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 has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? It gave me more knowledge so it definitely made me more confident.

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 of some local 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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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? It was great to know that these would be credible stories and articles.

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

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“This was a great kit that linked in really nicely with our Aoetearoa Histories. It was nice to have some resources from all over NZ and to be able to link in local stories with what we were already learning - the images really hooked the kids.”

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Posted 1 year 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? Most definitely

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes, I find myself sharing random bit of NZ history with friends and family!

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? It gave me confidence to know it was authentic

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

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“My class thoroughly enjoyed this kit and it was a great unit to support our learning about Aotearoa. This unit was not entirely history-focused, however, it provided a great opportunity for independent research, homework tasks and in-class group work. I found the teacher support material useful and easy to access and follow. I still have work left to do from this kit that we continue with, in term 4.”

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Posted 1 year 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? I still feel at the very beginning of this journey but was a good place to start.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes, I feel motivated to explore more of our local area and could definitely use this model again.

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? Feel this is incredibly important.

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

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“This Kit was a great place to start with my tamariki. They really enjoyed looking at the all the artifacts/pictures and it created lots of kōrero. We located some specific to our area. We also liked looking at the pepeha specific to each artifact/story.”

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Posted 1 year 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? It's been great to be exposed to so many online tools to help with ANZH

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? It fit really well with our Term theme Ka Mua Ka Muri and the Purakau for our area. Very motivating.

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? Such a confidence boost knowing perspectives were represented and honored.

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

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“This is such an amazing resource that it's hard to do it justice. There's so much on offer. Very in-depth and beautifully created, researched and resourced. The Year 7 felt quite challenged and put off by how sophisticated it is and it took quite a bit to unpack and model this so we did not get to use many of the resources this time around. I would definitely use it again to continue to expose them to this level of thinking, resources and expectations.”

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Posted 1 year 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? There was alot of helpful information that is useful for the histories curriculum.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? I found out that the Bastion Point protest had a connection to our local Helensville area, which has motivated me to learn more.

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 much more meaningful.

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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“Lots of impressive information. Some of the Year 5-8 information wasn't appropriate for a year 5/6 level.”

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Posted 1 year 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? I actually feel pretty confident teaching NZ History. It is something that I feel passionate about. But this resource has added another layer of information, ideas and resources.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Over the past few years our school has built on quite a comprehensive look into our local History. We are looking forward to looking at ways we could use this model from this 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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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? It is very important to know that the stories in this kit have been put together in collaboration with iwi/whanau and communities.

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

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“What an incredible resource. We have only just touched the surface of all of the information and details that are available in this resource. I will definitely be using this resource next year as well. It is massive!”

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Posted 1 year 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? It has made me think of all the local stories we can connect to.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? It has inspired me to dig a little deeper, look into local 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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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Reassuring

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

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“The content and resources were fantastic, but not really a good fit for my year 4/5 class, they would have struggled to work through the stories. Used as a whole class/small group activity.”

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Posted 1 year 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? This was a fantastic resource that was able to share information regarding different places in New Zealand. I will definitely be using this again and again.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? The postcards that were used were great to see and use for different places in New Zealand. I also learnt a lot myself.

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? Some children made connections with the resources to their whānau.

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“This had a great impact with our tamariki. The only issue was the website links were hard to access through out school firewalls.”

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Posted 1 year ago