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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them "This is so super cool, I never knew how much went into running a farm!" " I can't believe how much fun we have had building all this lego and we can keep it eh?"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The small packets to add to the big components because the students got so excited not knowing what they were going to get.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? That it is very expensive to run a farm and it doesn't matter how old you get lego is always fun.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? New vocabulary and discovering things they didn't know about farming.

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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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“Absolutely fabulous! I went through all the details with the children then decided we could take it further and got the children to choose what type of farm they would have if they could choose ie; pig farmer, fruit farmer, vegetable farmer, etc They had to do a business plan and then start trading with each other. It was fabulous they really enjoyed 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 “My favourite is the animals” “I like to build with my friends”

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Not surprisingly it was the opening of the packets and working together to build all the components together.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? My learners really worked together to build all the components, and the friendships and teamwork skills that came from working with this kit is seen in my classroom every day.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? We were able to research our favourite animals and write simple narratives and ‘who am I?’ descriptions of animals. We also made lots of signs and labels for the farm. We wrote about what kind of farmer they would like to be, what is their favourite fruit

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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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“My tamariki loved the Brick Farm kit! We were easily able to cover all areas of the curriculum using these bricks and branching off and exploring more in depth what the children were most interested in.”

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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 really like being able to use the toys to help my learning and thi toys make it so easy to learn

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Positional language - we have a lot of students with English as a second language, so this hands on approach was amazing

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? that learning can be hands on and fun

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Yes

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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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“Well thought out and flexible. Positional language a positive”

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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 loved making the quad bike." "This is so fun."

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The different aspects of the game where they got to create, draw and talk about their objects.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? It is a good idea to follow instructions when you are doing something new!

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Learning to say and spell the names of farm produce. Developing their vocabulary in both English and Te Reo Māori.

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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 students in Room 1 were very excited to see all of the Countdown Bricks. They worked in groups to make the buildings and machines. This was quite challenging for a lot of them but with some support they all achieved success. They really enjoyed the game and wanted to play it frequently. We played the most simple version and they were able to open one of the small packets for our class if they achieved the task. I have attached some photos of their work.”

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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 Seeing the garden, allowed us to create our own.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Being able to turn this Lego experience into hands on.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Having a garden patch at our school.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? We read all about farming, tied this into inquiry and discovery play. We did so much learning which was able to be relayed into literacy through creating books, writing, reading etc.

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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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“Such a fun interactive kit for the kids to engage with. My kids are new Entrant 5-6 years old and absolutely adored this kit. There were so many avenues to go down in terms of learning and hands on experiences!”

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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 making the big things up especially the harvester cos I did not get that one from the supermarket" and "I like sorting the animals in fences"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The actual farm pieces.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Farm creations for years to come...all juniors really enjoy working together.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? It was computer literacy and farming knowledge and story writing.

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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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“What a resource - thank you. Students enjoyed opening the packets and making all the small parts into farm pieces. We then worked in small groups to make up the larger items together with our older buddy class. The older class are learning stop animation and will then share their knowledge and make stop animation using the brick farm resource together with the younger students. Looking forward to seeing this when its complete.”

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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 really wanted these but we didn't have them at home" (child was excited to have them at school instead). "I love following instructions and making things". In have a boy with little English, he LOVED picking up the instructions, looking at the pictures

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Having the opportunity to incorporate Te Reo Māori in a purposeful way. My children enjoyed the video "why isn't the world covered in poop?" So helpful having videos there to work our way through instead of spending time searching for my own and pre watc

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Importance of farms in NZ. Team work skills!

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Books - I got out from the library some of the books recommended + you tubed some. There were some of the colour wheel books listed that we have at school that we were able to use as shared big books and read together. We were able to write about what we

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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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“I loved this kit and so did my class! It's been really interesting watching the children with this kit, who could use teamwork to build things together, who took over, who could persevere, who gave up, who preferred to make their own creations etc. Budgets at school are tight, this kit comes with so many amazing recourses/equipment that we get to keep for the class. I found it a great box for the start of the year. 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 Some small parts were hard to put together, so the children could be heard asking their friends for help or they would watch their friends and then try themselves. Some of the children put the people on top of the tanker, and you could hear them having di

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? It was great to have all the pieces that the children could play with, move around, and add to other resources. They children needed to share the pieces and work together. They also had to plan where all the pieces would fit - garden, shed, fencing, orcha

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? None of our families have the money to buy this kit, and they are town children. If it hadn't been gifted to us they would not have had the opportunity to put all the pieces together, play with it, and learn about the equipment that is needed on a farm.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? As NE/Yr1 we talked about labelling the animals, food, and equipment. With the animals we were able to segment and blend the names and then try to write the letters down. Because the children were interested, they were engaged in their learning and excite

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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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“We have loved playing with our farm kit. The students enjoyed the surprise of opening the small packets and putting the tiny pieces together, adding the stickers, then placing them on our tray with the bigger pieces. When we played the bingo game we also learnt the animal names in te reo Māori and practiced our pronunciation. Some students were unfamiliar with the equipment used on a farm so we had fun investigating what they were and how they could be used. We also talked about our favourite vegetables and fruits. The tiles were also used for sorting and grouping. We used the animals when we were singing about Old MacDonald's farm, and also incorporated them in our imaginative play with Mrs Wishy Washy's muddy cow, pig, and duck - and dog, goat, and hen.”

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Posted 2 years ago