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? It has made delivering ANZH much easier for me

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? Very good!

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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“This made my life so much easier! What an awesome collection of artefacts put together for the kids to explore. Thank you!”

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Posted 10 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? No difference

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? No difference

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? This was powerful

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

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“The resources in the kit and the website are produced to a high quality. The website is easy to use and the summary/content of each section for different years levels is clear and engaging. Our students were interested in the topic and the research activities were well thought out and provoked a lot of discussion. However, much of my Year 5 class couosnt carry out these tasks independently and i spent a lot of time trying to devise the best ways to present them and make them accessible. For example, they were asked to look up the names of people who moved to NZ for the gold rush on papers online to see where they came from. The search came up with loads of results and even i found it hard to sift through them all and find the ones we needed. It was also hard to read some of the original sources, due the small type size, especially the ads in the Greymouth papers for the task about the rapid growth of Greymouth.”

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Posted 10 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? I am new to the country and this resources was a great entry to the curriculum.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? I will be using this kit with different year groups and will expand into looking locally

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? This didn't really apply to my group of students

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“Very hands on approach that allowed independant discovery and the wide range of materials were very 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? Building my own personal understandings and knowledge

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? Just helps deepen knowledge and understandings ...

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“Really loved how this kit opened all learners up to many learning opportunities beyond the kit - loads of links to new learning and experiences. The kit itself had enough in there to be a real ignition to curiousity - leading to great discussion and investigation”

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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? Yes it has. It promoted great discussion and groupwork. It improved their research skills. We explored the historical contexts and perspectives surrounding Whanganui at that time.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes, because the students are becoming quiteself driven and self motivated to find out more information As a teacher I am exploring the stories with the students too. I allowed them to share and present their findings in ways that suited them.

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 was pretty special. It made thelearning very genuine. I felt like I was covering "local curriculum" in a more in depth way.

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

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“I really loved this resource. I loved that it was so open. The local stories of the female entrepreneurs were brilliant for our students, especially in a girl heavy class. They were really engaged in using papers past and other websites to find out more about Margaret Bullock etc. We worked our way through the stories from Year 5-6 to YEar 7-8, and even touched on the Year 9-10Autonomy stories. Thecontent was very thoroughly researched and well presented, and SchoolKit had some great supporting teacher notes to use.”

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Posted 11 months 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? Ready made resources had a very positive impact in my teaching. I was able to be more specific in my teaching for certain groups of students.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes. As part of our school PD we are involved in Rangitane PD already.

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? We have been using knowledge from our local area in a number of different curriculum areas.

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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“Some great resources for students to get involved with. Lots to explore then lead to further enquiry and research to complete. An organic way for students to take the lead on further knowledge development and skills.”

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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 was able to learn alongside my students and really engage with them on this level

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Stories from our neighbouring area were included which was a real eye opener for myself and our students. Yes I could use 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? Authenticity is key with delivering the ANZH as that has been missing from our history for a long time

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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“The resources and content on the supporting website were key in being able to understand more about the ANZH Curriculum and deliver the content. There were very clear links between the materials provided and the learning experiences in the curriculum which made planning for this easier.”

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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? Yes

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? I would like to use more kits like this in the future

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 benefical

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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“It was extremely beneficial and the students loved the hands-on aspect of the kit learning all about an aspect of the past.”

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Posted 1 year ago