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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them 1 Child: Come and look Mrs T we made the house and it fits on the farmyard like this. We are going to hunt for the animals. Child 2: Wow! Look at all the blocks, do we get make all of these? T -Yes child:, Can I get L.W to help too?

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? All parts of the kit in some way. Some of the activities gave me more ideas to use the farm lego. Just the simple idea if guessing what was in the box, creating a sense of excitement. Finding out Māori names for the animals.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Sharing with each other, Persevering when it got hard, helping each other build something together, having it here as part of our classroom equipment to use. Interaction with peers when making things. Learning how to problem solve together when constructi

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Use of imaginative play, creating characters that live and work n the farm. Imagining the day of one of the farm animals. Describing one of the characters on the farm.

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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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“Children were excited to work through and guess what might be in the box that arrived in the classroom. When opened the children were very excited. They began constructing the farm pieces and constructing the farmyard. Fabulous interaction with all children. Sharing and helping each other make their farmyard.”

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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 discussed which vehicle they had to use for several aspects of the farm, from feeding the stock to harvesting and transporting produce.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The variety of things they could create. There was something for everyone.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The students keep going back to where this is set up and continue to play with it.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Living in a rural community farming is a large part of our students lives and they could relate to this kit well. The things they didn't have and what they would like to have led to some very interesting oral discussions.

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“This kit was enjoyed by the whole school and continues to be enjoyed. From the intrigue of finding out what was in their package to building and playing with this The conversations and imaginary play the kit encouraged have created many hours of discussion for the children. This kit was total 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 I love building tractors and making it go! It’s so fun - when can we play with them again?

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? All were impactful as it creates an entire ecosystem.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? We were able to connect learning from the Bricks Farm into why our environment is important, caring for our environment, food production, and sustainability

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Promoted discussion, able to show learning with materials provided, we could write about our learning and link across other areas of curriculum.

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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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“Has been a great topic extension to our current Environment topic enquiry. The children are well engaged and loved building and role playing with the resources! Would recommend!”

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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 like creating the mix up . I made a feed machine for my pig. I like making the Lego and then changing it to make my milk tanker better. See it's got lots of wheels doit can go anywhere..

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Lego. Students don't have much Lego at home or school do being able to build, break and build again was great for their imagination and little hands.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Mixing things up and reinforcing te reo in play as well as learning

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? We're a rural school but most students do not have access to farms. They see the stock in paddocks and the trucks on the road but don't get hands on experience. Reinforcing that some of the community not represented at school work on farms and talking abo

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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 kit. Students love being able to build and create. Love the use of te reo also.”

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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 Farm Bricks are so fun to play with and make small worlds with. I like using the Farm Bricks with other loose parts to build things.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The bricks were the most versatile resources.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Creative thought and connection to their rural school context.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Promoted social interactions and oral language as well as contextual vocabulary.

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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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“Great kit with lots of engaging resources for students to play creatively with. Te Reo Māori labelling on the resource was great!”

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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 don't have examples of student voice - but some activities we did were - Students created a list of Living and Non Living things from the kit. Then they identified what made this item living.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? animals - related to our living things (and they were adorable!) kids loved them

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? opportunity for imaginative play to extend oral language

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Science - Living World - Life Cycles

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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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“This kit brought endless fun and learning to my class. We had a science focus of living things and this gave us a great context to work within. Thanks School 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 "Wow", this is cool can we do some more. Sehio "I have done this one at home and it was fun to put together. Lachie"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The kids found putting the people together was easy and better for them to understand and use, where as the buildings they felt was a bit too hard

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Being able to work together and to share what they have done together as a team.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? They had a bit to talk about when they completed their piece of the 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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“These bricks were greatly received and enjoyed by the class, putting together the different types of pieces and seeing how they all worked. The kids did get a little frustrated especially if some pieces did not go together. It was lovely to also see the children working together and doing their best to help each other without arguing with each other.”

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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 working with my buddy to complete tasks and work together to make the lego. Some of it was tricky but so fun!" "I really like playing with the farm and moving things like the animals." "I enjoyed rolling the dice and learning new words in māori

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The thing, that, for cards were a great prompt to help the children think of innovative ideas to help the farm.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Not only will they remember the tasks they had to complete to create and build their farm it is something they can continue to play with within the classroom and they can think of new tasks to help their farm. The new children starting school enjoy listen

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? The farming and task/resources within the kit were great conversation starters with the children, encouraging engaged discussion in full class or smaller groups. The children enjoyed writing using te reo to describe the animals and vegetables etc in their

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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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“WOW! What an amazing resource! The children loved putting together the Bricks Farm and using the resources in the pack to play and create their farms. It created a lot of discussion about fruit and vegetables, and how they grow. We talked about how food is processed and delivered to our Supermarkets ready to eat.”

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Posted 2 years ago