Aotearoa NZ Histories 22 Reviews

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How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes, loved the pepeha to kick things off.

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? Digital NZ, National Library, RNZ

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? I'm feeling more confident to deliver the curriculum to my students.

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? Yes

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Yes absolutely.

How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?

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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?

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“Amazing, high-quality resources. Great to learn about parts of history I didn't know about. Resource was way to hard for year 5/6 students. Would be really beneficial for older students.”

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Posted 2 years ago

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Get interested in investigating more local history and places for trips and more information around our history

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? Cenotaph, Digital NZ, NZ On Screen, National Library, RNZ

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? It has provided a sense of direction and understanding of how to incorporate the nz histories into the curriculum

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? Yes

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Didn’t get a chance to finish but so far impact has been positive

How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?

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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?

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“Unfortunately we didn’t get a chance to complete this kit as it arrived late in the term. We look forward to redoing it next year. Kit looks great though!”

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Posted 2 years ago

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? This is an area that we are looking at within our school. We have begun to make connections, which we hope to develop further next year.

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? Digital NZ, National Library, Papers Past, RNZ

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? There is so much to learn, and to have resources available makes it much easier to deliver the curriculum. It has given me a place to start, and I have certainly not finished with this amazing kit yet!! Thank you so much.

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? Yes

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? It ties in with a focus that we have with our school to involve whanau in our student's learning.

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“I can truly say that we have only scratched the surface of this comprehensive and well thought out kit. It has given me amazing resources that I will continue to use as I continue with this kit next year. I can see the amount of work and thought that has gone into this kit to get students critically thinking, reflecting, and learning. Thank you and well done on a great kit for both teachers and students.”

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Posted 2 years ago

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? I believe our school is developing a local histories curriculum to trial ASAP. We can definitely use this model as well.

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? Digital NZ, NZ On Screen, National Library, RNZ

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? I'm really looking forward to delving into more resources and stories next year. It is definitely in my top 3 school kits I have used and I'm excited to work with my class on more topics and issues. No doubt the students have the same enthusiasm and confi

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? Yes

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? It was so good to have the range of perspectives from tangata whenua. It certainly made the story telling so much stronger and meaningful for the tamariki in my classroom.

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“Great resources! The students really thrived with the opportunity to research and investigate different perspectives from a range of stakeholders. Worked well in both group learning and independent learning times. Awesome videos and footage as well. Looking forward to covering more material with my next class.”

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Posted 2 years ago

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? I would use photos, mihi, places etc as a a way into learning about important events in the past.

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? National Library

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Still not completely confident, I didn't find it completely easy to use. I am more confident in how to use hooks (pictures, recordings etc) to engage students to inquire into something more naturally. I still don't know enough myself to feel completely co

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? Yes

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? It was a really powerful thing to know that it was connected. It meant what the students were learning was more powerful and meaningful.

How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?

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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?

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“There was lots of good information about not so well known events. I liked the link between places and events, using mihi as a connect. It was not as accessible and easy to navigate to use in the most efficient way.”

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Posted 2 years ago

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? We visited a marea this year, but would also like to visit areas that related to the kit.

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? National Library

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Has had a positive impact. I now feel more confident in delivering quaility teaching and learning around the Aotearoa histories.

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? Yes

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? That was good to know, that we were teaching the correct thing.

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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?

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“Great interactive resources for the kids. Great they could have thing to touch and look out that were authentic and meaningful.”

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Posted 2 years ago

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? The artefacts allowed us to discuss what artefacts we could leave for future generations that would show them a snapshot of 'now'.

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? Digital NZ, National Library, RNZ

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Having thorough resources and artefacts helped me to confidently teach the Aotearoa Histories Curriculum.

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? Yes

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? It was great to know that these stories were authentic and had been provided by reliable resources.

How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?

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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?

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“My Year 5 students loved working through this History Kit. The physical objects were authentic and helped engage the students with the activities, especially the photographs! The great thing with this kit is that it can be used over and over again.”

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Posted 2 years ago

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes we could. It has really opened my eyes to the history we have right under our noses

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? NZ On Screen

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Having reliable resources, all in one place that are at the appropriate level for a range of abilities. Excellent!

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? Yes

How effective was the student facing website (somethinghappenedhere.co.nz) for your learners?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Excellent. I would love to see even more local content

How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?

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“Absolutely fabulous resource!”

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Posted 2 years ago