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? It was a great support and has given me ideas of how to carry on my teaching in the future

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? The use of artifacts has inspired suitcase stories in my school, with students collecting their own historical artifacts to share the history of their families in the 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? This makes the kit much more impactful and relevant

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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“The items in the kit were a great hook for my students to engage with and wonder about history. It led to many wonderful conversations and mini inquiries in my class.”

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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 along with the Aotearoa roadshow provides some great learning.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes, tamariki are exploring the hirstory of the migration and settlement in our area over the next term.

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? Whanau loved seeing things in the past

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“This was a great box filled with some great resources! Tamariki loved exploring the materials sent, the photographs but also the interactive items that they could hold.”

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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? It has helped significantly but I still have a lot to learn before I am confident enough to do it without a kit.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Yes it has. This has been discussed amongst my syndicate team.

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? Really positive.

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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“This was an engaging kit with a wide variety of pathways that you could go down. We opted to study a different artifact from the bag each time and it was amazing how many questions came from one simple item. 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 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? Yea

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

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? Have this already.

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“Resources were amazing and such great ideas to use. Some were harder to navigate with the class compared to others. Great stories and even I learnt things.”

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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? Gave me a better insight, as I feel I am new to learning about it myself.

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? Very interested to look deeper.

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 linked in with our Community project focusing on people snd land.

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?

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“This was exactly what my class needed. The class loved looking and researching the artifacts, as well as learning about some key members of the New Zealand story. It is a big resource and we are still exploring after the term.”

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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? Was a great starting point to find what we could explore further

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? We found the stories that were close to us and what stories we have about our place.

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 to ensure authenticity

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 high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“This was such an engaging and informative school kit. We (as teachers) loved setting it up and exploring and the kids loved the artifacts and photos while exploring their postcards.”

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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? More confident as I've learned more

How has this kit motivated you to explore the history or your local area? Could you use this model? As there we so many resources, I didn't know which were the local one. It was a lot to get through

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? Good

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“Good variety of resources and activities, we didn't get to finish it all.”

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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? A great deal

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

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 impactful

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

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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“My kids loved this, a great way of introducing the new curriculum area refresh.”

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Posted 2 years ago