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How inspired are your students to engage in future sustainability action?

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.”

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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 "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.

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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

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them “It was a good idea to go pick up the rubbish from th creek or it would’ve gone to the sea” + “it was good having Koro John come in and talk”

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The videos + connecting to our local kuia and kaumatua who could come in and korero

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? Not done yet :(

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Big time - we connected with our kuia and kaumatua who shared their korero about local awa and streams

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? An understanding of the importance of kaitiakitanga

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) Not completed

What was your cleanup location type? Creek

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? A trolley and a blow up mattress not what you’d expect in a creek

“Loved the ideas shared online… Loved the kit - unfortunately only half way through”

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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 “But why do people just leave it on the ground if they know it can kill animals?”

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Filling the brown bags with rubbish day after day, they loved how it became less each day.

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How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? We have become more focused on separating rubbish and recycling

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? How they treat the environment has a big impact on more than just their community

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) Not sure

What was your cleanup location type? School

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? Broken glass, the children wanted to know why it was at school and who would put it there.

“We used the kit to inspire a school wide clean up effort. Incorporating it into our respect for the environment topic focus.”

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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 I was disappointed in how much rubbish we collected especially around the skate park which is mostly used by kids. They should care more about the animals in the ocean who may end up eating it. Alice, 6. We all did a great effort and I am proud that we played our part to save the environment especially by stopping that rubbish ending up in the ocean. Addison, 7.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? I thought the posters were very powerful. The gloves and bags were great.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? I think it will continue to reinforce our school values and the Christian aspect of caring for our God given environment.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? I think it will be huge and they will continue to pick up rubbish and spread the message.

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) not sure

What was your cleanup location type? Reserve, River

Which of the following types did your class collect? Plastic Bag, Plastic Bottles, Plastic Cups, Food Wrappers, Straws, Tyres, Household Waste, Tin Cans, Toys

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? old coal shovel, half a bike rim, goggles, fishing hooks, wire netting

“It was amazing. The students were already aware that 'all drains lead to the ocean' as 'Gill' said in the Finding Nemo movie. Although we live inland at Reefton, the students were horrified at how much rubbish we collected beside the river and how that rubbish would have ended up in our oceans.”

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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 "When I take my dog for a walk - we ALWAYS pick up her poo and take the poo bag home to put in the rubbish bin. We don't leave it on the grass!" DJ puts his rubbish in the right coloured bin.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Understanding about micro plastics, life cycle of a plastic bottle. Majestic Plastic Bag Mockumentary. - understanding how easy rubbish can move from one area to another to get to waterways.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 2 (after an hour searching along our local riverbank. But we went with 6 other classes who all collected about the same.

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Everyone is making sure their rubbish doesn't blow around the school as it might end up in the drains, go through the pipes and end up in our local river and out into Wellington Harbour. When it's windy we make sure that our lunchbox lids are closed so the rubbish stays inside.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Everyone is on high alert looking around the place for rubbish - and picking it up to put into a rubbish bin. We went on a school picnic to another area in the Hutt Valley and our students were picking up other people's rubish to place in bins! Awesome!

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) Longitude 41° 12' 46.75. Latitude 174° 53'50.1E

What was your cleanup location type? River

Which of the following types did your class collect? Plastic Bag, Food Wrappers, Tin Cans

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? Tennis balls, vapes and lighters and polystyrene. We thought the tennis balls were probably because a lot of people walk their dogs on the river bank and sometimes dogs lose them.

“Our whole school had a term focus on Kaitiakitanga, and our Junior School all used their Sea-Cleaners Kits to focus on how we could be kaitiaki (guardians) of our local waterways. At the end of the unit 120 kids all donned their gloves and walked down to our local awa - Te Awakairangi (The Hutt River) for a mass clean-up. We were actually pretty impressed with the cleanliness of our riverbanks - but our tamariki were determined to 'do their bit' to look after the river and sea creatures by finding any little scrap of litter that might have otherwise made its way into Wellington Harbour. All of the parents that came with us were so impressed at the dedication and determination of our students to be kaitiaki.”

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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 I liked having the gloves so we did not have to touch the rubbish. I liked helping our enviorment and hopefully saves the sea animals.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The poster really made us think and ask questions. We tried to predict what we would find.

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 think about what how we throw away our rubbish.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? That we helped our local community and made it better for others.

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) -44.303190 latitude 171.297830 longitude

What was your cleanup location type? Beach

Which of the following types did your class collect? Plastic Bag, Plastic Bottles, Food Wrappers, Straws, Tyres, Household Waste

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? We found lots of rusty metal

“Our topic of inquiry was environmental sustainability, and this kit fit perfectly. There were enough gloves for every student in our class, and the posters and visuals in the kit really made us think and ask deep questions.”

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Posted 1 year ago