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 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 was helpful to have content to build off.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? We had already explored our local area with our children.

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? We didn't know they were but that is good to know!

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 have started but not yet completed this unit. Our Year 4/5 found task 1 to be at a suitable level but found tasks 2 and 3 more challenging. We started with pairs working with different cards until we received your emails about modelling the lesson with just one card. Also after receiving your emails we just had the students work on task one only. It would have been helpful to have these emails before we started the lessons. The information in the unit was really interesting and the children have, and are, enjoying the learning. The kits, and websites, are really well resourced.”

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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? Much easier

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Looking into purakau next year

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? Eye opening

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“Yr 7 & 8 students enjoyed looking back on our special Aotearoa and the artifacts that come with it”

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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? By offering a range of different stories i was not yet. familiar with, I as a teacher was able to learn alongside students and uncover lesser known stories from New Zealand's history. This served as a springboard for me to explore more stories to explore with students in the future.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Motivated me to create a unit where students map out their local area using google maps. Students then add pins to mark locations of interest from local area that are important to 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? Great to know that stories have come from authentic sources and reflect the voices of communities involved.

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

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“Overall, this was a great resource. Unfortunately, some of the activities were pitched a little too high for the literacy capabilities of some students therefore it was difficult to deliver teaching around the resource as intended. What our students found particularly valuable was some of the resources on the website, particularly the "How to Read a Photo" guide. We used this tool frequently throughout our Term 3 Aotearoa Histories unit to analyse both photos from the kit, as well as other historical photographs from other sources.”

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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? Its always great having more resources for history that are geared at intermediate level

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes we will likely adapt it for next years inquiry

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 definitely added authenticity and relevance

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“- good digital resources - a variety of relevant and local viewpoints - openness worked better with some kids, some needed a lot of help to get going and maintain momentum”

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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 resources and website gave me more confidence to deliver the ANZ history curriculum

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Definitely made me more aware of the stories of Aotearoa, and has made me want to research more of 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? This was very important to me.

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“An amazing resource! So much information, we will definitely be revisiting this again.”

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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 has supported me to look forward to exploring our local history next year.

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

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? I felt that I was able to be more culturally responsive to the students in my classroom.

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“The class and I loved using the resources. It added impact to the lessons having artifacts that the students could touch.”

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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 is super helpful having easy to use quality resources.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Great to engage and consider how to motivate students to want to learn more about our 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? Amazing to see the collaboration and authenticity.

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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“It is fantastic to have a resource that sparks interest and a want to learn more about our history. This has also helped us to want to learn more about our local history.”

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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! To have the information available accurate and reliable was great!

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? We have already been trying to put something together!

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? Again, it was great! Very much appreciate knowing this.

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“We loved using the Aotearoa NZ Histories 23 kit to explore and learn about our history. The kit helped make learning interesting and exciting.”

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Posted 1 year ago