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Sea Cleaners 23 Reviews

4.6 Rating 373 Reviews
How inspired are your students to engage in future sustainability action?
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How effective were the components of this kit?
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them " I never knew there was so much rubbish on ourown beach!" " I am pleased that I was able to help keep some plastics out of our sea"
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? ALL- the kids loved the gloves!
How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?
How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? This has transferred across to trying to keep our school grounds clean.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Hopefully to be mindful of where they leave rubbish and try to avoid the use of plastics.
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) St Clair Beach
What was your cleanup location type? School, Beach
Which of the following types did your class collect? Plastic Bag, Plastic Bottles, Plastic Cups, Food Wrappers, Household Waste, Tin Cans
What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? Old sock! Variety of cans.
We used the sea cleaners kit as part of our inquiry about microplastics in the ocean. We visited a local beach and picked up as much rubbish as we could find. This gave the students a positive action that helped our environment and they were stunned to see how much rubbish they actually found.
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Posted 1 year ago
How inspired are your students to engage in future sustainability action?
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How effective were the components of this kit?
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them It was nice to have gloves because its yuck rubbish- Its mostly plastic stuff, so don't use so much plastic at your house
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? the poster
How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?
How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? It supports our value of Kaitiakitanga
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Action taking
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) 36.7904° S, 175.0089° E
What was your cleanup location type? Reserve, Beach
Which of the following types did your class collect? Plastic Bag, Plastic Bottles, Food Wrappers, Straws, Household Waste
What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? plastic toy from kinder surprise-lots of kids have these at home and started thinking about buying throwaway plastic toys.
We used our kit to prepare our tamariki for a beach clean up day. We loved the poster used to collect information about what rubbish was found on the beach. This led towards some great class discussions for taking further action to take care of the environment.
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Posted 1 year ago
How inspired are your students to engage in future sustainability action?
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How effective were the components of this kit?
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them 1. I pick up rubbish on the way to school with my mum so the birds don't eat the plastic and die. 2. I didn't know that many sea animals die because people use to much plastic and then it goes in the ocean if they don't put it in the rubbish bins.
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The sea animals posters, we made a mural with rubbish we picked up from the school playground showing how it ends up in the ocean
How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?
How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? It has been amazing seeing the students being aware of how much plastic there is in their lunch boxes, lots of them pick up rubbish on their way to school, during play times at school. We recycle now, so a huge impact on everyone.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? They are now very aware of how we can make a difference and they have already acted on that
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) can't remember sorry
What was your cleanup location type? Reserve, Park, School
Which of the following types did your class collect? Plastic Bag, Plastic Bottles, Plastic Cups, Food Wrappers, Straws, Tyres, Household Waste
What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? the students found the tyre the most interesting, they wouldn't understand why someone would be so bad to throw their tyres into a reserve
I'm a Y1 teacher and all my students loved learning about the oceans, rivers, waterways and what's happening to all the animals because of the pollution. They were super engaged in every session, enjoyed wearing the gloves and going to the local reserve and pick up all the rubbish knowing they were helping make a difference.
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Posted 1 year ago
How inspired are your students to engage in future sustainability action?
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How effective were the components of this kit?
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them It feels good to help our community. We should do this more often.
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? It all was good.
How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?
How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? We talk about it a lot more.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? To be an active member of our community.
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) Walk/Hīkoi to Paper Road and Canon Park
What was your cleanup location type? Park
Which of the following types did your class collect? Plastic Bottles, Food Wrappers, Household Waste
What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? It is rubbish...we were disappointed that rubbish would be floating around when there were bins so close.
Great motivator for the kids.
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Posted 1 year ago
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them What more can we do to fix this problem? Wow! Look at all the rubbish we found.
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? bags, gloves, links to inspirational and informative videos, sorting poster
How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?
