Unit Review, including student feedback on unit (1 junior / 1 senior required in

the year)

Unit/Teacher Survey Reflection

9 Social Studies, Term 3, End of Unit Teacher survey:

(Changing Places - Migration) and Teacher Takeaways *ensure those students who
Survey - JUNIOR have been away are caught up on work
they’ve missed
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1F *at times ensure a more even balance of
nVg5Y3D4ZLwSH-pCI8hoi2WGQ6wOCSf?t laptop and workbook use
hs=true​ (teacher) *feedback and class climate = good

Unit survey
*technology use - my class good, happy
with my use of technology - something dept
to think about as a whole
*

10 Social Studies, Term 3, End of Unit Teacher survey: Technology use: Good,
(Money-Go-Round - Economics) and Class climate: very good, Feedback:
Teacher Survey - JUNIOR majority very good/good - few improvement
needed *ensure I am providing everyone
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1F equal feedback - what they need to improve
nVg5Y3D4ZLwSH-pCI8hoi2WGQ6wOCSf?t and how.
hs=true​ (teacher)
*biggest takeaways: ensure a variety of
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1F activities, check in on all students regularly.
nVg5Y3D4ZLwSH-pCI8hoi2WGQ6wOCSf?t
hs=true​ (unit) See department meeting review of 10 social
studies unit survey: 03/09/18
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jeprx
7PAYH9m5VRqhIaI4CbujMnx4KiYgrk32wa
-Vzw/edit

9 Social Studies, Term 3, Week 10 during All positive responses, no issues to raise.
unit teacher/unit survey - ​That’s Not Fair
(Human Rights) Requests made for weekly kahoot/current
events quiz - *will be incorporated weekly -
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1xS2p8DSf aside from weeks dedicated to
j_ZmfEZHRTq6dfoy6ufuf490OhM7FlKkWDI assessments.
/edit#responses
General comments for “no homework” -
disregarded as homework only set twice
during the term - to provide useful revision
of important skills, or in preparation for
inquiry students will be starting in term 4.

Effort put in by students - good results all

between very high effort to some effort.
10 Social Studies, Term 3, Week 10 during Generally positive teacher comments
unit teacher/unit survey - ​Hot Topic (Climate overall. LINK to individual student response
Change) and restorative conversation reflection:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QkSV
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bhf4Xdjua IRTNMNw29jOwLNMZk-bs5UrgB3IAkfqg6
IT2qZSv4KLV6qvECGBL-5_HhM90mon0p w5OPdI/edit - see 2 ​ 6/0/09 - 27/09/18
Ms/edit#responses 10SST & ​ ​28/09/18 10SST

Around 4 - 5 students requested more

group related “choice” activities in the unit.
*Point noted, several group activities have
now been set for term 4 (designing a social
media campaign - as a group, choice
activities, group cartoon analysis). Also
raised in meeting with supervisor where it
was highlighted that the Climate Change
Unit as a whole could benefit from more
engaging and group related activities. See
meeting w/ supervisor (BA) on 2 ​ 8/09/18
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_BBV
2QBxtKm14cC4R-NdbXflxUFxMOq6kMht1
or8WQk/edit

Student responses to amount of effort put in

also high.

11 History, Term 4, Week 3, UNIT & UNIT

TEACHER Survey - SENIOR Positives:
- Majority of students viewed
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1eTk5QOJ topics/units studied as important.
MKfjkTnXPKG7YCVy-T9eA1SM1iraXzZrLF - Units most enjoyed included (WWI
pQ/edit and Ancient Civilisations)
- Majority of students in class will
continue with history in year 12 or
take a social science.

Next Steps:
- Some noted their limited interest in
the Ireland topic due to it having the
least influence/impact on NZ (N.B.
this topic is being changed to
Israel/Palestine in 2019)
- Greater focus on NZ history or
topics with a larger NZ focus - this
could also mean making the link
between international topics and NZ
more explicit for students to see the
connections between two contexts.
- Rather than covering multiple topics
- go over key topics in greater detail
 (some students noted some units
felt rushed due to the limited time
spent on them - or their limited
relevance to assessments).
- Internals - more at the beginning of
the year (1.1 moved to term 1)

TEACHER
Positives:
- Enjoyed whole class activities,
including debates (e.g. T.o.V
negotiation game), class
discussions.
- Majority felt they understood the
content/skills taught
- 99% of students felt teacher
assisted their learning “really
well/well”

Next Steps:
- Include more simulations/whole
class activities - students showed
high engagement in such activities.
- Ensure relationship building is a
priority in the first few weeks
(difficult in term 3) - will be a focus in
2019

9 Social Studies, Term 4, End of Unit

Survey (That’s Not Fair: Human Rights),
Teacher Survey, Whole Year SST Survey. -
JUNIOR

10 Social Studies, Term 4, End of Unit

Survey (Hot Topic: Climate Change),
Teacher Survey. - JUNIOR