How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? It is absolutely what creates the value for the students. My students want it to reflect them and who they are, knowing its going to another class. I actually like having a due date - we work well to pressure! My students then wait anticipation for the pa

“This is my third year completing this project and every year my class loves it. This year they loved exploring words, how they sounded and how they looked. They got especially excited at all the items in the tin and all the awesome stationery. In comparing to previous years I prefer the big poster to be more about the class, so we can learn more about the class we were receiving from. Thats my only constructive comment. All the rest we love!”

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How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? Having a purposeful audience promoted higher quality of work as the children knew they hD to send it to someone else.

“My class loved creating the colour poems and exploring the items in the tin. A The video links/ poem on the instructions sheet were a bit over their heads so adapted what we did. Still enjoyed it though. Thanks school kit.”

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How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? This makes the task authentic and real to the kids. An important element fo the exercise.

“This time the activity was somewhat beyond my year 3/4 class. Generating so many words (40) was too much. My kids could only generate the minimum 18 and would then lose interest as their work bank was exhausted by then. The linking of the words and different elements was too tenuous for these younger kids. I didn't enjoy this as much as the previous years. Too esoteric for younger kids. But thanks any way.”

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How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? The kids loved it. Stretched their thinking, skills and vocabulary. The children are not xcited about getting work from another school.

“Great idea Great way to introduce something different to the students! And super cool to share with another school. It would be great in instructions could be simplified. A lot of teachers seemed to have problems understanding the process.”

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Posted 6 years ago

How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? Definitely, a bonus for them to be able to visualise where on Google maps they poem was reaching and to have a look a the school via the web, made t more real and connected.

“The children surprised me as the ones I thought wouldn't want a bar were the ones very motivated! We looked at pattern and form, not what they had considered poetry at all. Talked about Eminem, Gaga and the like; all poets and super cool!”

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Posted 6 years ago

How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? Great to have a real ‘purpose’ to the activity.

“Loved the tin of items. I am continuing to use it to work on descriptive sentences with the children. Definitely provided good motivation and discussion within the class.”

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How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? That we had a timeline and an audience... it's not just about us. Having an authentic audience/purpose for writing is essential and this is brilliant.

“The tin was an absolute hit... talk about anticipation! (I did spin it out a little too). The best benefit for my kids has been the inspiration to LOVE words and language... our writing about a trip today was amazing with the inclusion of 'sticky words' and our conversations about similes and metaphors and synonyms. Just so much learning about language has gone on.”

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How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? We are still waiting for the parcel to arrive but the kids are getting excited.

“Was a bit tricky for our Year 3/4 group this year. The teacher notes were great thanks.”

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