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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 found the kit good as it gave us gloves to use and bags. We used this to teach us about looking after our environment and how we can help which is good."

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The chart was the most impactful, as it helped us to see visually about how much rubbish we have collected and the type of 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? It helped to support our kaitiaki inquiry topic and gave students an experience of helping to clean up our environment.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? It enables them to see the difference they can make in looking after our environment. Was a great tangible example of ways to help, and students commented on the fact they could do this themselves when they visit the beach.

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) 37.7330° S, 176.2983° E

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? Clothing, students were surprised to find clothing thrown away on the beach

“The sea cleaners kit came with gloves and bags to help support our beach trip. We have been focused on kaitiakitanga and how we can be a kaitiaki. The kit was perfect to support this. I found the chart sheet to be a really great follow-up once we were back. This linked in nicely to our statistics for maths as we analysed the rubbish we found and put this into a chart.”

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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 One international student from China mentioned how different school is here in New Zealand, they don't get the opportunity to look after the environment. Another student is conscious on what goes in their lunch box .

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Students really enjoyed exploring the impact on plastic on the environment. Having their own set of gloves gave them tools to make a difference.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 4 sacks full

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Students know a couple powerful changes that they can do to act as kaitiaki.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Following on from the powerful changes e.g. the importance of picking up rubbish, what we use in our lunch box. Knowing whatever we do no matter how small is effective.

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

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, Toys

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? Students had said toys such as balls. Amazed that they either ended up at the beach or were left for rubbish.

“Students enjoyed the inquiry looking into 'our place & environment' that was supported with Sea Cleaners. Students have said they haven't had an opportunity like this before.”

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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 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RLrFqQF-VRSLfMLKxS7MGdzkCYKdZ2m2M-4TkzQsYJE/edit It was really good that they provided some gloves so that we didn't have to touch the rubbish and could bring the rubbish back for sorting. I know that all the creatures in the sea are endangered because of us. We are using rubbish and not picking it up. If I see rubbish now I pick it up. I use less plastic now and use reusable plastic. I went for a walk with my dad on the beach and when we saw rubbish we picked it up. We even picked up golf balls. byOscar 8 years old I feel like we have started to change things for the sea life because we've been picking up the rubbish which usually causes the animals to be sick. We challenged ourselves to not use plastic food wrappings and use refillable containers. Even yoghurt changed from small tubs to big tubs put into reusable. We collected our lunch box wrapping data and it got smaller and smaller. We are not putting wrappers into the sea animals because we're not using wrappers. by Kenzie 9 yrs old.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The gloves and rubbish bags. The animal posters and data posters.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 4 full bags (1 full bag per trip, 4 trips)

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Hugely. They have an understanding of how little differences they make as children can make a big impact on whenua ora. E.g not using food wrappings and using reusable plastic. Picking up your rubbish when at the beach and taking it home. Picking up rubbish in our envirnonments.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? They carry the knowledge and are the teachers of tomorrow for whenua ora. They have gone home with thier learning and taught families how to shop and provide lunches with less or no single use plastic. They have written letter to the editor and are very passionate about making a difference for our environment.

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) Latitude 36.6025 degrees South Longitude 174.6945 degrees East

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? Sand toys and underwear

“Our team of Year 3/4 students (approximately 150 students) at Red Beach School used the Sea Cleaners Kit over Term 4 2023. We pledged to clean up our local Red Beach with a class walking there each school day for weeks 1-7 of this term to pick up rubbish all the way there and back plus at the beach. We were shocked at how much rubbish we collected. The students sorted the rubbish into recyclables, soft plastic, and landfill. The sorting poster was excellent for focusing the learners and visually displaying their findings. The posters with sea creatures gave us an excellent visual display to put real plastic rubbish they had found into the puku of each creature on display. The videos from the Sea Cleaners unit and teaching plans gave us excellent materials for our Science Concept Curriculum teaching. Having the kit with Sea Cleaners gloves and rubbish bags was very special for the students and was commented on by many in the public, how wonderful it was that we were making a difference in our local moana.”

