What impact has the introduction of the action plan had on your classroom? The action plan has definitely made us much more mindful of our own and other people attitudes and values. We made a pledge together to call our racism whenever we saw it and the students have shared a couple of incidents where they have observed and call

How did using this kit change the environment in your classroom? It has made me much more mindful of the language I use. It has made me reflect more deeply on the literature and visual texts I share with my class- whose story is being told? Whose voice is missing etc? The students have been more interested in each othe

“Speaking out against racism has been an ongoing theme in our Y8 class since the March 15 attack rocked our hometown. We've completed a lot of activities watching and discussing videos featuring Taika Waititi, reading literature which challenging us to question whether we have our own inherent bias etc. This kit was a really great addition to this program and I whole heartedly recommend it.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What impact has the introduction of the action plan had on your classroom? Challenged learners to consider stereotypes and think about the effect of words on others

How did using this kit change the environment in your classroom? Our school is more aware of the needs of others and how they can help. Our well being survey was alos more positive

“Created opportunities for challenging conversations”

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Posted 4 years ago

What impact has the introduction of the action plan had on your classroom? The action plan made students feel more accountable for their actions and how they speak to one another.

How did using this kit change the environment in your classroom? Students were more aware of how they spoke to one another realising comments that they had previously made were of a racist.

“I loved this kit . Our class is yr 2-4 so most things were appropriate but some a little over the heads of the year 2's. It was a really thought provoking , some finding discrimination hard to understand but this kit helped . I think this kit would be rally useful for the beginning of the year.”

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Posted 4 years ago

How did using this kit change the environment in your classroom? I didn't really change it at this stage of the year although did get the children thinking and reaffirming their own beliefs. I think at the start of the year it could be quite instrumental in helping set a great class culture and be thing to continue to

“My Year 7/8 class enjoyed discussing many of the things that came up in this kit. It got them thinking about different perspectives and tied in nicely with our other inquiry of Giving this term. I would like to use this kit at the beginning of the year as well as I think it would complement the beginning of the year discussions and setting up the class that would would normally do. Thanks again School Kit”

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Posted 4 years ago

What impact has the introduction of the action plan had on your classroom? We built on a few initiatives our school has going - learning about a selected students country and its flag each week. We worked hard to respect the diversity in our classroom space and continued to focus on this.

How did using this kit change the environment in your classroom? Promoted more open discussion and gave the students the voice to stand up for what was right.

“We used some of the activites during our whanau hui time. The students really enjoyed the conversations and discussions that arose from the different activities. They loved the stereotype game and enjoyed playing this. This linked into our KiVa programme and Road to Sexuality programme that were being taught at the same time.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What impact has the introduction of the action plan had on your classroom? We have started to learn more about each other and actually getting names right and knowing who people are. This kit worked in well with our term virtue of ";Taha Wairua, spiritual wellbeing"; and focusing on who we are individually and learning more abou

How did using this kit change the environment in your classroom? My kids respect each other more and they are kinder. This was evident in a small video I showed my class and we had a few new students start. One of the kids fell in the clip and two boys that were new laughed and made fun of them and the kids shut them d

“My classroom is incredibly diverse. This kit really helped to unpack all of the differences in our classroom, our strengths and what we all bring to the table. It was good for the kids to do this on themselves and reflect but then to recognise it in our classroom. It made us a stronger team for it and there is this sense of belonging that is different to past years.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What impact has the introduction of the action plan had on your classroom? Help to reinforce the diversity in our class, diversity is one of our school values so it was good to have a resource dedicated to this.

How did using this kit change the environment in your classroom? It changed the children, not the classroom. Children were more accepting of each others' ideals and values and were more willing to learn more about each other's culture and customs.

“Great resource kit, For my class, ideally would have been better to implement in the beginning of the year. It did help reinforce diversity ideals in the class.”

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Posted 5 years ago

What impact has the introduction of the action plan had on your classroom? None sorry

How did using this kit change the environment in your classroom? Did not sorry

“I did not find this kit to be as helpful as I hoped but this was not the fault of the kit, it was more the coverage that we had done in class before the kit arrived! It was a Year 8 class”

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Posted 5 years ago

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