What impact has the introduction of the action plan had on your classroom? Students are far more aware of each other’s cultures and learned a lot of information about stereotypes. I have heard students calling out other students for saying something that could be stereotype based.

How did using this kit change the environment in your classroom? Students were a little more accepting of others towards to end of the year.

“This was a fantastic kit. Created really interesting discussions about stereotyping and racism. My class has 11 different ethnicities in it and it was great to learn about different beliefs and values. We learned that some of our students names were not being pronounced correctly and one of our first action plans was to change this. The kids made a massive effort with this and did a great job!”

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What impact has the introduction of the action plan had on your classroom? Using Stats NZ we researched the different races that make up our country. Students studied one particular country and reported back on it. We also used the school journals and compared and contrasted our country and theirs (Afghanistan, Jordan, Israel, A

How did using this kit change the environment in your classroom? We were certainly aware of the multi-culturalism in NZ and how we are all different, but the same.

“This was a great unit, given the recent occurences. It's a good way to make the class aware of our differences and our similarities.”

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What impact has the introduction of the action plan had on your classroom? Made students aware of changes that have happened in our society - could discuss with students the changes from my school days to now in how we relate to one another eg. In my schooling students had to opt in to have a 30 min Maori language lesson vs now

How did using this kit change the environment in your classroom? You could really see students begin to understand differences others faced each day and students felt comfortable enough to ask deeper questions to each other with out feeling they would offend the others, when they just wanted more of an understanding. W

“A fantastic resource to use with my Yr 7 class. Very powerful to remind students that in many ways we are all the same, however in many ways we come from far different backgrounds and with many different experiences.”

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What impact has the introduction of the action plan had on your classroom? Students created their own inquiry. Shared this resource with other classes as they missed out signing up.

How did using this kit change the environment in your classroom? We created posters about racism and discrimination.

“Fantastic resource which sparked other aspects of social justice issues within our Kelston community.”

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What impact has the introduction of the action plan had on your classroom? Using ideas to forward plan for next year. This kit tied into our previous learning with the Kia Kaha Programme.

How did using this kit change the environment in your classroom? Students learnt to be more accepting of others in regards to culture, colour, religion and unique differences.

“A great kit that helped our students understand the world around them in regards to acceptance. The activities were enjoyed by the kids. The discussions created more unity and acceptance of others opinions. There was a lot to cover so next time I would allow more time for more in depth learning in some areas.”

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What impact has the introduction of the action plan had on your classroom? Increasing awareness around this which was a big step

How did using this kit change the environment in your classroom? More open minded, caring environment began to grow!

“Awesome kit - already planning on using it again with my Year 7 and 8s next year!”

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What impact has the introduction of the action plan had on your classroom? Help to reinforce the diversity in our class, diversity is one of our school values so it was good to have a resource dedicated to this.

How did using this kit change the environment in your classroom? It changed the children, not the classroom. Children were more accepting of each others' ideals and values and were more willing to learn more about each other's culture and customs.

“Great resource kit, For my class, ideally would have been better to implement in the beginning of the year. It did help reinforce diversity ideals in the class.”

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What impact has the introduction of the action plan had on your classroom? We have been looking at the issues raised in the kit throughout the year, so it was a very good evaluation of what we have been learning about.

How did using this kit change the environment in your classroom? I modified a couple of the tasks, ie for the compliments task, I got the students to make an origami box then cut out a card for each pupil and wrote a compliment (what I like about this person). They then put it into the individual boxes. Each student th

“A beautifully presented kit. The students loved the stereotype - pictionary game the best. We had a discussion before hand about the fact that what I was going to ask them to do was a bit unusual. Most of the students used alternative, friendly ways to show the stereotypes, which was pleasing to see.”

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