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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them I liked building the farm to show what it looks like in real life.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The building of the farm - my children love building/construction/lego so this was a big hit

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? How farming impacts New Zealand

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? We did lots of reading and writing about the learning we did on farming in NZ and made connections to our school bricks kit

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In what ways did your supplement your classroom Bricks Farm? Brought in Bricks Farms pieces from home, Students brought in Bricks Farm pieces from home

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“My year 1's absolutely loved the Bricks Farm kit - it came at the perfect time when we were doing farming as our topic and learning how farms can provide food etc. We visited a farm as a school trip and the children were able to replicate these using the bricks kit.”

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Posted 1 year ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them I loved trying to follow the instructions to make everything. I had to get the help of the Keas sometimes though. Lego is so much fun.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Just the fact that the kits had limitless opportunities for creativity. The discussions had when children were building the lego initally were awesome. This term they have been using the lego to share their learning about Farm Safety.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The power to express oneself creatively!

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Ability to express themselves creatively.

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In what ways did your supplement your classroom Bricks Farm? Brought in Bricks Farms pieces from home

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“Our wee class had such a fabulous time with the Bricks Farm.”

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Posted 1 year ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them This is a fun school kit. They should do more of these kits because I really like them and it helps me with my learning and te reo. I didn't know writing could be so much fun.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? It was great for story starters and introducing basic maori sentence structures.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The engagement of the kit and that it was hands on. The boys really enjoyed this kit.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? That they learnt along side the kit.

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In what ways did your supplement your classroom Bricks Farm? Brought in Bricks Farms pieces from home

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“The children in Room 6 were very engaged in this kit. Because they had seen it before at countdown it got them interested straight away.”

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Posted 1 year ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them I like the brick farm because it is like my koros farm wjere i see the animals.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The construction side of the kits was the best for team building.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? They niw have different perspectives of some of their classmates from working withnthem

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Some of them have whaanau that live on farms so a nice connection for discussion.

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In what ways did your supplement your classroom Bricks Farm? Brought in Bricks Farms pieces from home, Other school staff brought in Bricks from home

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“What a great resource, the hours of conversation and role play that have come from the bricks has been amazing. Seeing how stydents collaborate to problem solve together, has really been beneficial to their relationships”

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Posted 1 year ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them Jemma: I love the farm Blocks because I get to make a farm and play like I am a farmer. Rylee: I like playing with it because I can think of things to write.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The full collection of the blocks and accessories.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? We willContinue to use it for many years.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? It helped think of meaningful sentences to write and we had shared reading farming books to discuss vocab and sentences

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In what ways did your supplement your classroom Bricks Farm? Brought in Bricks Farms pieces from home

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“I think this was such a great kit to get. We regularly use it for cooperative play and whanaungatanga time. We also use it for oral language discussion and writing motivation. We have had library books about farming to read as well.”

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Posted 1 year ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them Student 1 - I love to play with the farm kit on rainy days and look for all the fruit and vegetables and put them in the correct places. Student2 - I like to draw the farm and write a sentence about what I drew.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The LEGo bricks and the truck as they were able to be used for a variety of purposes.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? LEGO is fun and farmers are important. It also highlighted the various task on a farm and not to take food for granted.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? A number of children have small holding and it was great fro them to share their knowledge of farm life with their peers. h

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In what ways did your supplement your classroom Bricks Farm? Other school staff brought in Bricks from home

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“The most valuable part of the experience was the Senior students coming over to buddy up with the Juniors to help build the farm, vehicles and apply the stickers to the items. Lots of rich sharing and discussion took place.”

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Posted 1 year ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them Love creating my own farm. I liked all the farm animals. I liked learning about the different fruit and vegetables

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Vegetables and fruit helped relate more to our own Mara kai and orchard.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? They keep going back to using it and creating bigger and better creations

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Was great for writing a recount and descriptive writing

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In what ways did your supplement your classroom Bricks Farm? Brought in Bricks Farms pieces from home

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“Great product. Helped to build understanding of our own Mara kai and orchard at school.”

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Posted 1 year ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them I like playing with the bricks. I made a tree with my bricks.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The bricks were great - the activities were well thought out but too tricky for my class.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? An increased love of building.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Learning new vocab and exploring new

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In what ways did your supplement your classroom Bricks Farm? Other school staff brought in Bricks from home

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“Great resource - a little tricky for my smaller tamariki.”

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Posted 1 year ago