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? Next year we would like to explore the soldiers from our local area that made an impact on the war.

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? it has inspired me to look into our local history more and gain confidence to ask local elders what they might know.

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 children loved the fact that it was someone local and not from another country

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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“The children loved being able to see som pictures and infromation from the past and having something tangible to touch”

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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? There are lots of connections that can be made around the area we are in and areas that are familiar to the learners.

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? 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 really broadened my understanding of NZ History and stories that we don't often hear about and can find it difficult to find resources about.

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 learners were interested hearing the stories of a range of different people, it made connections between NZ history and who they are.

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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“The Kit and Website were filled with so much information! It was very exciting to see so much thought has been put into the resources. The resources are beautiful and really good for the learners to physically see as well, although some of the readings were tricky for our learners to fully understand.”

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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 haven't managed to get that far yet : although some comparisons were drawn.

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 have a good set of researches to work with that generate lots of discussion and engagement. Also the website is great: it links everything. Thank you.

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 learning a bit more real for students.

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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“We haven't finished all I had planned yet, but so far the students have been engaged and there has been a lot of discussion, questions, comments etc about the learning.”

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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 has made us want to view more of our local rohe and understand the unique nature

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? More knowledge and ideas of resources and materials to use, a unique way to explore history and understand it

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? Authentic, true, multi sided view of history

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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“Something happened here”

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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? Local curriculum knowledge timeline, stories of mana whenua,

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

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Sparking ideas Thinking about pepeha for school, and local area Sometimes lack of Queenstown/central otago content meant there was less relevance for us.

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? Great for knowing with Mātauranga Māori as a leading priority with the Curriculum refresh

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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“Something Happened Here”

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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 - as said. The kit provided stimulation to look for connections within our own area.

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

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? We all have different amounts of prior knowledge and the kit provided a huge range of topics and areas of history to focus on. Therefor it was helpful to look for new learning or topics we could make connections with.

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? We didn’t engage much with the community but this is not a reflection of the kit. We just didn’t make this a focus and have noted for future learning.

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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“The cards were excellent ‘jumping off’ points for the students to discover aspects of NZ history. Particularly if they did not have much prior knowledge. The activities were also really helpful for practicing skills needed to study history. Overall it was a well put together kit we will use 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? We could definitely use this model.

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

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? I feel more confident that I now have a resource that I can use with my class in future years too.

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? A great resource and allowed students to look indepth at a topic.

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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“My class loved the kit, it was very detailed and the steps were easy to follow.”

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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 it was really relevant. We are going to visit some key areas next year.

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? Boosted it no end. Thank you soooo much for creating this!

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? Really important. It is their stories.

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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“Is something that is inline with the revised Curriculum and something I will keep to do again.”

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Posted 2 years ago