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Anonymous
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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? Yes, it was fabulous.
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? excitement
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
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“There were so many interesting bits and pieces to spark curiosity”
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Posted 1 year ago
Anonymous
Verified Reviewer
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? Increased confidence
How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Loved how it went from one interesting fact flowing into another.
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? Showed how much history there is in NZ
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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“What a great interactive resource. Every piece of this kit had interest from my students.”
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Posted 1 year ago
Kerrie
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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? Like I say, to know that these stories have been sourced from reliable and trustworthy sources and then made accessible to us as educators and our students is gold.
How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? We have a really rich history as a school and it has helped our students value the significance of things that happened in the past.
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? Of utmost importance. They are their stories to tell.
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, Ngā Taonga, National Library
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
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“I would like to thank those who created this resource- fabulous content and we will use it again and again. The importance of having resources to support the learning ( ours and our tamariki), that focuses on local history is key. You have simplified the journey by capturing some of the stories in one space. The content navigator was gold as it is quite a bit to unpack. We are as a school at the beginning of what we know is a long learning journey.”
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Posted 1 year ago
Heather G
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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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Neutral
Highly Effective
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 taught me a load more about Aotearoa's history, has given me more ideas about how to get students working with photos, and given me more knowledge about the online resources available and ideas of how our students can use these.
How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? We had already been exploring our local history but at a fairly superficial level. Now I'm more inspired to get our students researching for themselves some of our local stories.
How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?
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Neutral
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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?
None At All
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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 think that has been a real key to making this such an awesome kit. We have talked about getting our local community involved in our school's local history inquiry but it's been hard going so far. This kit has given me a reminder of how important input from our local families will be for learning about our areas' real history.
Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? RNZ, Digital NZ, Papers Past, NZ On Screen, National Library
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
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“This kit takes you into some of the more fascinating little stories from our country's history - You know, the ones they never taught you at school!!! It is great to be able to study the photos (real photos, not just one a screen!) and to learn about the people in them and the times that they lived through. I really like this kit, but it has one fundamental flaw - It is a real mission to match up the kit's lovely tangible items to the postcards. I ended up spreading them across the floor and working my way through the postcards one by one on the website, scrolling down and trying to spot which photos matched with something in the sea of items in front of me! It took ages. Once I'd done that, of course, I was then stuck with trying to work out how to keep them together or to label them in some way so that I didn't have to repeat the process. Nowhere can/could I find any documentation to list which item goes with which postcard. This is my only criticism of this kit. Otherwise, ... The stories are great. The information given and the links work well. Shame that some of the postcards are redundant for now - are these going to be completed? Regardless of this, the stories are great, then lessons into how objects are used by researchers are brilliant, and I love the fact that students can really get absorbed into their story, feeling that this is their own real piece of research. Is the website and the links for this kit going to stay live? - we have teachers who now want to use this kit again next year, and maybe on-going.”
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Posted 1 year ago
Margaret
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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 has supported, its useful to have the artefacts, images and resources for the children to explore.
How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes it has, Yes I could.
How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?
Not Significant At All
Neutral
Very Significant
How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?
None At All
Neutral
Very High
What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Yes it was.
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?
Very Low
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“Lovely packaging and kit. Great visual images. Good discussion points. The children were curious about the kit and wanted to explore the artefacts. It linked in with some of our topic, but some aspects didn't. I have a mixed Year 3 and 4 and some of it was a bit advanced for my children.”
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Posted 1 year ago
Jo
Verified Reviewer
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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Neutral
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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 a great tool that I will use again.
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?
Not Significant At All
Neutral
Very Significant
How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?
None At All
Neutral
Very High
What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Good.
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?
Very Low
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“My Year 7/8 students were very engaged in this unit. We had great discussions around the stories and my students learnt a lot of NZ history.”
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Posted 1 year ago
Anna G
Verified Reviewer
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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Neutral
Highly Effective
How effective were the Teacher Support Materials in the School Kit Squad website?
Not Effective At All
Neutral
Highly Effective
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? I really like the model of teaching the histories through stories.
How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?
Not Significant At All
Neutral
Very Significant
How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?
None At All
Neutral
Very High
What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? The collaboration with local iwi/whanua made me more confident in delivering the material.
Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? Digital NZ, Cenotaph, Papers Past, NZ On Screen, National Library
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
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“My class and I absolutely loved working our way through the kit. The cards and items were really engaging and really piqued my kids' interest. The website is well laid out and easy to use. The stories provoked a lot of really interesting conversations. We found that the kids wanted to explore further and our local community got involved.”
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Posted 1 year ago
Stephanie
Verified Reviewer
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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Neutral
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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 majority were already highly confident as historians and teach a lot of NZ histories, but for those that don't it was very useful.
How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? We already do this very well as we have a close relationship with mana whenua as a school and do local trips at Social Studies and History level.
How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?
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Neutral
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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?
None At All
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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 had already started on this, but it was a useful back up.
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, Ngā Taonga, National Library
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
Neutral
Very High
“Well-rounded, solid perspectives, and factual information. Useful to start discussions and a good foundation for non historians to teach from.”
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Posted 1 year ago
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