What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Interesting, challenging and 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? Examples and information to open the children's eyes to what is happening

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Coming up with better sustainable methods to reduce waste, most kids were not sure how to exactly do that

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? They were shocked to see the level's of waste

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? We tied it in with the Food for Thought unit around healthy eating

“Kids enjoyed learning about healthy food and how it impacts their moods, feelings and energy levels. The kit is well put together and easy to follow. Thanks!”

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Posted 3 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Informative, solutions based, time consuming

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? It was aimed at a higher age bracket than Y4/5. The infographic was more complicated and higher level than I was expecting.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? None as it was difficult to use in class

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? Nothing unfortunately as we couldn't conduct the surveys

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? No, we already do them.

“It's a very specific kit for teaching about food wastage solutions”

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Posted 3 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Engaging, Fun, Thought provoking

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? Superb... they can see how we all need to work together on this, and how it starts with us.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? composting directly into the garden with a length of spouting (with holes) dug into the ground, using scraps to make natural dye for wool, dehydrated fruit for snacks instead of chippies

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? That lots and lots of people actually have their own gardens and grow a variety of fruit and vegetables. Many people have chickens, and lots of students have family or family friends who work at Fonterra. It's a small community so lots of people know each other around here!

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? It really re-sparked our zero waste lunchbox initiative. Also more buy in for composting (which we already do), and discussions around renewing the old worm farm. Children are keen to bring in excess fruit to share, and some are going to try preserving at home after we tried it at school.

“A fabulous resource that was easy to adapt to our local area. Lots of discussion and new learning took place, lots of conversations with people they wouldn't nomally talk to, and I love the way there were so many ways we coud link it to other curriculum areas, especially literacy, maths and technology.”

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Posted 3 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Connection, planning, reflection

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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 focussed more on the local issue and it connected well to our localised curriculum

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Worm farms at school

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? Community gardens, many had biked/walked past but not known what they were

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

“Good Food Map was a great, interactive resource that had students and whanau sharing their memories and discussion on managing food waste at home.”

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Posted 3 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Engaging, varied, creative

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? Somewhat, we didn't get to explore the global issue of food waste to the full extent

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Collecting food waste from homes and delivering it to community gardens

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? They didn't know about the community gardens, how to participate, what they offered etc. We had one garden coordinator come in and speak with our students and engage them in authentic mahi (advertising the garden) as an act of participation

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? We have applied for and received funding for a school composting system and will look to add to/extend our school maara and create a full system

“This was an enjoyable unit with a range of different activities that engaged our various learners. Opened up a heap of cool discussions”

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Posted 3 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Relevant, resourceful, enjoyable

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? It was great to highlight the issues of global food waste and how we could possibly help

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Unfortunately we ran out of time to complete this task. Hope to continue it on next year

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 community garden food cupboard- they wanted to be able to contribute to this

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Worm farm ideas

“We loved this kit. The relating to our community was fabulous.”

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Posted 3 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? food source waste

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? The waste section helped students to analyse the Horowhenua Council sustainability plan. They found that the Council's only strategy was to piggy back onto another existing project within the community. The unit was timed so that it coincided with the Enviro waste speaker's visit to the school. He took four one hour sessions. We then went global. The juniors used the vegetables in the school garden, so we didn't make soup. Smoothies were a hit though.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? smoothies recipes

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? Council response to sustainability

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Healthy bodies

“Excellent focus on local community. This made the students take notice of the number of food sources we have around us.”

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Posted 3 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Clear and engaging

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

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? School worm farm

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? Small businesses

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Not currently but if we had done it earlier in the year, then probably.

“Fantastic resource that the students found really engaging. Worked really well with our healthy bodies learning.”

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Posted 3 months ago

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