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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Lot of reading, especially the guinness book of records.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Goal setting and how to achieve our goals.

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? They needed to think about what was measure-able and how it could be measured.

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“Really fun kit to get kids interested in the various world records and sports. Great timing with the Common Wealth Games.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Maths- measurements Science- reaction test Literature- writing up goals

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Awareness of how records are made.

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Yes measurement skills were used and their peers helped. Great collaboration

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“Was a great kit- a lot of fun. Good discussion of words. Had to do lots of prep with year 2/3 to get records correct wording wise. Kids found world record books in library and were excited. Boys really engaged!!”

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Posted 2 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Literacy - breaking down the composition of a world record statement and then building their own. Many of the students learned what a superlative is. Computational thinking - creating step by step rules around the ‘how’. Breaking down the activity and thi

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? If this was to be done again, the students could use their devices more to record a demonstation of the activity so contenders could see how the world record should be attempted. They could use a spreadsheet to record the attempts and results. They coul

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? The students had to think about how the superlative related to the measurement. E.g. How to measure longest or fastest. What do we use? They had to use their units of measurement e.g. cm, minutes, seconds or counting the pieces.

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“The DIY World Record kit was well received by our year 3 and 4 classes. They enjoyed the autonomy of creating their own world record and the challenge of participating in breaking them. The materials supplied in the kit were well made and by supplimenting the recording sheets with photocopying, the one kit did all 10 classes.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? P.E. definitely, as children taught each other new skills. Inquiry for measurement and presentation of data.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Mostly using the timers and the tape measures in other areas... these were a huge hit and it was nice to use something that doesn't require electricity or batteries for a change!

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Lots of new knowledge around measurement and recording accurate data.

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“Brilliant, the children loved coming up with crazy records to break, and trying them out. They were quite competitive too. Recording information and working together were both focuses, also various units for measurement. The equipment in the box was pretty awesome... and useful!”

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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 records breaking linked in wonderfully with the math and physical education curriculum. It all supported

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The class has asked if we can repeat the record-breaking day. I think it will definitely be a task that can be repeated with the class later in the year. Perhaps seeing if we can break the records we have set or come up with new ideas.

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? There was a variety of methods used for measuring the results. We had just finished a unit on measurement so it was a great way to reinforce units of measurement. Children chose their own unit of measurement. We had non-standard units used, minute timers,

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“The kids really enjoyed coming up with their own records. It challenged children to work together and revise and refine their records when there were issues. We loved the resources. Children could plan and create their records easily. The records varied from netball shots, walking with a book on your head, sprints, tongue twisters, and squats saying silly words.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? This helped hugely with reading (students were keen to search up different records both online and using GB records)

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? As this kit focused on individual skills (what they were good at) this really helped with self-confidence and believing in themselves.

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? This was an excellent way to bring in many aspects of mathematical thinking/statistics how to make sure they were sticking to the 'formula' of record breaking.

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“What a brilliant kit (and a brilliant idea). R8 loved thinking of their records and challenging each other to try and break them.”

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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 loved getting out and doing things.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Having a weekly challenge that they can practice and then go for on a Friday as part of the literacy and numeracy programme.

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Supported counting skills and reading of measurements.

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“Great kit and students loved it trying all the records. The materials provided really were helpful and engaging. However my young students (Yr1) found it hard to write challenges without lots of support and I found it challenging without senior buddies to support record attempts. Would recommend this kit for Yr3's and up or for collaboration between ages.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Some incorporated art as part of their world records.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Have decided how we could incorporate some of the world records as part of our fitness program.

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? There was lots of measurement taking place and also time. Some learnt about split times and how to read milliseconds.

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“The students really enjoyed learning about the different terms in a world record and then creating their own. We spread this over a few weeks and was good to be able to get them all involved. At the end we had a celebration and the students talked about some of the skills their classmates had that they didn't know about!”

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Posted 2 years ago

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