How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Students used the kits in mathematics and in English - proposals, recording and measuring and exploring units/

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Making math visible in the real world.

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Students used the materials in creative ways and they saw that the tools could be used across many areas of the curriculum - making math visible.

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“Kits were easy to use with lots of components that can be used across the curriculum.”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Literacy: narrative writing, inquiry investigation and research

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Once completed we didn't revisit although we could have linked it to sports events like the league and soccer world cups

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Statistics and measurement: we were able to explore lots through these areas of maths

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“Lots of great inquiry came from this kit. It was easily integrated across literacy and numeracy.”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Literacy, Maths & PE

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Kids trying to break and rebreak records.

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Primarily measurement focus and data collection. Great to be able to apply maths to everyday.

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“Kids were very excited about this activity kit, highly engaged from the start. Allowed the kids to be creative.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? The range of activities THEY created inspired high levels of activity. Cross-curricular links were strong and deep through the need for critical thinking, literacy and numeracy.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? I could run this whole kit again next week, and there would still be fantastic learning opportunities for the whole class. It is the best kit so far for encouraging creative thinking and problem solving. These are things we need to encourage (rather than

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Using the concept of time to ensure a world record is standardised and breakable. Making effective measurements (jumping backwards into a long jump pit with your eyes closed...of course).

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“Most grapes eaten with chopsticks in 30 seconds? Fastest round a netball court balanced on a wheelie stool? Balancing lego blocks blindfolded? This kit was soooo much fun. From the fantastic colour scheme as soon as you open the box, to the easy to follow World Record formula, my class loved it. We took a few days over it, really unpacking all the ideas contained within. Who knew kids could learn so much whilst having so much fun? Thank you School Kit!”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Lots of langauge and sentence writing came out of these experiences.

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Lots of measurement! (length, time etc)

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“The kids absolutely loved this kit. This kit tied in nicely with our maths week. Lots of measurement involved! The children loved being officials and timing, measuring and observing each world record. The process really capitvated this age group (Year 3/4). Great kit would totally use again!”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We talked a lot about growth mindset and how many record holders kept trying their best even when they felt like given up. We did lots of PE and risk analysis of certain activities. We talked about clear presenting of rules and enforcing them. We did lots

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Inspired the kids to think bigger about how their gifts and talents can go further than just school. Getting the kids to create their own PE activities and share with other classes etc.

How many DIY World Records did your class make?

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? We explored measurement, time, distance, length and area.

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“Such a fantastic kit! We coupled this kit with our Zespri Virtual Tour challenge and it was awesome. The kids came in with the craziest ideas and had a lot of fun competing in each other's activities. I would definitely do this again!”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Linking it english - writing about their challenges, using superlatives was a great way to link to writing. They also wrote to describe and explain how the challenges would be completed. Some learners also used digital technologies and designed a digital

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? I would love to make connections to the outdoors - and have more activities that link to the outdoors - which I could do quite easily. EG tallest stone stack. I would also love to use the challenges are a warm up activity - a weekly challenge.

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Yes - we had lots of discussions about these, particularly measurement aspects. Learning was hands on, using rules, tape measures, pre-measured chalk lines, Time was also considered and stop watches helped us the measure time. Learners has great discussio

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“As always School Kits are amazing. This one was fabulous and allowed us to create a cross curricular learning experience with Maths and English. Learners enjoyed the hands on aspects, and had great fun coming up with new ideas to set world records for.”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? It enhanced literacy and inquiry learning by developing self esteem and confidence.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Incorporating this with inquiry learning topics for next year.

How many DIY World Records did your class make?

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? It generated many discussions and problem solving. Lots of enhanced mathematical vocabulary and calculations

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“This was a great kit but in hindsight we should’ve timed it for another term as it was extremely busy with out of school trips, festivals and camp. The activities were exciting and the kids loved them - but illnesses meant classes were divided out and other factors hindered on this.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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