What impact has the introduction of the action plan had on your classroom? Big impact - allowed for some great discussions.

How did using this kit change the environment in your classroom? The kids became more aware.

“Had some great resources - I adapted a few lessons and it was a great way to discuss difference being important etc”

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What impact has the introduction of the action plan had on your classroom? Provided a clear direction and student engagement.

How did using this kit change the environment in your classroom? Students are more aware of stereotypes

“I enjoyed the unit as a whole. The students were particularly engaged in the dictionary game.”

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What impact has the introduction of the action plan had on your classroom? The ";Tell your teacher something they won't know"; activity was a reminder that we need to take the time to 'listen' to our students, and that they do actually try even when we get frustrated with them.

How did using this kit change the environment in your classroom? Reinforced what we were doing already, brought new ideas into learning and challenged us to embed what we were doing. There are definitely some activities I will be repeating next year with my new homeroom, in particular what they want me to know (will do

“This was a great unit that we used to reinforce the learning we had undertaken at the beginning of the year, getting to know our students, whānau and community.”

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What impact has the introduction of the action plan had on your classroom? The use of the games to introduce some really hard to understand/talk about ideas, helped me to think about my approach. The cards with what we can do and what we need to achieve helped us be very reflective and it is a way to reflect that I'll be using a

How did using this kit change the environment in your classroom? The students have really thought about how hateful comments about others can impact lives for many years to come and have a negative effect on communities, not just people.

“This was a very well put together kit. The resources worked well in my class and it made it very easy to talk about hard hitting subjects.”

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What impact has the introduction of the action plan had on your classroom? It was a great chance for the kids to reflect and consider themselves as well as experiences relative to outside of their environment. For some kids, they weren't even aware of much outside of their environment.

How did using this kit change the environment in your classroom? We used the kit to make the classroom more safe and secure, so we had a choice to share or not too share but also we learned about respecting each others boundaries and opinions

“It was a great unit, especially for my year 5/6 class. We'd done a lot on working together as a group and this helped solidify that along with brought in some other important aspects.”

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Posted 5 years ago

What impact has the introduction of the action plan had on your classroom? The children are more aware of different viewpoints and how they can help to make their environments better places to be, just by changing something very small but significant.

How did using this kit change the environment in your classroom? Children are more self-aware; able to ask questions about others and are more worldly wise.

“This kit provided a fantastic opportunity to better understand how the children in my class see themselves and others. All the different activities were accessible to all and provided rich conversations.”

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What impact has the introduction of the action plan had on your classroom? I’m hoping it will open their eyes to a range of cultures and understand we are all the same. They can appreciate how difficult it must be for some people coming into our country.

How did using this kit change the environment in your classroom? During prayer time they prayed for those in other countries and recognised some people do experience racism.

“Thanks so much for another amazing school kit. My children throughly enjoyed the activities and loved presenting their work on the cards provided. Some interesting thoughts came through. We were reading refugee at the same time so this helped with visualisation.”

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What impact has the introduction of the action plan had on your classroom? Providing a clear direction, student engagement

How did using this kit change the environment in your classroom? It promoted interest as it was something different. It was a different way of thinking, learning and doing. It encouraged deep discussion and thinking - including further discussion of similar topics that linked in

“Brilliant resources that students found very engaging. Information was presented in a different way to what they're used to which they enjoyed. It also provided excellent ideas for activities / games to promote interest. The kit provoked some interesting class discussion and we were able to branch out into history etc.”

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