How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Lots of comparisons - time, speed, distance as forms of measurement were fantastic.

How many DIY World Records did your class make? We only managed 5. Working in teams turned out to be challenging for some, and we had to rethink our learning to better support this resource.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? LOTS of teamwork skills needed in our class.

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Social and emotional regulation.

“Thanks for the great World Records resource. Unfortunately our class were not quite ready to participate in the activities. We realised that there were a number of skills we needed to build on, to reach the teamwork and participation to engage thoroughly with this. Teaching in a Year 4-5 class, and the Year 4s needed more skills before starting this. We felt that the Year 5s would have loved to explore this resource further.”

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Posted 10 months ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? We didn’t fully explore the mathematical thinking components.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Units of measurement, what makes a good record, time management

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? NA

“This was a fun end of year activity to go that was fairly student-led in the end. The tamariki enjoyed trying each other’s world records and there was lots of good learning, including what would make a good record.”

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Posted 1 year ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? There was a flurry of excitement anytime it was kit time. We had a lot of children becoming the teacher to help and encourage those who found it tricky. The collaboration and communication through this kit in regards to sharing new mathematical thinking was superb to see.

How many DIY World Records did your class make? This varies depending on the class and groupings

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We will be able to use the layout and resources to share with classes next year or even scaffold our learnings again from this year to go deeper with

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Children were about to collaborate together, write about their experiences and make posters.

“The tamariki LOVES this kit! Anything where they can be actively involved in their learning is a win in our kur!”

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Posted 1 year ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? There was lots of counting involved and measuring of time.

How many DIY World Records did your class make? We had multiple world records going on . The 2 classes split into groups of 4 and selected a record they would like to achieve. Some groups challenged each other.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? I would definitely do this again. Next time, I would make our own class/buddy Guniness Book of Records.

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We wrote about our challenges in writing, we made posters. We looked at different Records in a number of Guniness Book of Records

“We have thoroughly enjoyed this kit with our buddy class. We are a year 2 class, and our buddy class is a Year 5 class. It was a great kit to use together to help build relationships. The older kids were familiar with the Guinness Book of records and they had multiple ideas for challenges.”

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Posted 1 year ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? They had to measure lengths, and time.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Geography - looking at world records from different countries, Social Sciences and Wellbeing - making sure everyone is included and able to take part, the importance of excerise

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? PE, Maths

“This kit was so much fun. My class had a great time coming up with ideas. They got very creative. They were all engaged and couldn't wait to give each record a go. They also kept trying to beat their own record with each attempt. This linked in well with measurement.”

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Posted 1 year ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Great for promoting critical thinking on how to measure records and compare data.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Using superlatives.

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Exploring other world records by researching books and the internet - writing and reading. How to measure in distance and time and compare data.

“I found this kit too time heavy. Having every student invent a world record and the attempt all the other world records became too laborious. We just designed and did a couple.”

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Posted 1 year ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? Students learnt about time, ordering numbers and comparing results. Statistics integrated well as well as measurement.

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We learnt about hidden talents within the class and could then foster these skills in future.

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Science, Maths, PE, Health, EOTC (Camp)

“We enjoyed using this kit alongside our Athletics unit and our school camp. Students enjoyed being confident and adventurous trying to achieve a record. The resources were colourful and engaging.”

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Posted 1 year ago

How did the kit components encourage mathematical thinking for your students? The timing and comparing were great for encouraging mathematical thinking in my class.

How many DIY World Records did your class make? We made 8

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Researching more world records and learning about them.

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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Research, literacy

“The kids loved this! So interactive and the kids loved all the different activities. it was so much fun!”

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Posted 1 year ago

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