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? Increased my confidence in delivering the content as I have more resources under my belt and a better understanding of events.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? It encouraged not just myself but also my class to explore the history of our local area and surrounding areas.

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 knowing that the information that was given was from people's whānau affected by the events.

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“The school kit was great and highly engaging for students. They loved learning about events from our local history as well as around Aotearoa.”

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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? Increased my confidence by having all the material there for you, takes the worry about sourcing the information and knowing it is credible.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Absolutely. As a school we have explored artefacts within the school grounds, interviewing past teachers and students and created QR codes so others can access what we found out.

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 feel this was the most valuable part of the kit. Knowing the stories came from the people of the Iwi made me feel like I was teaching in a culturally respectful way.

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?

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“Using the Aotearoa NZ Histories kit gave me the confidence to explore different moments in history in a culturally respectful way. Knowing that the stories and content came directly from whanau/Iwi/communities made me feel like I was approaching the learning with respect to those who told the stories. This is a very valuable resource that I will continue to use for many years to come.”

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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? There was some great content that I have never heard about so having this resource was great.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? I’m very much looking forward to delving into the history of the local area. Especially seeing as one of the stories was based close by to our school.

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 a great way to introduce a lot of the themes and stories. It has certainly broaden my knowledge about NZ history. Especially with being from the UK and not overly familiar with NZ history

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“The Aotearoa NZ Histories unit was full of amazing sources and resources for the children to explore. The stories where very interesting and we had a great two terms working through some of the stories. I did find that the website was too hard for the children to work through by themselves and we ended up going through it as a whole class. We had to spend time unpacking a lot of the sources as the comprehension level was too hard for the children in my Year 5 class. We really enjoying looking through the stories and the children found them very interesting.”

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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? Helped me to gather more ideas of how to deliver it.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes, it has motivated me big time to incorporate much more 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? Huge, I am a strong believer that collaboration with iwi/whanau/hapu is essential for education

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“Good content, engaging and fit well into our unit.”

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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 offers a breadth of learning and opportunity for students to have a wide range of stories to learn from.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? I hope to use the framework to help evolve resources for the Tauranga 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? I feel that collaboration is key and that the more you ask for input, the wider the scope for a valuable learning experience.

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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“When Emma came to visit we went through some of the stories and I am going to use it in Term 1 next year from Year 9 to 11.”

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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? Positively

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

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. Made it authentic and included POV.

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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“Very engaging kit. Fairly easy to follow. Initiated interesting dialogue between 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? We definitely have more ideas and confidence going forward.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? We have more work we would like to do in this area, but it has been a good motivation to get us started.

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 the kit real purpose and a greater sense of connection to others.

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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“We enjoyed using this kit and learning new stories from Aotearoa's 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? I think it is a very good resource and I think if I had an older class it would give me a lot of confidence in delivering the new histories curriculum.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? I think it would be a very good model to use.

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 is very important that it was developed in collaboration as it makes it very authentic

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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“This kit is well put together and isto be an incredible resource, however it was ordered for me and as I take years 1-3 ESOL students I found it not unsuitable for my groups. If I had older students it would be very suitable for them.”

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Posted 1 year ago