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Gillian
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How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We have looked into the future and reflected on the ideas that we covered. This has meant that students are more open minded to ideas around racism.
How did using art as the context allow your learners to explore the themes of racism and inclusivity? It was challenging as a teacher who is not confident in teaching art. It did provoke lots of thinking and questions around our personal beliefs.
How effective was using the context of art to explore and celebrate inclusivity?
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How did this kit help your students understanding of art with a purpose? It was great to link art into the concept and make it a process of reflection.
“Amazing resource with lots of thinking!”
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Posted 3 years ago
Atiria
Verified Reviewer
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
Neutral
Very High
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Explore unteach racism webite resources.
How did using art as the context allow your learners to explore the themes of racism and inclusivity? Made it creative and fun.
How effective was using the context of art to explore and celebrate inclusivity?
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How did this kit help your students understanding of art with a purpose? Art that is positive and inclusive through poetry and kind words.
“We watched the video by Maya Angelou “Be a rainbow in someone elses cloud” and in small groups tamariki talked about what this metaphor meant to them. They then chose 1 person to write 4 kind words or phrases to and they will hand the card to them. Sharing positivity was a great activity for my class of year 3’s and 4’s. We will explore the letter next and write our own letters as well as the symbol art we just ran out of time. Such a great resource.”
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Posted 3 years ago
Bec
Verified Reviewer
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
Neutral
Very High
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? As a school we are looking at the conceptual curriculum topic of culture in term 2. This kit will flow well into this term too.
How did using art as the context allow your learners to explore the themes of racism and inclusivity? It allowed my learners to see commonalities between themselves and their peers. It also showed them how messages can be told through art, discussing themes like racism and inclusivity.
How effective was using the context of art to explore and celebrate inclusivity?
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How did this kit help your students understanding of art with a purpose? We looked at how art can be used to express thought rather than always having to use words to portray our feelings and thoughts.
“A thought provoking kit for students in year 7,8 and 9.”
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Posted 3 years ago
Cushla
Verified Reviewer
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
Neutral
Very High
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The artwork of SYBILLE SCHLUMBOM was particularly inspiring for the children, which has led to some students looking at some of her other works of art.
How did using art as the context allow your learners to explore the themes of racism and inclusivity? The students were able to development a deeper understanding of how Art, in particular, provides us with a unique opportunity to give positive representation to diverse populations.
How effective was using the context of art to explore and celebrate inclusivity?
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How did this kit help your students understanding of art with a purpose? The kit was able to incorporate artists and themes to connect with artists from marginalized groups while showing all students everyone is valued.
“This kit integrated really well into our beginning of the year inquiry work - Getting to know ourselves”
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Posted 3 years ago
Teagan
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How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
Neutral
Very High
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? This had encouraged students to speak out and stand up for their peers and others and look in to the history of racism. Some students have been encouraged to look at their own history and cultures and embrace it. I have a Russian student and a Spanish stu
How did using art as the context allow your learners to explore the themes of racism and inclusivity? It actually came up as a conversation which led on to the project being started. It was great to use art as it is something all students felt they could participate in and didn't feel like it was a struggle as apposed to reading or writing.
How effective was using the context of art to explore and celebrate inclusivity?
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How did this kit help your students understanding of art with a purpose? It started a discussion of how people display their thoughts and feelings not just through words and that some art may look odd, but if you look deeper there's often a hidden meaning.
“With the crazy year that's gone on, this has been a great project that the students have gotten involved in and talked about even after they've come back from being away. This is obviously something that has stuck out to the students and something they have taken personally. We haven't quite finished yet, but so far the new found poems that we have created have been amazing. I can't wait to share what we have completed. This is also going in to one of our school blogs. Thank you school kit. These units are amazing!”
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Posted 3 years ago
Erin
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How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
Neutral
Very High
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? It fitted in well with our work on Te Tiriti o Waitangi - establishing class culture of kindness and empathy.
How did using art as the context allow your learners to explore the themes of racism and inclusivity? I think art is a great medium to introduce these complex issues. We scratched the surface but I think they were definitely thinking more deeply about it.
How effective was using the context of art to explore and celebrate inclusivity?
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Very Effective
How did this kit help your students understanding of art with a purpose? As Y6s they had something of an awareness of art having a purpose other than just to look pretty. We have also delved in songs and music in the same way.
“This was a really powerful and engaging way to start the year. The poetry writing component was scaffolded well and allowed all students to be engaged at their level. It ticked over while kids were coming and going with absences. The art was fun - have not attempted print making in a long time. I am still looking for some space to display it effectively.”
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Posted 3 years ago
Lee
Verified Reviewer
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
Neutral
Very High
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Deeper research and discussion into other artists and their purpose behind the pieces produced. Research into global issues at a younger age (it is surprising what they know).
How did using art as the context allow your learners to explore the themes of racism and inclusivity? Art allowed my students to have rich and purposeful discussion around the themes in the kit. They brought up issues around the globe and nationally which meant we were able to think wider than ourselves. It was fantastic to be able to represent ourselves
How effective was using the context of art to explore and celebrate inclusivity?
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Very Effective
How did this kit help your students understanding of art with a purpose? It raised questions around other pieces of art - for us specifically religious pieces with purpose and meaning. This for us as Catholics has enabled us to look at our Easter portraits with a differing light this year.
“This was to date my favourite school kit. I love how this unit brought together our class through Unity. The art display has attracted wonderful comments from students, parents, and other teachers in school. the rich discussion around inclusivity and racism was rich and purposeful.”
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Posted 3 years ago
Karla
Verified Reviewer
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
Neutral
Very High
What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We have continued to use our art as a reference when talking about belonging within the classroom and school.
How did using art as the context allow your learners to explore the themes of racism and inclusivity? We looked at how we can work together collaboratively to create art.
How effective was using the context of art to explore and celebrate inclusivity?
Not Effective At All
Neutral
Very Effective
How did this kit help your students understanding of art with a purpose? We looked at how our art has added to our feeling of belonging together within the classroom and school.
“I was not able to us ethe kit as I had originally planned as I am not in a class full time this year. I thinkg the kit is amazing and can see how it would have been wonderful to use with a class. I have adapted the idea of using kotahitanga as I move from class to class. The kit is wonderful. Tahnk you so much I hope to use it with my own class next year.”
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Posted 3 years ago
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