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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them Sorry we left for term break before I asked this but here is some independent writing from two of my ākonga, Year 2. Waitatarua Reserve is a special place because there are sea creatures. We are cleaning the Waiatarua Reserve because the sea creatures might die. Waiatarua Reserve is a special community. Waiatarua Reserve is so beautiful to look at. We walked to Waiatarua Reserve because we went to pick up rubbish. We are keeping the sea rubbish free for the sea creatures. We picked up plastic so the sea creatures do not eat the plastic. We are good at it. We are kaitiaki. We are resilient at that. By Ishita Waiatarua is a special place in the community because it is a place for New Zealand's native birds to build nests. At Waiatarua Reserve we did a big clean up so it wouldn't harm the animals. We were being a kaitiaki at Waiatarua Reserve. Waiatarua Reserve is our turangawaewae the place where we stand. Waiatarua Reserve is an important place for birds to live in. Waiatarua Reserve used to be a fresh water river then suddenly Mt Wellington erupted with bursting lava flowing into Waiatarua Reserve to form a fresh water lake. Waiatarua Reserve became a wetland. Waiatarua Reserve got cleaned by the sea cleaners. Waiatarua Reserve is a special place to all animals. At Waiatarua Reserve it is a special place for everyone. By Dante

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The actual walk was very beneficial, as so often we learn from inside the classroom walls. This was kaitiakitanga in action! We loved learning about waterways and the NZ creatures that live in them.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? We took all the bags but they were not filled to the tippy top. Refer to photo.

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? We spend a lot of time in Rūma Tahi connecting to the local area, as this is my jam! Looking at whenua ora was another complimentary dimension to our turangawaewae understanding. As you can see from their writing the ākonga felt the 'bigness' of the problem.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? I loved that the trainee Community Constables came with us for our walks and were interacting with the community for a very positive reason. The ākonga are far more self aware of their own actions and littering. They will now notice if any lunch litter is left after eating times and may even call each other out about it. The ākonga attend a Sustainability specialised class as part of their weekly programme. They are very excited to bring this new knowledge back to me and make connections in the classroom. This programme also encourages litter awareness and an understanding of NZ waterways. Our school is looking at how we could keep up the momentum of this learning and walk to clean up other local areas. We have washed gloves and RAMS at the ready.

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) 36°53'02.5"S 174°49'41.5"E

What was your cleanup location type? Reserve

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? We found a massive collection of items wedged in a hedge. Illegal dumping - the cane basket with a large paint tin inside and so on. Some of it was from freedom campers - the beer box, European food boxes. We were counting the rather large amount of dry wet wipes. It wasn't until my colleague explained about wet wipe washes (and hadn't I ever done it before??) that I became grossed out about what I was handling. I am not easily grossed out. We used our lunch rubbish to make the art!

“I found this School Kit extremely complimentary as it added another layer of understanding and action to our learning around turangawaewae, kaitiakitanga and showing grit and resilience! I know, Papatūānuku appreciated our whenua ora and sustainability efforts x x”

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them 1. It was fun to put up posters 2. I liked taking the glove home to pick up rubbish on a wlak

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Gloves and bags

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Caring more about rubbish outside

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Rubbish can end up in the ocean!

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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

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

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

“Our learners loved having a glove each and going and picking up rubbish.”

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them "I wore the gloves so I didnt get germs!" "Did you know rubbish destroys animals homes?"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The gloves- practical/hands on resource

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Alot- a powerful topic to teach

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? I think a strong collection to their environment and what they can do to help it.

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

What was your cleanup location type? Native Bush, School

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? Glass bottles

“Thanks for the resources. The gloves made the kids feel very important cleaning up the environment around us!”

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them "There is so much rubbish!" The tamariki were surprised with how much we collected and would be proactive during play times to collect and share there findings with duty kaiako and principal.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The gloves were awesome and on the online fourm.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? x2

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Completely changed how the viewed rubbish and plastic and how it can follow into the drains and our ocean.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Our ocean needs to be protected

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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? School, River

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? just the amount of food wrappers we collect.

