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? This has helped me understand more about stories that are important to us in NZ

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes. Made connections with local mana whenua to get a deeper insight

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 helpful to ensure we are giving mana whenua a voice in the classroom

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“Great school kit that supported me to teach local stories and let the students explore more as they wanted.”

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Posted 5 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? A lot! I didn't have much knowledge myself but the kit helped to scaffold my own learning too.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes - we went on to research our area and its history. We visited important places around of community.

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? They are the ones that know the history the best so it was fantastic!

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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“In our classroom we really enjoyed learning abou the history of significant places in NZ. There was once place that was close to our kura and made the learning very relevant to them. They especially enjoyed seeing the artifacts.”

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Posted 5 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? I think the kit is a great tool for teachers to use. It takes some of the stress out of trying to prepare the content and means we can get straight into the meat of engaging with the content and getting our students on board.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? I would be interested in taking some of that storytelling aspect and applying it to our local area. We've been in touch with the marae we whakapapa to and I think it would be possible to apply some of the kit's model to our 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? I think it made it all feel very real to the students. When they get things made by their teachers, I think there's always the thought of bias in the back of their minds.

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, Ngā Taonga, National Library

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“We loved using the Aotearoa NZ Histories 23 kit with a group of international students at our kura. Along with students currently studying in our French class, we had seven students from France who took part in the activities. It was an opportunity not only for those international students, but for our own ākonga to engage with the history of this whenua in a way they hadn't before. The kit was easy to use, and the digital aspect meant that we could work as a whole group or as pairs/small groups where needed.”

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Posted 6 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? Helped me develop a deeper understanding of events and how to incorporate into my classroom

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

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 be using reliable and authentic stories

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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“A fantastic resource that was easy to implement across learning areas within my classroom”

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Posted 6 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 to develop knowledge of some of the stories.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? It has inspired to learn more about the 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? Makes it more authentic.

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“I work in a space of child led learning, Montessori, and so used this kit was set up as a provocation. The students that engaged with it liked the visual aspect of the photos and these generated good discussions. The website section 'how to read a photo' was helpful.”

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Posted 6 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 given me the tools to be able to teach Aotearoa History without having to do hours and hours of work myself.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Our school is on a journey to learn and teach the children about our local area so this was helpful. I could apply some parts of this kit to our own 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 was great to know that stories came from the locals

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“This kit is an engaging way to teach students about Aotearoa NZ History using a cross curricular approach. It involved reading, listening, researching, examining and watching videos.”

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Posted 6 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 definitely helped with boosting my own personal knowledge of NZ histories.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes we could easily adapt units and resources and apply to 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 the learning more authentic and important, knowing that stories were local.

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 pack was very detailed and included all sorts of bits a pieces! We found it to be somewhat overwhelming. In the end we found the artefacts most useful as we used them for provocations with our students - which they of course loved.”

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Posted 6 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? There is still a lot more to learn in this area and the kit has helped to bring this to life in the classroom

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Class discussions, learners bringing their stories of life and family history for those that have been in the community a very long time in the small rural community

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? Made the learning real and linked home life’s with school

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“Was very helpful in expanding my knowledge in this subject and introducing new things to me and then to share and engage with class learners. Was lovely to have stories from learners from their family experiences to share and aid further learning.”

Helpful Report

Posted 6 months ago