In what ways did the kit allow development of strategic thinking for your students? Children love solving clues, collaborating and the competitive element as well.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We have 1 child in the class who recently won a hang rats gliding competition where he built a hanger rat out of balsa wood and took out the junior record hang time. He has also increased his interest in model air planes. So that was pretty exciting.

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How has this kit influenced your confidence in STEM teaching and learning? It was originally a little difficult to figure out the flow of activities, however once we dove in it just worked, so in that way it has assisted with building our confidence.

“Thanks for another great kit guys. Initiated some great discussion and collaborative learning for our students. Many had a vague knowledge of Jean Batten, but this stretched their thinking and has since helped our inquiry learning. We completed our challenge in one day. It helped to build collaboration and competitive skills. Each set of clues and the code cracking challenges were engaging and fun. Kids love a challenge, so adding learning adds that extra bit of engagement. Thank you so much.”

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Posted 3 years ago

In what ways did the kit allow development of strategic thinking for your students? I think the tasks required lots of steps and perseverance so all children were able to apply their thinking and be involved. Because there were processes involved (like paper plane templates/code cracking etc) the children had to be strategic, deep thinke

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Loved the problem solving and "escape room"aspect to the kit. Learners loved the hands-on "things"given in the kit.

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How has this kit influenced your confidence in STEM teaching and learning? The 'creating' and 'doing' element was high and the children's products i.e. planes/robotic planes didn't always work first time. So it was great to have the chance to talk through how to persevere and use the strengths of others in your team. I would def

“Loved the problem solving and "escape room" aspect to the kit. Learners loved the hands-on "things" given in the kit.”

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Posted 3 years ago

In what ways did the kit allow development of strategic thinking for your students? Good discussion starter for further thinking.

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How has this kit influenced your confidence in STEM teaching and learning? Good

“Found it had a great structure.”

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Posted 3 years ago

In what ways did the kit allow development of strategic thinking for your students? The children were exposed to problem solving and STEM paper plane challenges in order to being creative and innovative and future focussed.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The children also wrote their own 'I am' and recorded this for their portfolios - we used this for their families to showcase our Universal theme of Belonging.

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How has this kit influenced your confidence in STEM teaching and learning? Yes, very much so. It was perfect timing and set our collaborative class up well for the rest of the year.

“The Jean Batten Kit worked well as a platform for our children to understand their sense of belonging. We used the kits for 2 days - the children working problem solving and code cracking, map reading skills and understanding the place important to Jean.”

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Posted 3 years ago

In what ways did the kit allow development of strategic thinking for your students? It was interesting to see the divide in the class around problem solving, coding etc. It required some to really extend themselves. However it allowed for those who could to really extend themselves.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The world of science has really opened up for the children and has some interesting creations being made at home during lockdown.

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How has this kit influenced your confidence in STEM teaching and learning? I'm more confident than before but for now would still like to follow kits like this.

“The Yr 6's in the class had some previous knowledge on Jean Batten from a separate lesson I did last year which really helped bring the Yr 5's onboard. They loved the hands on of the plane making. The problem solving paired with the resilience/growth mindset pushed a few of the class mates but the collaboration that came from it was really positive to see. Used a journal and some other videos to aid the Jean Batten content as well.”

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Posted 3 years ago

In what ways did the kit allow development of strategic thinking for your students? Every activity developed their strategic thinking. They had to work as a team to problem solve, practice trial and error and make decisions. I have a Year 3/4 class but worked with some older children that were able to lead the younger year 3s.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Many of the children enjoyed the different codes that were used to decipher the first clue. They wanted more of these challenges so I will incorporate these into the classroom. They enjoyed thinking about how maps have changes and how countries had develo

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How has this kit influenced your confidence in STEM teaching and learning? I've always enjoyed STEM teaching but it is lovely to get a kit all set up for us with the necessary resources and planning done for us, thank you.

“My class loved the Jean Batten kit. I had planned to do it just as lockdown struck so instead I gave the children an activity on researching Jean Batten and presenting in a creative way. This was a great lead in when we came back to school as many children had prior knowledge and they got to share their findings with others. My class loved cracking the codes, popping the balloons and making their buzz planes”

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Posted 3 years ago

In what ways did the kit allow development of strategic thinking for your students? We were definitely excited by the opportunity to do this, but as not competed can’t accurately comment.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We were definitely excited by the opportunity to do this, but as not competed can’t accurately comment.

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How has this kit influenced your confidence in STEM teaching and learning? We were definitely excited by the opportunity to do this, but as not competed can’t accurately comment.

“Unfortunately due to Aucklands level 4 and currently level 3 restrictions, We only started the first activity with our students. They were in groups finding clues and decoding messages. This was a motivating, engaging and rewarding experience for them.”

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Posted 3 years ago

In what ways did the kit allow development of strategic thinking for your students? Through the variety of different tasks that required student's to read, discuss, think and problem solve together.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? There has been more of an interest in aviation and learning about famous New Zealnaders.

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How has this kit influenced your confidence in STEM teaching and learning? My confidence and enjoyment in STEM has grown exponentially.

“Thoroughly enjoyed this Jean Batten School kit. Tied it into my reading plan and topic for the week. Lots of fun and challenging tasks for my class. Would definitely recommend. Here are some photos of my student's in action.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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