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? About the same, just new ideas.

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? Gave me confidence that I was delivering was appropriate.

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“A great way to explore a variety of histories from around Aotearoa. I look forward to utilising the primary sources in units in the future. My students and I found the postcards and accompanying site interesting to explore”

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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? Very much

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? 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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“My students really enjoyed using the kit and learning about their 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? It has given me more knowledge, and a place that I can trust the information is relevant and authentic.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? That there is a lot more to know and understand as a teacher and to give students access 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? it is very important to know that these are authentic and local stories

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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“This was a very comprehensive kit!!!! Lots of information and support for the teacher and engaging for the 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? this is a great starting point and guide to help us with the 'do' of the curriculum, so students get opportunities to see and do historical research

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? very much so, and gave resources to help with it too

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? gave confidence that iwi voice is included

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“Being a special school our students all have significant disabilities, that meant we couldn't use the resource as is. What I found really useful was to take the stories and tasks provided, and adapt them for our students. Break tasks up, simplify language, provide support with assistive technology etc. It was really helpful to have access to the stories, especially local ones, and the hints on where to look for information. We will use this lots.”

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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 gave me a starting point to deliver the curriculum. Before I found the curriculum too overwhelming and didn't know where to start.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? It has made me reflect on and changed my view of what a school resource can be.

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 the learning more rich.

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“I enjoyed using the Aotearoa NZ Histories Kit! There were many opportunities for each ākonga to discover their path through the resources. Although there were some ways to help the lower learners in my class use the resources, I did find that they were more catered to extension students who have autonomy of their learning. I will most definitely use this next year!”

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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? has given me some great ideas and a clear place to start with planning and also my own knowledge

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? After looking through the photos as a mini scavengar hunt we used some photos from our own area to do the same. We also invited in our local Museum Educator to share some stories 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? Huge impact, children loved knowing that other people would know/have heard these stories before

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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“Amazing kit with lots of great hands on resources. Tamariki loved looking through the photos which sparked lots of questions and further research. We particularly loved the 'Poi e' record and enjoyed looking at how much things like music has changed over time!”

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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? I found this kit a great starting point and I know I will continue to reuse it in the years to come.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? I hadn't actually thought of this until I read this question.

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? Pretty low to be honest. I thought the stories were interesting regardless of their source.

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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“I really liked this kit. The recreated artefacts were really cool and the instructions for how to read a photo were something new for my Year 7/8 students. Some students found the stories really difficult to engage with, but others got really into 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? Very much so. Felt directionless prior.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Definitely could use this model when we are feeling more ready to look more deeply at 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? Reassuring that the people who are connected to these stories were involved.

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“Looks like it is going to be an invaluable resource as we navigate our way through the new curriculum changes. Such a relief to have all the hard mahi done for us and it's ready to pick up and use to engage our students.”

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Posted 1 year ago