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 incorporated the reading of Guinness World Records into our reading programme. We also did some creative writing around real life record holders. PE/fitness

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Could create an alternate sports day using some of the tasks

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Mostly measurement and data collection. Application of real life mathematics.

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“The kit captured the students interest as many had already read the Guinness Book of records. Straight away they were coming up with ideas (some very out there initially!) The process outlined in the programme was very straightforward and helped them to challenges which could be measured accurately and undertaken fairly. I do have a small class (only 9 kids) so I think it might have limited the creativity a bit with such a small group.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Students were very inspired and captured their attention straight away. They enjoyed looking at many of the records help on line.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Students will continue trying to attempt the records they are passionate about. We may even offer it out to the Year 5 /6 students to have a go at breaking the records. The students learnt to communicate with other to help them, work collaboratively and e

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? The students had to really think about how they could fairly measure their record activity many times. Having a set offical for each record was great as they could measure in the same way for each attempt. The egg timers and tape measure helped the offici

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“The title immediately captured the students interest as many had read the Guinness Book of records. Straight away they were coming up with ideas which, by following the process outlined in the programme helped them to refine them to challenges which could be both measured accurately and repeated fairly each time. The Formula poster was greta for students to refer back to when designing them and they loved trying to earn the badges which the students wore with pride and were a bit reluctant to give up. Well done for creating a fun and educational unit with resources that have been engaging and motivating for the students while also a bit of fun for the summer term.”

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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? They loved using the world reacord books as part of our literacy programme.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Risk taking and mind set during challenges.

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? The time keeping element and using reasonable length of time for records was great

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“The kids loved this kit, coming up with their own world Record idea and then giving them go.”

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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? Integrated learning opportunities are so wonderful and I find my students so engaged and enthusiastic. I observe them moving through the different learning areas with ease as opposed to segmented activities.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? n/a

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Measuring their records correctly - we had teams with officials on each one who were responsible for measuring the record. Lots of discussion surrounding parameters and consistency took place to ensure the fairest judging possible. We measured with time,

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“This kit is fantastic! It is the second time I have completed it. This year with Year 5/6. It was challenging , engaging and super fun. It is superbly put together and a fantastic hands on learning experience for students.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? They were able to relate the records to the any area of learning

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? we are very focused on being able to push ourselves to achieve great things

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? the students had to work out a few mathematical sums related to the world records. Having the incentive of the record helped the students stay focused

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“The kit was really awesome and the students absolutely loved the challenge of breaking a world record. I would definitely recommend this kit for any teacher! They wanted to attempt the real records so we havent yet got to the point of acheiving it ourselves but we are working on our progress.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Our novel 'Ghost', we are reading incorporates world records so this kit was an awesome link to our reading.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We got onto the topic of growth mindset and not giving up, the children realised if they pushed hard and put their mind to it then they could achieve things.

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? We incorporated statistics and measurement when recording records and data.

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“It was a great challenge for the children. They were engaged throughout the kit, and found it exciting and creative to think of their own records to beat.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? It could do, if I do it differently

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? I'd like to give it another go in my own way.

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Good for the first activity.

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“My class just wasn't in the right space for this - they didn't handle the 'silly' aspect, and once I mentioned that the records could be officially sent to the Guinness Book of Records, it all went to custard. Not School Kit's fault. Some of the ideas had merit, and the kids certainly loved the very first activity, which we got a lot out of. I could re-do this, with a committee of kids to choose the records - without the silly (or just a slight element of silliness).”

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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? Maths, Humanities - journalism and reflective thinking

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Probably do this with our little ones 5yr olds, and give others around school the opportunity to break em Use science procedures next time

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Measurement, ratios and proportion

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“Awesome resources”

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Posted 2 years ago

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