What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Variety, Engaging, Enjoyable

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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? Most had never thought about food waste at all.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Feed it to the dog, or the compost. we did a class trip to the compost heap at school.

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? They were unaware left over school meals were givien to a community group.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? No, there is little waste.

“Students enjoyed exploring this kit and it tided in with our paddock to plate overall theme. Making the pickles was a fantastically engaging activity.”

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Posted 1 month ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Interesting, novel, unexpected

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? I feel we didn't get far enough into this part of the kit, becoming rather bogged down in the earlier tasks like the poem and the sticker map.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? It was awesome to talk about how to preserve food. The preservation tasks were a lot of fun.

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? A community food stall and a roadside stall selling eggs.

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

“We enjoyed bringing food into the classroom. Together we made pickled cucumbers, bread and icecream. Some of the activities were quite complex and although I'm an experienced teacher I could not tailor many things for my class. The format of the guides was not something I have used before and I found it tricky to navigate. I found myself making a lot of tasks up instead, perhaps because there wa snot as much support as I had hoped for in the kit. I think my planning format is a lot more direct: objective - task - breakdown. The kit was a little harder to follow. I used some of the activities and made up others. I spent a lot of time behind the scenes, upskilling on how to make a map, practicing tasks, walking the area, and I think what I am looking for in a kit is a time saver rather than something that takes more time to set up and research than the time spent teaching it. I wonder if the kit has been designed by a busy teacher? I am always very grateful for new ideas and teaching plans - but I wonder if they could be presented in a way that is more direct and easy to pick up and use.”

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Posted 1 month ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? interesting thoughtful developed curiosity

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? The students developed a fantastic understanding of the importance of reducing food waste and wrote some excellent information reports.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? making another meal from left over food or bringing dinner leftovers to school for lunch

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? They were surprised at how many food outlets are in our community.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? We are attempting to reduce rubbish in school by making our lunch boxes rubbish free - it will take some time though. We collect food waste for our compost bins and worm bins.

“this kit had some super learning activities that integrated effectively with our overarching topic of reducing food waste.”

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Posted 1 month ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? generational, useful, local

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? We weren't able to do the local walk, but good for general discussions.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Leftover dinner night, ways at home ie compost bins, worm bins, chickens etc

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? We weren't able to do this part

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Our school is already an Enviro School so we are very lucky and are on the journey already.

“A great box that fit within our Inquiry topic - Exploring New Zealand’s history, identity, and the connections between past, present, and future”

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Posted 1 month ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Interesting different easy

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? Made them think about the bigger picture

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Give it to people who have chickens

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? Supermarkets throwing out food

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

“The students were engaged”

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Posted 1 month ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? interesting, fun, messy!

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? It brought it home a bit especially as we had just visited the zero waste zone at our local tip!

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? they just wanted to feed the worms at school all the time!

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? how we could use other things (like old broken things) again for something new

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

“The kids enjoyed looking at how to make soup and pickles and it was great to link to our inquiry of reducing waste. We had a look at what extra we could do to help and I know it made children think about what else they could do at home.”

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Posted 1 month ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? engaging, ready-to-use, thought-provoking

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? The fact sheet and video in the resource package were especially helpful.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? soup kitchen, and other organisations mentioned in the video

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? food pantry, the video about the food programme inspired them.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? we planted our own vegetable garden.

“Term 2 was a busy one for us, and we didn’t manage to complete all of the plans. However, we did the food map, 60-minute poem, dinner memory cards, and the food heroes activities. These were great resources to engage students, and we adapted some of them to suit our context.”

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Posted 2 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? community waste maps

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? Good understanding of food waste as we have an amazing worm farm.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Warm farm

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? What they had at home and trying new foods

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Kumara garden

“We have developed our Enviro garden and looked into gardens around our community and our own.”

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Posted 2 months ago

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