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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them They loved how engaging it was.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? All of it was great!

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Interactive learning for the future.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Related directly to other learning areas.

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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, kids enjoyed interacting with them.”

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Posted 11 months ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them "Whaea I love Lego it makes me want to learn." "Whaea, we should do our learning all the time like this"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The bricks and different farm components.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? How much learning can take place using bricks.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? The kids loved learning about the different areas of farming and what roles each one includes. A lot of children didn't have much knowledge about farming prior so the vocabulary was awesome.

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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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“An awesome resource that had my tamariki totally engaged.”

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Posted 11 months ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them They loved working together with others in a team to build. The ākonga enjoyed the draw it part.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The Te Reo cards. It provided a new and different way for the the students to learn these words.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The conversation and building of oral language skills.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Students also had access to other resources eg junior readers about bees etc to develop their knowledge further and used it for writing too.

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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 students loved using the bricks to create and build. It was a great way for our tamariki to build their oral language skills.”

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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 liked making the lego with my friends because we got to work together and learn how food gets to the supermarket.' 'It was fun working with my friends and then putting it all together. It helped me understand how food gets to the shop after reading the journal story' (about kumara).)

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? For my Year 2 class it was definitely the making of the component parts and working with their friends to do this. They were so excited, even the ones who had some at home. A lot of Key Competencies were covered here - Relating to Others, Thinking, Participating and Contributing. The Te Reo name cards were also a great resource.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Apart from helping the kids work together towards a common goal (the successful making of their component part), I think the integration of planting (another hands on activity) and reading the Junior Journal story will help them to appreciate where our food actually comes from and how it gets to the supermarket.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? We looked at books on growing and planting and wrote about what we had done. The most helpful literacy resource was a journal article in Journal Journal 63 called Kumara - Behind the Scenes. It was so perfect for this kit. There was also a comprehension resource on Twinkl to supplement it. The combination of article and hands on play really helped the children to visualise and understand the process.

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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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“Soon after my kit arrived I had to take medical leave, so set the kit aside which at the time was such a shame as everyone was super excited! We (my Year 2 class) finally got back to the kit in the second half of Term 4 and the timing could not have been more perfect. I was able to integrate Technology (the actual making of the kit items in groups) with Science (planting of spring/ summer seeds), Literacy (through a Junior Journal Article which the children were more able to access as their reading had progressed) and Te Reo with the naming of vegetables on cards provided by the kit. We felt super lucky to receive this kit as it hooked in all learners with the hands on aspect.”

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Posted 1 year ago

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Which kit components were the most impactful and why? the animals, students where able to act out food story processes

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? a fun learning experience and it helped consolidate understanding of farming

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? oral language

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“We did an inquiry unit on where our kai comes from, this was an excellent tool for learning about farming and agriculture. Our students loved building with the bricks and it made for memorable hands-on learning experiences!!”

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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 Tilly- I like making farms with the Lego. I like all the small fruit and vegetables and the animals.- Atalia- I made walls and fences for the animals. My farm has lots of parts.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The small animals and produce are the most popular because they can be put anywhere. The children like to put them in rows.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The students go back to this kit everyday and choose to make something new and different to yesterday. This kit is great for fine motor dexterity, creativity and collaborative story telling using imagination.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? The students developed oral language skills which are the prerequisite for literacy learning.

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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, Reached out to local Countdown for surplus Bricks, Other school staff brought in Bricks from home

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“The kit activities were too challenging for my 5-year-olds, but they did enjoy watching their Year 5/6 buddy class put the sets together. They got more out of using the loose parts to make their creations than following someone else's plan.”

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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 Wow - this is cool.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The kids enjoyed the farm lego pieces.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The children did have quite a good knowledge of farms but still enjoyed finding out about more about farms. Many of the children ha opportunity to use Lego bricks.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? The children did lots of talking about farms and when they were building. It was also supported by many of the books which we had int he classroom. The children wrote some great stories about it.

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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 kids loved receiving the bricks, opening the box and building with the bricks. We did a lot of positional maths language and coding with the resources. When I was planning the unit I found it hard to navigate the schoolkit website to find good resources to support planning.”

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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 Students loved creating the farm kit. Generated good discussions.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The farms bricks.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Understanding a deeper understanding of farms.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Good writing prompts.

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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 year 2 students enjoyed creating the farm pieces. We used these farms as a good resource for coding. It would have been beneficial to have had some lesson plans for guidance.”

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Posted 1 year ago