“This was a great extension for my NE class, we explored the Matariki start waiti, where our journey started looking at our local river health. We explored how rivers are formed, water cycle and then how this flows onto our oceans and oceans health. We also coupled the kit with the science kit 'Big blue future'. Unfortunelty due to staff illness we were unable to get out to our local awa so we kept our kura clean with regular rubbish collection efforts. We also collected all plastic waste from our kai and will be using it all early term 4 to create recycle art pieces.”

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them It is terrible when we see beautiful animals choked by things people leave around. - Eleanor. People should have thought twice about throwing their plastic bottles into the ocean. - Leo

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The gloves were a novelty and also outlined how dangerous pollution can be. The rubbish bags were so big they represented the huge problem facing the world in terms of pollution in our oceans.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? We didn't use the bags out in the field but one class dressed up in the bags to show case how to be litter collectors in their assembly item.

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? It has certainly opened their eyes and hopefully started a lifelong habit for each of them to not walk past rubbish but to pick it up even when you feel embarrassed.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? To be Kaitiaki of our environment in its many forms.

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) N/A However wherever the students go in the weekends they talk about the rubbish they pick up or bring it to school for news.

What was your cleanup location type? Native Bush, Park, School, River, 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? A plastic wad from a shot gun cartridge.

“To keep topical issues such as beach cleanups at the forefront of our minds I have made it a habit to show the rubbish I pick up off my local beach when I have been there, at news time on Monday mornings. Many of the students have joined in this crusade and have encouraged their families to make picking up a habit as they walk along the beach. It is amazing how addictive it can become. Coupled with this are the posters we received in the sea cleaners kit which show animals with litter stuck to them. This topic has authentic links to our curriculum such as graphing, profile studies of sea creatures their habits and diet- which shouldn't include plastic waste etc. The sea cleaners kit was a great way to introduce this topic and support the ripple effects of pollution in our waterways.”

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them This is good as the sea is so polluted and you can't fish out there anymore. Lots of people just dump their rubbish anywhere so it all goes to the sea.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Posters were a great reminder as well as the rubbish pick up from around our local awa and school.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 10 big black bags - so much

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Absolutely - they are actually thinking about what their rubbish looks like and the packaging of food.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Live a sustainable life to think about our local waterways.

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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, 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? The amount of rubbish

“Amazing resource and it fit around our bigger inquiry on sustainability”

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them The children liked the pictures on the posters and the visual component of sticking rubbish to them.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The posters as a visual reminder of our impact on the environment. The gloves meant the children picked up the rubbish as they didn't have to touch it.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 3 bags

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? The unit we taught was a terms worth of work that this kit helped to reinforce. While alone this kit did not have great impact, it certainly supported what we were teaching and was a welcome addition to the unit.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? We are all responsible regardless of whether or not we created the problem.

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) Latitude: -41.3416171208. Longitude: 173.195992012.

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

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? There wasn't a most interesting piece of rubbish

“A helpful kit that created much conversation, and supported the collection of rubbish around the school.”

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them "My gloves were the favourite part because we can go out on our own and pick up rubbish whenever we want, we love doing it at lunchtimes especially on sunny days!" "Its good because we can make a differece at our school by knowing to pick up rubbish and teaching othe kids to as well."

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The Gloves - as mentioned above

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? We filled all the bags, across multiple days

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Massively, the children are constantly thinking of ways we can help our environment, they are incredibly passionate.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The children are definitely 'Kaitiaki of our Stream' now, we have fundraised and bought fish to place around our drains to make others aware of the dangers of rubbish going down the drain. These will hopefully be there for years to come.

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) We ran it across the term.

What was your cleanup location type? School

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? A Clipboard!

“The Sea Cleaners kit was perfect for our children during term 3. We were running a school-wide topic called "Kaitiaki of our Stream" which focused on learning about and cleaning our surrounding waters. The Sea Cleaner kit supplied the children with lots of meaningful and hands-on activities. They particularly enjoyed their individual gloves which they now take out most morning tea and lunchtimes to pick up rubbish around our school!”

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