How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience?
So far the experience is awesome, and we appreciate the work put into having 96,000 poems delivered around the country. Keep it up.
“I found it difficult to interpret the instructions for the poems and how they were suppose to be written. But I eventually figured it out through the use of the Facebook page. I also found that the instructions of the large yellow sheet was difficult to understand, but the FB page helped with this as well. I would still reccommend this activity because it is awesome. Fortunately there are the pages where there are other instructions and a place where teachers are able to ask questions without feeling silly.”
How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience?
It added huge value. So purposeful and cool to receive mail as a class!
“Loved it! My class were totally engaged throughout the whole process. It is so cool to hear them talking about using 'sticky vocab' in writing now :) They loved being able to create a postcard at the end and share it with another school. Such a great idea. I will definitely try something like this again with next year's class.”
How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience?
We loved sending our task off and the kids are really looking forward to receiving the task from our partner school.
“My students and I really enjoyed completing the task and it is clear that they have learnt new skills through the activities.”
How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience?
This was fab - the children looked up where their buddy class lived in NZ. We were then able to take a photo and name the city/school and send this home via Seesaw. Our buddy teacher and I emailed several times - and the students loved that someone else w
“I have a year 3-4 class - and this kit made them very excited about wanting to write and share. The tin of items was a wonderful resource - we used this both in our oral and written language. An easy to follow resource - love that the postcards make a poster with a saying on the back.”
How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience?
This just added to the importance and value of the project, and Room 6 were so excited to get the kit and then the partner classes poems to read.
“This kit was great because it showed how a few small sentences and words can become a big piece of art! It also focused on things that really interest kids in writing - ie, toys and song lyrics..”
