Aotearoa NZ Histories 23 Reviews

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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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How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? I can see how it can be delivered using this but I think it really does aim at the higher year levels.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? This has motivated me and has me thinking about how the model could be applied.

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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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? I like that model.

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“The kit has high-quality resources and interesting stories backing it up. Personally I have found reading the materials to be interesting and thought provoking. I teach a 3/4 class and was warned that this may be a bit high for my age group. In hindsight we should have listened to this advice but I had high hopes that our syndicate/school would get in behind this kit as was originally mooted. The plan was to get together and use the stories to develop a middle/upper school understanding of the kit and scaffold it for our learners. Unfortunately, our kaupapa changed and we were knee-deep in an unexpected professional learning area. This other area of learning took all our energy and time and the collaborative phase did not happen. While I tried to muddle my way through one of the photos I did not have the time or headspace to effectively implement the teaching and we did not achieve the end goal.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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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How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Only slightly at this stage but would like to revisit it again if it can be intergrated by my school into our Inquiry focus.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Possibly

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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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Unsure at this stage

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“We looked at the Autonomy - Victoria Street Whanganui. My students immediately connected to the pepeha as this is our local area. They enjoyed unpacking the physical kit and talking about the objects and it certainly painted a picture of what they didn't know. The students struggled to connect with the other activities - the photographs of women and the information around early Whanganui businesses. As a teacher I felt pressured as we had so many other learning areas to cover in term 3. I abandoned the unit due to this pressure.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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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How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Some, I have a long way to go.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? It gave me some great ideas that I will definitely be using.

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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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Greatly impacted the experiences. Local knowledge is the key to understanding the stories.

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

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“The Aotearoa NZ Histories kit was a great resource to involve students in whole class and group discussions. Exploring the photographs, documents and artefacts, that come in this kit, created opportunities for purposeful research and reading. Examining the photographs and finding possible stories behind them was great learning. There was a lot of learning in this kit, not just for the kids, but for me too. Next time I will incorporate a trip to the Auckland Museum as part of our learning.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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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How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? This has given me slightly more confidence in interpreting the new curriculum.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? In a simpler, more direct way, this model could be used.

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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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? This was useful to know, but difficult to access.

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

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“The photographs and replica artefacts were very useful for our inquiry, but the stories behind them were difficult for our learners to access and comprehend. The teacher website was confusing and difficult to navigate. The student website was even more confusing for our students.”

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Posted 2 years ago

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? no

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

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How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? It’s good to have some physical articles to spark curiosity for the students but I’m still trying to figure out how to put this into a comprehensive unit with learning outcomes

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? We’re quite lucky that we already have a great relationship with our local iwi, marae and connect regularly with our local environment and stories. I would like to create my own kit for our specific 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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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Lots of the students were interested but didn’t grasp why we were learning about the stories

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“Students loved hearing lots of the stories and learning about some things they’d never heard of before. I found it a bit difficult to go through the teacher materials to create a solid unit that would be good for my students.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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 has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? The kit has opened up a world of learning for all of us. The children have engaged in deeper conversations which meant that we were learning more about ourselves and perspectives from all of our students.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Absolutely because the model is easy to use and it allows for extension through the resources provided and the many links that we discovered along the 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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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?

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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Very empowering because we were guided rather than told.

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“This was unpacked as a staff. All teachers were able to make links and share ideas as we took out the various items provided. We were impressed with the ingenuity of the items shared and where we could start the journey of discovery for our team and our classrooms.”

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Posted 2 years ago

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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How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Unable to comment at this stage due to receiving kit only on the last day of term 3

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes keen to undertake this locally

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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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Unable to comment at this stage due to receiving kit only on the last day of term 3

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“Hi I only received this box on the last day of term 3 so haven’t had an opportunity to share with my class. I have however had a look through all the resources and it looks like there’s a wealth of information and exciting learning to follow in term four.”

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Posted 2 years ago

Did you Encounter Stories You Didn't Know Before? no

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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How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Positively impacted my confidence.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? It sparked a little interest.

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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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Made it real and genuine.

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“Unfortunately, due to timetabling, we were not able to use this resource kit to its full potential. It looked like great quality resources, very thorough and engaging. I will definitely be holding onto it and using it again in the future.”

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Posted 2 years ago