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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them "Wow, bees make honey." Let's get the tanker to the farm to get the milk.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The bricks which were supplemented by our existing collection of countdown books.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Our class is fully into learning about animals. The kit was used to build on this learning by extending them into farms and what they produce

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? We did not use it in this way.

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“The farm kit and components really engaged our children. We are a learning through play class so this was put out as a provocation. The children were keen to practice their te reo words, and were quick to build/invent things.”

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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 harvester is really cool. I like playing with the whole set and pretending it is on a farm.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Lego

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? We will always have the lego to play with and extend the imagination of little learners.

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

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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 lego is amazing and my 5 year olds had a great time building it. Lots of communication and discussions to get to the end result. The game was far to hard though for them to play.”

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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 had not had any of the Farm Bricks from Countdown like many of the other kids in my class - and I got to open one of the boxes and make it up with a buddy - I really enjoyed doing that! I was very excited and it took me two days to finish it - it was t

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The fact that it was a set - all in the individual boxes with the plans...we could assign different mini projects to specific kids to experience building from scratch, using a plan, following instructions, being part of a whole, working with a buddy, pers

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? We can take it apart and rebuild it again - we have kept the plans! It has turned on many children to building actual models - wanting these for birthday/Christmas/Pocket money spending etc - which is huge as I have many 5 and 6 year olds that only playe

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Lots of connections/ oral language/ exploring the farming cyles/ sharing books/ Youtube clips for discussion and learning/ planned farm visits in the spring/summer associated with the families we have within our class

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“Children were absolutely thrilled to be able to open up the boxes and make up the Brick farm...many had bits and pieces at home previously however no-one had all the pieces and could construct it all as one set - I had other Lego in class - however I put all of that aside and kept the kit together and all our children in our syndicate could choose to come in and play farms - many children added in toy animals and tractors and other vehicles - then they wanted to build other Lego buildings to extend.....one kit was not enough for the enthusiasm!!! Thanks so much for supplying this kit - it was a real hit - unfortunately all the photos were lost when my phone was dropped into the water trough this week - so sorry no photographic evidence is available!”

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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 didn't know about farms before this unit and now know that there are many different kinds of farms. I loved learning about farms and playing with the bricks.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Making the transport - the class had to work as a team to follow the instructions.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? That farms are not just animals

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? We wrote about different animals, fruit etc

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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 bricks farm unit. We started off with a general brainstorm about what is a farm. We then opened the kit and had sooooo much fun making the Lego. It was a great starting point as the bricks had many farming aspects to it, orchards, farm equipment, animals etc. The unit was so hands-on which my class particularly enjoyed and now the unit is finished, we still have the bricks to play with”

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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 using the bricks. They are fun to play with and I get to work with my friends" "Bricks are so fun. I love it when we get to build the next one."

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The way each set is together so that we can work with each one, one by one and it is not too overwhelming for the students

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Hands on learning! We love this

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Transfers into writing and oral language naturally. Developing vocabulary

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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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“Great hands-on unit for Year1-2 class. Gets students talking and using a large range of vocabulary. Encourages students to work together and take turns”

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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 really liked the kit because I got to pretend to have a farm and I made the farm with people that I don't usually play with. 2. I liked how I got to be creative and make different things out of the bricks. We made a barns because there was going to b

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The actual bricks were most impactful. The most enjoyable part for the kids was the imaginative play and making/remaking the 'world'.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Fun, enjoyment, play, space where there are no mistakes or set ways of doing things - no 'fear' to be wrong

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? A lot of language came out of the imaginative play when using the equipment. This then transferred into stories for lots of the children.

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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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“The children loved building with the bricks and a lot of imaginative play came from it. A huge amount of oral language development happened as children played with the equipment. Building was challenging at times which taught lots of resilience, problem solving, making/remaking, and collaboration.”

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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 They were able to make creations on their own but also build over a few days/weeks. Another example, as they were able to have conversations with friends that they could relate to in regards to farming and supermarkets.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The farm animals

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? They will continue to use these.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Different names of food and animals. Pig (Sounding out the word, or even just beginning sounds)

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In what ways did your supplement your classroom Bricks Farm? Reached out to local Countdown for surplus Bricks

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“My students enjoyed the bricks and we have lots of conversations starting in regards, to where the food comes from, and how they get the food. They have been creating lots of different things and it has be encouraging for the students.”

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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 can keep trying, even if it is hard. (this relates to putting them together). How should we put them into groups? (talking about the animals being put into groups - nice link to classification in science).)

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Collaborative work - working together to create the different parts (truck, trailer etc).

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? working together to create something special.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? oral language - they needed to talk to each other to discuss how to follow instructions.

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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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“The students loved putting these together. There was a lot of discussion about how to put it together and follow the instructions. Our class loved making a class farm.”

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Posted 2 years ago