What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Students were able to understand more about animals through some of the activities as well as using the dice to help them with their reading and understanding of books.

How effective was this kit in providing opportunities for cross-curricular learning?

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How effective was the kit in teaching and learning about farming in New Zealand?

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How did you find the open format of this kit? It was good as I could use it how I needed to use it.

How practical are the components of the Kit for Junior classrooms?

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“I found the activities were useful for the topic I wanted to teach.”

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Posted 5 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We changed the resource to suit home learning, so a lot was done at home. This still worked well and the children enjoyed sharing what they did on conference calls

How effective was this kit in providing opportunities for cross-curricular learning?

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How effective was the kit in teaching and learning about farming in New Zealand?

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How did you find the open format of this kit? It was good and worked well

How practical are the components of the Kit for Junior classrooms?

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“What a brilliant resource. It was a shame lockdown came in the middle of the doing the resource. The children loved designing their own farm, and have carried on doing this in Learning through Play.”

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Posted 5 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? The context of farming has strong links to multiple curriculum areas.

How effective was this kit in providing opportunities for cross-curricular learning?

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How effective was the kit in teaching and learning about farming in New Zealand?

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How did you find the open format of this kit? Having not worked through many school lots before, I was a little unsure about where to start.... but other teachers on the Facebook page sharing how they approached it was a great help.

How practical are the components of the Kit for Junior classrooms?

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“Our students will love to explore the resources in this kit in Term 3 when we are able to plan to do it justice. Living in a farming community, with lots of farm experience, our students certainly connect to this context!”

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Posted 5 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Loved including it as an art activity.

How effective was this kit in providing opportunities for cross-curricular learning?

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How effective was the kit in teaching and learning about farming in New Zealand?

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How did you find the open format of this kit? I liked it Would have been nice to put in some cow breeds in there.

How practical are the components of the Kit for Junior classrooms?

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“The online info was a bit behind the mail info and it was difficult to know what to do. When it arrived it was excellent. Kids loved the info and were super sad to miss the farm visit.”

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Posted 5 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Fantastic Arts based activities in the Exploration Kit and Social studies/ Science in the Farming kit with great links to literacy and numeracy.

How effective was this kit in providing opportunities for cross-curricular learning?

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How effective was the kit in teaching and learning about farming in New Zealand?

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How did you find the open format of this kit? Challenging to plan from- like my young learners I find structure helps me.

How practical are the components of the Kit for Junior classrooms?

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“These are inspiring resources but unfortunately I did not get the best out of them due to COVID-19, lockdown and the fact that i over ordered. Too much to do in Term 1 when the New Entrants are just getting into routines. I will try to use these resources in future. Thanks for making such high quality and engaging kits.”

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Posted 5 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Art - Farm animal art Science - Making butter Literacy - story telling cards and picture map (introduced new vocb)

How effective was this kit in providing opportunities for cross-curricular learning?

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How effective was the kit in teaching and learning about farming in New Zealand?

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How did you find the open format of this kit? It was challenging the open format, the activity ideas were great. Maybe just include a starting point and then we can go from there?

How practical are the components of the Kit for Junior classrooms?

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“Unfortunately we didn't get to use this kit fully due to covid - 19. However we did some farm animal art and practised our directed drawing! We also talked about why farm animals are helpful to us and were going to make butter from the marble and cream in a jar trick! The map is fantastic at introducing new vocab and it's great for prompting discussions.”

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Posted 5 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Linked well with literacy, oral language

How effective was this kit in providing opportunities for cross-curricular learning?

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How effective was the kit in teaching and learning about farming in New Zealand?

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How did you find the open format of this kit? An excellent resource, a little disappointed that it wasn't used to it's full potential due to Covid

How practical are the components of the Kit for Junior classrooms?

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“A great resource, we didn't get fully maximise the resources in the kit due to the Covid lockdown. We could use some of the materials later on in the year around Pet Day”

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Posted 5 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? It was great - we read The Wild Robot Escapes alongside this kit and it tied in very nicely with its setting.

How effective was this kit in providing opportunities for cross-curricular learning?

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How effective was the kit in teaching and learning about farming in New Zealand?

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How did you find the open format of this kit? Great - it gave us flexibility

How practical are the components of the Kit for Junior classrooms?

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“This was a great kit - my class really enjoyed it. The resources provided were great and I really appreciated the lesson plans it came with. We found that there weren't quite as many lessons as we would have liked. The topic was very easy to integrate across several learning areas.”

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Posted 5 years ago

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