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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them The first day with the kit and one of my 5 year olds said "This is the coolest day EVER!" Parents were even popping in to see the 'cool farm' that their little people were talking about at home.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The lego was tactile and the children were familiar with lego blocks so knew what to do. The Te Reo Maori game was fabulous. One child was shown how to use the game and then taught others. They even asked to take the game to their Te Reo teacher to show her how cool it was to play.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The kit will be continually played with. It is not just a one off or seasonal and can be added to with other lego bricks.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Lots of talking, sharing ideas and discussions - everyone was included. Fabulous vehicle for literacy

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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, Other school staff brought in Bricks from home

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“The Bricks Farm was an awesome kit. It was so versatile. In a junior room we used it with the shared book Mrs Wishy Washy's Farm, maths to count and share the vegetables and animals, making sets of animals that had the same number, technology to create extra buildings for the farm, Te Reo and so much more. The kit was an instant hit with all of my students and not dependent on English (I have a number of 2nd language learners in my room) Definitely a 10/10 from us!”

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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's great having our own pack to build. It looks amazing as we put it together.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The lego

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Finding out about farms. Writing about farms.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? We loved discovering the animals and what they produces.

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In what ways did your supplement your classroom Bricks Farm? Reached out to local Countdown for surplus Bricks

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“We really loved building our farms and the boys enjoyed putting the vehicles together. It was a fabulous team building exercise for the whole class. It was great to find out about farming and talk about food from the farm to our table.”

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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 thought it was really fun learning more about farming as my family has a farm. Student 2: I loved playing with the bricks, I got to build them with my friends too!

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The farm vehicles; the children loved the process from start to finish (planning, building them and playing with them)

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The importance of learning through play.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Writing prompts, lead into research around our school’s community/area

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In what ways did your supplement your classroom Bricks Farm? Reached out to local Countdown for surplus Bricks

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“The Bricks Farm Kit is amazing! It includes so many fabulous resources, which I have supplemented with the bricks we already had. Many children enjoyed using them and were able to further develop their knowledge of farming.”

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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 didn’t know it was called that” “It’s so cool having Lego in class”

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Building the Lego together

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? How to effectively work as a team

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Integrated curriculum

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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 enjoyed learning new fruit and vege kupu.”

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them I liked playing with the truck. I liked the people because they look cool. I liked the farm animals.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Lego cartons, food and vehicles - pretend play and oral language. puzzle pieces - lots of collaboration to problem solve making puzzle.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? exposing types of lego to children who don't have access to any.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? making connections with local area and home life.

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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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“Plenty of conversations around farming and lots of oral language through pretend play.”

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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 seen this at my house" making connections. "My mum shops at this shop" linking with their whanau.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Creating the countdown building and applying stickers.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Connection with their local community.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Connection with our local growers, connecting with our school vegetable gardens and what we can grow.

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“I have a class of Year 1 tamariki and they absolutely loved interacting and creating with the lego. There were familiar kai and they all could recognise the Countdown Logo and were super excited. "I been there", "I seen that before", "my mum shops at Countdown".”

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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 was so much fun, I can't believe it was learning. Can we do this every term!

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Creating spaces for the animals

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Hopefully that we need to think about other creatures that we share this earth with.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? Oral literacy - communication skills

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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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“Great hands on opportunities that connected well with our respecting animals unit. Children were able to create spaces that showed they understood what animals needed to live and grow.”

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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 really liked doing the thing when we did the farm with other people in a small team. We got to think about the team and who was doing the jobs.I got to be the builder and then I got to tell everyone else what to do too. I really liked the soil experiment - we made edible soil. It was so yum". Student 2 "I liked it best when we had made all the farm and then we got to write some stories about the farm and we got to do some pictures about the farm too. I liked learning all about the things. Miss M showed us some cool videos and we got to do some science stuff too like planting stuff and watching stuff."

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The teaching materials and the bricks themselves. We didn't use the cards as much- I passed the dice on to the Year 6 teacher, they were a bit hard for my learners.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The teamwork element was amazing and the ease in which we were able to integrate various areas of the curriculum. It was so cool to be able to do some science and some art - all linked in to the kit. I was able to use it as a starting point and then extend and or scaffold as necessary.

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How did the context of farming allow your learners to explore and develop literacy? We didn't use the literacy element as much as the other components. We tried a couple of times and I altered the literacy element, but it was quite hard to do with the kit elements. We instead wrote some stories about what might be happening on the farm, who might live there etc.

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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 had such a wonderful term with the kit. I based my science and art lessons around the video clips and teaching material provided. Then we also used the building kit to make it together. We used it as a reward system, as a team activity and as a free play option. We wrote stories about what was happening on the farm. Made pictures about it and added in some extra bricks to make it into a connecting town.”

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Posted 1 year ago