What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? food, sustainability, community

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? We looked at a few different videos from our community and around the world and the kit was able to support this and help children understand what is going on in our world related to food waster

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Lots of students liked the idea of sharing with neighbours, or using the community pantry to elminate food waster in our area

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

Not at all

Prompted some discussion

Exceptionally well

What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? Some weren't aware of our community pantry, community vegetable garden and how/where the rubbish goes

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? We have school lunches so there was a bit of discussion around the wastage with this and how we can try and stop that. A senior student also introduced a soft plastics bin to trial around school and we have paper bins in our classes to help with paper waste

“As a class we enjoyed the resources in the good food map kit. It was fun learning and discussing each child's favourite meal, food or things they don't like. We enjoyed talking about things that we can reuse and where rubbish can be collected, recycled etc in our community. We didn't get a chance to do the big walk around our community but did talk a lot about what was in our community. We made a soup with some of the ingredients and the recipe from the box for our Matariki end of term celebration. The children loved being involved in this. We were able to link this kit nicely with our sustainability unit. The only down side was with it being a shorter term we felt like we didn't get to cover everything in the kit and some was quite rushed.”

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Engaging, needing work

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? For this we focused in on the UN's sustainable development goals latest findings and then looked at food waste innovations worldwide and in NZ. The data alone was enough for them to be gobsmacked at how much food waster there is.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Public transport that collects food waste as payment and self composts, umbrellas that can grow things on them... to be honest my lot lacked a bit of creativity on this one and if I had more time I would have done several iterations.

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

Not at all

Prompted some discussion

Exceptionally well

What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? Most did not know about the community garden, pataka kai and food bank

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? We are collecting for our local foodbank this christmas.

“This kit had some good ideas in it and some that just didn't work for us. There were some good concepts to work from and so I modified them accordingly to get maximum engagement and output for my intermediate age students. We were able to connect with our local community garden and our local foodbank. We didn't do the walk - finding a time to go and having another adult to go with me was tricky so we made our own map and walked to the community garden instead. The real winner was our pickles. I reached out to someone I know that works for Kaibosh and were were able to use rescued food for this too which added another layer of understanding to the concept of food waste. We also spent time exploring what innovations are happening in NZ around food waste which was very encouraging.”

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Posted 1 month ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? relevant, engaging, varied

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?

Not effective

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? We could have gone deeper into this but choose to do other activities instead.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Not sure

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

Not at all

Prompted some discussion

Exceptionally well

What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? Our walk around the community was very valuable for students and allowed them to see food waste programmes in action and community gardens.

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

“Our class enjoyed the kit and the activities. We completed it with our younger buddy class. The students really enjoyed interviewing staff and students about what they had for lunch. We created a video fro their interviews. We also completed a collaborative story book of what people had had for lunch in the style of Eric Carle "The Very Hungry School".”

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Posted 1 month ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Has good resources

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?

Not effective

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

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Compost

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

Not at all

Prompted some discussion

Exceptionally well

What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? Na

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

“Has good resources”

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Posted 1 month ago

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

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?

Not effective

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? Generated a lot of ways to think and engage with the topic.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? A wrist band that had a zapper on it if you tried to buy food you didn't eat!

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

Not at all

Prompted some discussion

Exceptionally well

What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? Our only somewhat used compost by the school garden.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? It should have, but not currently.

“Our students enjoyed getting favourite dinner stories from others. It was interesting to see what commonalities we had. We also noted a common least liked food! Food waste solutions was an engaging topic for our students - there was also a very good talk about what is in our class rubbish bin, what goes to the compost, but more importantly why we have food in our lunchboxes that we never eat anyway! Creative, and thoughtful ideas/designs came forward.”

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Posted 1 month ago

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

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? The resource helped students see that food waste is a big problem around the world, but it also happens right where we live. It showed global facts so students understood how huge the issue is, and local examples so they could recognise how food gets wasted in their own community. This helped them realise that even small local actions can make a big difference.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? That we get pet pigs at school to eat any food waste.

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

Not at all

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 waste that happens from uneaten food in cafes

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Compost at school for any waste

“Good Food map was a fantastic and effective kit for discussing food waste with tamariki and encouraging them to come up with some great solution-focused ideas.”

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What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Real life learning

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? Looking at what happens within our school and community was the best! Then taking this and comparing to a global level was interesting how we compared. Looking at what is in foods to make sure they don't waste was another interesting take that went into whole food discussions and teaching.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? We put it together with PBL as well. We have made a compost bin within our school now. Having a presentation to inform their own families and how they could be better.

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

Not at all

Prompted some discussion

Exceptionally well

What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? We had the DCC speaker in to explore that we need to utilise that bin more as a lot is still going in the red bin in our community! Community gardens, something none had even been to within Dunedin.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? New compost bin! Food waste bins in some classes that end up in green bins within our community and just general overall learning how they can be better at home with food waste with cooking.

“It was great that it was real life learning that made kids aware of food sustainablity. It tied in nicely to our Kaitiakitanga unit about being guradians of our enviornment.”

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Posted 1 month ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Interesting, illuminating and confronting.

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

Not effective

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Very effective

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

Not effective

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Very effective

How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? It was good at it really made them look at what was happening in our local area.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? .

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

Not at all

Prompted some discussion

Exceptionally well

What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? They were more surprised how easy it is to access unhealthy food than healthier options.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? We didn't really talk about this that much so it's not that the kit was not effective in this area but that we didn't go down the route.

“My class found this kit interesting and it helped us during out unit on Healthy Eating and the Human Body.”

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