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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 rubbish in the drain goes to the ocean. dont litter it will go to the sea

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? posters and they 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? children are much more aware of looking after their rubbish and encourage each other to

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? as new entrants they will continue with an awareness to keep our school clean

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) We didnt do that part

What was your cleanup location type? 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? most found by senior school

“Tamariki loved this inquiry. The resources were really good. As a teacher it was great that while it was based around the ocean, that we could teach the children how the rubbish in town can effect the sea and so is a viable inquiry no matter where you live.”

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them "I had fun in the bushes finding all the rubbish! We filled the bag almost to half way!" "It was cool to have my own gloves and my mum came to help too"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Gloves

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 6 (half full)

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Yes - it was engaging and they ask to do it everyday

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? How much rubbish is in our community that shouldnt be there and how bad plastic can be for the 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? Native Bush, School

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? Bourban bottle that was half full

“My students thoroughly enjoyed having their own bag and gloves to pick up rubbish in our community! It was engaging, community driven and fun for the students. We had high levels of engagement from parents also”

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them The children are very keen to keep looking after this piece of waterway. They said "this is so much fun".

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Loved the gloves and the poster. Although the poster would have been more valuable if we had found more rubbish.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? We only collected about 6 pieces of rubbish but lots of weeds

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? At the same time we looked at how clean the water was. Children seemed very engaged in keeping the land/water clean.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? As a school we hope to continue to look after our local waterway

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) 43 latitude and 172 longitude.

What was your cleanup location type? Creek

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? I think the most interesting thing was the little amount of rubbish that we found - this amazed the adults that came with us too.

“We used the Sea Cleaner kit to tidy up the area around our local waterway. We were excited to find not much rubbish so instead we weeded the new area that had been planted and was very weedy. We discussed how we need to look after our waterway as it will lead to the sea. Children loved being able to wear the gloves - one tip there is a separate glove with a saying on it for each hand.”

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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 went to the beach and wore my gloves to pick up rubbish." "There was so much rubbish in the estuary." "I want to save the animals from the rubbish."

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? We loved the big posters that the students could stick their collected rubbish to. It was really powerful to see how much litter our children collected.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? Almost every child collected a bag full of litter. They collected the litter at home with their families and we followed it up at school the following week.

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? My class was really touched by the messaging and simply shocked at the state of our beaches. They are passionate little eco warriors now and don't ever want to see any animals getting hurt from our rubbish.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? They now have a little insight on the impact people can have on the world. They are litter picking frequently at school and I hope they will continue to be responsible and put their rubbish in a bin and never to just leave it.

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

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

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? The children found the sea glass interesting as it reminded them of treasure.

“This kit has been a great platform to kick start our learning about our ocean. The children have been so engaged in learning about keeping our oceans clean and have enjoyed sharing their new learning at home and within our school. The children have taken part with such pride knowing that they are helping our world. The kit was well-resourced and would be suited to many age levels.”

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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. I wore the gloves and picked up so much rubbish at the beach! 2. Bottle caps were one of the most popular beach rubbish found!

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The gloves and the chart helped our students practically go pick up rubbish and then collect data/ evaluate what they have found by coming back together and recording on the visual chart which we put up in our classroom.

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 helped them become more aware of keeping our land clean and putting rubbish into the right places.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? I am sure they are now more aware of the harmful effects of trash in our environment and even though they may or may not actively pick up rubbish, at least they will definitely not be those who will leave their rubbish behind on the shores.

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) We skipped that question as we just had groups of students go at their own times with their family and share pictures and bring back their bags of rubbish

What was your cleanup location type? Green Space, 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? A slipper, not a pair

“Thank you for providing us the sea cleaners kit! Our Year 2 students were excited to bring the gloves to do a beach clean up and found some pretty cool treasures like $3.50 while keeping our beaches clean! We had a good time filling out the chart as well and making our own poster, inspired by yours, to spur social action! The students also did great instructional writing with step by step instructions for how to do a beach clean up before they were given their pair of gloves to take home and convince their parents to take them to the beach or any area nearby to clean up!”

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