How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? More work with the Aotearoa Histories will be helped by having completed this kit.

How did using art as the context allow your learners to explore the themes of racism and inclusivity? This kit was a nice follow on kit from the Aotearoa Histories Kit that we completed in Term 3. My class enjoyed thinking about ways people are marginalised in society and why this might be

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? They now know that all art has a story behind it and that they need to be able to tell their story through the artwork

“This kit helped us with understanding artists and their work. The students were able to experience with the stamp and using paint effectively. The students constructed their own be kind canvas, using what they had learnt in this kit to support their creations.”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

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Very High

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Maybe more research about other marginalised groups and community make-up

How did using art as the context allow your learners to explore the themes of racism and inclusivity? The stamps were cool and we had fun with them. We made posters and wrote our own letters to our neighbours, showing how we can 'unteach' 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? The students were engaged and understood the message behind the art

“The kit is great, the stamps are solid and the posters are easy to understand.”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

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Very High

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Using local (NZ) artists and looking further into the messages the art is conveying as a focus for further art lessons. Equipping students with the awareness of using the visual art as a way to share important messages.

How did using art as the context allow your learners to explore the themes of racism and inclusivity? Using art was powerful as it engages a diverse range of learners and showed them that art can convey important messages (instead of just through writing etc).

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 opened their eyes to another side of art. It was a great way for the students to practice and find ways to engage with art works in more depth beyond just looking at the techniques and medium used.

“Beautiful messages. Fabulous kit. The supporting material was very useful. The students were able to discuss ideas clearly and were engaged with this kit. Thank you”

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Posted 2 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? Explore a variety of artworks from many cultures to examine the themes and messages.

How did using art as the context allow your learners to explore the themes of racism and inclusivity? It was a great way to get the children thinking more about the messages and stories behind works of 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? It was a great way to get the children thinking more about the messages and stories behind works of art.

“The idea of this kit worked in well with a schoolwide art exhibition that we were having. Kotahitanga is one of our school values, so it was a great connection for us.”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

Neutral

Very High

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? There were many topical discussions that arose throughout the unit - from Whitaker's te reo chocolate labelling to racist attacks in supermarket carparks. It made the topic very real for the students and helped them to realise that we are all responsible

How did using art as the context allow your learners to explore the themes of racism and inclusivity? It made students aware of how art can be used to express thoughts, opinions, and emotions. The different types of art meant that students could identify the ways racism is perceived by different members of the community. Students were able to create their

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 explored the different artists and their work and through this the students could see the different artists perspectives.

“I found this a really well put together unit that provided great examples and activities to promote an awareness about racism.”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

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Very High

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? I really enjoyed integrating it to poetry writing. I find that children do struggle with poetry and it will be a good learning opportunity for children to develop their learning and understanding not just racism and inclusivity but also other themes as we

How did using art as the context allow your learners to explore the themes of racism and inclusivity? I like that it is hands on art activities for the children to learn rather than constant book and pen as my student require a lot of physical activities to help them learn better. They have a better understanding of racism and inclusivity towards the end

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 showed awareness to the children of what racism looks like and being able to make that connection using art. In class we talked about inclusiveness and how we are all unique and different. The poetry was a bit challenging for the children but they enjo

“It's an amazing kit that I would like to do this again next year. It help children provide deeper level thinking about racism and inclusivity integrated with art and literacy.”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

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Very High

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Will be reusing this kit in the future to integrate into inquiry and literacy. Even though it was developed out of Covid, it is a topic that is always important, and this made it easier for many of our kids to begin to explore what many see as a hard topi

How did using art as the context allow your learners to explore the themes of racism and inclusivity? We used the art element as a way to integrate our literacy program. Kids loved it and the printing blocks were so helpful. Some of our kids took it further and created their own printing blocks also.

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? Really well. Linked into our inquiry around Protests also, and the impact that art can have, as everyone interprets things differently..

“What an awesome kit to support kids into delving into racism and inclusivity!”

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Posted 2 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

Neutral

Very High

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Would be very good to do at the beginning of the year to create a positive classroom culture

How did using art as the context allow your learners to explore the themes of racism and inclusivity? Great class discussions and some went on to focus on events in NZ History that related to this.

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? Expression of self and feelings through the Arts is always a popular time in class

“Great resource, and was perfect for the next step after Something Happened Here... Engaging and lots of rich discussion.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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