How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? Highly motivational, exciting, inspiring

“Loved the resources. Students were super motivated when they found out there poems were being sent to another school. Effective way to learn precise language.”

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Posted 6 years ago

“Worked well easily adapted to meet needs”

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How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? The swapping with anither class gave an authentic purpose for the class. It also caused great discussion and research to find where in nz the school was.

“This an awesome unit. It really got my class thinking about vocab.”

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Posted 6 years ago

How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? Children were delighted to read what others had done with the poems. Getting post was very exciting - a novel experience for many!

“Students loved the collaborative poetry writing process and we were inspired to do our own colour poems which were great. The poem in a box activity was good fun and wonderful for vocabulary building.”

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Posted 6 years ago

How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? As always there is a panic. No matter how planned you are there are always set backs. This year we had 4 activity days in the 2 weeks leading up to Post day. As always you just make it work. The children loved the poetry aspect and have fantastic colour p

“I have enjoyed the whole experience. The kit was spot on this year and support through the facebook page excellent. Will definitely sign up for next year. (freebies for use in class were awesome)!”

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Posted 6 years ago

How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? went smoothly

“Tuhua pod really enjoyed the activities”

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Posted 6 years ago

How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? Most children were looking forward to getting the package and seeing what the other class had wrote. When it arrived they were very excited.

“This was a much harder one than previous kits... for some reason the children found the format confusing no matter how many time I explained and modeled it to them!!”

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Posted 6 years ago

How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? We enjoyed reading the postcards and poster but, disappointing that the postcards received weren't coloured in as my year 3 class had spent time colouring in theirs. The poster was all written in capital letters. The overheard conversation on the poster w

“Maybe not match a Year 3 and Intermediate class together. Reasons are as follows.”

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Posted 6 years ago

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