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, we've been able to engage with local kaumatua and get some great stories about our local history.

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? I now feel ready for next year's curriculum change and in teaching the required content.

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? Definitely helped to know these were developed with iwi involvement. It gave them more meaning.

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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How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“Great content, easy to follow, great student engagement. Thank you”

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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 can easily see how to use this model for further local inquiry

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

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? I am still a little unsure to be honest everyone I speak to has a different way of teaching what is being asked - it can be overwhelming. I will stick to this model until told otherwise.

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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How effective were the Teacher Support Materials in the School Kit Squad website?

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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 made the stories balanced

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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“We are still working through the kit and it has brought up some interesting stories and further research which is great as our students are building how to be historians and inquiry their own questions.”

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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? It was awesome to use the internet to help us on our journey around NZ to learn about our countries history.

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

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Through doing this School Kit I have learnt a lot about Aotearoa Histories that I can use in the future when teaching this again.

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? This made it more authentic and meant it was relevant to our learners. The students could connect to their own culture through this.

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“This School Kit was incredible. The artefacts were a great way to get the students engaged in the history as they could touch them and actually see what would have been. The kiwi photos were of some places the children had seen or visited which caught their attention and made this project interesting for them from the get go. With the new curriculum coming in i hope to use this resource again in term 1 of next year to inspire their learning about our beautiful country.”

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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 live in a particularly rich historical area in an old part of ChCh so it would be really interesting to replicate the model and for children to connect with their communiy

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

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? I have definitely learnt a lot from all the stories and has raised my awareness of what I didn't/don't know. I feel I now have more knowledge to build on going forward into delivering 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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How effective were the Teacher Support Materials in the School Kit Squad website?

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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 fantastic to know these were in collaboration - we can see the human connection.

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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How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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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? It was interesting to explore those 'hidden' stories of important events that have happened around us. We have sought out a couple of sites that are reasonably close to our area and enjoyed the adventure.

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

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? I felt more confident delivering the histories curriculum using this kit. students were engaged and motivated to be researchers using these great resources.

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? We have looked closely at our community this year after moving to a new site so it was nice to see that connection through this kit. It makes it authentic.

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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“Students enjoyed the flexibility and choice that came with being a researcher and collaborator using this kit. Great range of resources and quality materials.”

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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 will be applying the learning model to creating our own stories next year. it has been a great way to interact with or own locality.

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? As a whole, the kit was well researched and well-presented. There was an immense amount of information so we did not get through everything in the time allotted. However, it was a fantastic piece of kit, which gave direction to the whole area of NZ Histor

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? This gave everything authenticity and allowed us to carry out genuine investigations. The fact that it was developed in collaboration with iwi meant I could be confident in trusting the research and make sure I was delivering stories in a respectful way.

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

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“Fabulous kit! Gave us the confidence and push we needed to delve into the new Aotearoa NZ Histories curriculum.”

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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 kit would be a fantastic resource for setting up research skills in a variety of contexts as well as encouraging students to think about how they can reflect about our local history.

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

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? I was more confident teaching the events with accuracy. The resources themselves made the students engaged and thoughtful of the impact that the stories had on many people at the time, the places themselves and the places now. Critical thinking skills are

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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How effective were the Teacher Support Materials in the School Kit Squad website?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? I especially enjoyed the perspectives element to this kit, using iwi and other community members to make it authentic and accurate.

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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“This kit was full of awesome resources that got our tamariki engaged in the lesson. The online research element was also very effective, they enjoyed being experts and sharing back what they had learnt. I learnt just as much from this kit and will definitely be using it 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? It was a good introduction and made me feel more confident in teaching history as well as developing my own interactive history plan.

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

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Like I said I feel more confident in developing my own plan from here using some of the effective elements of the unit.

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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How effective were the Teacher Support Materials in the School Kit Squad website?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? The students loved knowing the stories were true and could have been experienced by someone that either lived near them or could see them around.

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

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“Fairly easy to use. My students were engaged and loved learning about NZ history. The material and physical things within the kit created a discussion heavy lesson which both myself and the students loved.”

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Posted 2 years ago