What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Enjoyable fun creative

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? Great videos to support learning.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? soup making and making whånau aware of food waste they are throwing away! Informing families is what the tamariki wanted to do. To make a change.

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? Different types of eggs for sale.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? We are working on our garden skills and now have a community garden as part of another programme which we could support.

“We had an amazing time engaging with activities that brought smiles to the students' faces and provided an interesting perspective on our local community through the lens of food. The pickling vegetables workshop was a highlight—hands-on, fun, and a great way to teach about sustainability and preserving food. Creating the map of our food journey added a creative and interactive element that everyone enjoyed. The 60-minute walk poem was a unique activity, blending mindfulness with creative expression, and the students loved exploring their environment while crafting their verses. It was a fantastic blend of education, creativity, and community connection!”

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Informative, motivating and engaging

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? It inspired a lot of further learning opportunities.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Mulch, planters, wall art and bird houses.

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What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? The organic business in our area.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? We are an enviro school and this reinforced our recycling practices.

“We stated off by giving our Inquiry a sustainable living focus. Our school was holding a sustainable market day so this was a great opportunity for us to explore how we could produce a sustainable product to sell. The students were in groups of 3-4 and had steps to follow: *Choosing a product *Costing it's viability *Presenting as a sales pitch for the class *Producing and marketing the product *Selling the product We raised nearly $700 which we used for an end of year trip. It covereed all curriculum areas and afterwards we completed a review for future production. We also got to look at what and how the Hororwhenua produces food products. Some students were unaware of what there is operating in our area. As part of our explanation writing this lead onto Climate Change and useing resources wisely for our future. e.g.recycling. This topic had many spin off's. Designing pamphlets advertising things to try in our area, writing rap song poems about our place and capturing the Horowhenua for Art. It was a great motivation for further Inquiry.”

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

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? Was good as we could look at how we used our School Lunches and that we actually didn't produce too much waste at this part of the process but that it was produced in the supply chain.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? We discovered bread crusts were our biggest waste in our lunch program so looked at making stuffing and breadcrumbs to use.

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? As a really little community we discovered that over half of the retailers in town sold food.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Pickling veges from our gardens to give to our parent volunteers.

“Great hands on activities that helped us explore Food Waste and Food ideas within our community.”

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Fun, hands on, practical

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? It got them thinking beyond their own community/home

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Pickling! And a school compost

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 explored local food banks

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Not at this point

“The kids loved pickling and writing their dinner memories”

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

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? it was good to think about fod in our local area and also evaluate our school wide practices.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? making chutneys

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 knew their community better than I did as I do not live in the community.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? no- we already have a worm farm, a kai cart where we share what we grow, garden to table- where we cook what we grow.

“The kit sounded really good and had some excellent resources. My class were Year 4 and too young for this kit. It also required a lot of extra work organising a trip around the community and interviewing people that my class could not do independently.”

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Thought-provoking, responsibility, community

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? We looked at how they could be responsible at home, school, in the community and globally. Children based their final inquiry presentations on this.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Lots of awesome suggestions. We particularly loved a group's

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What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? We tlked about local suppliers like orchards, butchers and how these should be supported over supermarkets. Lota of them wanted to canvas cafes to ensure they weren't throwing out leftover food!

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Lots of ideas brewing still and suggestions to our caretaker submitted!

“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 that were beyond our control. With no alternative dates available, we were unable to complete this part of the project. However, we are determined to revisit it in Term 1 of 2025, aligning it with our community-focused inquiry for the term. We see this as a fantastic opportunity for the children to create and donate to their local community, tying together learning and meaningful action. We’ll be sure to keep you updated!”

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

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? Good Food Map is a great resource to use as a starting point for exploring food waste. As I have a junior class, a lot of our discussions were about local food waste issues and combating that. We have just begun to explore it as a global issue which has been really interesting and insightful for the tamariki.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? A classroom compost jar that would sit in our very neglected school garden.

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 came across a community garden in our community that uses an old bath as a worm farm! Students were thrilled with this discovery and were very interested in the bath tub. We read a lot about worm farms this term so making this discovery was very cool.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Composting! There is so much food wastage around the school currently. As healthy eating and good food has been a big focus in our kura for Term 4, I think students are now more aware about how we can turn waste into something useful.

“Good Food Map was awesome for my Year 3s and 4s! They really enjoyed using it. Most of my tamariki were unaware/had little knowledge of our local food places. This was an awesome way of exploring those places and what they provide.”

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Inspiring, adaptable but also focused

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? We only focused locally as we had so many other commitments in Term 4 but this will not be the end of the learning we will continue to look at food production, usage and waste

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Learning about individual raised garden bed worm farms as seen on our visit to a permaculture garden in our area and also seeing a composting toilet at another garden we visited.

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? Visiting a food bank was eye opening for our students and sparked an initiative as to how we could help them to set up a community garden to provide fresh food for their parcels. We ended up making raised garden beds for the food bank's new community garden and are committed to raising seedlings for their gardens.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? As above - connection with our local food bank. Seed saving and seedling growing.

“We enjoyed adapting this kit to suit our learning focus of food mapping in our community, it has led to some unexpected connections.”

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