What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? The online videos were a particular favourite to our students as they enjoyed seeing farms in action and lead to conversations in a range of curriculum areas (e.g. science, social sciences, maths)

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? Our space appreciated the flexibility of the kit. We were able to select and adapt activities to make the learning relevant and meaningful for our tamariki.

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

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Very Practical

“Our students had great fun exploring the farming kit. The design made it accessible and easy to use. We loved the range of activities provided. The painting task motivated many of our tamariki and produced some lovely pieces of art. Many of our students were able to engage their prior knowledge, lives, and own interests to lead the learning of others”

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Posted 5 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We are a play base classroom, so I based the kit into our everyday classroom. We had plastic farm animals, books on farming, milking ideas, watering ideas etc

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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Very Effective

How did you find the open format of this kit? I loved this, as I could structure it to suit my class (I did it with two different sets of classes)

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

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“This was a fantastic kit. It helped build my knowledge before I started my new job at a country school.”

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Posted 5 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Moved into literacy and art easily. Used the stories suggested to make up plays and sequencing activities.

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? Needed to put a lot of more appropriate activities in to make it work for us.

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

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“I have a year 1/2 class and had to adapt this kit quite a lot to make it work at this level. It felt just felt like it would be better suited to an older age group”

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Posted 5 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Great we enjoyed the art and the poetry ideas we and we did some great writing.

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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Very Effective

How did you find the open format of this kit? It allowed for flexibility as we had intended to tie in the kit with a visit to a dairy farm however we were able to easily adapt to suit our needs.

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

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“A great kit very informative and fun!”

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Posted 5 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? My class enjoyed using the connector cards and challenging themselves with the open ended questions. We could use in all core subjects.

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

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Very Effective

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? My class liked the kit.There were lots of opportunities to find out more if you had a older/more able group. Loved the mat with the 50 keywords + the ? dice. My students enjoyed the open ended opportunities that the cards 'thing/that/for' cards encouraged

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

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Very Practical

“We (Room 2) loved the kit. There was so much to explore through the kit. My students really enjoyed learning more about life on a farm through the activities. It was lovely to hear from some students who were able to share their own farm experience with others.”

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Posted 5 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? The farm poster captivated many right from day one - key words, oral language storytelling - then we moved into groupings of animals, workers, vehicles etc. and position and direction. We're looking forward to attempting the 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? Loved it especially when the extra information arrived as that gave us some guidance and a clearer direction to take. It allowed us to look at all kinds of farming as this is relevant to our region.

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

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“Our kids loved this kit as we are a large rural school. Our boys became our farming experts , they enjoyed sharing their knowledge and collaborating with others. It was amazing to see boys who were sometimes disengaged at topic time blossom before our eyes. This kit lends itself to many areas.”

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Posted 5 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We used it to link in with writing reports on farms and farm animals. We used it for drawing labelled diagrams. We used the scenarios for problem solving in Maths.

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

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Very Effective

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

Not Effective At All

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Very Effective

How did you find the open format of this kit? We liked the task cards and wish there were more

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

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“Varied range of activities Children enjoyed researching and writing reports on farm animals. They designed and created labelled plans and constructed farms. We probably need more time to use these resources as it has been a very different term.”

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Posted 5 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? some literacy link

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

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Neutral

Very Effective

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

Not Effective At All

Neutral

Very Effective

How did you find the open format of this kit? I didn't like the new formate

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

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“I found the kit was more at the Y3 end of Y1-3. I had to do my own thing with a farm theme. I was excited by the idea of going to a dairy farm as an ignite then dipping into it. The trip didn't happen despite everyones best efforts and the review is required way before I've had a chance to use it complete due to the lockdown. I had NE so no part of the kit was accessible to them with out direct teacher input which was a shame. it was so different to the ice cream kit I'd had before which was great to use with a year 1 class. I have no photos as yet as I'm just starting, in the middle of my work around what I am doing with this kit. I really needed the rest of this term before doing a review.”

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Posted 5 years ago

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