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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 “We loved the gloves. We feel official”. “ Was fun to go out and clean up a place we use”

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The gloves because they felt “important”

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 had been focussing on being Kaitiakitanga so has got in so well.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Hopefully that even a little help can make a big impact.

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) (-36.8035038, 174.6711045)

What was your cleanup location type? Beach

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? There are lots of old pottery pieces from the old pottery factory there

“Our students loved the sea cleaners kit. We had one group use the recourses to plan the clean up for the whole class for their project. They especially liked the gloves and felt very “official”.”

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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 Far more interest in local areas waterways, one then asked to take some bags home and took his family for a beach clean up

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Gloves - our kids felt like professionals and see them as a treat. They still ask to use them to do clean ups at school as well as gardening. We simply wash and reuse.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Significant improvement - our kids notice needs for themselves now and are active kaitiaki

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? They continue to care for the environment

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) -36.80539634114925, 174.73603345504034

What was your cleanup location type? Native Bush, Reserve

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? An enormous metal structure - we think it was a garage door slider - kids just couldnt fathom how it got there

“We found the kit fantastic. Our Year 2/3s chose a local reserve to clean up and were also excited to learn about kauri dieback in the area. They still tell me about leachate from rubbish and have taken far more of a role in tidying up their own school since the trip.”

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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 The kids said they wanted to reduce rubbish in their lunchboxes

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The kids enjoyed making the posters and wearing the gloves lifted their enthusiasm for picking up rubbish

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Increased their understanding and drive for action

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? They want to be part of the solution

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) 2×3

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

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? The most interesting was the children realising how much rubbish they create with their lunchboxes and the alternatives presented

“We used the kit as part of learning about looking after our local waterway, Tawa Esplanade. We also analysed the rubbish in their lunchboxes and picked up rubbish around the school and in our local park.”

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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 Students were keen to do more regular clean ups and even wanted to arrange an eco club after doing our clean up.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Rubbish clean up equipment and sea creature posters because it made things accessible and gave us an opportunity to up cycle some of the rubbish.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? They were divided amongst groups so all were distributed - each group filled their bags at least half way.

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? It made them want to take action and organise more clean ups / an eco club at school.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? That we are kaitiaki and all play a part to care for 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, Other

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? Masks because its not typical "rubbish" you would've come across until recent years.

“The Sea Cleaners kit was a great addition to our inquiry unit where we were looking at native NZ animals and how we can protect their (and our) environment. We did a rubbish clean-up around our school's neighborhood and the students thoroughly enjoyed it. It was awesome to have the gloves and bags prepared for us. My students then used some of the rubbish from the clean-up to collage the posters that were included and had so much fun doing it.”

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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 A lot discussed it during their reflection from the year. A lot of children are still talking about when we went to the beach to clean up.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The rubbish bags and gloves. We kept the gloves and used them for further clean ups of our local area.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? All of them

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Has definitely inspired the tamariki to continue collecting rubbish.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? They won’t forget the unit in a hurry and will remember it.

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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? 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 pair of shoes

“Great and easy to use. The Sea Cleaners boat approached us to see if we’d like to work with them to tidy up the local beach. The children were all engaged and it fit in perfectly with our kaitiakitanga kaupapa for the year.”

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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 would like to do more for the beach by picking up rubbish everytime we go to the beach- Pippi. Take 3 for the Sea is a movement we read about when we were doing further study to do with our Sea Cleaners kit. We now all want to pick up 3 bits of litter to help our seas/oceans- Olly. The whole class noticed that lots of the litter was adult litter (alcohol cans/bottles) and were sad that adults were not making the right choices either. They were all pretty adamant they would not be dumping litter when they were older!

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Seeing all the litter spread out back at school, then seeing it analysed on the poster and seeing what it is, where it came from and how much of it was plastic!

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 1 very full bag (we condensed them!)

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? We discussed that Kai Iwi Beach may have had less litter possibly only because it is windy and exposed and may have been washed or or blown into the sea! They were disgusted to see all the litter in a pile and seemed very keen to be good Kiwis who look after the land/sea.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? It fits perfectly with our Green Care Code which is the environment. We have 4 groups in our school. One is Waiora so all the kids are pretty familiar with sustainability. This kit reinforced why we need to do the right thing and the impact on our planet if we don't!

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) Lat 39.9, Long 174.9

What was your cleanup location type? Beach

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? A squishy toy? Where did it come from, is there a sad child out there!?

“Really user friendly! Kit was simple and easy to use. All the kids were very motivated to participate. Great idea having the reusable gloves that we can keep reusing year after year! We participate annually as a school in Keep NZ Beautiful and will now use your gloves- nga mihi! Poster is a great resource, easy to analyse and read. We did this activity while on camp.”

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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. It was fun and very tiring. I loved that the gloves were cloth and not plastic. The posters we're cool because it said what we cleaned up and we got to glue rubbish on the sea creatures. 2. The gloves were really good because we didn't have to throw them away after. The big poster we filled out was really cool because we could fill in the information about the rubbish we collected.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The reuseable gloves and the big poster to fill in afterwards to record our findings.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? We did this as a syndicate and there was approximately 5 full bags.

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Since the cleanup, the children have said that when they see rubbish on the beach or out on walks they pick it up.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The legacy left behind is the impact of the kinds of rubbish that people

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) 40.964928°S 174.969335°E

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

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? We found a few interesting pieces, including a few pairs of almost new shoes, underwear, an almost full uneaten meal in wrappers. We were all very surprised by these items.

“What an amazing opportunity we were able to have to connect and care for part of our community. Having the Sea Cleaners kit enhanced our mission and helped drive our tamariki's understanding of waste, sustainability, and caring for our environment to the next level.”

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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 We loved picking up rubbish and made it a challenge to see who could find the most. It was great to know that something so small can make a big difference.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Identifying all of the waterways in our local area as then they were aware that just because we weren't really close to the beach, our rubbish could still end up in the ocean.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 20 over 4 trips to the beach

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? They are now aware about the packaging in their lunchboxes and spreading this message with people at home. They have also come up with one thing that they are going to do to make a difference from collecting rubbish with families to making posters to help bring awareness.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Knowing that picking up any rubbish they see will help to keep it out of our oceans and hence keep our oceans clean.

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) 174.6978E 36.6059S

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 walking stick because how and why would that have been left on the beach

“It was a great kit which gave the children motivation to make a difference which is part of our school vision. They wanted to get out everyday to collect and sort the different types of rubbish.”

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Posted 1 year ago