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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them My farm was in space and had space animals and they were magical. I like playing with my friends to make stuff.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Farm

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? New friendships formed

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? They narrated stories to fit their models.

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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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“As we are a team of five, and each of us had applied for the bricks, our tamariki had a fantastic time building worlds beyond our imagination. As each set arrived and was strategically placed, the dialogue ensured negotiation among our ākonga, a skill very much in the development stage. We are lucky enough to have a place where the Lego could remain in its different creation steps, which gave our students ownership of their projects and responsibilities. Thank you so much for making this possible.”

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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 Enjoyed making kits. Kits were a bit tricky (Year 1)

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Having the farm kits

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Not sure

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Writing opportunities

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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 and activity ideas.”

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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 Non verbal student - amazing engagement, actively choses to use these kits when the option is given to them, focused while working through the booklets of creating the sets.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Physical brick kits. We did not have access to this equipment before receiving the kit.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Enjoyment of creating and making stories independently and as a small group. Physical bricks being set up as sets for the whole school to use them in the six bricks program.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? We are in a town that has a strong farming focus. This allowed some students to extend their literacy skills using words they already have in their vocabulary but also gave them the opportunity to tuakana - tiena other tamariki in our rōpu that haven't come across those words/ environments before.

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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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“This was a neat kit that helped tamariki to develop oral language, promote fine motor control, build connections, encourage social skills and practise the skill of following instructions and active listening. I can see this kit helping to extend the existing lego club sets we use in the 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 Amaze - I liked helping Rickal make the pick up truck. It was so much fun playing with the farm. Leira - I like the farm. It is cool!

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? We loved the bricks and my students were engaged for a number of sessions. It provided endless opportunities for developing their oral language skills, as they could play freely and explore a range of language.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? My students loved the farm kit. Using it alongside a real life experience was very powerful, as they learnt about the animals they would see at the farm and the names of the different baby animals. Great to be able dip in and out with the te reo language also.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Alongside our trip to the farm, the kit gave us the opportunity to use language structures before we used them in our 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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“The Bricks Farm provided a valuable hands-on opportunity to introduce key vocabulary to my students before our trip to Ambury Farm, Auckland. They enjoyed playing with the farm pieces, although they did find them too tricky to build by themselves, however, there was an opportunity for our Senior students to help the Juniors build them. This was valuable for all concerned, as they enjoyed building relationships and spending time together.”

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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 It was fun to build the farm with my friends. I liked designing a crazy farm machine with the card prompts.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The bricks, and the games

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Students will remember their learning because of how interactive the kit was

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Students were able to put themselves into the farm through play, supporting them with forming big ideas for writing

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“Bricks Farm 23 worked in great with our term focus on our whenua learning. Students were able to create a farm in our class, which helped with our learning before we visited a farm for our school trip.”

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them I loved it, working with my friend to build with lego.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Te Reo language - the students really hooked into this.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Fun! Teamwork and learning lots of new te reo words.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? It linked to some of the spelling patterns we are learning as a class through structured literacy eg f-ar-m

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In what ways did your supplement your classroom Bricks Farm? Brought in Bricks Farms pieces from home, Reached out to local Countdown for surplus Bricks

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“Amazing resources, this linked so well to our collaborative team work learning as well as Spring, farming and fine motor skills. Te Reo Maori links are fabulous. So easy to use and I would like to thank you for providing such wonderful kits for teachers to use in class.”

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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 know this! I am good at this and can do it all by myself - let me show you how to do it."

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The Te Reo cards and the teachers resources are a great support to the actual bricks and open up so many possiblities across te curriculum.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? This kit was a leveller for some of my children who lacked the confidence because they worry that they are not proficient in all the learning areas ( "I cannot read yet"), they need encouragement to give things ago and I work alongside them to ensure that- but as soon as they saw this kit it was something they knew and loved. They didn't just flourish while using the kit and building that sense of achievement and capability has flowed into all other areas of the curriculum.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Living in a rural town the bricks have allowed for a lot of verbal communication and understanding between or rural and urban children. What life looks like for them on the farm- alot of new and different vocabulary. And the introduction of more Te Reo language

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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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“This has to be one of the most creative and open -ended kits with so many options. Unfortunately due to some unforeseen circumstances, we have not managed to completely explore all the activities and possibilities it has to offer. But from the moment we opened the kit and the children started to build the sets I literally, saw children bloom before my eyes. Children who are usually more reserved and quiet took leadership roles and showed others how to read the instructions and put sets together. Some children had never been exposed to full sets of Lego and were amazed at the sheer quantity and process of building the sets. The magic, cooperation, process, language and child lead groups were a pleasure to watch as they set about independently and all this before we had even looked at all the other resources! A huge thank you to Countdown and School Kits for such a versatile kit that can be used in so many curriculum areas- the Te Reo cards are a fabulous resource on their own. This kit will be a stable part of my planning for Term 1 easing children back into the school after our long summer break.”

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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 We can get our supermarket bricks and build a shop so that the farmers can sell their harvests to the shopkeepers. It's really annoying when we come into school in the morning and someone has busted the farm set up. I like loading all the fruit and vegetables onto the trailers. These bricks are so easy to put together, I'll show you what to do. My favourite one is the milk tanker.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? All the components were used.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Using the bricks alongside Te Reo lessons.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Yes, through learning and reinforcing Te Reo preposition sentences.

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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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“Thank you, School Kit and Countdown, Room 14 had a lot of fun building and playing with the bricks. It was great to see and hear the interactions and conversations held while they played. The kit arriving was a bonus as we missed out on receiving it earlier in the year. It did arrive, however, during a very busy term 3. We delayed using it until the end of the Term when we used it alongside timetabled Te Reo lessons with our specialist teacher. It was great to see how quickly they learned the Maori words for the animals, fruits and vegetables. We now have a great set of bricks that are continually used in the classroom and are especially popular during wet lunches. Early finisher games are always being made up using the word/picture tokens. Thank you once again.”

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Posted 1 year ago