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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them Designing the garden, organising and classifying vege. Creating a hierarchy of workers to harvest, coordinate and transport produce.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The trucks and the fruit and veges boxes as the kids were able to really interact with them.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Collaborative skills and an interest in gardens and produce.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Oral language was the focus for our brand new 5 yr olds

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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 bricks were set up as part of our morning rotations. The focus of the activity was for students to interact with the resource with cooperative skills and oral language as a focus.”

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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 Not used

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Not used

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Not used

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Not used

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“I’m really sorry but time got away with me this year. I was overseas and then off with ill health so I haven’t used the bricks. I did get my TA to assemble them but didn’t put them out in class. If it is ok with you I will use them with my new class next year.”

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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 Enjoyed the hands on learning and the ability to be able to do the activities independently

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? It helped them learn about our inquiry topic that was about farming and where our food comes from etc.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Hands on learning

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? lots of oral conversations, discussions and learning through play

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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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“The bricks farm 23 was a great resource in the classroom.”

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Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The lego!!! Kids loved the lego.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? We have kupu Māori, and vocabulary in English that we can used for oral language and writing.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? We developed our oral language when we learnt then used the vocabulary together with speaking frames.

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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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“We loved using the kit to grow our kupu Māori knowledge in the junior class.”

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them They loved how engaging it was.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? All of it was great!

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Interactive learning for the future.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Related directly to other learning areas.

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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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“Great, kids enjoyed interacting with them.”

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them "Whaea I love Lego it makes me want to learn." "Whaea, we should do our learning all the time like this"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The bricks and different farm components.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? How much learning can take place using bricks.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? The kids loved learning about the different areas of farming and what roles each one includes. A lot of children didn't have much knowledge about farming prior so the vocabulary was awesome.

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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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“An awesome resource that had my tamariki totally engaged.”

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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 They loved working together with others in a team to build. The ākonga enjoyed the draw it part.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The Te Reo cards. It provided a new and different way for the the students to learn these words.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The conversation and building of oral language skills.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Students also had access to other resources eg junior readers about bees etc to develop their knowledge further and used it for writing too.

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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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“The students loved using the bricks to create and build. It was a great way for our tamariki to build their oral language skills.”

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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 lego with my friends because we got to work together and learn how food gets to the supermarket.' 'It was fun working with my friends and then putting it all together. It helped me understand how food gets to the shop after reading the journal story' (about kumara).)

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? For my Year 2 class it was definitely the making of the component parts and working with their friends to do this. They were so excited, even the ones who had some at home. A lot of Key Competencies were covered here - Relating to Others, Thinking, Participating and Contributing. The Te Reo name cards were also a great resource.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Apart from helping the kids work together towards a common goal (the successful making of their component part), I think the integration of planting (another hands on activity) and reading the Junior Journal story will help them to appreciate where our food actually comes from and how it gets to the supermarket.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? We looked at books on growing and planting and wrote about what we had done. The most helpful literacy resource was a journal article in Journal Journal 63 called Kumara - Behind the Scenes. It was so perfect for this kit. There was also a comprehension resource on Twinkl to supplement it. The combination of article and hands on play really helped the children to visualise and understand the process.

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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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“Soon after my kit arrived I had to take medical leave, so set the kit aside which at the time was such a shame as everyone was super excited! We (my Year 2 class) finally got back to the kit in the second half of Term 4 and the timing could not have been more perfect. I was able to integrate Technology (the actual making of the kit items in groups) with Science (planting of spring/ summer seeds), Literacy (through a Junior Journal Article which the children were more able to access as their reading had progressed) and Te Reo with the naming of vegetables on cards provided by the kit. We felt super lucky to receive this kit as it hooked in all learners with the hands on aspect.”

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Posted 1 year ago