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Aotearoa NZ Histories 23 Reviews

4.4 Rating 763 Reviews
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? It has been a great support for our delivery of NZ Histories. We have used it as part of our "immersion" phase of inquiry where it worked to cover content that was vital to our learning.
How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? We really enjoyed how it had cards with images and words, but no context. It means that the kids were going in blindly to their learning and discovering something new entirely.
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 fantastic for providing that Māori lens when history is typically told through a western viewpoint.
Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? RNZ
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
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Absolutely love this kit. It is hands-on and ticks many boxes for covering the curriculum: history, te reo, inquiry, research skills, etc. The only slight issue is that the student website wasn't quite complete. There were a few cards/images where the website said "coming soon" which limited our research throughout the term.
Helpful Report
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? It has definitely increased my confidence, as it has given me a starting point
How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? It has given us places that we may never have thought about to research about and discover the history behind them.
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? knowing that the information came from the community ensured that the connection to the students was better
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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Such a great way to introduce this to the students. The hands-on items and photographs are great for provoking thoughts and discussions. Still need to go into the stories and research, but they are enjoying it so far!
Helpful Report
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? Made me very confident
How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes we already did a bit of local history and it would be cool to make resources similar to these ones, it could even be a project for the higher level students.
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? Fabulous it's exactly where it should come from
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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I have a year 3 & 4 class and was prepared for the fact that it might be a little hard for them. All kids loved looking at the resources and talking about them and sharing their own experiences but only my more able students were able to get a deeper level of understanding. I still think the less able ones benefited from the exposure though and it was a fantastic idea and kit of items.
Helpful Report
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? It has provided me with a resource that I can use again and again. It is informative and interesting.
How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? to some degree
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 adds real value.
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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This resource is full of ideas that you can take in many directions. You can dip your toes in or immerse yourself in the breadth of history included.
Helpful Report
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? As mentioned above - significant increase in confidence.
How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes, this is something our kura is currently working together on.
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? Confidence that they have been well-researched, written from a range of perspectives.
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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I had already begun to develop a plan for class learning in the Histories curriculum and was supported by one of the SchoolKit team to add depth to this using the kit. We were able to find different elements on the kit's 'wheel' to complement the aspects I had planned to follow. The supporting resources really increased my own knowledge of our histories and I felt that I was better equipped to facilitate this with my students. I also appreciated other resources, such as the links to the curriculum pages - helping to develop my understanding of the A NZ H curriculum. I believe this is a kit I could use multiple times as there is such a wealth of content.
Helpful Report
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? Some good ideas, looking forward to brining it out next year
How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? I want to get the akonga to learn and relate to more of these in the future
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?
None At All
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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 the teaching more personal
Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? NZ On Screen, National Library
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
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This box was a wealth of resource and ideas from how to kick start your class to ways to re energise and inspire learning in term 3
Helpful Report
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? Greatly
How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Greatly
How significant was the impact of this kit on your confidence in delivering the Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content?
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Neutral
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How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?
None At All
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What was the impact of knowing the stories in this kit were developed in collaboration with their iwi/whānau/community? Significant
Which of the following archives were you aware of and using with your students prior to kit? Papers Past, National Library
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
Very Low
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The kit was great and the activities were very engaging. The teaching guide could be more teacher friendly as it did feel time consuming to navigate.
Helpful Report
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?
Not Effective At All
Neutral
Highly Effective
How effective were the Teacher Support Materials in the School Kit Squad website?
Not Effective At All
Neutral
Highly Effective
How has this kit impacted your confidence in delivering the new Aotearoa NZ's histories curriculum content? Slightly more confident
How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? It didn't have much for my area but I could see how I could use the same approach
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
Very Significant
How would you rate your knowledge of the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum content prior to using this kit?
None At All
Neutral
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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 is great as it helps ensure they are stories worth telling
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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It is a great resource. While quite challenging and only really appropriate for very capable students or if very teacher-driven, it is also very deep, with rich learning and interesting tasks/resources.
Helpful Report
Posted 1 year ago