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

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? It made them really think about food and the waste we have

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Sharing out at the end of a school day

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 amount of different food places that weren't supermarkets they had never heard about

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? No but we are tyring,

“This was good and opened my eyes to what my students didn't know. Great activities that allowed the students to express their own opinions and views. They loved asking people questions.”

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Yummy, insightful, fun

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? They previously couldn’t connect their personal food waste as being an issue. This really opened their eyes and they started identifying ways to save food even at school.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Weekly class soup with leftover veges

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? Lots of food waste, especially fruit and veg that just doesn’t look ideal

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Bringing food together to produce cooking/baking for our church community dinner each month

“Our class loved this. They enjoyed learning about food waste in a different way and their favourite part was trying the pickled food!”

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Posted 5 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Interesting informative interactive

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? It highlighted the issue

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Making

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? ?

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

“Had some interesting resources.”

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Fun, engaging, enjoyable

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? Raised awareness

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Getting school animals who can eat the food scraps

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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 fruit trees are around - walk and poem

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Food scrap bins to be introduced.

“This resource has a range of engaging activities.”

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Food waste solutions

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? Was very eye opening for them to see how big an issue it was globally when they were already quite horrified locally.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Smoothies, animal biscuits

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 hadn't considered waste from home garden.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Not at this time of year.

“Our five-class intermediate school team decided to collaborate on a project using the School Kit, working together with our 136 learners. Each kaiako in the team received a kit, and we utilised the detailed plan to rotate our students through the various engaging learning experiences it offered. We completed our circle poems outdoors, under the trees at school, following a walk and some lively group brainstorming sessions. The Good Food Map activity was particularly revealing, highlighting how many of our students were unaware of the resources available in our local area. It also shed light on their limited knowledge of food waste and local food heroes, such as Nourished for Nil. This sparked curiosity and ultimately led to a full-scale inquiry as students explored the causes and effects of food waste and identified practical actions they could take at home, school, or even on a global scale to mitigate these impacts. Unfortunately, our plan to use the school’s food room for a cooking session—making pickles or soup—was disrupted due to technology catch-ups beyond our control. With no alternative dates available, we could not complete this part of the project, however learners came up with other ways to use food waste or design food solutions.”

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Posted 5 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? innovative, unusual, thoughtprovoking.

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? Not so much the global aspect though we did discuss the idea.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Mostly came up with the known ones- feed pigs, have little boxes in every street for the people who live there,

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 local cafes, how many people actuallly grow their own food and the creative ways people do eg bags of compost having vegetable seedlings planted directly into it.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? No- just to keep the vege garden more tidy!

“Excellent box to use. It fitted in what we were doing - focussing on fitness - and the food box helped add a different, interesting dimension. It really helped us know our local area and we all learnt something new about where we lived. The activities are always different to those we would normally do in the class .”

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Explorative, Easy to use, Purposeful

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? It gave them their first acknowledgment of it. Space to be mindful and question

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? -

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What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? Pataka Kai and initiatives for providing people with kai/fresh produce.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Not as of yet.

“As a BT, I really enjoyed using this kit. The guide was really helpful and the resorces provided really impactful lessons”

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Awesome, thought provoking

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? Excellent - we started thinking about aeroplanes, cruise ships and the tourism industry and how they deal with waste.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Pataka Kai to support others with items we do not need / want

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What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? 'Food ghost' and smaller industries like home kitchens that produce items to sell - cookies, deserts etc.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? We are requesting a Pataka Kai from our board of trustees

“Our Y4's looked at our local map and discovered where there were food related spaces/shops and available food to the community. We loved finding our known spaces and discussed what happens to waste. We had a visit from 'Food for thought' and discussed making nutritional choices. We designed a Pataka Kai for our local area to reduce food waste. Our 4Square helped us do some maths.”

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