“I have never participated in the Get NZ writing kit before but loved the resources and experience the kids had.
It was fun reading the poems from our buddy school. Awesome pack! Thanks heaps.”
“The writing tasks were challenging for some of my students but all were eager to participate and some were eager to share their 'confessions'. They loved their virtual trip down to their buddy school in Wellington and making stops along the way to 'take pics'. The 3D element of this kit got my students curious about how it worked and they were able to create their own secret messages. Well done with this kit, Thank you!”
“I had not done one of these kits before and I did enjoy it. It was a real push to get it finished but with some adapting we had it completed before the lockdown. I really loved teachers sharing their ideas around how they taught the lessons and adapted the writing, especially when I have a year 3/4 class and quite a few struggling writers. The children did a great job writing their final poem though and enjoyed finding places on google maps. Overall, with some adaptions, it was a success :)”
“My children loved this kit. We had so many laughs writing and reading other people’s this is just to say. We worked together to help each other with the poems. It was very exciting to receive our buddy class poems.”
“This is always such a fabulous kit! We loved it this year...it took us a bit further out of our comfort zone but we learned a lot about NZ as well as different types of poems. The children always feel so important to be writing for others as an authentic audience. It's truly a highlight when we receive our parcel from our buddy and we read their work over and over. Thanks Schoolkit and Warehouse Stationery :-)”
“Wow! Our class thoroughly enjoyed this year's writing kit. Thank you very much! The part we enjoyed the most was looking at and learning more about places in NZ as we tracked our way from our buddy school to ours. The use of the red glasses also added excitement to the purpose of writing and reading. We can't wait for another kit next year!”
“Thanks SchoolKit and WSL for providing another interesting and engaging school kit. As always the anticipation of send of the kit and waiting for our buddy class kit to arrive was great. Using the red filter glasses made the kit just that little bit more interesting. Was also nice to do something a little bit different from previous years, leaving the metaphors behind and trying out some poetry. Keep up the great work.”
“This was a fantastic kit once again! Not only did my class and I learn about Sestina poems but we had a ball creating our secret poems too! Planning a journey through New Zealand to our buddy class made for some exciting new discoveries. We have had such rich learning experiences in both NZ geography and English. Not to mention the excitement and fun of wearing our glasses to decode our buddy class poem, shrieks of delight could be heard around the school that morning! Thank you to everyone who made this kit possible For another year.”
