What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? The task cards were fun.

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How did you find the open format of this kit? It was ok.

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“Hi School kit. Loved this box and delved very deeply into the exploration. I did find that the video resources were pitched a bit high for my new entrants but overall a great bit of fun.”

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Posted 5 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? This kit linked nicely to our increased use of te two in the classroom. We enjoyed how it linked to literacy and science quiet easily.

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How did you find the open format of this kit? It was great to have the open format to choose which activities and it was nice to choose when to use it.

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“This kit was amazing to have. The kids and I really enjoyed using it in the classroom and embedding it across the curriculum. It tied in nicely to sea week and our environmental focus for the year. Students loved the songs/music and the video clips online.”

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Posted 5 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We used the tokens for counting and pattern activities.

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How did you find the open format of this kit? Used the story telling cards for oral language. They were awesome.

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“This was a really cool kit. Thank you school kit. The children had lots of fun with this kit and were really engaged.”

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Posted 5 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? It was great for oral language, art, reading, poetry and writing. We also learnt a lot of te reo and about māori myths during this Inquiry.

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How did you find the open format of this kit? Very organised, well thought out and easy to follow.

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“Overall the Hub throughly enjoyed using this teaching tool. The kit was very organised and well laid out which made it easier to integrate into our programme. The kids loved learning and exploring through story telling and we found it was able to be used throughout our wider curriculum.”

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Posted 5 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? It allowed for a cultural context, dance and drama, literacy, visual arts, and numeracy. It was incredibly open for cross-curricular and a great cultural context.

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How did you find the open format of this kit? I liked the open format of the kit because it allowed us to have our own spin on it using the resources and incorporate it into what we are already doing in our classrooms. It didnt take extra time or extra planning.

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“This kit was very broad, with a lot of different options. It could apply to the context given and other contexts. We used some of this kit with a context of a story we were already doing. There was fabulous ideas and resources to use that could be used for lots of different reasons. We loved the dice! The kids found them so fun and empowered them - also was great to learn about questions and answers. We really enjoyed the poem, it was great to explore alliteration and the sound of s and then sh. We did comic strips and they had sooo much fun doing this working together. It was a good way for the tamariki to retell the story in their own way. The email with ways to use the kit were really helpful.”

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Posted 5 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? The story telling cards can help literacy. All can be linked to the ao Maori.

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How did you find the open format of this kit? I would have liked a little more guidance

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“Unfortunately, because of the Covid pandemic things didn't go the way I had planned and we only worked on the research about whales and albatrosses. This fitted in with our topic. We read the I am a story book together and talked about the power of stories. I am planning to use the kit further in term 3 and 4. Thank you for your work.”

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Posted 5 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? The visual art features and the story telling parts of it were really good. We looked into our families and our heritage so we looked into aspects of Social Studies too.

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How did you find the open format of this kit? I found it useful in this format. Especially story telling.

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“I found this kit very useful and the online supported resources like the videos.”

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Posted 5 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Great arts and technology ideas in the activities provided

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How did you find the open format of this kit? A little more structure would be helpful with such an open-ended resources- perhaps an overview/ unit plan as a guide.

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“A lovely resource with very open ended ideas. It would have been better to have the full story of Kupe and the albatross rather than the retold version as this was hard for younger students to understand. We intended to take a tuakana-teina approach but unfortunately due to COVID-19 and getting too many kits I wasn't able to make full use of the great resource. I will use it throughout the rest of the year as time allows”

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Posted 5 years ago

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