, time - guessing how long the plants would take to appear, observation - science skillskills

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Researching, reading, writing, maths, science

“What a success - the learners were hooked from the start and could not get enough of the planting and monitoring growth - parents and whanau supported us too. We even got tomatoes recently. Our corn suffered too much loving care and died sadly but we are following up on the different types of corn in our science unit this term.”

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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? A all year round kit

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Good

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Love ground things from seed

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Matirirki

“The little garden was great. It would be great to get them 1st and 4th term”

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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? Tamariki took the plants home to grow and learnt recipes for vegetables.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? They could quickly identify vegetables.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We have a school garden and the kit met the needs of our school kitchen garden. We would use it again.

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 and Literacy

“The tamariki in Huatea loved the little garden League. The activity could be done independently, children were self motivated and also used the kit during play.”

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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? Very!!!! Watching from seedling to plant and edible

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Veryso many

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? So many

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Lots......geography, and gardening tips..........I've even learnt a whole lot with this box

“This was amazing and all kids got to take their seedlings 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? Extended the children understanding of health foods and where it comes from.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Very good espectically when they could see them growing daily and the fact they got to take them home.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The school has taken on a tak where we now have a school garden adn the children respect the gardens.

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? Whenua and kai, Math time and measurment , sequence writing. I had taken pics however for some reason i can not add them becasue they will not download from our Scool drive.

“In 2022 our year 3 and 4 class completed the little garden.That kids learnt that eating vegetables is cool It was awesome seeing them grow from a small seed. it was fun to water the plants daily It was fun planting them and mushing up the dirt and seeing the dirt expand in the water.”

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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? They were interested in learning more.

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Very well

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Building a community Maara kai

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Literacy, Maths, Reading

“It was such a great resources that my class was well engaged with and learnt a lot about kai, how it is grown, how to harvest and how to prepare it for their whanau.”

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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? An understanding of the choices we have for a healthy optio espcially for a snackn

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Some were able to name them all and some learnt new ones.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We watched our corn grow and take about the while process from seed through to edible parts of a plant. We cared for and discussed the responsibility of looking after vegetables and plants.

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 procedural text. Drawing dia g rams and labeling. Literacy and maths activities to do with descriptions and characteristics of vegetables

“Plants- vegetables in this case are Hugely attractive to all little children. Little garden provided hands on opportunities and information to support children learning how they can identify andgrow their own vegetables and share worth others.”

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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? Recognising what veggies look like growing, harvested, and prepared for meals

How successful was this kit in promoting student ability to identify vegetables? Good

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Cooking, and home grown meal alternatives to take-aways & snacks

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? Measurement, calendars, recipe's, home grown vs takeaway costs (time, money, effort)

“We grew little garden seeds, investigated and created healthy eating alternatives to popular takeaway dishes, and lunch snacks. We analysed the school lunches and discussed what ingredients we could change/add to make them better. We measured the growth of each plant, and collected seeds from the fully grown plants in Feb and worked out how many new plants we could grow and how much space they would need at school.”

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Posted 1 year ago

Little Garden League 22 Reviews