Aotearoa NZ Histories 23 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 has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? 100% !

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

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? excellent ! We need this

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

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“Phenomenal artefacts. Interesting for adults and children ! Could not have sourced the material better myself - thank you !”

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Posted 1 year 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 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? We have taught our own local history for many years, this kit gives a broad view/lens of other important events.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? We do this currently and have done for many years.

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? hugely impactful! as it should be!

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“An amazing resource that we will continue to utilise the concepts and activities which we can align to our local stories/histories.”

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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? Yes, definitely increased confidence

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? This is a great start point to develop our own place based resource material

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? Makes it more authentic I think

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“Students loved working with these resources. The tactile nature of what comes in the box is so engaging for students- allowing them to explore all sorts of avenues.”

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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? Yes it has added to my knowledge.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? It was so well researched, that it has inspired me to visit my local library and museum

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? The impact was huge knowing that history comes from different perspectives.

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

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“This is a well designed and supported kit that is both open_ended and differentiated. The pictures and stories led to many questions and discussions. I really like the fact that our local area was featured.”

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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? Yes

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes

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? Helped give an understanding

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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“Fantastic and engaging”

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Posted 1 year 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? I feel able to elicit a lot of discussion using the photos in the kit and the badges especially.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? In ESOL we used it more as a comparison tool for the children to explore and share their history from their country.

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 personal to my older ESOL children and enabled them to ask their families for significant stories.

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“The kit was amazing. The photos and artifacts included were really good for our ESOL students.”

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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 teaching NZ history fun and interesting. I feel way more confident in teaching this content.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? The kit is lovely and exploring the local history of our area has been a priority.

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 gave more credibility / made it more real for our children.

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“The Histories Kit 23 is filled with beautiful resources. It captured the imagination of my pupils and encouraged them to keep exploring the history of NZ.”

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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? Given me new knowledge and resources

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? I am going to be in charge of organising a noho at the local Marae

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? Felt like they were told correctly as connected to the iwi

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? NZ On Screen

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“Really great hands on resources. Very interactive Children enjoyed the research element”

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Posted 1 year ago