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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 “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.

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 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

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them 'Whaea Jo, look at my kai box!' (Completely nude kai box) 'Look at the rubbish I got' (This after a self-initiated playtime clean up)

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? For us, the teacher ideas and resources. Sadly we didn't get to use the other high quality resources but I am determined they will be used next year and greatly appreciate the efforts that have been put into them.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? Beach Clean Up none. Sadly, we didn't end up doing it. But many paper shopping bags of rubbish in their playtime and lunch time clean ups.

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? I believe it has had a great impact. The tamariki are 'noticing' and 'seeing' rubbish they never noticed before and are passionate about picking it up. It has had an impact on whānau too with the increase in nude kai boxes and chats at home. Also, some whanau regularly take a bag with them when they go to the beach and decide that everyone will pick up 3 rubbish items. Amazing!

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? I may be small but I can make a difference.

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) 41.3289° S, 174.8038° E

What was your cleanup location type? School

Which of the following types did your class collect? Plastic Bottles, Food Wrappers

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? baby's dummy

“I'm afraid, we didn't complete the Beach Clean-Up. Tamariki were engrossed with the Plastic Bag Mockumentry and learned much from it. (They are only 5 so we kept the volume on mute). Though most knew that rubbish is in rivers and seas they hadn't thought about where rubbish they see on the street or in the playground ends up. They talked a lot about the shopping bags they use at home and could explain why plastic bags are no longer in supermarkets. We discussed the pluses and minuses of re-useable and plastic bags and they enjoyed sharing their knowledge. We displayed photos and talked about the great Pacific Garbage Patch. We knew this had a real impact on them because many whānau commented on what their tamariki had shared at home. We built a small-world river environment. Tamariki loved playing with the river in a tray and got a real understanding of the movement of water down a river to the sea. When they added animals- to the tray, we talked about what happens to the animals and plants if the river is full of rubbish. They wanted to build a river outside so we worked together to do this. When it dried up, I asked them where the water went. Though a few said, 'it just disappeared', others shared their prior learning and became teachers explaining that it doesn't just disappear, it 'evaporates' or goes into the ground. All tamariki composed their pepeha with support and many proudly presented theirs after have the opportunity to practise at home. One child explained why it was important to include their mountain and river. 'If you look at a map, you'll know where the person is from'. I shared the book 'wai' with the class and was impressed with their learning and their explanations. We did a quick investigation of packets and plastic in kai boxes and talked about what we could do instead. It was pleasing to note that the tamariki talked about this at home and there has been a large reduction in plastic in kai boxes. A few whanau have shared that they are doing more buying in bulk! One of the things that I have loved is that they have been taking bags out into the playground during morning tea and lunch to pick up rubbish and proudly share this on return to class. This of course encouraged tamariki in other classes to do the same so I was very proud of them. This was an initiative that came from them. They know and understand that though they are small, they can make a big difference!”

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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 Sorry, I am out of class and will not be back at school until next year.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? 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? A lot! Children are now aware of plastic pollution and how it impacts the marine life as well and land wellness.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? It became an item of memory of when they cleaned up the beach.

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 use the poster.

What was your cleanup location type? Beach

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? The most interesting was toys.

“This was a useful kit and fit our inquiry for Term 4 perfectly! We did Young Ocean Explorers and as a field trip, planned to clean up a beach. The kit was useful for this field trip. We gave the gloves to the students who participated as a souvenir.”

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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 never knew how much rubbish their actually was at the beach.' 'I am going to get my family to make more sustainable choices from now on.'

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The beach trip to pick up rubbish

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 5 full bags, we were supplied with less but brough extra.

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Provided my class with knowledge and hands on learning

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Knowledge about sustainability

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) 2,4

What was your cleanup location type? Beach

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? A little toy truck, the kids were all very excited to find it.

“Came with supplies for 30 students, which was awesome! My students were very engaged throughout the unit.”

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Posted 1 year ago

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 Now the plastic won't be going to the garbage patch in the ocean! Look there is a plastic bottle like the one in the video?

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Videos and activity

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 1.5 bags of rubbish

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? It has helped us to appreciate what happens to the rubbish we throw out!

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The giant garbage patch in the sea had a big impact on them.

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) -41.213439, 174.896792

What was your cleanup location type? River

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? bubble tea container

“This kit was fantastic and worked so well with our Kaitiakitanga theme this term. The teaching kit was really helpful with the links to videos and resources with a clear progression of the learning. Having all the bags + gloves for the kids made the river clean up so much easier and created real excitement for the task. Having the rubbish audit sheet for afterward was a great reflection of what would have happened if it had continued on to the sea/ocean and the types of rubbish (mostly plastic) included.”

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