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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them I liked putting the kit together with the farm machines and the sheds. The milk truck was really cool.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? following instructions to make the kits and the team work that went with it.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? sharing, turn taking, discussion about how to make and or fix parts.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? leads on from inquiry about living world.

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“A lot of excitement . . . variety of favourite games. Took a bit of time to teach but now going well. Setting up and making the pieces for the farm was challenging but supported good team work initiatives.”

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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 Problem solving incident where a small group didn't want to work together, good conversation had between the students around why it was important for them to be able to work together for this one activity. Another example was a boy was very very excited about the bricks and decided that they were his, the group took their time to explain to him that even though he made that trailer that it actually belongs to the school, not to him, just like the things they had built.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The instructions were very useful to explain coding and computational thinking.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Working together in small groups to achieve.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Lots of great conversations around the types of machinery and different aspects in the kit.

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

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“A great set with lots of resources making this kit very easy to use as a tool in the classroom. Tamariki were very excited so engagement was high.”

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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 enjoyed using the activity cards", "I learnt about new types of fruit and vegetables"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Activity cards

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? What is a farm, why they are important, where our food comes from.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Following instructions, activity cards

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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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“It is a great kit, really useful in class and following instructions. My class liked that there were activity cards to use along with the Bricks.”

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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 J- I liked building one of the tractors and I liked building the farm. It was fun following the instructions. M - I found the farm bricks fun and I was excited to have this in my class.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? I liked how this kit supported learners in te reo as well as learning about the impacts of plastic/ recylcing and encouraging further learning about farms, animals and vegetation.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The children have a deeper understanding of the effects of farming.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? The children developed new or extended their voccabulary both in english and te reo. We wrote soem persuasive writing based on our opinions aroiund sustainable farming and the impacts of farming on the environment.

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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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“This is a fantastic school kit and a great way for the children to experience the full set of Lego bricks. They enjoyed building the farm and the tasks that were involved. I enjoyed the te reo aspect of the school kit. It made it a fun way to learn new words and sentences.”

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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 Having the lego people means I can show how to be safe around trucks on the farm' 'The farm lego means I can build all the parts of my farm'

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The bricks allowed for creativity and collaboration with students. The knowledge that the bricks were made from recycled products and are reusable added to our developing need to be sustainable.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Creativity, awareness of importance of farm safety.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? It allowed for the development of oral language during the building of their farm scenarios. When presem]nting their work they ;earnt to be concise and clear with their descriptions. The then drew and wrote about their farms..

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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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“here was much excitement when the lego bricks arrived in the classroom. The tamariki help to unpack and the learning began. We( a small rural school) were learning about farm safety at the time so the bricks were used to create farm scenarios for the students to demonstrate farm safety practices. The bricks were excellent and allowed for creativity and collaboration amongst groups.”

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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 building it”. “I liked making the tractors because they’re so fun and there are little people inside driving them”.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The Lego was the most impactful as it created play scenarios that we could connect to the learning experiences. We could enact what was happening in a real farming community.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? More of an understanding of the complexities and benefits farming has for the everyone. How much farming supports our livelihoods

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? We used the books that were recommended with the kit as well as basing our story telling literacy programme alongside the kit with the stories “Farmer Duck, The Enourmous Turnip and The Little Red Hen. We were able to build farms and reenact the stories using the props and the resources in 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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“This kit was very popular with the tamariki both with learning and play scenarios. The tamariki loved creating the lego sets together, there were lots of opportunities for team work and exploring alongside their peers. I found the resources really engaging for the tamariki. The only difficulty I had was that it was hard to incorporate all of the learning in a collaborative learning environment as it had to fit the theme of the whole group. We mitigated this by using our storytelling theme based around a farm text and through poetry. Thank you very much for providing these kits, they are wonderful.”

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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 "The animals were so cute and I got to pretend that I owned them all. We don't have pets at home so I got to pretend they were my pets." 7 year old girl. "It was fun when we got to write a story about being a farmer and then we got to make our story into a play and find costumes." 8 year old boy.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The physical animals because they were so versitile.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? That city life is quite different to farm life!

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Comparing and contrasting similarities and differences, spelling activities, writing creatively, oral language presentations.

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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 great kit. We deferred using it due to other events that came up, so when we did start, the children had mainly forgotten about them being in the stores. This enabled those children whose families hadn't collected them, to be on an even footing with those who had them previously. The children enjoyed the unstructured nature of the kit and the imaginative play and opportunities that came from the characters for writing and drama in particular were wonderful.”

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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 .

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Living in a small rural town, the tamariki had a lot of prior knowledge around farming and some created "their" farms.

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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 resource was amazing! It had the tamariki engaged, they were creative and it was a hit for weeks. We still have it set up where the tamariki can use.”

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Posted 1 year ago