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What cross curricular learning opportunities arose from using Nature as the context? This kit tied in really well with our studies about native birds, native trees, and Matariki. It linked well to our reading programme, social studies, and maths.

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How has the kit impacted you and your students feelings toward nature? The kit helped students notice, learn, and feel empowered to want to help preserve the natural world around them.

What were the benefits of using Nature as a context for learning? Nature based tasks helped students to reconnect and acknowledge the importance of the natural world around them, and it's impacts on wellbeing.

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“My students really enjoyed this kit. It linked really well to our inquiry, which focused on flora and fauna in New Zealand. The 'Notice This' portion was great at getting them to find beautiful things in nature, and planting the Kowhai trees was a great hands-on experience. The Night Sky portion was great to do during Matariki.”

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What cross curricular learning opportunities arose from using Nature as the context? linked to Matariki learning. linked to Ko au - learning about who we are. Skills - collaborating.

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How has the kit impacted you and your students feelings toward nature? Enforced and re-ignited students existing interest in nature.

What were the benefits of using Nature as a context for learning? Easy to link to other parts of the curriulum. eg. linked easily and authenticly to our Matariki learning. Looking forward to reusing parts of this resource alongside our Maramataka learning next term and beyond.

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“This was an easy to use kit. The teacher manual was straight forward and easy to follow. We were overwhelmed with the 'seeds' and planters resources - very generous. Students were engaged and interested in the resources provided.”

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What cross curricular learning opportunities arose from using Nature as the context? Unfortunately, we didn't get this far

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How has the kit impacted you and your students feelings toward nature? A shame that it was so interupted but they enjoyed the time in nature observing

What were the benefits of using Nature as a context for learning? It got the students into the outdoors and looking at the wonders around them.

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“Thanks for this opportunity. We made a start to this unit but it was interupted due to Covid. We did exploring of spaces and the students took the seeds home to nurture over lockdown - with varying success.”

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What cross curricular learning opportunities arose from using Nature as the context? Literacy mainly

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How has the kit impacted you and your students feelings toward nature? For most of the class it has made them think twice as to how the interact with nature and how 'boring' our school environment is at the moment!

What were the benefits of using Nature as a context for learning? We loved getting outside and exploring!!

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“Room 6 started off with a hiss and roar with this kit. They started off engaged and really keen to make a change to our environment. Unfortuantly, once we started exploring our school we couldn't really find anywhere that captured the kids interest. We planted the seedlings ( and had a few sprout!!) but I struggled to keep the kids engaged. I do think that a lot of this was down to the year we are having and the uncertainty going on as I started this kit just after lockdown. I don't think it was the kit itself but more my class and their involvement with it.”

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What cross curricular learning opportunities arose from using Nature as the context? Journals on predators, plants, trees, bees and conservation. The students really embraced these concepts and allowed us to spend more time on each topic.

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How has the kit impacted you and your students feelings toward nature? They have a better appreciation and respect for the nature around the school and in their own backyard.

What were the benefits of using Nature as a context for learning? We made connections from our readings, videos and daily lives as a context for learning. The best part was when a student was on walk and a stoat and a rat were fighting and they caught it on film. We also had a member of DOC speak to the students.

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“The kids loved the activities. They were well explained and relevant.”

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What cross curricular learning opportunities arose from using Nature as the context? I added detail about this regarding digital technology in the first response.

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How has the kit impacted you and your students feelings toward nature? The notice this activity (which we modified) was particularly helpful in getting students to really focus on their environment and see what they had taken for granted or not even noticed before - felt students really found a connection with nature through

What were the benefits of using Nature as a context for learning? In terms of the disruption caused by COVID, it was a great opportunity to get students to focus on the environment around them / keeping them in the here and now. Very easy to integrate across all curriculum areas, including digital tech - we even did a t

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“Brilliant kit - our whànau got so much out of this. We adapted a number of tasks to suit our needs and added in our own as well. A lot of the activities students were able to do at home during lockdown which was a real bonus as well. The ideas presented in the kit for the learning experiences really helped inspire our teachers to adapt and come up with their own which was great from a creative point of view. The practical element of propagating the kowhai seedlings was a real nice touch - we are going to gift these later on in the year. Students made some mini-greenhouses to grow their seedlings.”

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What cross curricular learning opportunities arose from using Nature as the context? We used poetry and writing as well as reading about different aspects of nature. We connected the sounds of the natural world to our unit about the science of sound. We are in the process of creating a lizard garden to encourage geckos and skinks to find

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How has the kit impacted you and your students feelings toward nature? I feel love for our world and nature. The children felt respect for things such as creatures that were hidden from view in our soil. Imagining sounds within the earth and the poetry of those things. Not all students connected but those that did felt the i

What were the benefits of using Nature as a context for learning? It made the students notice things. See the ordinary or overlooked as intensely interesting. We started looking at how we can create something that supports the goals of sustainability as well as a beginning understanding of biodiversity and its importanc

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“This kit has so much to it. The importance of looking around at your surroundings and thinking about it from different angles, feeling the heart of nature and its beauty is what this kit inspired. Looking at colours and spaces and what we can do with it.”

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What cross curricular learning opportunities arose from using Nature as the context? Art (in the style of NZ artist Sam Clark) with a native bird theme that also linked to the native plants we have around us. Science: Our Enviro-Group - propagating the kowhai seeds, along with our other natives such as native grasses, nikau, totara and ca

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How has the kit impacted you and your students feelings toward nature? Propagating the kowhai seeds and seeing them grow helped our students feel more connection with their surroundings as they planned where they might plant the seedlings. They considered how the trees and buildings would share space, and liked how they were

What were the benefits of using Nature as a context for learning? This was a great resource to get the students thinking about the future. They had to think about who could benefit from the garden they were planning to plant, what species might benefit, how to plan a garden that would beautify the new classrooms being b

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“A great resource to help develop the principle of future focus. Our students (year 8) were motivated to think about ways they could leave their school a better place and enjoyed planning a garden that would beautify their playground.”

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