How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? They were already interested but this kit pulled together resources and inspired them into action
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? A thoughtfulness about our environment and that what each person does makes a difference
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) 45.9. 170.522
What was your cleanup location type? Beach
Which of the following types did your class collect? Plastic Bag, Plastic Bottles, Plastic Cups, Food Wrappers, Straws, Household Waste, Tin Cans, Toys
What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? money
Our whole senior school took part in the Sea Cleaners Kit and were inspired to take affirmative action to stop plastic trash from entering the ocean.
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Posted 1 year ago
How inspired are your students to engage in future sustainability action?
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How effective were the components of this kit?
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them I couldn't believe the amount of rubbish we found and how close to the beach it was! I was shocked at all the take away packaging that we found.
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Teacher resource guide with ideas and the videos were excellent - the children understood the message and started some in depth and valuable conversations.
How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?
How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Reinforced our school values and expectations of each other and our land and environment. What next? Next steps.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The impact on what they (the children can do) to look after our environment, What needs to be done to educate people about good practices about disposing of rubbish and ways of recycling.
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) 45.9032 S, 170.5066E
What was your cleanup location type? Beach
Which of the following types did your class collect? Plastic Bag, Plastic Cups, Food Wrappers, Straws, Household Waste, Tin Cans
What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? The TV and Microwave - it surprised us all and that some people go to great lengths to dump property! A $5 note!
Very valuable and the children got a lot out of it as we are located pretty much across the road from the beach it is so relevant.
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Posted 1 year ago
How inspired are your students to engage in future sustainability action?
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How effective were the components of this kit?
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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them I learnt to always put my rubbish in a bin so it doesn't end up in the ocean. I learnt I can take some chippie packets back to the shop to recycle them.
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The gloves and bags. The gloves were a novelty and we enjoyed filling the bags.
How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 2 bags of rubbish from our school.
How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Definitely. Children are spotting rubbish everywhere and are so eager to pick it up and put it in the bin. We have started collecting 'return to store' plastic at school to recycle.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? An understanding of the impact people have on the earth and how we can minimise it.
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) We didn't get to the sea- although still plan to! We instead did a clean up of our school grounds.
What was your cleanup location type? School
Which of the following types did your class collect? Plastic Bag, Plastic Bottles, Plastic Cups, Food Wrappers, Household Waste, Tin Cans, Toys
What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? Toys! What were they doing lying around with piles of rubbish?
The Sea Cleaners Kit supported our inquiry with the unifying ideas, 'We have rights and responsibilities as members of a community' and 'We can take action for safe and healthy communities and environments'. The gloves were a hit with the children and the large bags gave us a goal to fill them! We used the kit in our school playground but plan to use it at the beach or our local wetland in the future and incorporate the awesome posters included.
Helpful Report
Posted 1 year ago
How inspired are your students to engage in future sustainability action?
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Neutral
Highly Inspired
How effective were the components of this kit?
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High Effective
Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them "I can't believe how many cans we found. It must be the teenagers from next door (high school) not caring about the environment. I am going to collect them all and sell them to the metal recycling place." "People throw so much stuff out and animals eat it. I wish they would care more."
Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The rubbish audit
How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?
How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Students have been picking up rubbish all year round, mostly on school grounds but some around their neighbourhood.
What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Those students won't litter and pick up rubbish when they see it.
How high was student engagement throughout this kit?
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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) We did not calculate this
What was your cleanup location type? Creek, Native Bush, Green Space, Reserve, Park, Beach
Which of the following types did your class collect? Plastic Bag, Plastic Bottles, Plastic Cups, Food Wrappers, Straws, Household Waste, Tin Cans
What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? A big plastic table with one leg broken off.
Sea cleaners kit shows how important it is what we do on land. That our actions have impacts we cannot always see. That it can harm and kill, even if we don't intend to in the first place. Rubbish that goes into the ocean comes in multiple forms and sizes. It breaks up and is even harder to deal with. Some plastics are so small, we never notice them in the first place.
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Posted 1 year ago