How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Composing a lament (moteatea) for our kapa haka group using the idea of Vaughan's Kia Atawhai Poem. Creating art where we celebrate how there is no right or wrong, and that each piece - even if created by an identical stamp - will look different! A break

How did using art as the context allow your learners to explore the themes of racism and inclusivity? Art in our classroom has a slower and more rhythmic pace than most of our other learning areas. We afforded the creative process lots of time, and created an enjoyable atmosphere in the class. This allowed for a sense of togetherness while we were all bus

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 certainly opened their eyes as to what can be labelled "art" and what the purpose of art can be. It helped them step away from viewing art as something pretty, masteful, hard to create and expensive. It made many of them realize that they can create th

“Our Yr 5/6 class engaged eagerly with the Kotahitanga Kit. They displayed a level of maturity that I didn't expect - especially when creating their "found poems". Vaughn's Kia atawhai poem was embraced and explored and even incorporated in some of our kapa haka performances! Racism, differences, tolerance, being a rainbow in someone else's cloud were all openly and honestly discussed and explored. Our class is two thirds boys and I enjoyed seeing the boys engage meaningfully, especially in the creative processes and art. I believe my students truly enjoyed the freedom to explore creative processes, they were surprised by the outcomes of their creative efforts & experiments and they loved processing their own thoughts and viewpoints about key issues and concepts. BRAVO SchoolKit Squad! This rates as one of the most successful kits I've ever done with a class.”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? It opened the floor for many discussions that would not have come about without use of this kit. Students were able to elaborate on their thinking further in the Life Education sessions when we had those.

How did using art as the context allow your learners to explore the themes of racism and inclusivity? Using the same stamps but seeing different outcomes helped the students see that everyone can use the same tool or product and produce something completely different.

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? Students always thrive when given a purpose or a meaningful goal. They were able to understand that this kit was being used around NZ and could see how one poem or stamp was able to create waves throughout the country in a meaningful way.

“The students really enjoyed creating their own version of Vaughn's poem. Kia Atawhai struck a chord with them and they were able to really run with that concept and used different locations to expand on different ways to be kind. This was an awesome Kit that will be used again with future classes.”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are now trying to spread the kindness virus at our school to make a difference with kindness in our world. We linked it to Malala and her book "Malalas magic pencil"

How did using art as the context allow your learners to explore the themes of racism and inclusivity? It was a great starting point

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 kids understood purpose for these art forms

“Great ideas and resources...loved the poem”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? My class is very excited about future art projects where they can express their views and feelings through artistic mediums.

How did using art as the context allow your learners to explore the themes of racism and inclusivity? It allowed us to look at the tricky topic of racism in a powerful way. The children could express their feelings in a variety of ways and have since asked to more deep focussed art.

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? This kit helped my class develop an understanding that artists use art as a medium to express their thoughts and feelings.

“The kids were really engaged and loved exploring the ideas of racism and inclusion through art and hosting their whānau in an exhibition.”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? found poems were very effective and a favourite with all the students.

How did using art as the context allow your learners to explore the themes of racism and inclusivity? through poetry and art combined learners were able to express their identity and their thoughts regarding racism.

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 continued to link all the artists work throughout the learning to the key ideas.

“This was a great kit with a lot of content. It certainly opened discussion regarding racism in Aotearoa/New Zealand.”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? More reading about topics etc

How did using art as the context allow your learners to explore the themes of racism and inclusivity? Voicing their opinions, using different media’s to express their views on the topic.

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? Very clear and great process for them to follow.

“The learning was so great for discussion and expression with the art and poetry. We are yet to exhibit due to lockdown.”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We will look at repurposing the stamps to create Christmas themed arts and crafts images (wreaths, baubles etc).

How did using art as the context allow your learners to explore the themes of racism and inclusivity? Letter to my neighbour was great to engage students.

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How did this kit help your students understanding of art with a purpose? Great to be able to engage in handsome on activities.

“Good quality resources.”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Their TED talks topics are reflecting their understanding of the issues of inclusivity.

How did using art as the context allow your learners to explore the themes of racism and inclusivity? The art was an initial attraction which caught their attention and brought them into the topic.

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 was a useful discussion about how they can use their own art and look at others art differently.

“My students enjoyed this project, and certainly grew in their awareness of inclusivity on many levels as a result. The collaborative nature of the activities meant that those less than deep thinkers were prodded to go a bit deeper and the final poem was quite stunning.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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