Aotearoa NZ Histories 22 Reviews

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Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? Yes

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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How effective were the Teacher Support Materials in the School Kit Squad website?

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How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? It helped with my own understanding more than what i knew before the toic

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? It has built on my own knowledge about a culture that is not my own

How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?

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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? It made it more legit/ valid and valuable because it wasn't made up by people who had no connection to the past

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? Digital NZ, Ngā Taonga, National Library

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“The visuals provided enabled the students to get a glimpse of the past and helped them to understand what things were liked and how they have evolved over time due to events that shaped how New Zealand is today.”

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Posted 7 months ago

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? yes

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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How effective were the Teacher Support Materials in the School Kit Squad website?

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How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? It has helped tremendously and the resources were useful during activities in the classroom

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? During Anzac Day activities, we explored the history of our local area .

How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?

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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? It made it more meaningful

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? National Library

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“This was helpful and was used along side Aotearoa NZ Histories NZ Reading Comprehension google slides.”

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Posted 9 months ago

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? yes

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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How effective were the Teacher Support Materials in the School Kit Squad website?

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How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? It's made it more managaeable.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? It's given me ideas and a model on how to explore our local history.

How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?

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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Positive

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“What a great resource. Well put together and informative. Would definitely recommend.”

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Posted 11 months ago

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? yes

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? It has been wonderful to use it to start collaborative discussions with colleagues and share knowledge and new learning. We feel much more confident now.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? It his shown us all how, from a simple picture, we can delve deeply into New Zealands history.

How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?

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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Great to know this link has been forefront when developing the stories so it was always visible when teaching.

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? RNZ, National Library

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“An enjoyable and worthwhile kit that hoked students, parents and teachers from the get-go. Our School Year 6 students thoroughly enjoyed their learning and were engaged from beginning to end. Our teachers were also engaged and were able to share a collective knowledge and developed new understanding. We all look forward to using the kit to further our learning in the next few years.”

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Posted 11 months ago

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? no

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? A valuable tool that needs time to comprehend and work your way through.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? The kit was the inspiration to setting up visits to local sites of significance and the follow up activities were completed.

How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?

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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Reassuring

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“A wonderful resource, however, it was a bigger unit of work than we were able to allocate time to, with other activities happening at the same time. So many pathways to follow and get lost amongst.”

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Posted 1 year ago

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? yes

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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How effective were the Teacher Support Materials in the School Kit Squad website?

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How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Great

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? I would love to know more.

How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?

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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? So good.

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? RNZ, Kā Huru Manu

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“The box of photos and memorabilia was beautiful and helpful as a resource as it provided talking points for our class.”

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Posted 1 year ago

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? yes

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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How effective were the Teacher Support Materials in the School Kit Squad website?

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How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? It made it easier.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? It has motivated me to explore further!

How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?

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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Very important!

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? National Library

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“We found the resource 10/10. Our tamariki were highly engaged throughout the unit and the Aotearoa NZ Histories resource supplemented this wonderfully.”

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Posted 1 year ago

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? yes

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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How effective were the Teacher Support Materials in the School Kit Squad website?

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How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? The ever-increasing amount of NZ resources this kit is a huge benefit and allows both teachers and students to gain confidence in NZ history and the curriculum

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? We have adapted the resources and now look to local content using the kit as a template for the students

How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?

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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Confidence that we can tell their stories without offence.

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? Kareao, RNZ, Digital NZ, Kā Huru Manu, Cenotaph, Papers Past, NZ On Screen, Ngā Taonga, National Library

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“We broke up kits to assist with sources and artifact study for our Year 11 and 12 students and found them to be very useful as a starting point for the students to then select their own sources”

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Posted 1 year ago