What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Investigative, Collaborative, Action-focused

How effective was the resource in fostering critical thinking about food waste issues?

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How effective was the resource in increasing students’ awareness of local sources of food?

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? It helped students realise that food waste isn’t just a big global issue you hear about, it’s happening right here as well. Once they started looking at their own community, they could actually see it, what gets wasted, where it happens, and who’s trying to do something about it. That made it feel a lot more real, and less like “just another topic”.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Students came up with some really practical ideas. A few wanted to start a compost system that feeds into a school garden, others suggested a shared food space for uneaten lunches (which got a lot of agreement!). Some groups started connecting the whole system, using scraps for compost, growing food, and even bringing in ideas like chickens or bees. They liked the idea that waste doesn’t just disappear, it can go back into the system.

Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?

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Exceptionally well

What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? They started noticing things that had always been there but they’d never really thought about, like local growers, community gardens, and how much food gets thrown out. The mapping task was what sparked it, because it gave them a reason to actually look properly and ask questions. Once they started, they kept finding more.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Yes, it definitely started some good conversations. There’s been interest in moving more towards a Garden to Table approach, and setting up a school garden that students can actually use. The idea of adding bees or chickens also came up, especially as a way to connect everything, from growing food, to eating it, to dealing with the waste. It feels like something we could realistically build on.

“The Good Food Map kit was really engaging and worked well across both STEM and Food Tech. Students liked getting out of the classroom mindset and looking at their own community in a different way. It gave them a chance to explore where food comes from, where it ends up, and what’s happening in between. We also linked it to learning about digestion, so students were thinking about the whole process, basically from garden, to table, to mouth… to bottom, which they found both interesting and memorable. I found it flexible enough to use for practical food-based learning as well as more inquiry-based STEM tasks, which made it really valuable.”

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Posted 6 days ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? critical thinking, waste, 'big picture stuff'

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How effective was the resource in increasing students’ awareness of local sources of food?

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? they didn't really get it - they got the idea of local but global was beyond them

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? burning (we come from farming background), different uses for the plastic waste products - that was quite creative.

Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?

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Prompted some discussion

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What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? They really had no idea where it goes - once the trucks pick up...what happens next - so that was good discussion

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? no

“It was reasonably helpful...it didn't have some obvious choices like a recipe for what you could use the products for...that would have been helpful to have a couple recipes so you knew what the ingredients could be used for. T”

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Posted 1 week ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Eye opening, creative, collaborative

How effective was the resource in fostering critical thinking about food waste issues?

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? It drew attention to the fact that food waste is even a thing! They were shocked that household waste was a huge component of waste in NZ.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? A community composter which ferments the food under the ground.

Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?

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Prompted some discussion

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What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? We didn't end up doing this part of the activity

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? We got a bokashi bin

“This one was a little tricky to do for our kids. We just didn't have the time in the school schedule to complete this one!”

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Posted 2 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Inspiring, provocative, community

How effective was the resource in fostering critical thinking about food waste issues?

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? We mainly looked at local, but touched on other countries and food insecurity there. We did look at the environmental cost of throwing food away into landfill, and the idea of 'embodied energy, great to link the social sciences to hard science

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? The chidlren came up with lots of solutions, jams, smoothies etc

Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?

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Prompted some discussion

Exceptionally well

What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? Coomunity based inititaives such as Fair Food, Avondale Kai, Kiwi Harvest and Fair food

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Not yet, but will. We are putting together a student led environmental group this year

“I worked with my colleague in year 8 - this was a great resource to get our students thinking about food waste. We looked at all the initiatives in our area like Kai Avondale, Kiwi Harvest and Fair Food, with the seem being food insecurity. We lvoed the soup and preserving ideas - we showcased this at our Learning Expo.”

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Posted 2 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Creative, local, connected

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? We didn't really go into the global aspect

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? We made soup. The kids brought in all the vegetables that were going to end up in the bin and made large pots of soup for our Learning expo

Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?

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Prompted some discussion

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What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? Local food initiaves sich as Fair Food, Avondale Kai, Kiwi Harvest

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Not yet - but planning this term to try and contunue to talk and learn about it

“The Kit was pretty good, I liked all preservative aspect and finding out about local food heroes - the kids learnt a lot about Food waste iniitiateves in the area. They also learnt about Te Hono - linking it to healthy communities. The walk and poem wasn't really feesible in Avondale so we didn't do that part.”

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Posted 2 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Informative, engaging, localised learning

How effective was the resource in fostering critical thinking about food waste issues?

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? It linked in well with some of our non-fiction reading and how we need to be the kaitiaki of the land.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Bringing Stu's pigs back (a famous sight on the 309 Rd in Coromandel, where there were 100s of pigs running free) and feed them up to sell and use the money to get more pigs.

Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?

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Prompted some discussion

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What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? where the soft plastic recycling bin is

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? yes, at lunch they are being a lot more mindful with their food waste and ensuring we all dispose of waste appropriately.

“Students were really engaged. They especially loved the map and stickers, talking about out community, the food on offer and where it comes from and where is goes. It pushed us to think about waste and what we do with it.”

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Posted 2 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? easy, inspiring, handy

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? Great as it helps us better understand the content whole exploring the ingredients.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? reuse and recycle

Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?

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What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? the way of using ingredients

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Yes, lots of cooking activities to extend students knowledge in both using the language and the ingredients

“Oure ESOL students across the school really enjoyed the variety of resources for food te chnology. We had fun exploring the knwoledge and leanring about the vocab in real life situation. Thanks so much for supplying such great resources! Regards Helen”

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Posted 2 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? interactive, creative, empowerment

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? Many found it surprising on what others do, as said many of my students were already capable.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? there was a suggestion on creating baby food to give to the food bank. Also some wanted to dehydrate like food that goes to the International Space Station!

Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?

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Prompted some discussion

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What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? How many community gardens we have around here

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? no

“This was a great experience for my science extension kids to see how everyday "old skill" home activities are connected to science. Many kids knew not to waste food, but many had no idea what to do with extra items. From a semi-rural area, they had many skills and many management plans already set in place. However, the pickling activity was their most favourite part as it was new to them, or they made connections with kai they had eaten at their grandparents' homes.”

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Posted 2 months ago

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