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 has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? This has built my own knowledge and given me ideas of different ways to approach this area of the curriculum which we are all new to learning about.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? I liked the physical resources that were within the kit - would be great to create a wee kit of touchstone pieces to explore similar to this that were relevant to our 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? It is good to know that there is a strong bicultural perspective built into this kit.

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

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“This kit was absolutely amazing. The physical resources within the kit and the online resources to support it surpassed my expectations. We are a small rural school with a large year level spread within our classrooms and we were able to cater for all the different learning needs and interests of our broad spread of children. We will continue to use this kit going forward as there is still so much more in there to explore”

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Posted 11 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? Improved my confidence, but still lacking in confidence.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes - the most interest was cards with local connections (Dunedin and Milton). I am developing a unit based on our local town and river and am trying to link it to this model.

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 incredibly important to work with the local community, so a great impact.

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

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“There is a lot in this pack to get started with investigating areas of Aotearoa History in further depth, so we haven't used all of the resources. However, this isn't a bad thing, as this is a kit that can used time after time and still spark new wonderings. We initially worked through one card together based on a local industry, which led to several sessions looking at how to effectively use the internet for research - important lifelong skills. Students then chose a card that appealed to them and worked in pairs and small groups. The student website was great, although some groups of students struggled a little and needed a lot of support (mainly struggling readers and ESOL students). As a immigrant to Aotearoa, it gave me some confidence in teaching this subject as it is daunting to a teacher from overseas. I learnt a great deal alongside my students, and it was positive for them to see me as a learner as well as a teacher.”

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Posted 11 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 gave me the courage to approach subjects with my students that we hadn't covered before.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes absolutely and I am doing so weekly now.

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 it an authentic first person historical source

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

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“The resources was varied and essential for sparking interest and wonder about the topic.”

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Posted 11 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 has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? It has definitely grown my own knowledge and given me a starting platform - a unit that well planned and can be executed effectively.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? I would definitely use this model. I am from Taupō so we are lucky to have a localised curriculum developed in support with the iwi already. This kit has given me the tools to further explore history in other regions of NZ.

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 confidence in teaching it to students and talking about the learning within the classroom to whānau

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“I absolutely loved teaching from this kit. It is one that I will draw from year after year.”

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Posted 11 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 has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Much better and supported me to know what to deliver to our tamariki.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? This really engaged me into understanding our histories.

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? Fascinating

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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“Resources provided, students find them fascinating to look what it was like in the olden days.”

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Posted 11 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 has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Very helpful - it linked will well with ANZH and our local curriculum.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Our kura is already exploring our local area and we have a developing relationship with our local iwi.

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? As mentioned they were already established.

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 very comprehensive kit. Students in my class are year 5/6 students. They found the visual prompts and the support material via the website very informative and engaging.”

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Posted 11 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 has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? It created opportunities to explore new topics and sources. As I delivered this as part of a Humanities program that incorporates Social Studies, History and Geography, this kit was a great way to show how these strands all blend togther through stories and sites.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? The idea of starting with an image and bouncing from that was cool - and the notion that every picture tells some type of story could certainly adopted as a model in our junior programs.

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? Certainly gives the resource a level of credibility, and takes the pressure off teachers. Consultation and collaboration are so important, but can also take a long time to do - developing relationships etc. - so having this as a a ready to go kit was great.

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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“I used this kit with a Level 1 Humanities course. The combination of tactile and digital tools was great. The skills that students developed doing this now will be transferred to other topics and subjects through to Level 2 and 3 - even just things like exploring papers past and reading challenging primary sources, as these are skills that will be incredibly useful moving forward.”

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Posted 11 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? Improved it significantly.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? It provides a really good framework for how to jumpstart exploring local history. I will absolutely do so again.

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 it more meaningful.

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“This was a great School Kit because not only did it provide lots of scope for exploration, the resources which came with it can be used over and over.”

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Posted 11 months ago