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Get NZ Writing 19 Reviews

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How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? The learning about the other school was very insightful and gave students some real purpose for writing their postcards.
The activity was very in depth this year and took a long time to get any traction on it as there was lots of new learning. It was difficult to make the connections between what the students were doing and what the end result was going to be.
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Posted 5 years ago
How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? The students wondered about their class swap and hoped they would like what they wrote. They were a little disappointed that our postcards from our buddy class weren't coloured but accept that everyone is busy.
The poetry style gave students a new way of looking at words and objects. Some students found it quite tricky while others latched onto it with gusto.
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Posted 5 years ago
How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? Really well - happy with the quality of everything received :)
Such an awesome activity to do with the class. Kids learnt so many new skills and found a real love of poetry :)
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Posted 5 years ago
How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? My students were so excited to receive our parcel from our Buddy School. They were very appreciative of the extra work our Buddies had put into the poster decorating it and adding photos to it. It also gave them a reason to put a bit more effort into thei
Initially the new look Get NZ Writing Kit appeared to be quite complex, but working through it, step by step was easy. Our colour poem was amazing. Continuing through the steps to fill in the Class Poem Sheet to send to our Buddy class was much less time consuming than the previous school kit and became the focus for two writing lessons. Completing the word bank activities became much easier because a colleague shared their amazing template online. Putting the poems together from the word bank was fun!
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Posted 5 years ago
How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? The tamariki loved reading the poems and finding about new facts about their buddy school. It was wonderful seeing them excited about other children's writing. The items were them placed on the window for other children within the school to read. Look for
The tamariki loved the whole Get NZ Writing kit. They especially enjoyed the writing activity. It was challenging for some, however it allowed the more confident authors to assist and teach others. They were extremely proud of their achievements. Thank you!!!!
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Posted 5 years ago
How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? Yes, that was very cool that we got the writing from the same class we sent our writing to. kind of make you feel more connected to that class. Thank you School kit- please keep up the Fabulous work.
I just love your kits- the students are engaged and enthusiastic. It is great to feel like the whole country is working on a collaborative project. There is so much learning that goes beyond the writing like geography, place names and just general curiosity.
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Posted 5 years ago
How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? We swapped with a class in Christchurch. I hastily wrote my email on the back of the parcel before sending it off and they emailed to say thank you for the effort we had put in to our poems and work. They really loved receiving the package from us. We are
The class were so engaged with the lessons that we stretched them out quite a bit so we could get the most learning from the experience. A particular highlight for us was doing the word bank with an object and modelling the process with the class. By the time we got to using the thesaurus they were hooked. They loved finding the word gilt to describe our golden key. You really provided us with a rich literacy resource and I look forward to seeing the learning transfer into our story writing. Thank you so much for the planning that went into Get NZ Writing. It was my second year and I look forward to having the opportunity of taking part again next year.
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Posted 5 years ago
How did the swapping of mail with another class add value to the GNZW experience? They were very excited. We thought Marlborough School would be from Marlborough - not Auckland! We didn't know we were supposed to send the colour poem as well - ours is in the school foyer on display. So we felt really stink that they sent us theirs but
Students were very excited about the tin and wrote some great adjectives. They found the poem about their item hard because it was a list of random words that didn't make sense, and the anagram didn't fit the poem - this confused them.
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Posted 5 years ago