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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 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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Posted 1 year ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them "I loved cleaning our school playground. The gloves are nice and comfy!" ""I like keeping our school clean and picking up all the rubbish that swirls around in the wind"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The gloves. It meant that the children were protected from everything they touched.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 2 large bags.

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Brought it into the forefront. Make the tamariki aware and more mindful of how simple it is to keep things tidy and clean.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? They felt special and important - felt that they had been chosen to do the job.

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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? 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? nothing special

“We used the kit in a Year 3 Class. Although we did not do a Sea Clean as such, we used all the accessories to clean our school grounds. We used the gloves and large paper sacks to collect the litter from the carpark, under the bushes and all around the place. It was a great effort by the tamariki and they really enjoyed it. Having the gloves made them feel very important and quite safe picking up any rubbish at all. We use the lovely posters of Great White Sharks and other fish as part of an Inquiry project.”

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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 much rubbish comes from people my age!

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Gloves, bag and the poster to fill in for data afterwards.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? One large bag.

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Very positive

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? What we don’t put in bins ends up in our rivers and seas. We need to use less plastic in our day to day.

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

What was your cleanup location type? River, Beach

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? An old dog collar - a student washed it and took it home to reuse

“Awesome way to get students thinking about positive action following a deepening understanding of the impact of rubbish on the local environment.”

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them Wow look at all the plastic we collected. That could do so much damage to wild life.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The rubbish bags for each child, and gloves (the kids loved the hands on practical)

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? We worked with another class who had the same kit, and we went down our bag galley. We would have probably filled 10 big bags if it had been all put together.

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? The class is a lot more aware how rubbish does not just harm the direct environment where it is dropped but can have such bad consequences right out to sea.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? How much plastic we still use in relation to how much plastic we found.

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

What was your cleanup location type? Native Bush, Reserve

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? Most interesting was the amount of pe equipment.

“Room 13 at Te Awamutu Primary, loved the sea cleaners kit. It was like unwrapping a present and going through the goodies that immediately got discussions happening. Although we are not proximity of the sea there was enough discussion about how rubbish ends up out at sea to keep us thinking.”

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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 can re-use the gloves as gardening gloves or re-use them for more clean ups. They seen the value of an entire set of gloves and the knowledge to reusing resources. The rubbish from the reserve could end up in our gully stream. The students took the knowledge of the restoration of the local gully into a context where they were making a difference.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Clean up impact poster, this allowed the students to think big idea in regard to their clean up actions.

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 they are empowered to take action on rubbish around our school and local reserve.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The fact that they have made a difference as kaitiakiand planned the project themselves.

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) -37.82822529. 175.35609570

What was your cleanup location type? Green Space, Reserve, Park, School

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? Sadly x2 vapes.

“This easy-to-use kit empowers students to feel like they are truly taking action to make a difference as kaitiakitanga. The student had agency over planning the clean up and enjoyed running with their ideas.”

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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 loved wearing the gloves and picking up all the rubbish" A and "It is good to keep our water clean because that's where lots of animal life live" D

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Poster - great visual to teach the little kids; bags and gloves - gloves can be reused when we do other clean ups

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 3 - this was our whole syndicate (a total of 5 classes)

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? My students have always been very mindful regarding sustainability but this engaged them quite a bit as what we are cleaning up is our community. The kids learnt that 50 years ago, the river was blue and clean and swimmable and now it is not the case.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Sustainability!

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) Eeek - didn't do that but (a bit too much for 5-6 year olds) but we are in Te Atatu Peninsula, Auckland

What was your cleanup location type? Green Space, River

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? A used nappy! We found it interesting in a disgusting sense because as the kids all said "why wouldn't they just put something that gross in the rubbish instead of throwing it in the bush?" Wise words from our future generation.

“My Year 1's syndicate had an Inquiry focus this term on "How can we keep our awa clean?" The Waipareira River runs close to our school. We used the kit to clean up rubbish in a green space by our awa that conservationists have been working on - planting native trees etc. The kit was fantastic! The kids loved cleaning up their community. We used the poster to teach the children about the different types of recycling. While we didn't use the rubbish we collected (some of it quite disgusting) we then had a Discovery session on creating art, structures, anything out of recycled materials that were donated by our community of parents.”

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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 Child1 said 'If we don't get the rubbish out of the ocean and our beaches we won't have much sea life when were older and have our own children." Child 2 said " I don't want to go to the beach and it have yucky rubbish all around it".

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Gloves so we could get stuck in using them for picking up rubbish everyday and while we were on our beach trips. The posters were very useful to have up around the classroom.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? We collected a whole sack full of rubbish from our beach trip. We collected about half to a bag on other days around our school grounds.

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Yes we have been writing about human impacts on waterways including rivers/lakes/ocean/ streams and they are now thinking about what is left around and how the environment is effected..

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? That they will think more about how they are affecting the enviroment, encouraging reusing, recycling and not leaving rubbish around anywhere they go.

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) -36.603295, 174.708136

What was your cleanup location type? 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? A coat hanger. We wondered why would that end up at the beach.

“Room 11 from Red beach School used the sea cleaners kit to go down to Red beach and pick up rubbish with the gloves. We found a bag full of plastic, old toys etc. We used the posters to show that animals are eating the rubbish and a lot of rubbish is ending up in the sea and hurting our sea life. We have used some online planning resources for our Social Science plan. This includes links to movies like 'The lifecycle of a plastic bottle' these resources had a big impact with the class.”

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