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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Physical Education - Wanting to get faster, stronger than before so that they could have the better record.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? They would love to retest their records next term after practising over the school holidays and see if they can beat themselves.

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Measurement, superlatives were a new concept but they got the hang of it quite quick. The kids were very competitive and kept trying to shave time off their records to beat each other.

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“The World Record School kit has been awesome to do with my Year 3s this term. They have really gotten into the measuring and recording of their records. If we had a bit more time it would have been awesome to do a statistical activity with the record data that we collected.”

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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? Students were very inspired. They were surprised when I introduced the kit during maths time but then did a mini-lesson on superlatives! This new knowledge has been transferred to not only writing and oral language, but students recognised superlatives wh

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Students are keen to research other countries. This can be linked to the upcoming Commonwealth Games.

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Students became more conversant with measurement terms and the reasons why certain types of measurement were used as well as deciding what was appropriate. Some students were a little confused to begin with but with the help of their classmates, most unde

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“What a wonderful resource. Students were fully engaged and we had lots of lively discussion about World Records. The formula was extremely helpful and my students are beginning to use superlatives in their daily writing which is a huge bonus. Research into World Records occurred frequently with some students sharing their findings during daily sharing time - oral language has been improved and some students have taken 'safe' risks that they otherwise might not have taken. One student wanted to climb a tree to halfway and down again as quick as he could. By watching him, we quickly found out that tree-climbing was a new skill for him. The other students encouraged and supported him and he finish his DIY World Record attempt a very happy and proud lad. A great boost to his confidence and self-esteem.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? This was just super actually for our social emotional learning and learning to be resilient, empathy was developed and encouragement. Lots of key competencies.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We wont stop we will keep challenging ourselves.

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? This was super in terms of timing, counting, probabilty, chance., place order.

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“This slotted nicely into our timetable - we could actually do more as the kids were so motivated - it lead onto trick shots, amazing people and other inspirations.”

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Posted 3 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 were able to explore world records in a field of their interest (Many linked to PE and Science). They used their literacy skills to investigate how these world records were created and completed and how they could design and promote theirs.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The opportunity to repeat our created DIY World records to assess record holders and whether we can accurately and fairly repeat the world records created. Monitoring new world records set both nationally and internationally.

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? The kit encouraged a lot of discussion and critical thinking around components of mathematical thinking such as measurement, accuracy, mathematical language, fair testing, and statistics.

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“With 3 kits across 3 classes in a year 7/8 syndicate we had 89 children/students create a world record. They were able to use their mathematical language to explore fair and statistically accurate world records that could be repeated after researching and the banner activities. They loved the challenge of completing the world records as a syndicate and getting outside to try their best. Their banners are displayed in our collaborative classroom and have taken pride of place. I think this is something they will absolutely want to revisit and retest!”

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Posted 3 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? The children responded well to the physical aspects DIY records and actually preferred to make most of their records have a movement/co ordination/skill focus. Lots of fun movement! Love that children know what a superlative is now! The putting together o

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? It has awakened their competitive nature which is fabulous! They want loads more wee challenges across many areas.

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Loved how measuring the world records whether it be in length/time/amount etc really honed their units of measurement skills. By making it a valid requirement of the kit their measurement skills became more accurate and their overall concepts of time and

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“Beautifully presented kit which was super fun and super engaging to complete! The teacher guide has everything set up and linked to keep student engagement high. The children loved creating and attempting our very own DIY world records!”

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Posted 3 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Excellent !

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Wee bit harder would be great !!

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How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Not everyone however we used it with Year 7/8s when it would have been better for Year 5/6

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“Super fun and the kids loved the learning needed to be slightly more challenge and use more math skills”

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Posted 3 years ago

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? The children loved the PE element of the challenges - variety of fine and gross motor skills e.g. balancing, ball skills, jumping, skipping Some challenges were literacy based - quickest to match rhyming words Maths - counting challenges as well as using

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? This kit was awesome!! There was enough variety to suit all students and they always want to do it again!! We fine tuned some activities to make them more challenging and took suggestions from the children. This was easier to do so once they played it a c

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Each class had a tray with measuring equipment and the children had to decide what measurement equipment would suit their task. There was sometimes a debate which one to use. We used all that the children suggested then had a discussion after which one wa

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“Four year 2 classes spent a couple of afternoons playing Record Breakers! Due to their age we (the teachers) decided to write the challenges. We had a great time, with children cheering and supporting their peers or working together in collaborative group challenges. There was enough variety to suit our sporty competitive children mixed in with maths and some silly challenges. We have done this kit several times as the children want to keep doing it!!”

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Posted 3 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 connects with other learning areas as well the values we hold.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Investigating, Learner-centered learning opportunity

How many DIY World Records did your class make? Two

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Absolutely great. Perfectly tied in with our Statistics and measurement unit. By them measuring and gathering the datas of theirs, it motivates them more.

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“It's wonderful to see learners motivated and engaged in learning. Beautifully connects with the values we hold (resilience, relationship, respect and responsibility). We tied in with our maths curriculum, measurement and statistics, by measuring all their scores, gathering data, and displaying them!”

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Posted 3 years ago

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