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Samantha
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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Story telling dice linked literacy with health curriculum.
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How did you find the open format of this kit? I like being able to choose the tasks that fit best with my class. It is a kit that I would reuse differently each year.
How practical are the components of the Kit for Junior classrooms?
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“Suited my year 3/4 class really well. It would be a good kit to do in the first few weeks of the year. Was perfect for post lockdown transition back to school.”
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Posted 4 years ago
Sharon H
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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? This kit really builds oral language through telling, listening to and sharing stories in the classroom, families, and wider community. Art, drama, dance, and Te Reo Maori & maths patterning etc. are areas I intend to develop further.
How effective was this kit in providing opportunities for cross-curricular learning?
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How did you find the open format of this kit? There are so many ways the information & resources in this kit can be interpreted & used which means it can head off in a direction suited your particular class & learning needs - one kit, many directions!
How practical are the components of the Kit for Junior classrooms?
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“This was a great Junior Kit, and even though I haven't used it in its entirety yet it has made a fantastic starting point for our Junior story telling inquiry for the remainder of this term (Sadly I was intending to spend the final few weeks of T1 using the kit, but actually it has worked in my favour for this term!!) The task 2 Exploring our own ways of telling stories, and "I am a story"became part of our initial provocation into how, what & why people share stories. Moving forward I intend exploring myths & legends as one way stories are passed through generations, identifying characters as 'explorers'.”
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Posted 4 years ago
Steph
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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Viewing, story telling and writing plus links to own experiences.
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How did you find the open format of this kit? Very positive. My class is made up of a wide variety of children so being able to plan experience based around them was fantastic.
How practical are the components of the Kit for Junior classrooms?
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“Another great kit! Loved the whole theme and ease of use.”
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Posted 4 years ago
Tania
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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? The story telling device hooked the class in and enabled them to have rich cross curricular experiences
How effective was this kit in providing opportunities for cross-curricular learning?
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How did you find the open format of this kit? The open format of the kit appealed to me as it gave me flexibility to adapt where I wanted to so we could focus on areas that linked into our class inquiry
How practical are the components of the Kit for Junior classrooms?
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“This is another winner from School Kit. Content is easily accessible and can be adapted to needs of your tamariki”
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Posted 4 years ago
Michelle
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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We didn't have much chance to use due to Lockdown. We found the story a little confusing and not having the artwork to go with it even more so. But we had some good oral language and if we had more time we would have used the stem activities which looked
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How did you find the open format of this kit? I like the openness of these kits but found this one not as user friendly as the story didn't have enough detail and was a bitabstract for my year 2s. This has been my least favourite of the kits I have received, but still appreciate the opportunity to tr
How practical are the components of the Kit for Junior classrooms?
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How useful is the format of the kit for Teacher Planning?
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“I enjoyed the opportunity to try this kit though due to lockdown we didn't get to complete all the tasks. Please see comments below.”
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Posted 4 years ago
Tosca
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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Oral language was our starting point of exploring.
How effective was this kit in providing opportunities for cross-curricular learning?
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How did you find the open format of this kit? To open ended for my busy brain sorry.
How practical are the components of the Kit for Junior classrooms?
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“At the start of the year I like things a bit more prescribed and I found it a challenge to get into this. I loved the concept of the dice and story telling.”
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Posted 4 years ago
Tracey
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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Dance, drama and oral and written language allowed us to tell stories of our Whanau and made up stories of animals. The question cards were a huge hit with the children laughing and reasoning with each other (perfect for now and rebuilt relationships).
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How did you find the open format of this kit? I really liked the openness of the kit because it allowed for student drive where the learning tool is and meant they were super motivated. They kit allows me to use it again and go on a completely different direction.
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“The part of the kit I especially like is that it can be used again and again and taken on different adventures and journeys depending on the interests of the group of kids you have. Room 10 were totally absorbed in telling stories through dance and movement. We told stories of our Whanau and our own adventures through dance and ended up combining bits of each other’s dance to make one big collaborative Room 10 dance. Our plan is to create our own Taniko patterns and explore tessellations and translations. Having the boys of important teacher information was super helpful because it gave me the important parts to engage children and make clear curriculum links for them.”
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Posted 4 years ago
Jo
Verified Reviewer
What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Unfortunately, due to Covid-19, we were unable to use the kit to it's full extent.
How effective was this kit in providing opportunities for cross-curricular learning?
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How did you find the open format of this kit? Fantastic!
How practical are the components of the Kit for Junior classrooms?
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“It was wonderful to have a kit aimed at junior children. It engaged oral language and creativity through exploring different scenarios.”
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Posted 4 years ago
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