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, the motivation is high now to find and explore our own stories, for example, the Massacre of Omarunui. WW1 and WW2 - Te Hokowhitu A Tu (Maori Pioneer Battalion) The 28th Maori Battalion. The students are now asking these questions also the Spanish f

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? Cenotaph, 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? Because it is OUR History, when I was at school we were taught everyone else's history but not our own. I am learning along with my students. I'm not just the teacher I am also the student and it is awesome.

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? Because these were in collaboration with the local iwi and hapu made the stories easier to tell as you had permission to do so.

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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“Loved this kit, well put together thank you. The resources were meke. The challenges in these lessons opened up my students' eyes. They questioned their beliefs and values. Their critical thinking caps were humming.”

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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 arranged for a local Maori leader to lead out seniors on a journey around our region to tell of more"close to home"stories. The kids loved the trip out and the stories and connections they made to their own backyard.

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

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? This gave me a starting point from which to teach. As an immigrant to NZ I am learning much of the stories and history myself as I teach it. I loved this resource kit.

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? As a teacher, the resources were perfect for leading the students in to a discovery of a world they knew little about. The stories were easy to follow for my students and me and opened up a world of questions and comparisons to today's world.

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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“Our year 7/8 students loved this kit as it fit in perfectly with our Maori and Inquiry focus. They loved the resources, images, and stories particularly and actively engaged in investigating for more information on their own. I thought the pack was very well put together, making it an interesting and engaging subject to teach. Well done NZ School Kit for this amazing pack.”

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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 have lots of local purakau both visually resourced and digitally. Our local curriculum reflects this and has been actively created to build on our learning as a team.

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? Cenotaph, 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? The kit enabled more stories to be told and access to resource materials that will continue to support the learning in the new 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? The impact of this kit was far reaching - our community engaged in a whanau evening to celebrate all the learning we did and it was standing room only. Many families were able to talk about their experiences coming here and they left the evening knowing a

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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“Wow! What a kit! Not only did it spark interest and have a high level of engagement for my class but it also spread school-wide with the whole school taking part in a"Night at the Museum"community event. We were in the throes of developing our localised curriculum and this fitted in well. Students were fiery and passionate about topics to explore like the Black Panthers and new arrivals to New Zealand and how they were treated. They could link to their own family stories and build their understanding and connections with the kit. Once again, School Kit you have done yourselves proud. An outstanding kit that will be etched on the memories of my ākonga for many years to come.”

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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 motivated us further research the early Chinese settlers to our area - something that I was aware of but didn't know much about.

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? It was a great confidence boost - I didn't have to"know"all the answers and with this kit, there was no danger of getting the cultural narrative incorrect which is often a concern when you don't have the knowledge yourself.

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 were lucky that we also had a Ngai Tahu exhibition running at our local Art Gallery/Museum at the same time so it integrated perfectly - the students were able to make connections which reinforced the accuracy of what they were finding out.

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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“A great way to start with the NZ Histories curriculum. Engaging with exceptionally well designed activities that are purposeful and meaningful to myself and the students. Another great kit that we will be using 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? Most definitely. The student I wirked with was inspired to find out the stories from her small town. She asked her mum to take her to a museum in the next town, looked at old photos of their mai street and was inspired to recreate an old newspaper from he

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

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? I just loved the connectedness aspect of this kit. It felt like you could dig deep, far and wide. The only challenge I had was staying on track and not taking the learning too wide as I personally found the stories and connected material fascinating.

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 the whole kit its nana. These stories were authentic. Many Iwi guard these stories like a Taonga soI felt privileged being able to explore them knowing they were a gift.

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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“I cannot praise this kit enough. I spoke about it at our Kahui Ako Culturally Responsive PD where we unpacked Tātaiako with primary schools where they created their own school framework on how to imbed the principals of Tātaiako into their schools. Many Kaiako had already got and were using this kit. ALL teachers praised it. I shared it with our local iwi leaders and they were impressed. I have used the kit in my kura when working 1:1 with students needing extra learning support.”

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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 have been trying to research out local area but seem to hit dead ends

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, Papers Past, RNZ

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Not changed as I am super looking forward to it but will definitely reuse the resources with year 5/6

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? The stories were great but it ended up being rather teacher lead for 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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“The resources were beautiful by and the photos soooooo good. But for year 4 and I thought they were a pretty switched on year 4 class there was a lot of teaching and guidance needed.”

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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? students, whanau and kaiako became more interested in their own heritage. As a syndicate (year 7/8) we became more aware of our suburb and cities history.

Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? Digital NZ, Kareao, 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? This resource helped alot - especially as this is something I am still learning about with my students. Will continue to use every second year.

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? students, whanau and kaiako became more interested in their own heritage.

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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“Awesome resource - linked in perfectly with our overview teaching History last term.”

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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 absolutely and have already done such continuing with the same model and making efforts to curate our own local kit

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

How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Having the resources and stories already curated made a huge difference as there are only so many hours in any one day and we are always sooo busy

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? Knowing that the stories had authentic voice and collaboration made a huge impact on my choice to use the kit

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 absolutely loved our Something Happened here Kit! What an incredible resource, it's so well put together and really designed to provoke thinking, discussion and learning. It is not just a once off wither I can see that this will become a permanent part of our resources available to the students for engaging thinking and discussion.”

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Posted 2 years ago