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Toni
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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? The components of the kit were launching pads for ideas in literacy, numeracy, science and social sciences.
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? I like the open format. Allows individual teachers to put their slant on it.
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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“This kit was timely for us as due to Covid our trip to the museum was cancelled.”
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Posted 4 years ago
Roschelle
Verified Reviewer
What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Great way to integrate maths, science and arts
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? Loved the guidance and support provided.
How practical are the components of the Kit for Junior classrooms?
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“A great kit the class thoroughly enjoyed.”
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Posted 4 years ago
Sacha
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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Loved the story telling dice, fabulous link to literacy.
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? I found it hard to follow.
How practical are the components of the Kit for Junior classrooms?
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“I found parts of it difficult to follow and use with my 6 year olds.”
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Posted 4 years ago
Casey
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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We used it to help with art, social science, reading and technology. It was easy to integrate.
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? It was great to easily change the activities to fit the children and our learning needs.
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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“What a fantastic kit! We thoroughly enjoyed the activities in this kit and really enjoyed looking at different myths and legends. We tied it in with discussions about Matariki and Maui. It was so fantastic to gain all the interesting views from the children about what legends they believed in and why. We do a "where in the world"unit throughout the year. We found it great to link all this together into the activities in this kit also. Ka Rawe on another fab experience school-kit.”
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Posted 4 years ago
Rachel
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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? There were some good cross-curricular learning experiences that wound into the Art and Social Studies, but out class found it hard to make the links.
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? I found this really hard to navigate and to know how to use this effectively. It was a bit too open ended for me and I, personally prefer the kits that have a little more direction.
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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“We found this kit was really not overly user friendly. We have a Year 0-2 class and a lot of the material was too complex and beyond the level of understanding of the children. We found that we had to do alot of explaining rather than the children being able to access, think about and respond to the material. The kit would be far more suitable for an older age group, it just didn't work for our New Entrants and Year 1/2 class.”
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Posted 4 years ago
Rochelle
Verified Reviewer
What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? The dice are useful to use part way through reading a book to make predictions or differentiate from the original ending encouraging imagination.
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? Just a bit advanced for my level. I’m going to pass it onto a year 3/4 class for them to work with.
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 love the idea of this kit and have tried to introduce the concepts to my young new entrants. At this stage I feel that the kit is a bit advanced and abstract for them. We discussed the poster and are trying to extend oral language and use full sentences when speaking. The dice will be useful as our literacy improves.”
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Posted 4 years ago
Rita
Verified Reviewer
What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Sharing and enjoying the different stories and discovering differences of cultures throughout the varied times and variety of topics threading through.
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? User Friendly
How practical are the components of the Kit for Junior classrooms?
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“NZ Maritime Museum's Exploring Kit”
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Posted 4 years ago
Deepti
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What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Story telling dice was really useful. Children loved using this during shared and guided reading session.
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 was enough guidance, due to lock-down it was a short time to go over all the items in the kit. Especially having a focus on assessments as well. Thank you for the amazing learning kit.
How practical are the components of the Kit for Junior classrooms?
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“Thank you for the amazing learning kit, children loved using the story telling dice and the questioning cards. Great reading tool.”
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Posted 4 years ago
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