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? Great resource, with amazing support material.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? We have just been introduced to a localised curriculum from our iwi, so this would become the basis for pūrakau.

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? Really important to know we are sharing accurate stories & ensuring we are acknowledging our history for tangata whenua perspective

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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“Unfortunately due to timing and some school events that were unexpected, we were only able to touch the surface of this resource. I will instead use this resource more in-depth term 4.”

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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 has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? It is definately a resource that I will continue to use over the years. It has also been shared amongst other staff within our school and Kahui Ako. With these resources I felt confident that my line of teaching was the correct one and I was teaching information about different cultural perspectives. This is the most significant resources we have been provided with when it comes to the new curriculum. It is what teachers need to feel they are delivering the correct information

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Absolutely. We found some wee gems that were specific to Otago that had the children really excited

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? Greatly significant. I felt reassured that I was sharing correct information from different cultural persepctives

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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“This resource was fabulous for not only our Aotearoa NZ Histories curriculum but also our local curriculum. The resources were engaging and ignited curiousity for our learners.”

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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 has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Cofident

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes, I used one in particular that related to where we took the class on camp (Abel Tasman)

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 it was very important to know that these stories are from people who have lived there in the past.

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“I enjoyed working through the part of Abel Tasman with the whole class, as that was where we were going on camp. As we are moving onto Term 4 and focusing on Aotearoa NZ Histories, our team is going to collaboratively and utilise this resource more.”

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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 has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Yes

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? It has given me inspiration to use artefacts and primary sources to engage learners

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? High impact and reassuring to know iwi were consulted and able to share their knowledge.

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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“A great resource with interesting artefacts and images to get students curious about the past!”

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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 has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Looking forward to using it to discover some of the more unknown histories here

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

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? That's powerful!

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“We haven't delved too deep into this box yet, but there's a lot to discover next term and in future - I like that it's a resource you can keep and return to with different kids. From our brief interaction with it, it seems to be more suited to the older kids - the year 4s in my case.”

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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 so I was relatively confident.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Our local schools have been part of a Kahui Ako collaboration learning about the history of the local iwi - Ngati Awa. Yes we used this model to look at historical photos of Whakatane and Ngati Awa.

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? Thought it was meaningful.

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“The tamariki were fascinated by the photos and were able to research some of the stories behind the photos. The sack with contents intrigued some of the tamariki as we have a historical flax mill nearby.”

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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 has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? I was plesantly surprised that I was also able to teach part of the story from overseas and the connection to world events. This is important in my opinion, NZ is too small to only focus on the NZ part of a story. Our kids need to know how we connect with the wider world.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? So far we have only gone through one story as we were so captivated. I would look into the local history to see if any connection could be made to the people and brands we studied.

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 knew that the accounts would not have been doctored, they would be true accounts.

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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“My class really enjoyed this kit. As a class we all learned how to use the website and kit using one photograph. The plan was to work together for the first 2 tasks and then either continue on in pairs or choose a new photograph. We all enjoyed it so much that we continued as a class on the same photograph. The resources were excellent - pitched at the right level for all in my class. The learning on the topic was excellent - it was interesting and my students were captivated by the videos and newspaper articles as well as the true stories that lead the learning for the task. Connecting to outside NZ was fantastic to give a wider view. As a teacher, the task of writing a timeline allowed me to teach the skill thoroughly. We plan to use this kit again. Best kit we've had in my opinion.”

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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 kit supported me really well.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Definitely motivated... but I don't know if I could achieve a similar depth of research and understanding (as in the kit).

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. My own education was through an NZ European lens where iwi voices weren't heard. This kit provides those voices.

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 incredible resource packed full of fascinating and unsettling information. These are stories that must be taught. Students developed critical thinking skills and research skills. The pack offered a variety of ways of gathering information, e.g., unpacking pepeha, using maps, watching videos, reading high level text. I did find that our students were not able to understand the information independently but it made for an awesome teacher-led inquiry.”

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Posted 1 year ago