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? The teacher support material was good and made me more confident to teach my class

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? As a school we have been exploring and learning the 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 is great that is had their whanau etc input made it more personal and relevant to the children

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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“Unfortunately I didn't use this kit at all. It was all a bit much for them. We did look at some of the photos and items and could see how this would work but was too much for my kids and class.”

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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 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? A wonderful support, I appreciated the Pepeha for each location giving acknowledgement to manawhenua.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes, the students were motivated to share stories and inquiry into local places.

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 appreciated the mahi and care given to consult with iwi, whānau and hapū.

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“This is an excellent resource that is engaging and meaningful. The students really enjoyed inquiring into the stories and this led to creating wonderings for 'something happened here' in our local area.”

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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 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? Added to other websites and resources used.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes. Especially, the online resources.

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? Great. Especially, the Bastion Point focus. Would have love some local learning opportunities for our area.

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“Wow! What a great resource with online resources that can be used with other learning experiences. Love the hands-on photos and historical objects.”

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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 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 found it very useful and would definitely refer back to the stories for future teaching.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? I did wish there were more stories that were relevant to our area at the top of the South Island (Westport).

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? The students did make links to their own iwi, this created fantastic discussion.

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“A great unit, great supporting resources. Would have loved to have a recording of some of the stories to assist my low readers in accessing the resources with more ease.”

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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 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? Unfortunately I haven't utilised things properly this year, but it will be helpful in the future

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Neutral - I was already motivated.

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? That is awesome, and much appreciated.

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“I only got my kit at the start of Term 3 unfortunately. So I was very excited when I saw what was in the kit. However, it was more relevant to the teaching I had already done in Terms 1 and 2, so I have not yet been able to use it, which is disappointing. I am looking forward to using it next year though.”

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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 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? We felt confident in our delivery of the curriculum prior to using this task, so it probably did not change our overall confidence.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? This was a great way to find out about our local area and has given us some ideas.

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 made the resources and stories more authentic and reliable.

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“We used the 'Something happened here' kit with our year 8 students during AIMS week, as we needed a different programme with 1/4 of our classes away at AIMS. The students found the tasks challenging. It took them a while to understand what it was all about, and maybe we didn't set it up well enough for them. We had hand-picked about 8 cards for them to choose from and tried to have as many from near our location as possible. They liked looking at the different resources but did not grasp the whole 'story' idea very well. I think we needed to do a lot more pre-teaching, which unfortunately we did not have time for. We wanted students to create a poster of their place, as their summary. The teachers found the circle card really confusing. it was easier to look at each location on the website to identify the artifact. We did think the artifact/item would play a bigger part than it did. It was good for students to use the different websites and explore a range of resources.”

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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 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? Yes it has increased my confidence.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? I want find out "hidden" stories from my region now ands teach my class so they have better knowledge of their local 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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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? I think it's amazing that everyone was involved in creating these. Made the stories more impactful for the students.

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“My class have really enjoyed the challenge of this kit, and the "hidden" stories they've learnt about.”

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Posted 1 year 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? Very helpful! It can be difficult to create hands on experiences in social studies and history, and this "concretifies" that learning

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes! Our kids are currently developing a series of QR codes to put around our town for tourists who visit to learn about what goes on/has happened here

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 meant that the Maori stories wouldn't be excluded or limitied (as they were when I went to school)

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“The collection of items prompted my students to make connections between items and events. They then found some objects at home and around school to represent events that had happened in their lives. We are still working through the resources and this will become a valuable kit to continue teaching Aotearoa NZ history in the future”

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Posted 1 year ago