“Throughout Terms two and three, Pelorus students have been learning about Tuia Encounters 250, which commemorates the 250th anniversary of explorer James Cook's arrival in New Zealand. The commemorations have been given the Māori name Tuia, meaning to weave together, symbolising bringing people together in unity. We’ve recently been using another School Kit resource called ‘As I saw it’. We’ve learnt how important it is to not take a single story approach to learning about our history, there are many different perspectives that help to weave the story together to help us learn. Some of the writing activities in this kit have inspired some rather creative stories.”

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“We have really enjoyed the schoolkit. The Guess Who Game was so popular I had to ban them from playing it! They also loved the discussions they had together and often asked if they could ";talk"; about the whole project. These discussions certainly became richer and deeper as they grasped what the whole project was based on. We are in the process of growing potatoes in a bucket as they didn't believe me when I said potatoes grow from a seed potato!”

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“Our class, Room 5 really enjoyed learning about Captain Cook and the kit, AS I saw it. Responses from the students: Student 1: ";I really enjoyed it. It was really helpful to me because I could actually see it happening in real life";. Student 2: "; It was really fun because you got to see what they had, comparing it to what we have now";. Student 3: ";It was amazing because we learnt the history of Captain Cook and the points of view of the Maori and the British";.”

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“Hello, My name is Erica from the class 6RF and I'm writing to you to explain our As I saw it displays. First of all we would like to say Thank you for sending the kit for us so we can learn about what happened at Mercury Bay. One of our teachers, Mr Ladbrook, sat down and told us one of the parts of what happened at Mercury Bay. May I say so myself, I was very intrigued about what happened. Mrs Fuller, our teacher gave us cards all about the shooting incident between Gore and Oturinui. We had to create a timeline from morning to night. Then we got given cards about the objects, Mrs Fuller also laid out all the objects for us to all connect the objects and story. After that my friends and I got the map and we got to put down where everyone was at the time of the shooting. Now another step before the final step is to basically create a draft of our layout. When we all finished òur drafts we had a blind vote to choose which persons design we should use. Lastly we all got given an object to write about, I got the telescope lens. After everyone was finished writing theirs we carefully pinned the piece of writing and object onto to our display. In my opinion the final result looked amazing, and it was a very fun experience.”

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“Thanks for this wonderfully rch resource. It made a brilliant connection with our art unit, Aratoi- Journeys, in conjunction with Nelson's Suter Art Gallery.”

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“This kit provided a fun and fantastic learning opportunity for the children. We spent all of term 3 and even a couple of weeks into term 4 working on this kit. The children were so engaged with their learning. During our exhibition parents commented how great it was that the children were learning about NZ history as they felt their own knowledge of NZ history was lacking. The guess who game was fun and the children came to see their own prejudice - they hadn't learnt the Maori names as easily as the European names. They were fascinated by Tupaia. The book suggestions were fantastic - we loved reading 'The cook who cooked for Captain Cook' together. The mystery of the items provided great fun and the children came up with some questionable and creative ways the items may have come to be at the museum. The children loved creating the exhibition and this provided an opportunity for children to be creative and problem solvers, from painted displays to replica glass display cases and everything in between. Thank you very much - this is possibly the best kit I have used so far!”

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How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? Very hands on - we loved it and with a few connections to LearNZ and other online video's and mapping websites we have had a great interactive unit of learning to celebrate 250 years.

“Room 7 loved the kit. It has engaged children, teacher and parents with the stories written, the timelining (although quite tricky!) and the mathcing of objects. We have had some a-ha moments when children realise that all the stories connected at the same point. Many of the class visited the Endeavour on its visit to Auckland and a few are planning a journey to Mercury Bay for themselves in the holidays. A great way to explore NZ history from a fantastic child friendly way. Loved the kits, excited to re-use in years to come.”

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How did this kit help your students to discuss the idea of multiple perspectives? The rich discussion in class was absolutely awesome. Students were able to agree and disagree with their peers based on what they had read and learnt and justify why they thought / didn’t think the same. The students real lightbulb moments where when they

How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? This kit has changed my perspective because I was able to teach the students about all sides/versions of the events without being one sided or without doing so in way that may have been negative toward Māori or the European (hope that makes sense). I real

“This is a fantastic resource to have been able to use in my classroom this year. Having the variety of different perspectives and being able to see the events and story from other points of view was awesome. Unfortunately my class was changed during the teaching and learning of this kit to mainly year 3’s and this kit was well above their heads so I had adapted it to suit their needs while my highest reading group took it on as a project. Thank you for this opportunity! I really loved the hands on ‘real’ learning in this kit and so did my students. Especially the items and their relevance to each person / the event.”

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