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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 "Wow we found so much rubbish! I even found a rusty saw" "I had to look really carefully there was lots of fishing line hiding in the seaweed on the beach"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The gloves and poster we filled in after the sorting, The children were motivated and excited to pick up rubbish, wearing their gloves meant they were happy to get involved and not fearful of touching rubbish. The poster was great we sorted what we found and there was lots of discussion as they were sorting it. The poster helped to guide the sorting.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? When compiled together we filled two very full bags. (This was over 2 sessions of walking around the neighbourhood)

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? They are very aware how our rubbish getting into waterways can impact the sea life if it makes it way to the sea. They are more mindful about picking up rubbish when they see around school and disposing of their rubbish from their lunchboxes more carefully.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The memories of cleaning up our neighbourhood especially along the beach. Many locals would stop and talk to them about what they were doing the children were excited to share their findings.

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) Latitude -36.601749 Longitude 174.69909 (Red Beach Area)

What was your cleanup location type? Creek, Green Space, Reserve, Park, 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? A Rusty saw because we found it in a local park near a playground. The children thought it was odd to find such rubbish in a public park rather than near a building site.

“This kit was wonderful and it fit so nicely with our Place and Environment unit. Our class along with our Year 3 & 4 syndicate were making a difference within our community by picking up rubbish and keeping our neighbourhood tidy. The kids were so excited to receive their own set of gloves from the kit. Once we had collected the rubbish the chance to sort it and fill in the Poster provided, led to some great conversations about the type of rubbish we found. This kit was great it also included Paper rubbish bags and a large poster for recording our findings as well as sea creature posters where we could attach rubbish in their stomachs. It made for an awesome display on our wall which children enjoyed looking at and discussing their experiences.”

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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 like the gloves because you can pick up stinky rubbish and your hands don't get sticky" Cade R; "I like seeing the playground looking clean" Logan B; "I wish we could keep the poster up all the time" Koen B

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Gloves because (1) wording on them ; (2)made children happy to pick up rubbish

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? Half a bag at Cockle Bay Beach (well cared for by volunteer scourers); 274 pieces of rubbish first day behind classrooms (see class photo with tub), then on-going weekly clean ups in Y1 area of Cockle Bay School.

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Y1 class realises it is EVERYONE's concern and responsibility (eg, not just litter monitors)

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Y1 children realising the importance of picking up litter (not just THEIR litter); realising that keeping rubbish from going into the ocean starts anywhere, not just at the beach (ie, keeping gutters and school clean so rubbish doesn't end up at beach)

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) -36.9, 174.9 (from Google - Cockle Bay School and Cockle Bay Beach)

What was your cleanup location type? School, Beach

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? Big long ribbon behind Room 27 because it was beautiful but someone still threw it away as rubbish.

“From the start, opening box and reviewing contents was very motivating. This arrived during our Kaitiakitanga theme when we were looking specifically at ocean environments so very well timed for our Year 1 class. We looked at the impact of rubbish in the ocean (videos) and what we could do to help (not buy, not use, recycle and pick up discarded rubbish, especially plastic); considered how everything ends up down in the ocean, so picking up anywhere will stop entry. Class did weekly clean-ups of Y1 school area + occasional lunchtime blitzes of junior playground area; team visit to Cockle Bay Beach for beach clean up; taking care to sort classroom rubbish into recycle and non-recycle bins.”

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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 Student A stated that it was a fun morning of rubbish collecting. Student B said it was easier in a group than doing this type of thing alone.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The bags were great as they were recyclable.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? About four.

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? The kit inspired the students to take care of our world.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? To take action in the future to care for our planet.

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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, Other

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? Takeaway packaging - so much of this is found discarded on our streets.

“The resources which were sent to my class were very helpful. We spent a morning collecting rubbish in our local area - and around our school grounds.”

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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 We wanted to make sure turtles are safe. We are making compost for the garden with our food scraps bin.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The gloves, to keep ourselves safe

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? Four

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? We now have a food scraps bin in our classroom and add this to a compost which ultimately is making soil for our new vegetable garden to flourish

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? With the understanding that we need to keep not only our immediate environment clean, but also the areas in which we live, work, play, learn, visit.

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What was your cleanup location type? Park, School

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? An old cat food tin. We had no idea where it may have come from

“We enjoyed the sea cleaners as it supported my class with the understanding of where, if not put in the right bins, rubbish can end up the sea and the affects on the ocean and everything in it can be catastrophic.”

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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 1. Children determined to clean up beach and environment and looked in all places (under bushes, under shells, right up to the waterline). 2."This bag could've floated around in the air for the birds to eat or landed in the sea for the animals to eat. I helped saved 'em."

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Posters. Great visual and they had space for the rubbish to be on them. Identifying and measuring the rubbish collected = great analysis discussion.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? There were 4 classes and we used all bags, but most bags were not full. We seemed to have picked a tidy week.

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? We had zero waste council programme shorly after, and Project Jonah came to visit, and both ladies were impressed with the amount of knowledge and examples the children shared with them from their Sea Cleaners unit.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? We can make a difference - we just need to make the time (school time initially, personal time thereafter). Much easier to do it together, but also recognised their individual contribution.

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) Omokoroa Point beachfront.

What was your cleanup location type? Beach

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? Small logs of wood (broken boat pieces?). Discussion about where they came from and why.

“Posters were excellent and a terrific visual for children to see that wasn't gorry for their age (like some images you get on the internet). Good that gloves and collection bags were environmentally kind.”

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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 We do not want the rubbish to get into the fishes tummies. Sea creatures can get sick if they eat plastic.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Gloves and bags, we were able to just pick up the kit and head for the beach. No prep needed. Also the gloves are re usable!

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 2 from the playground and the beach

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Yes in a very positive way.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? We need to look after our environment!

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

What was your cleanup location type? School, Beach

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? fishing line

“We loved our Sea Cleaners kit. It tied in really well with our Drains are for Rain unit and helped us tackle the rubbish problem in the playground too. It was such a great kit with gloves and bags too. Our beach was not too bad for rubbish, but we collected lots from the playground and stopped that rubbish from getting into the drains and washing out to sea. As part of our unit, we walked to the beach looking in the drains with rubbish in them and also saw the pipe on the beach where water ran into the sea.”

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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 felt nice to clean the community, I was shocked to see how much rubbish there was." "I felt like it has made a difference and now I clean up if I see rubbish."

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The bags and the gloves. I have kept the gloves and used them for further rubbish pick ups.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Our learning theme was Kaitiakitanga so this kit fitted in perfectly.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Most of our children have definitely changed their attitude towards looking after the environment.

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) Don't know

What was your cleanup location type? Reserve, Park, School, Beach

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? Matress cover and a compass

“The children really enjoyed seeing the Sea cleaners boat and learning about the work they do. Also enjoyed the gloves provided.”

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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 seeing the rubbish impact on the sea animals made them sad. And they wanted to protect them by picking up rubbish

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Gloves and bags as they were able to put their thoughts and words into action.

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 grown stronger

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? They are kaitiaki of their taiao

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) I can’t remember off the top of my head. I don’t have access to the poster at present.

What was your cleanup location type? Park, School

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? All rubbish because it should have been in the bin not in the ground.

“Thank you for the opportunity to use this great kit and encourage my class to be great at looking after their environment. this kit worked in well with our topic and the kids enjoyed getting out and taking care of what was around them.”

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Posted 1 year ago