What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? intergenerational, environments, community

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? We do a lot of this at school already, but the global initiatives for reducing food waste was a highlight.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? The robot insects and giving everyone 3 chickens to take care of their own food waste.

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? There is a stunning vegetable garden at The Curator's Cottage - just down the road from us, that barely anyone had visited before.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Not exactly, but we are always thinking and trying to link learning into our community.

“What a great unit! Thanks School Kit. The learning was varied, fun and engaging. We particularly loved the intergenerational conversations and ended up makeing a class recipe book. We are celecrating the end of our unit today by eating delicious soup. Thank you!”

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Posted 3 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Maths-connected, communication, kaitiakitanga

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? Not as much as I'd like. This group are quite self-centred, more interested in what actually affects them and not what others are doing/experiencing overseas.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Most were really impractical, such as making things with the waste without consideration for decomposition or smells.

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 map centred on our school didn't show a lot of the shops, so we moved it to have our school at the far end. Then we made heaps of discoveries about the shops selling food within our area. Kids would come the next day and tell me they'd discovered eg another dairy on the far border. Everyone who came in was dragged over to look at our map, so many food places, and most of them fast food places. They were awestruck.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Not so much within school, but our area has recently been issued with food waste bins with the weekly rubbish. Many kids reported going home and encouraging their families to use their bins better - or begin using them.

“We had a whale of a time with this Good Food Map. Thankyou for the link to print it in the first place! You will see white labels on our map because everyone wanted to mark where they lived. Only a few have pins to the side and live outside. Such thoughtful discussions about all the fast-food places on the peninsula. We have one food factory and no community gardens or orchards. We checked online for gardens near us and a couple of kids got their families to drive out on the weekend. Food favourites and not was a big success, we even got replies from overseas grandparents. Some foods had to be explained eg tripe. Tallies, lists, order, all links to maths. Our 60 min walk poem also caused good discussions. We/they decided to lay out all the statements and arrange them according to how they sounded, so not strictly in order of what we sensed. We didn't get to the preserving/soup making. It didn't suit the weather or Term 4 busyness, but I have kept the instructions and items, and will do it with my new class this year and link it in with our Garden To Table lessons. Overall, a very good kit, and such a great link to our school's Inquiry topic Kaitiakitanga. The kids learnt heaps. Thankyou”

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Posted 5 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Engaging, hands on, fun

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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? Sorry I only got looked more at local not global

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Having a cafe was a great way to use the food that would have gone to waste

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? The actual amount of food providers in our small area, and how they are all surviving.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? I want to add pig buckets

“It was good but I only got to do some of it due to personal reasons.”

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Posted 6 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Engaging, hands-on, and interesting

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? They were able to relate the problem in their immediate surroundings to a worldwide issue.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Students found various solutions online but composting bins and a worm farm were the most practical for our school, as we already had them right outside our classroom.

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? Some students did not know about social enterprises in their local areas, such as Everybody Eats, and their use of food that shops would otherwise discard. I shared my experience of dining in Onehunga with a review that rated their beans as "the best I have ever tasted".

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? We are using the compost bins but have not bought any worms for the worm farm, yet...

“This kit interested me because it supported our TE HURINGA KAI - The Food Cycle unit, as well as my KAITIAKITANGA specialty class. The huge poster was displayed in class and students explored food waste solutions from Aotearoa and the rest of the world using the digital copy. I will be pickling with my students next year, as I am still learning myself, through trial and error about the best ways to preserve different fruits and veges. My students developed greater awareness of food production by planting lettuce, basil and silverbeet seedlings into large soda bottles that were transplanted into garden beds at school and at some students' homes. We celebrated food heroes in our class but I would like to explore others in the local area, as we were unable to do this part of the unit due to end of year events. I love maps but found the round task too difficult so next year I will use grid references instead. About 1/3 of my students live in other suburbs so they did not know anything about food heroes in this area.”

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Posted 6 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? local, celebratory, innovative

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? some connections but mainly local focus.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? We had some great market day food ideas that reduced food waste

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? yes. we met an amazing local food hero who was very inspiring.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? changed our market day focus.

“A great way to look at food sustainability while connecting to our local area and community. We became aware of people doing amazing things in our area that we didn't all know about.”

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Posted 6 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Interactive, exciting, user friendly

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? Wer focused mainly on food waste in our community unfortunately we ran out of time to look at food waste on a global scale.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? We focused on using and repurposing kai - look at natural fibres so tamariki went down that path.

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? Local gardens and places around our community - food related places and restaurants etc that parents and whanau work in.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? New planting in our school garden - looking at summer fruits and vegetables.

“Our rūma 11 whanau really enjoyed this school kit as we were learning about and getting to know our local community.”

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Posted 6 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Interactive, exciting, user friendly

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? Our focus was mainly on food waste in our tamariki's immediate community, as we ran out of time.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? We focused on re using and re purposing kai and where it came from.

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 community gardens

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Planting new and different kai in the school garden.

“Our class enjoyed exploring the good food map alongside our term overview Toanga (Treasures) of our community. We explored where our kai came from and where the waste goes in our community.”

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Posted 6 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? innovative, community-conscious, eco-friendly

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? Locally, they identified the need for a worm farm to compost food and plant waste, understanding how this reduces waste in their immediate environment and improves soil health for gardening. Globally, discussions on food production and endangered pollinators like bees highlighted the interconnectedness of ecosystems and the role of sustainable practices in addressing food waste on a larger scale. This dual perspective deepened their awareness of how individual and community efforts contribute to solving a global issue.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Installing a worm farm in our school garden for composting left over food/kai and vegetable plants. Pickling vegetables e.g. beetroot and radishes that have been left too long in the fridge, or in the case of our radishes that were very spicy, to mallow out the flavour so that tamariki would be able to eat them!

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 lack of flowers in our school and community was noticed by children walking to and from school and around our kura. This was noticed from our conversations about pollinators and the role they play in food production (mainly bees).

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? As the Enviro Leader for my kura, we have been developing a large grass space into a functioning māra kai (vegetable garden) for two years. This kit supported the children to deepen their understanding of why we are installing pollinator gardens next to our raised garden beds (fruit and vegetables) and highlighted the need for a worm farm for our garden, and kai waste.

“School Kits Good Food Map initiative fostered real-world problem-solving and global awareness. Through the program, my students identified a range of ways to support our community by using our school garden. They: Grew lettuce and beetroot for pickling, creating salad sandwiches for children's lunches. Cultivated radishes and strawberries as healthy snack options. Identified the need for a worm farm in the school garden to recycle food and plant waste into compost (project to take place in 2025). Students also learned about the critical role of bees in food production and expressed concern about the global impact of declining bee populations on ecosystems and agriculture. This initiative connected their actions to broader global challenges and equipped them with practical solutions to support their community and environment.”

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Posted 6 months ago

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