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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them "I loved making the lego farms" "My favourite part was drawing my farm"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The physical side of it-the lego and the Te reo activities, game cards

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The exciting side of learning about farming and the links across the curriculum

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? The kit had links to podcasts videos etc which allowed further discussion. Having opportunities to discuss and record their ideas, like with the Thing,that and for cards was beneficial

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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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“The tamariki had a blast using this kit. We did a feely box to try and figure out what they could be at the beginning to hook them in. Then as the term progressed and they got more items for their farms their imaginations ran wild. This kit fit in perfectly with our inquiry about farming.”

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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 R- age 5 : This is just like my farm! We have cows to and I help mum and dad move them sometimes! A - age 5: We have a vegetable garden at home,( points_ we have carrots and lettuces but sometimes the cats did them up. You have to grow them up high to kee

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The physical bricks kit and recommended readers list allowed our ākonga to draw comparisons between the two area's of learning. Meaningful and rich language opportunities arose as they shared their thoughts about what may be or what could happen next.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Our ākonga ask to engage with the kit daily and has empowered and build the confidence of some of our emergent learners who prior to the kit would not share their ideas in group learning. One of our parents saw the kit and brought his Fonterra milk tanker

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? As above, it allowed to meaningful and real life experiences to become tangible in the classroom. Lots of prior knowledge, stories and experiences where shared with their classmates.

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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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“Our ākonga LOVED engaging with the Bricks Farm kit from School kit. It allowed ākonga to draw on their prior knowledge and apply this to the resources in front of them, empowering them to take ownership of their learning and share their ideas with others.”

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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 love the farm.. I like to play with the farm

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Obviously the small figurines and tractors etc for particularly making 'small worlds'

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? a free resource that if respectfully looked after can be used for years to come either on its own or with other added resources

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? We are a rural community but both rural and urban you have hit the nail on the head for a theme that encompasses so many learning opportunities.

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“What a brilliant resource to receive FREE! I handed mine onto the new entrant teacher and gave her suggestions on how to use it. I have been through classes and seen children using them. Teachers can use them for maths problem solving from new entrants to Year 4 Oral language activities.. for prepositions etc.. naming animals.. making sets.... Alphabet knowledge.. f starts with farm Providing provocations for play or sound/letter activities, writing stories, role play and drama Sorry- they are too good! Thank you thank you.”

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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 "Building lego tractors make my fingers stronger" We always talk about fine motor skills, so they loved building all of the parts. "heihei means chicken in Māori" - the impact of learning more about our culture here in NZ.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The te reo element was really useful but it has to go alongside the physical resources for sure.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? more understanding about a farm, the culture of a farm, new and more understanding about animals and produce and how it helps us, and how the farmers provide for us.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? I downloaded some of the resources from online which had bigger pictures with words of what is was in te reo and english so that helped.

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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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“The bricks farm kit this year was awesome! Not only did they give us ALL of the pieces, but the incorporation of te reo Māori & the resources that were available to go along with it was also outstanding. By the end of the time we were using them, my class (5 years old) knew so much more te reo vocab of animals and vegetables etc. It was overall a fabulous kit!”

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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 seen that tanker on our farm" "On my farm we have a green tractor" - students were making links to their own experiences. This supported and flowed into their writing and literacy learning. "I can see the wheels moving on the axel" - great links to

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The physical Bricks. The engagement of every single student was so powerful.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? A joy of building, making, and also the co-operative skills they learnt and used to create these bricks with an older student.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Our school is a rural school, so they students were able to make personal links. So we wrote about what we see on the farm and also were able to compare the Bricks to what we see. We read books too linking to farming.

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“My Year 1 class were so excited to open the large mystery box. They loved exploring and making all the different farm bricks. Thank you. We have been learning about how things move this term, so the farm machines ended up as part of some of our STEAM investigations. Watching them roll and moved down inclined planes and slopes. Our Farm Bricks table has been a huge hit. Thank you again.”

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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 learnt how to build lego - I have never built lego before. The instructions were a bit hard but my friends helped me. I liked learning the Maori words for the different farm things.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The actual bricks - because it brought the learning to life and were super engaging. The Te Reo integration - any opportunity to learn new words and phrases is always fabulous and children were able to use this orally and in their writing.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? They will carry with them the belief that they can be inventors! They will also take away new knowledge, particularly Maori words that they have learnt - we continue to draw on these when we come across these words in different situations.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? We are a rural school and farming is a familiar context for my students so they were able to make strong connections with the kit and the activities within it. Because of this base knowledge they were confident and curious to build their knowledge by ask

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“What a fabulously engaging kit. My class loved each of the activities - they always enjoy an opportunity to learn new words in Te Reo. We had lots of laughs making sentences (eg The milk is on the chicken) - we put all the key word cards into the bag and pulled them out like a lucky dip to make a sentence and then made a model of it with our lego - so fun! My class also loved the Invent it activity and we have used this multiple times in multiple ways - it was fabulous to watch them go from saying 'I can't invent that' to 'I can't wait to invent that!' This kit had lots of flexibility and ways to integrate into different curriculum areas. A super resource!”

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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 liked building part and I really liked working with others because different people could do different jobs like read the instructions, build, put the stickers on and check the parts, -I was getting frustrated but I knew my buddy could help me work out

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? -Doing tasks to earn the pieces and we discussed tasks completed with quality and high expectations, we incorporated the tasks in the kit as well as tasks in our daily routine

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Team work, Taking turn completing the task, delegating during the build as they noticed it was better to work together than 1 person taking over

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? We linked this to our inquiry where we were reading about farming practices Maori had compared to farming today. We read a story called kumara behind the scenes which describes the journey of kumara from gardens to supermarkets.

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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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“My class loved this kit and were engaged the whole way through! In term 1 we worked on using kotahitanga and this was perfect for us to practice this! They persevered with reading the instructions and didn't grumble when they realized they had to start over as they had missed some pieces! We are doing this again this term as we had so much engagement and when I mentioned this was an option, it was received with "She's bringing back the farm, yeeeesss!!!!"”

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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 liked rolling the dice and I liked learning the Maori words... It was fun opening the packets to make the things and we used them for writing.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Supporting students with te reo Maori, learning through the bricks about farming

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Enjoyment of reading and writing and knowing that learning can be spontaneous and rewarding and not just what the teacher tells you to do.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Enjoyed writing information reports about animals, personal recounts about experiences

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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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“Very motivating for the students but I think they were distracted by the whole Countdown Bricks thing rather than the learning from the kit! It took a while for it to be fully introduced to help them understand that it's purpose was more than just to play with...”

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Posted 2 years ago