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Deane S
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them I like the farm. My dad has a tractor. I'm going to be a farmer. I like building the farm can I build another one?
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Having all of the kit components with instructions to make a farm that they can build and see develop and then use to role play with.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? There was a lot of discussion during the building of the farm about our food and where it comes from.
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Huge amounts of oral language and inspiration for story writing and reading books about farms.
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“I work in a rural school and the brick farm kit really hit with my akonga. They had such a good time working collaboratively as a team to create all of the different components. It was great for following instructions, turn-taking and oral language”
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Posted 2 years ago
Anonymous
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them "I love using the bricks", "I can make the things I can see at the supermarket"
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Familiar items that they could recognise from the supermarket
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Opened up possibilities - gave playing with bricks a purpose
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Lots of oral language which lead on to some super writing
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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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“Tamariki loved manipulating the bricks to set up their farms”
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Posted 2 years ago
Jill W
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them I liked the challenge of building the Lego. I learnt heaps about farms.
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The farm vehicles and fruit and vegetables because we were learning about the market garden community.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Knowing more about the community around them. Collaborative skills.
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Lots of discussions and written language about our farming community.
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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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“Was lots of fun and very engaging. The children liked the game to earn bricks and then the building. It tied in really well with our Community concept because we live in a market garden community.”
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Posted 2 years ago
Lyneen T
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them "This game is so fun!" "I love the Lego!" "Can we build with our friends?"
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The bricks were of high interest and they were used well to create a game that was engaging and challenging.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Cooperation
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? The context was unfamiliar to my learners but it gave us a chance to read stories and books and watch farm yard videos.
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“My class loved the Bricks Farm! We all played together and the children loved building together. They were so positive and engaged.”
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Posted 2 years ago
Rebecca S
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them "So much fun". "we share the truck"
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The animals and vehicles were a big hit.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The children will be able to continue to explore this set for many years to come.
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Vocabulary extension - in the context of farming and 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
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“Our syndicate has loved having the Lego Bricks farm to explore with. We are a Play Based junior school made up of three classes and all three classes have been able to explore and play with these. They loved to create farms and villages. They loved to play with the delivery trucks. Thank you School Kit!”
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Posted 2 years ago
Kerri N
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them It's fun being farmers and pretending. I am so happy with this farm lego.
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? the farm trucks and tractors as the students were able to use them straight away.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? A fun , play based interactive time with their friends
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? It was really around the conversations and interactions that extended their literacy learning, as they talked abut what they were doing, why they were doing it and where they were ... great 5W's of learning
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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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“This is a great resource for students who wouldn't have this opportunity. It was a great pair/share activity in the classroom which generated lots of discussion and socialising.”
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Posted 2 years ago
Sue W
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them One student who has speech difficulties has immensely enjoyed sharing his ideas and then showing others what he means with the kit bricks. "No Miss, you can't put these away after we have finished the mahi on your sheets" The student continues to design n
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Using Thing, That, For built an understanding in the sequence of events required in writing. I am continuing using the whole kit during Term Two as I feel it has much more to offer my tamariki. Repitition is fine because its fun learning.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The hands on approach to building a structure, or using a token to help write a story. Stories can start from something in front of them.
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? This kit has been one of the more "high interest and completion of tasks". Thank you. The boys were interested in the tractors, tankers and making moving objects. But the sharing of ideas was priceless.
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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 has been an amazing kit to build oral and written language and also build confidence and the understanding that one person's creation does not take all the pieces. I also had purchased some of the tractors, tankers, trailers and so they were/are well used with the Bricks Farm kit.”
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Posted 2 years ago
Cathy M
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them They used the maori words for some of the animals and vegetables. They had to turn take and share and had to ask each other to do this.
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The bricks because it was what motivated the kids
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Their new knowledge that they went home and shared with their whanau
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? It helped develop their oral language skills and they made signs for their farms while playing
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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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“The children loved playing with the bricks and creating their own farms that they built.”
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Posted 2 years ago
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