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What cross curricular learning opportunities arose from using Nature as the context? Growth rates for the kowhai as well as ideal planting spacing - this worked well in a rich task that we used for DMIC maths. Of course there's lots of art around representing nature visually too.

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How has the kit impacted you and your students feelings toward nature? It's less of a mystery to my students and they're much more curious about it.

What were the benefits of using Nature as a context for learning? [your form must be broken because I did fill this out in the email version??] We are a suburban school and while we do have parks around us, it's not the norm for the kids to go out and experience them regularly. This kit starts conversations that spark c

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“My year 7/8 class love this kit. We're still working through it. Planting the kowhai seeds early on was really good and somehow we wound up with nearly a 100% germ rate which was very exciting! We've loved checking in on them each day.”

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What cross curricular learning opportunities arose from using Nature as the context? Oral language

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How has the kit impacted you and your students feelings toward nature? Perhaps more of an appreciation of the effort that is required to nurture, plant etc. to create more trees in our world. The realisation that it would be easier, to just not chop them down in the first place.

What were the benefits of using Nature as a context for learning? We try to teach about sustainability, but its important to come back to the basics, such as nature and its own resources.

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“I think the Nature Spaces kit was a great idea, it was unfortunate in the timing of NZ going into lockdown. However, all was not lost. The afternoon we found out we would not be returning the following day, we had just one hour with the students to prepare them for what learning was going to be looking like for them. In that time, we handed out the kowhai seedling kits for the students to take home, prepare and nurture (for however long necessary!) During our class 'Google Meets' we would show our seedling growth progressions. Some made it. Some didn't it. We are now nurturing them further at school with the intention of planting when they are stronger.”

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What cross curricular learning opportunities arose from using Nature as the context? Maths - stats and graphing

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How has the kit impacted you and your students feelings toward nature? A lot of motivation to continue to monitor the area and have urban pest control

What were the benefits of using Nature as a context for learning? practical learning experiences outside - my group love being active

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“This kit was easy to access and use for my independent Year Sixes! We have a native garden at school that we accessed and looked closely at that - the things we miss! The practical elements of this kit were great - the tracking tunnel and chew cards were easy to make independently and place around the garden area. We didn't do much in the way of poetry as the kids were excited to do practical learning.”

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What cross curricular learning opportunities arose from using Nature as the context? We complete reading around moon phases, pests and native wildlife.

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How has the kit impacted you and your students feelings toward nature? The students began to appreciate their space at space and also their nature spaces at home.

What were the benefits of using Nature as a context for learning? All students were able to connect with nature in some way even during lockdown home learning.

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“There were elements of this kit that the students really enjoyed, they loved learning about the kowhai seeds and seeing them grow. They also enjoyed spending time in there nature space and surveying what they could find, we used this element during home-learning due to lockdown. The students have throughly enjoyed tracking in their own nature spaces and identifying pests has fitted in well with our programme with the forest bridge trust.”

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What cross curricular learning opportunities arose from using Nature as the context? Started to read and research about nature and looked into bugs too.

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How has the kit impacted you and your students feelings toward nature? They enjoy being in nature a lot more. As our first trip to our nature space they came back and were washing the leaves and sticks because they were dirty. Now they are comfortable to explore nature and learn more about it too.

What were the benefits of using Nature as a context for learning? Students learnt what plants need to grow.

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“This kit really helped my kids to understand more about nature. They took care of their nature space and were engaged with their learning.”

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What cross curricular learning opportunities arose from using Nature as the context? Science: exploring space, living world, climate change Health and PE: positive mindset, gratefulness, thankfulness. English: Extending vocabulary

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How has the kit impacted you and your students feelings toward nature? I was amazed at the sense of ownership and responsibility the students showed over their seedlings. They are tremendously proud of their achievement in getting the seeds to germinate. I aim to foster and grow this sense of responsibility to extend to taki

What were the benefits of using Nature as a context for learning? Nature is all around us and it has brought the students to the realization that we just have to take notice. This has tied in well with our gratitude and thankfulness discussions this term.

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“Thank you for a fantastic kit. My year 5 and 6 students loved learning about the phases of the moon and tracking the movement of the planets across our sky. This favourite part of the kit was planting the seeds and waiting for them to germinate. I am proud to say we have tiny little kowhai trees in our classroom now!”

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What cross curricular learning opportunities arose from using Nature as the context? This has lead to science investigations on the moisture in the soil and if the areas they are wanting to develop into a native area will support native trees.

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How has the kit impacted you and your students feelings toward nature? They have grown more empathy towards the protection of our schools vegetation. Their passion has lead to other children taking an interest in the group as well.

What were the benefits of using Nature as a context for learning? The benefits that have arisen from this is they are now wanting to create an entire native area within the school to attract birds. It also allowed them to think critically about their environment and what would happen if flowering native plants were not

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“My group of enviro children loved this kit. There was everything that you needed to grow the Kowhai seeds and it was well thought out and prepared. The instructions were clear and easy to follow. We enjoyed the collaboration this created in the group and the conversations that ensued.”

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What cross curricular learning opportunities arose from using Nature as the context? Writing - lots of writing opportunities and students were quite motivated because of the relevant, real-life context for writing.

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How has the kit impacted you and your students feelings toward nature? Greater appreciation for caring for our environment.

What were the benefits of using Nature as a context for learning? Relates to real-life experiences, students can develop kaitiakitanga.

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“Great kit, excellent resources provided. Students have enjoyed caring for the space we identified, and the kowhai seeds are growing well so far!”

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