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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

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“Our year 2 kids loved this, although the instructions were quite tricky to follow for them.”

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them "It was fun to learn and play at the same time."

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Instructions to build and the pieces required

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Cooperation and team work, descriptive language and patience

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Most children could relate to the vegetables and trucks and wanted to roleplay once built

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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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“We used this resource in our class to support tauira that needed extra speech practice. As well as using it to coach roles and responsibilities within small teams. It was a fabulous resource”

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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 have loved learning about how important it is to look after our land and farms ” “It made me understand what happens”

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The actual bricks to use to model and demonstrate

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? This has provided opportunities for co operation and further develop and understanding of farming and how things get to the table

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Communication. Discussions.

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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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“This kit has provided a means for the students to communicate on a deeper level around something they are interested in. It has allowed them to use a hands on activity to help provide social skills. This has encouraged turn taking, listening to pairs and co operation. Highly effective kit Thank you school 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 “This truck brings milk from the farm” , “The farm down the road has a million cows”

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The bricks themselves and the instructions. Was able to see who could build the bricks from the pictures given.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? They loved building a class farm and collectively adding more to it throughout the term.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? It brought out oral language skills talking about what they knew about farming and anything that was associated with farming and the day to day runnings

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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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“My class of New Entrant Boys absolutely loved this kit. We spent a whole morning, building the little packs to kick start our building process. We had a big focus on oral language so this helped bring a lot of that language out.”

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Posted 1 year ago