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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them I love the farm because I could be creative. I enjoyed working with my friends to build a farm with animals. My favourite part is the animals.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The vehicles have a been a big hit. These have inspired the children to build their own vehicles for different purposes.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Been great for lots of discussions about where our food comes from. And the work that goes into producing our food.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? We did a lot of labelling. We asked and answered questions, we did descriptions about animals.

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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, Reached out to local Countdown for surplus Bricks, Other school staff brought in Bricks from home

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“Thank you so much for this amazing kit. My Year 2 class loved creating and exploring everything this kit had to offer. We have built farms, created animal nurseries, and made vegetable and fruit gardens. Designed buildings for the animals. Built fences for animals. We designed our own farm vehicles to move produce around. We sorted animals and produce into groups. This kit is one of those kits that will be used for a lot of different inquiries for many years. 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 We have a very shy Maori boy in our class who, at the beginning of the year, took a while to "open up". The moment we got our pack and he saw the Te Reo game he took charge and really opened up. It has been so amazing watching him take ownership of someth

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? I would say the game has been the most impactful which was a real surprise to me. I have been impressed with the amount of new knowledge the children have gained. As well as the te reo there have been many learning/teaching opportunities - sharing and tak

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? This is something that the children are going to continue using all year. It is so well loved that we are down quite a number of animals as they keep disappearing to the children's homes. The Maori words, the different animals (names of adults and babies)

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Initial/ending sounds of different animals, oral language through creative/dramatic play, reading stories about different animals, writing our own "class" book based on Mrs Wishy Washy and her farm animals.

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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 of year 1's loved this pack. The moment we opened the box together they were hooked. The bricks/puzzle are a daily activity that gets well used, and the te reo game has been a fabulous tool to use in the classroom to practice and learn our te reo.”

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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 learning about where corn is grown. I liked making the farm with my friends.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Following the instructions.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Team work to follow instructions.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? We set up a play farm and the children wrote labels for the names of the animals.

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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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“Each morning we put out another kit and the children loved watching the farm grow. We were able to visit a local farm and learn more about where our food comes from.”

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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 This makes learning more fun. We have tractors at home just like this one. Can we use these for other topics like our Rude Goldberg machines for the wheels and axles (language of science).

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The vehicles sparked rich language opportunities for my farm kids

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Learning doesn't just come from writing and reading

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? They could relate to the whole context and use their personal experiences and knowledge both orally and written.

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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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“What a wonderful learning experience the bricks farm 23 provided. We were studying weather, in particular how clouds can be used to predict the weather. The bricks farm provided the opportunity to examine how the weather effects the jobs people do. Tractors got stuck, cows were belly deep in mud, fences didn't get fixed and veg garden didn't get harvested during the cyclone. What a great way to extend oral language writing, drama and social science in addition to our science topic. Thank you so much Countdown and School Kit. Heather Holmes Kuranui Primary School”

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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 Children were excited to share their experiences of farm. For example "my papa lives on a farm, he has lots of cows" "I'm proud of myself I persevered when making the milk tanker it was hard but I kept going"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The Bricks as they allowed the children to use their imagination and create things you would find on a farm. Having to read and follow instructions to make objects was also a powerful learning experience as well as needing to problem solve and work toget

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? They know they can be creative and resilient problem solvers.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Reading and following instructions. Developing oral language, vocabulary and writing skills.

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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 the Farm Bricks Kit, we discussed aspects of a farm, what animals are on farms, who works on a farm, and what jobs are there on a farm. What buildings and machinery are on a farm etc Children shared their experiences of farms. We used the Farm Bricks as a way to practice our school values of collaboration and being a researcher. The children had to work together to create buildings/machinery/scenes you might find on a farm. It has been a work in progress that gets added to all the time. Thank you School Kit Squad for another 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 "Look Mrs Russell I have the longest bit in the whole kit, I can't even count the notches there are so many". "I didn't know how a farm works but I want to go to a real one"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The vehicles as I have a very boy heavy class and used this as positive reinforcement. They wanted to build so wanted to work.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Co-operative play, the whole set up is being used every day and it is an easy way for the shy child to come into school and join in with new friends and classmates at an activity.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? We looked at and read many farm related books. Children investigated farm animals and reported back to the class, great oral language. We counted MANY notches!

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In what ways did your supplement your classroom Bricks Farm? Reached out to local Countdown for surplus Bricks, Other school staff brought in Bricks from home

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“How exciting for the kids, they love lego and thought this was amazing. We started by guessing what is in the kit using our senses and then unwrapped it together. Bit by bit the kits were made up. A teacher or teacher aide needed to supervise the building as the instructions were quite hard to follow at times. All children loved finding the blocks using shape knowledge and counting notches.”

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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 * Children were explaining to others why these animals would live on the farm and not somewhere else. They also explained the characteristics of each animal.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The picture instructions were great for my 5 year olds who are not able to read yet. So they were able to build them by looking at the pictures.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The very small parts as they were always getting left on the ground or getting lost.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? We found links to books that had farm animals in them e.g. Mrs Wishy Washy and they pretended that they were Mrs Wishy Washy and describe what animals they had on their farm.

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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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“This resource was fantastic for my 5 year olds. It linked very nicely to our ISTEAM topic (animals and habitats). Children were able to follow the instructions to make certain items e.g. farm house etc as part of the reading programme. Then they were placed in groups and they played through learning to play. It was great to take observations on my learners and how they interacted with the items and their peers. Children were role playing and the way they were able to name the animals and talk about the different characteristics they had.”

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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 "Did you know that M likes Countdown bricks like me"- G (overheard during play) "Hey, you're fun!" - A, to M.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? the actual Lego bricks- providing a way to engage high needs learners with something they had at home and could make connections to school with- school became a safe place because there were things that reminded them of home.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Encouraging diversity. We're fortunate that our kids are kind souls and play alongside quite happily, but providing a way for them to play WITH our high needs learners has been invaluable- teaching them that it's possible to play with someone who can't sp

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? to be honest, we didn't explore this side of the kit- we will likely engage with this in Term 3 with our Innovation Inquiry.

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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 a high needs hub this year, with a non-verbal autistic child. Without sounding too overly dramatic, before Bricks Farm, we were feeling quite unable to find something that engaged this child in the classroom (literally, staying in the classroom was a mission- too much sensory overload). Cue the entry of our saving grace in the form of a giant Bricks box! This child spent HOURS constructing with the bricks and making the various farm machinery. Calm, in the classroom and actually engaging in play with others. WHAT a difference! Thanks School Kit :)”

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Posted 2 years ago