“We ended up leaving this until the end of the term as term 4 is a crazy one. We preloaded with unplugged coding and lots of collaborative activities. I set it up and we worked with Room 5 coming together in our groups and getting our spy names - which the students absolutely loved. The kids were on board when our dramatic and very convincing principal came to set up the scenario. They soon were engrossed with each task and were fantastic at working together and asking and answering questions, also one student remarking that they couldn't wait until lunch finished so they could carry on with the kit. It helped me see how to put this into my program and have it at the end of a task or to spark some thought. Thankyou again School Kit we loved it!”
“Wow! What a kit! When we opened it and saw the level of preparation involved, it was a little daunting! But, the learning that came from this kit was amazing. I love kits that allow us to see students key comp &; soft skills in action - collaboration, critical thinking, cooperation, communication - all of these were on display! I had a blast being Purple Monkey - from setting the clue trail (quite the actress!) to being ";discovered";. Thanks School Kit - inspiration, innovation and all round awesome!”
“Kia ora,
THank you so much for all the thought and organisation that went into this kit. My class loved it and were keen to do more! It took a while to get my head around it and you needed to be organised with the preparation and set up. I love the way everything had been thought of and was included in the kit eg the yellow tape to go across the classroom door - this added to the excitement and suspense for this activity.
I also enjoyed the fact that another staff member(in our case our secretary) was involved which came it a more whole school feel.
The differentiation of the tasks was also very helpful in a composite class. I enjoyed the fact that it was a STEAM kit so a good chance for those children that excel in this area to shine.
We thoroughly enjoyed this kit. Many thanks for the time and effort that has gone into preparing this kit for our classrooms.”
“Wow! What a great school kit... the best we have used so far! The kids were engaged from the get go. Loved the team work and collaboration needed and it managed to enable kids to step out of their comfort zone with one another. Was great to see them all using their problem solving skills. Our 'Purple Monkey' also had a great time with the set up the whole scenario the day before as well as being found the next day. Although there was quite a lot of preparation needed, it was definitely worth our time and energy. It took our 3 classes, which we mixed in ability groups approximately 2 hours to solve. The highlight was the lazer beam maze for many of the kids. Overall, it was a great kit for this time of year. The kids as well as us, thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience.”
“What a great idea for the end of the year! While some of the teacher notes were a little tricky to get my head around and some of the more impulsive kids got out of sequence or took other groups clues, overall it was heaps of fun and I'd love to do the same type of thing again. It highlighted the importance of critical thinking,
teamwork and contributing. Thanks so much.”
“We are a year 5 class and we teamed up with a year 2/3 class. We did alot of how to solve clues work beforehand. Children still needed alot of help on the day as clues were quite hard for them to solve and when they were too hard the children lost interest. So there was alot of teacher input and we had an adult between two or three groups. Children did really enjoy it and are still talking about it.”
“Our Y4 students were keen an engaged in these tasks and continue to talk about how much they enjoyed the day. One task they found challenging was finding the code in the numbers card and needed a few more clues to work it out. Next time I would recruit a few more helping hands to help rove and support teams where needed. Overall the day was a great success.”
“Thank you for a fabulous challenging kit. This kit allowed for all my students to be fully engaged. One or two found it slightly difficult but were determined to complete the investigation. Clear set out instructions allowed for the groups to collaborate with each other. Fabulous resources. thank you so much”
