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Bricks Farm 23 Reviews

4.7 Rating 869 Reviews
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them "This is cool", "I like having a wet lunch now".
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The instructions have been really good for the students to practise sequencing.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The students will continue to use the kit into the future.
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? We haven't explored this concept yet.
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The packs have been very age appropriate for our Year 3 students. They enjoy playing with them and itt has been great for them to have to follow the insttructions.
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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 a farm" " I like the tractors" "The best part was the green lego board" "We got to go to Bunnings to buy our own vegetables for our class garden"
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The instructions to make the components because we found out looking at pictures is a way of reading! The card game as we loved matching the images - more different ways to read for a class struggling to learn to read.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? We can all grow our own veggies.
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? There were so many rich and hands on literacy opportunities. We had a very insightful conversation one mat time where the class realised if they can follow instructions they are reading!
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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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My class loved the Bricks Farm. We learnt about farming, where our food comes from and we had lots of fun designing our dream farm! The kids loved the matching game, especially as we were learning how to play memory.
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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 working with my buddy to design a beehive that can deliver vegetables for a pig. Our machine was cool. I made a farm building by following the instructions. It was tricky but I felt proud when I was finished.
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Bricks and thing, that, for cards. Hands on and encouraged creativity, teamwork and conversation. Student directed rather than teacher directed inquiry.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Following instructions, creative design and perseverance
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Very relatable to students as we are in a rural area.
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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 children loved building the farm. They loved the "Thing, That, For" Activity and came up with many creative ideas that provided excellent oral language opportunities as they explained their creations to their classmates.
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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 different food we can grow - I learned that some food grows on trees and some food grows in the ground
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The details around the fruit and vegetables really allowed the students to understand that they grow differently from each other.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? They now understand that food must be grown before being sent to the grocery store for people to buy.
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? We focused on our oral literacy and they have been able to expand their vocbulary to include some key words.
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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 have thoroughly enjoyed exploring and discussing the brick farm. I used it as a provocation in our play based learning area and it brought lots of interesting questions to the foreground about agriculture. We then used that as a starting spot to spur on some reasearch and understanding about growing food. We are excited to start growing some of our own food in our new school garden.
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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 Lots of fun making them. I enjoyed choosing what I had made to write about and share with my friends.
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The explainer card was useful in giving the ideas.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Excitement for learner and working together to solve problems
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Gave the children a great purpose to write after using the bricks, and making connections to the world around them.
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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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The students enjoyed the brick farms school kit. It provided great problem-solving, team work, oral language, maths and writing opportunities.
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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 the writing. It was fun to throw the dice and find different items to write about. It helped me to think of different things to write about and to make my writing more interesting." "Building all the vehicles was a lot of fun. I liked how I could
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Everything was great and had an impact on them. I think they learnt a lot from watching the clips. They still talk about things they saw on the clips now.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? How different components are needed to produce our food- and how important each component is even if very small.
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Children who live on farms were able to share their knowledge. It was a relevant and high interest topic for all children. Even my reluctant learners were keen to write and participate in all activities.
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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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What an amazing kit! The children were very focused and interested in all aspects. It was great seeing our seniors working with the juniors to help them build the lego farm. There was a lot of oral language happening and there still is. The lego table is one of the most popular indoor activities often with a lot of children working and playing well together with a lot of discussion and cooperation.
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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 is hard" then later in the session - "we did it - look at the tractor!"
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The physical bricks and the picture step by step instructions.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? They had to persevere to complete a kit.
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? They acted out some farm scenes - although a lot of times there were live cows and pigs shopping in the supermarket.
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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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Children liked guessing what was inside the packets before they opened them. They practised team work as they worked in pairs to complete the larger boxed sets.
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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 Excitement to be working with an older buddy to build. Related to their own farms where relevant.
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The lego bricks as children were able to manipulate them in play.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Engagement in building lego. Interest in how farms work as a community.
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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Story writing about animals. Read animal and farm stories.
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Too difficult to build even with an older buddy. The instructions were hard to follow. We used farms as part of a term study on Communities which fitted in really well. Disappointing we couldn't complete the models so the other activities couldn't be done well but the children were highly engaged in the play aspect.
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Posted 2 years ago