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Bricks Farm 23 Reviews

4.7 Rating 866 Reviews
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them Cooperation and working together
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? constructed the farm buildings with their older buddies - tuakana teina
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? We will continue to bring out the kit from time to time
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? We looked at books about farm animals and had conversations around where produce came from etc
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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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Thanks for the kit - it was enjoyed by all members of the class
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Posted 2 years ago
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them Fun to put together . I don't have these at home
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The blocks
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Keep using it
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Some come from farms
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In what ways did your supplement your classroom Bricks Farm? Students brought in Bricks Farm pieces from home, Other school staff brought in Bricks from home
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The kids loved it
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Posted 2 years ago
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them We love the farm We had to work together to build the tractor
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The little prices that the kids could use for a range of imaginative play. They loved sorting and creating pretend shops
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The ability to think outside the box
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Oral literacy, negotiation and expressing their ideas was great
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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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The kids loved the amazing kit, the imaginative play that came from the kit was amazing.
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Posted 2 years ago
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them I wonder what is inside. Feel it to see. Lets make a farm
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The whole kit was superb
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Curiosity
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Oral discussions about what is inside including what they think they have and why e.g. what can they feel. Written description about what they thought they had. Descriptions of what they actually had.
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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 children LOVED the farm bricks. We used them to feel the packages and write about what they think they have inside. They were so excited to open them up and see. Also, they loved using these to create farms and engage in our play based setting.
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Posted 2 years ago
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them Jed age 7 - I like making farms with them because I love farms. Henry age 6 - I like making the vehicles for the farm because they are a challenge.
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The bricks because everyone can access them at their own level of creativity and make their own connections between learning areas.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? An opportunity to make connections between formal and informal learning opportunities and reinforce learning in their own creative way.
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? The kit worked well as our Storytelling unit focused on Wool in New Zealand so the children were learning about farming in real life. They were then able to role play what they had seen and read about though the brick kit. At the New Entrant age level Or
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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, Other school staff brought in Bricks from home
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We have loved adding the Brick Farm 23 kit to our play-based learning area. Lots of the tamariki have come and gone from the area, some perservere to make the more complicated vehicles, some prefer to make paddocks with animals and role-play being a farmer, others create completely new projects. When using the bricks the tamariki are using our school values of "Power Thinker" to come up with ways to solve problems, they are being "Team Players" working with others to complete a project and negotiating turns with particular bricks and they have to be "Self Managers" to look after the bricks and keep them together in their storage spot so that we can continue to use and learn with them. The learning began from the day the bricks arrived as we predicted the number of bags and what would be inside, sorted and counted different items and made some rules for working with the bricks. A great resource all round.
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Posted 2 years ago
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them I got to make something on my own. it was fun to build, i liked the game
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Lego pieces as they helped to fine tune their fine motor skills
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Future building and fun
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Learning about farming was new for a lot of the children. As i come from a farming background i was able to teach through this.
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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, Other school staff brought in Bricks from home
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The children in my class loved unboxing and making the kit. They enjoyed playing with it daily and it is still a hit in the classroom
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Posted 2 years ago
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them “I’ve never done anything like this before” “this odd challenging but fun”
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Building the vehicles as could do lots of team work
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? They will continue coming back to this for years to come
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Links to books were have read and writing we did
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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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This countdown brick set was incredible. My class loved the cooperative work building these and kept going back to them to rebuild throughout the term.
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Posted 2 years ago
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them "the best part is the animals because I can use them and pretend they are the animals at my house" "I liked the bits that used Maori and I learned new words while having fun"
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Bilingual components
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? most effective at building social skills in my class, which have been slow in development, due to this age group ( current year4) being most effected by school closure due to lockdowns.
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Making connections back to home life and triggering discussions about known topics (we are based in agricultural and cropping areas)
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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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Loved this Bricks set. Lots of collaborative working to complete tasks, even with 8-9 year olds.
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Posted 2 years ago