How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? Yes they really liked opening the packet from another school. We found the school on google earth and saw some photos of their school which made the experience more meaningful.

“The activities were well set out for teachers to follow. There were some good teaching ideas/skills and great to have the links to follow. I really like how GNZW is different from last year. Fantastic to have all the resources provided plus the perk of a few extra stationary bits.”

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How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? The children are super excited and can't wait to get the other classes kits.

“I found this kit very challenging for my age group - but they are 6 -8 year olds. However they loved doing it and will be super excited to see how kit that has just arrived!”

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How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? The children are always very excited by the prospect of real responses and sharing with other schools around New Zealand. I still think they are most excited about the Big Poster, more than the individual postcards. Hopefully the effort put in by the scho

“I really like the idea of what was proposed this time round, though it seemed a little harder to hook the children into this one. Once they were they seemed to get real enjoyment out of it, but it required more persuasion than in previous years with the the Metaphor Work ( Of course I totally understand that a change-up was required) I think some really neat work has come through, though not to the level I was expecting.”

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How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? Giving children an authentic audience to write to, prompted engagement. Recieving the buddy schools package was exciting.

“At first the content of the kit requirments were quite difficult to understand. But after reading the guide a few times it became clearer. While challenging it was very rewarding once complete. Thank you, I will try and sign up next year and look forward to the next kit.”

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“We loved swapping our work. It made us work harder knowing others our age were reading it. Loved the wee objects too.”

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How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? It was so easy with everything pre-organised. This is one of the only opportunities to connect with other parts of NZ for our kids. It gives a real purpose for the activity.

“I always love School Kit activities and have done this one the last few years. My year 3/4 found the particular activities this time really hard to comprehend unfortunately. They were reasonably good at finding the sticky words and loved the little items. The colour poem was fun but didn’t really link to the other tasks except for the theme of poetry. Perhaps the colour poem would have been better going on the poster? Or facts about our class like in previous years. This was a bold effort at a more creative activity for us all and I think in the end classes rose to the challenge. We love Warehouse Stationery for offering the stationery items and letting classes across NZ participate in something totally different to the norm.”

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How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? It created an authentic purpose for writing and also a deadline which encouraged students to commit to the task.

“This kit helped me to step out of my comfort zone and not avoid poetry once again. The amount of support both from the teachers planning sheet but also the Fb group was amazing!! My students enjoyed it thoroughly and learnt so much about themselves as poets. The levels in my class has a huge range but all (with some added scaffolding) were able to produce a poem.”

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How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? They always love connecting with another class around the country. Thank you to all the team at School Kit. :)

“The warm up activities were fun, but the postcard activity was quite challenging for my students. I think last year's class preferred their postcard activity more.”

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