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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them I didn’t know what an aubergine was. I liked learning about the farm machines.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The lego. The kids made it and played with it and there was so much chatter about what the parts of things were and veges etc. esp for my special needs kids.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Know where food comes from. We are a town school. Some kids have never been to an orchard or farm.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? The oral language was massive! Also the key competencies.

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In what ways did your supplement your classroom Bricks Farm? Other school staff brought in Bricks from home

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“One of the best kits! The lego was the hit in the classroom. Great play based learning about farms, machines and food.”

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Posted 1 year ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them Student 1 - I liked building the truck with my big buddy. He helped me. He showed me how to do the tricky parts.Students 2 - I have some of these at home, not all of them. It was hard to make but I kept trying

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The Te Reo aspects was very helpful for me as I am early on in my te reo journey. They were easy to use and something that I will use with future classes.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The oral language that come from all the discussions around who had these at home, while building the different things and through the play that continues everyday has been valuable. .

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? As we are a Structured literacy school and follow a scope and sequence our literacy looks completely deferent now to what it has been in the past. We did not do any writing based off the bricks but we did do a lot of orally - we know that oral language is the stepping stone of literacy so it has played a vital part this way.

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In what ways did your supplement your classroom Bricks Farm? Brought in Bricks Farms pieces from home, Reached out to local Countdown for surplus Bricks

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“The Farm Bricks kit was a really engaging and age-appropriate kit for my class. The Te Reo aspect was at a level that our students even as New Entrants could attempt. Some of the building of the larger vehicles were a bit hard for my class but we got the help from some older students which was a great way to build relationships. We have used the materials in our class almost every day since completing the activities so the materials (lego) itself is something that is practical. The activities are well thought out and easy to follow.”

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Posted 1 year ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them Liked building with them, Enjoyed working cooperatively to build the farm vehicles to start with

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The vehicles, because they were the basis of what happens on the farm

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Copoperation - working together towards a common gaol

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? For my classroom this was more oral language than that of written language. Provided them with a context and different vocabulary than that the might ordinarily have and or use.

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In what ways did your supplement your classroom Bricks Farm? Brought in Bricks Farms pieces from home, Students brought in Bricks Farm pieces from home

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“I utilised the lego bricks as part of our morning discovery. The students loved engaging with each other, planning what was going to happen on the farm etc.”

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Posted 1 year ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them I liked making the truck. I enjoyed playing with the farm during class time

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The making of the farm itself, very hands on.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? They learnt all about a variety of farms and how each one operates differently

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? We looked at farming books and read about farms during our time building the farm

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In what ways did your supplement your classroom Bricks Farm? Students brought in Bricks Farm pieces from home

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“The students loved the brick farm and creating their own classroom farm by building it themselves. They liked the game but enjoyed making the farm more.”

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them I liked building the farm to show what it looks like in real life.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The building of the farm - my children love building/construction/lego so this was a big hit

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? How farming impacts New Zealand

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? We did lots of reading and writing about the learning we did on farming in NZ and made connections to our school bricks kit

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In what ways did your supplement your classroom Bricks Farm? Brought in Bricks Farms pieces from home, Students brought in Bricks Farm pieces from home

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“My year 1's absolutely loved the Bricks Farm kit - it came at the perfect time when we were doing farming as our topic and learning how farms can provide food etc. We visited a farm as a school trip and the children were able to replicate these using the bricks kit.”

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Posted 1 year ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them I loved trying to follow the instructions to make everything. I had to get the help of the Keas sometimes though. Lego is so much fun.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Just the fact that the kits had limitless opportunities for creativity. The discussions had when children were building the lego initally were awesome. This term they have been using the lego to share their learning about Farm Safety.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The power to express oneself creatively!

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Ability to express themselves creatively.

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In what ways did your supplement your classroom Bricks Farm? Brought in Bricks Farms pieces from home

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“Our wee class had such a fabulous time with the Bricks Farm.”

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Posted 1 year ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them This is a fun school kit. They should do more of these kits because I really like them and it helps me with my learning and te reo. I didn't know writing could be so much fun.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? It was great for story starters and introducing basic maori sentence structures.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The engagement of the kit and that it was hands on. The boys really enjoyed this kit.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? That they learnt along side the kit.

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In what ways did your supplement your classroom Bricks Farm? Brought in Bricks Farms pieces from home

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“The children in Room 6 were very engaged in this kit. Because they had seen it before at countdown it got them interested straight away.”

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Posted 1 year ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them I like the brick farm because it is like my koros farm wjere i see the animals.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The construction side of the kits was the best for team building.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? They niw have different perspectives of some of their classmates from working withnthem

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Some of them have whaanau that live on farms so a nice connection for discussion.

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In what ways did your supplement your classroom Bricks Farm? Brought in Bricks Farms pieces from home, Other school staff brought in Bricks from home

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“What a great resource, the hours of conversation and role play that have come from the bricks has been amazing. Seeing how stydents collaborate to problem solve together, has really been beneficial to their relationships”

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Posted 1 year ago