“Hello, My name is Erica from the class 6RF and I'm writing to you to explain our As I saw it displays. First of all we would like to say Thank you for sending the kit for us so we can learn about what happened at Mercury Bay. One of our teachers, Mr Ladbrook, sat down and told us one of the parts of what happened at Mercury Bay. May I say so myself, I was very intrigued about what happened. Mrs Fuller, our teacher gave us cards all about the shooting incident between Gore and Oturinui. We had to create a timeline from morning to night. Then we got given cards about the objects, Mrs Fuller also laid out all the objects for us to all connect the objects and story. After that my friends and I got the map and we got to put down where everyone was at the time of the shooting. Now another step before the final step is to basically create a draft of our layout. When we all finished òur drafts we had a blind vote to choose which persons design we should use. Lastly we all got given an object to write about, I got the telescope lens. After everyone was finished writing theirs we carefully pinned the piece of writing and object onto to our display. In my opinion the final result looked amazing, and it was a very fun experience.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Thanks for this wonderfully rch resource. It made a brilliant connection with our art unit, Aratoi- Journeys, in conjunction with Nelson's Suter Art Gallery.”

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“This kit provided a fun and fantastic learning opportunity for the children. We spent all of term 3 and even a couple of weeks into term 4 working on this kit. The children were so engaged with their learning. During our exhibition parents commented how great it was that the children were learning about NZ history as they felt their own knowledge of NZ history was lacking. The guess who game was fun and the children came to see their own prejudice - they hadn't learnt the Maori names as easily as the European names. They were fascinated by Tupaia. The book suggestions were fantastic - we loved reading 'The cook who cooked for Captain Cook' together. The mystery of the items provided great fun and the children came up with some questionable and creative ways the items may have come to be at the museum. The children loved creating the exhibition and this provided an opportunity for children to be creative and problem solvers, from painted displays to replica glass display cases and everything in between. Thank you very much - this is possibly the best kit I have used so far!”

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How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? This kit alongside what was occuring in the media and the conversations being had challenged my cultural capital, and made me consider that I had a very one sided view and understanding. By using the kit and unpacking this with our classes I have found my

“This was an exciting kit made authentic by the commemorations occurring in Gisborne for Tuia 250. We were really able to challenge our learners to consider the 'two sides to the story' idea but also how everyone sees things differently. We also used our local stories to acknowledge the voyagers who came to this area. As we work collaboratively within our school we had a great trip to our local beach where we were able to view significant landmarks for our area, and bring to life the stories. We visited monuments along our foreshore that pay tribute to Cook but also we were able to reiterate that this first encounter was in fact seen differently by different people and how a lack of understanding of each other can lead to conflict.”

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How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? It has helped develop my knowledge on New Zealand history and made me more confident on how to teach it, and to include different perspectives to make sure my students get the full story.

“The kit had lots of great resources that could be shaped and moulded to how my classroom works. However, I believe that the content on the character cards was too difficult for my students to fully understand, even after editing them and presenting the information in a different way. This made teaching the rest of the unit difficult; and we also had many things come up during the term that prevented us for finishing it.”

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How has this kit changed your perspective on teaching NZ History? I never thought to teach NZ History, as I didn’t grow up learning about it when I was at school nor truly felt confident that I knew enough to teach it to year 7’s who can see straight through any facade. If I’m honest, I was also embarrassed to be so naï

“This kit was a wonderful platform for teaching history, geography, and understanding different perspectives. The Guess Who game tied in well with our reo Māori, being able to ask questions about characters based on their physical appearance.”

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“Thank you school kit. My class really got engaged with learning about the story of as I saw it. We made our own ship biscuits too with mix responses.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“#Tuia250 connects perfectly with our concept this term, which is Taonga - what do we value? We have set up a museum style display explaining why the artifact is of value to the original owners.”

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Posted 5 years ago

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