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? We had already begun our journey. This kit has made it more real.

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? It has made it a tad easier to think about how it can be done. 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? Not a huge impact for us at this time.

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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“What a brilliant resource. Thoroughly enjoyed being a part of this wonderful 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? The photographs were great to use and it prompted a lot of discussion between the students.

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

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Good. I find you need to pick and decide what resources to use because there is so many resources around.

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 past is very important and w to know where we come from and what happened

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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“This kit was excellent with a lot of good resources.”

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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 could definitely use this model and helps to form a journey of inquiry.

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

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? It has helped though greater explanation and some inside into answers for each card would have been great.

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 was good to know the stories were 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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How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“The something happened here kit was very interesting. I did find it hard to navigate and more teacher guidance would have helped. The children enjoyed learning about the different stories.”

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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? Great - based EOTC activities around pictures and finding out about local places

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? Great resources linked - helpful for other Histories topics

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? Local stories have more relevance for learners at Year 4

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 resource kit and prompts for teachers/support. But, it was too advanced for my Year 4 class and did not have any local connections for them (which they need), therefore it was not right for my group. But, love the detail and the content and adapted some ideas linked to our own context.”

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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 great starting point

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

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Not hugely

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? Not really important where they didn’t relate to our localised curriculum

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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“This was a tricky resource to use with my year 4/5 class. L felt it was better suited to older children.”

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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? Highly

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? Supported

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? Powerful

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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“Aotearoa NZ Histories - 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? This has helped me in preparation for the implementation of the NZ history area of the curriculum

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 feel like I now have new found resources, tools and knowledge to draw from in my teaching

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 definitely gave me confidence in this learning area

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 are still competing this kit but it has been fantastic so far. A wealth of information about NZ History presented in an informative, engaging and useful manner.”

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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 great to have local stories. The students were really engaged with the activities the could easily connect with.

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

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? It has helped me realized how you can introduce large topics through the lense of a smaller or specific event or person and then brace out into wider concepts.

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? .

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

Not Significant At All

Neutral

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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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“Students really enjoyed looking through all the different artifacts, and the found the topics that were from our areas really engaging. It led to lots of good discussion and research around a range of topics from our history.”

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Posted 2 years ago