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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them - daily writing, incorporating experiences, lists, opinion pieces and how to's... -creative art pieces, interpreting and detailing individual learning. -insights into where our food comes from and student suggestions as to 'where to next..."we should plan

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Definitely building, playing with, and learning about all of the 'machinery' involved in the kit - this was a huge one for our boys in the class who were super engaged from start to finish. It gave them a hands on learning experience from reading the plan

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The tamariki love it, and still play with it daily. The impact on our tamariki developing key competencies has been brilliant.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Lots of discussion about new vocabulary and their meaning, story telling, writing - using the key word tiles, the 'thing, that, for' cards, and the array of video clips and books provided. Lots of talk, play, story telling and writing about fruit and veg

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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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“Apologies for the delay in reviewing! The big box elicited huge anticipation from our tamariki, and oh the excitement when we opened it! It was tricky for many of my Year 2 class to put together, and with the help of tuakana who were capable readers, and some problem-solving in small groups, the Bricks Farm 23 was put together (and some of my own stash added :) ). Lots of activities and a bit of overwhelm as to where to start...but with it all set up the key competencies were already being developed, conversation was flowing and tamariki in their element i.e. PLAY! Students were familiar with some of the animals/vegetables/machinery, so learning them in te reo Māori was another level. Lots of sorting, discussion about new vocabulary and their meaning, story telling, writing, and maths - using the key word tiles, the 'thing, that, for' cards, and the array of video clips and books provided. We were able to transfer our learning and learning process to our EOTC topic (the Zoo), and it worked brilliantly to be able to ask questions, discuss, compare and contrast. Thank you School Kit for another fun, idea-packed and engaging box of experiences and learning opportunities.”

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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 “My favourite part was driving the tractor along the roads to pick up the fruit and eggs”. “My favourite part was matching the labels to the different Lego items”

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? I found the online forum and website really use full. So many ideas and resources to use

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? We are a “town school” and I was surprised how many kids knew little to nothing about farm life and where our food comes from.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Well, we did lots of writing and discovery time around this area. We made posters too

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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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“We loved this kit and the children still use it a lot in my classroom. We used the resources in the box and it worked out that they could build something big with their buddy. This was a big hit. The bingo game was awesome and we created other games like ‘I spy’ and ‘charades’. So much fun!”

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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 1: I loved how we got to create so many different areas and use our design skills.2: I thought that the games we got to play were fun, it wasn't even like we were learning because it was so much fun

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? I loved the dice game with the literacy instruction on it. This was what most of the kids wanted to stasrt with each day we got to use the kit.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? That you can learn in so. many different ways, even while having fun

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? We have a few farm children in the class and they were great at guiding othersaround language they could or should use. farming is such a big part of NZ so this was great fun and led to many different areas we are going to explore later in the year.

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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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“Engaging and fun”

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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 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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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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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