How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? The children were so excited all week waiting for 'their' parcel to arrive, the poor courier was accosted every time he arrived. The children were conscious of not letting down their buddy class, and engaged in creating something they could be proud to se

“As always a massive amount of work has gone into producing this fabulous resource. My kids were so engaged in the whole unit, and especially love the sharing with another class. As usual, I ran out of days to give it as much time as I would have liked, but we felt proud of what we sent, and the kids felt it was very comparable to what we received from our buddies. It truly does not reflect the days and days of fabulous poetry that we engaged in, in our classroom. The only negative we felt was that having boxes on the cards was very restrictive, both in terms of handwriting fitting in there, and the need to use small enough words that would fit. It felt a bit prescriptive, but we understand that it helps with consistency across schools.”

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How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? Students love being able to send their work off (they were extremely proud) and to see what other people had created.

“Students and I loved this activity we got thinking about new and exciting sticky words. Got them thinking about poetry in a different way also!”

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How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? We received and sent parcels easily and smoothly

“We as a class completed each activity. The kids found it challenging but fun. It linked in with our literacy programme effectively.”

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How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? This kept the kids focused on doing a good job especially in presentation of their postcards, as they knew they were going to another school and wanted them to be good.

“Found this a bit tricky myself to start with but soon got into it and the kids loved it. My class changed from the initial registration and ended up with kids from year 2 - 5, which made it hard for some of the kids (I know it wasn't designed to go that low). Overall we loved the kit and got a lot of great vocabulary and class discussions from it.”

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How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? swapping the mail gave us the authentic audience that sometimes the work we do in class is lacking. It really encouraged the students to do their best.

“My Year 5s enjoyed making the class poem and getting the word bank together around the objects from the tin. They loved writing their own poems and we had some amazing poetry created.”

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How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? Was good, There's was amazing.. made me feel a bit slack for not making our poster look so pretty!

“We loved the activity, but missed the mystery skype part at the end. It was a great way to connect and for the students to actually see who they sent their writing to.”

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How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? I am still waiting on mine but I sent mine to Christchurch so wondering if they will send next week...

“Wow my kids learnt so much. There was actually to much to do on the blue teacher sheet but being the great teacher I am I adapted it to my Year 3 children. I am not sure I will do it again as the activities are getting harder and my Year 3 class did struggle a bit. We also wondered about why you said the box could write 96,000 poems and then the back of the card said write your own story... It was pretty cool though!!”

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How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? It made the exercise real. Students were writing for and to other students and new that their work would be a valid contribution to another class.

“A very different and interesting exercise. I love the 'Real Life' context. Writing for a purpose is always more powerful.”

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