What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Fun, thoughtful and interesting.

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? It worked well for students to understand where their food comes from and the journey it takes to get to them.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? A worm army! Having a industrial compost station at school for the communities food 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? A lot of our food is imported- especially in the Winter time.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Yes- pickling our excess food and how other cultures use this method.

“We really enjoyed Good Food Map. The kids and I loved finding out about what food was in our area and different edible gardens. We tried pickling food and are getting ready to try it!”

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Posted 4 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Relevant, sustainable and eye opening.

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? They understood that food waste is not just something that happens in their lunchboxes but is part of a much bigger global issue involving energy, transport, and resources.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Using ugly and old looking fruit to make muesli bars. Great idea using a fruit dehydrator and using the old fruit to make something that could keep for longer.

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? Many of our international students were not aware that you could grow fruit and veges locally in a container as small as a bucket (tomatoes, potatoes). Many of them thought you needed a whole farm.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Small garden club that makes soup to be frozen for the kids that forget their lunch in winter.

“Our students loved the Good Food Map kit! It was hands-on, visually engaging, and sparked rich discussions about where our kai comes from. We used it as a cross-curricular inquiry across science, health, and social studies — it really brought learning to life. A real highlight was seeing kids link their lunchboxes to local food regions, which also led to great kōrero with whānau about traditional kai and sustainability. The resources are super teacher-friendly and adaptable. Highly recommend for any school wanting fun, meaningful, Aotearoa-based learning.”

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Posted 5 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Engaging community 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? related to their community so they were able to inquire further with their questioning skills

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Juice dehydrator snacks

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 fruit shop, community stalls on the corner of streets, free fruit at the letter boxes of neighbours, rats

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

“We really liked how engaging and practical this school kit was. The writing activity was a great launch and the children enjoyed making their maps, questioning the school community and finding about food and helped us think deeply about shopping locally and supporting local businesses when possible. We loved being creative with our vegetables and fruit. I think I would do this school kit later on in the year as the first term meant we were very pushed for time and I would have liked to spend more time on this with my class.”

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Posted 5 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Useful, Creative, Fun

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? It was able to show the students how much food is wasted by people not using their leftovers for otherthings

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Pickling was a great solution

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? That there are a number of people in the community who grow their own produce

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Absolutely! We now have a compost and the start of a 'garden to table' program

“The children enjoyed using these resources and as a team we found the posters helpful to use around the classroom. We used this resource as part of our unit looking at sustainability and creating our own school worm farm and compost unit. Then used the soil to start to grow our own vegetables and herbs. We were able to use some of the recipes from the kit to incorporate the things we had grown ourselves.”

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Posted 5 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Engaging, Thoughtful, Challenging (in a good way)

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 numbers really made us wonder. How can people be hunger when we waste so much

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? We already use the waste to feed our animals, but some students wondered if they only feed certain scrap types to the animals to potentially flavour the pork.

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? Yes, we thought more about the ability to share. Hunting families trading meat for those that had too much in the garden. Also the berry farms about hadn't been mentioned often.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? We are shopping the pantry and chosing recipes based on in season options, also what can we bulk buy and section up for future use.

“This was a fantastic activity to incorporate and then build student knowledge. We used the amazing resources both within the kit as well as in our community. It allowed for robust discussions especially with the current cost of living effecting many families. Our local families are literally hunters and gatherers so we could talk about our local impact adn how we could help others. All around we loved the kit and will be using it frequently with my other Food Technology classes.”

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Posted 6 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Exciting, Interesting, Informative

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? It was a topic new to most of our children so it did inform them well.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? feeding to animals, adding to our garden.

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? Brainstorm on how different families and organisations managed their food waste. They discovered that different people used different ways.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Reduce our food waste in our weekly cooking, have a pig bucket for a local family.

“Very interesting topic. The children loved all the hand on activities and it tied in well with our weeking cooking sessions”

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Posted 6 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? diverse, thought-provoking, hands-on

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? ?

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? compost, pig food

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? no new findings

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? This kit will lead onto the creation of a new school/community garden on school grounds

“We had to adapt many of the activities in the kit to suit our very small rural community. However, the learning was engaging for the students and we learnt a bit more about many aspects related to food. This new knowledge will flow through to other upcoming projects the students will be taking part in.”

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Posted 6 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? fun, extending, different

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 have not covered that aspect yet

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? ongoing investigation

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 60minute food walk was amazing for exploring local community with a focus

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? This too is ongoing as we have looked at our recycling and next term will focus on the huge wastage created by compass group school lunches

“I am still in the process of using all of the resources. The students have loved the activities we have done so far and are keen to signup for more Term 2. I am at an intermediate so afternoon classes are extra curricular and optional. Its a good sign that Term 1 students are wanting more!”

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Posted 7 months ago

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