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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 Student 1 - We need to put the rubbish in the right place so that the sea animals don't eat it. Child 2 - If we can put it in the right place it will keep our planet healthy.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? We loved the posters, the gloves, and the bags as well as all of the online learning ideas.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? We went out 4 times with different groups and because we regularly clean up our beach we collected just under two bags.

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? It has added to what we continually do with our school on the beach.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? To continue to collect plastic and rubbish from the sea. If we can put it in the right place it will keep our planet healthy.

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) Te Puru School - Juniors we didn't do this part.

What was your cleanup location type? Beach

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? We found a lot of debris that was from sea activities such as fishing. We also found a tyre and some big planks of wood.

“For term 3 we were completing an inquiry about Protecting Papatūānuku. We treated the Sea Cleaners learning as one of our learning stations for tamariki to engage in ways that we can protect Papatūānuku. Our tamariki loved the resources that came with this - the posters, the gloves, the bags and the learning sheet ideas. Thank you!”

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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 Sharks can eat the rubbish and it makes them sick- Andria (5 years). Rubbish goes into the oceans and stays there forever - Alex (5 years).

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The gloves- can be reused over and over again. A reminder of why we we need to pick up rubbish.

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How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Our learners are now more motivated to pick up rubbish around our school and community. The learners will now do this without being asked.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? It is important for us to clean up our planet to protect the animals and creatures that live in it. We impact those around us.

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) -36.896309, 174.835831

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

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 computer mouse- many learners didn't know what it was and so it generated a lot of discussion.

“Our learners were engaged with the learning and enjoyed talking about how rubbish in the sea impacts our animals. As a school, we went for a walk through our local community waterways and cleaned these up using our kits. The learners enjoyed seeing how different waterways connect and how these can end up in our oceans.”

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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 "My uncle used to drop his MacD's rubbish and chip packets out of the car window - I've stopped him now!!" - the amount of time we referred to the "journey of D's Uncle's chip packet"! "I'm going to stop my mum from buying all these snacks in packets and use bigger bags and my own boxes". "The turtle at Kelly Tarlton's ahd to be rescued because it was sick and starving; I don't want anymore plastic getting into the ocean to make this happen again".

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Craeting an art work incorporating the rubbish and making the connection that we had stopped this from getting to the ocean. The poster at the end of the clean up, to help facilitate the sorting and analysing - seeing it all laid out and thinking about the hows and whys. The to all

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? When collated, my class collected 6 full bags from the area that my class covered in the school grounds - there were 8 classes in total spread across the entire school area - each collecting on average around the same amounts.

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? My class mention something almost daily regarding the rubbish seen and what they each pick up, around school or town. About

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? My learners are determined to make a difference and show this proactiveness daily.

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) Long - 38.0129S. Lat - 175.32122E

What was your cleanup location type? School

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? chip packets - amazing to see how many, but also how long they stay recognisable for after being in the open air for so long - a huge lesson in action on realising how long it takes for plastics to decompose (Never!!!).

“What an incredibly powerful resource kit! We did so much more learning with and through this kit than first anticipated! It took us all on many more journeys and inspired so much more action. Unfortunately due to the weather being somewhat unfavourable, in Term 2, our wider community exploration and clean-up had to be rearranged. We settled for a school-wide survey and clean-up instead. This was by no means a lesser task! What it did reveal was much more relevant to our children. We discovered that WE ALL NEED to take immediate action to look after our "own back yard" and it is important to make a difference NOW! Thank you School Kit for engaging our tamariki and informing them on ways to be proactive and enhance getting the message out there! Those gloves are still in use daily!”

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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: Some fact cards would have been great to use because we then could have made comparisons between our findings and the facts cards. I had no use for my gloves once the clean up had been done. We didn't place the rubbish onto the posters that we got because we didn't see the purpose for doing that. We sorted the rubbish and we collected and at the end of it all place it all into our own bin.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The gloves because they were the main part of the resource to use for the clean up.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? We collected two large bags which were mainly full of hard green plastic. We think it was like corragated card but a lot of it.

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? They had an understanding of sustainability asa this is taught consistently and woven through each learning area.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? They ended up making additional resources as a follow on from the ones provided inside the kit.

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) We didn't have this poster inside our kit. We had posters of the different creatures associated with the sea.

What was your cleanup location type? Creek, Reserve

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? Old shoes because they weren't in pairs. We think that as people walked through the muddy, swamp parts that their shoes got stuck and they didn't bother to collect them.

“Sea Cleaners wasn't as popular with my class as many other SK's. They had already learnt much about sea pollution, its effects, and Impacts while also thinking about possible solutions. The resources in this were fine for a clean-up which was the purpose of the kit, however, the remainder of the items inside the kit weren't required for the class after the clean-up had been completed.”

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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 thought the gloves were really cool." "I picked up a lot of plastic was put around the baby trees. Why does it have to be plastic?"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The gloves! It made us look like a team and gave the learners ownership of their actions.

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How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? They are definitely more aware of plastic, rubbish, and how it travels to the ocean.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? If everyone works together, we can make a difference.

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) 36.9304° S / 174.5813° E

What was your cleanup location type? Native Bush, Reserve, Park

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? Can of beans. What was it doing here?

“This School Kit was a great way to introduce our Inquiry for Term 3. We investigated ways to keep our waterways clean and it was such a fun adventure walking to our nearest wetlands to pick up rubbish.”

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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 Learner 1: I want to come out and clean this park everyday? Can I keep the gloves? Learner 2: I didn't realise how many plastic pieces are filling our beautiful park and waterways. I am going to tell my mum and day "No more plastic bottles".

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Gloves- practical as learners use them to pick up rubbish, Chart - visual presentation of facts and other info

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How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? The kit and lesson reminded them how lucky we are living in this beautiful land and how sad to see our luck is running out because our senseless environmental behaviour.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? The collective clean up action as a whole school engraved in them and promoted them to be more active to sustain our precious Aoteroa.

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) Latitude -41.0. Longitude 174.0

What was your cleanup location type? Reserve

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? Plastic, plastic, plastic We has a discussion why plastic rubbish are the most common. People are too lazy to walk to the rubbish bin, Some people do not care as it is not their house ( so selfish). After that event, Room 23 children's lunch boxes had a big change, less chip packets and wrappings. What a change!

“The provided gloves and bags were effective and perfect for Waterway cleanup day. After the event, our learners took the gloves home with exciting stories about cleaning our local waterways and reserves.”

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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 Child 1 - I liked picking up the rubbish and cleaning up our school. If I saw rubbish outside of school, I would stop and pick it up now and get rid of it properly. Child 2 - This was a fun and exciting activity to do. I loved putting the rubbish on the posters. It feel good to be keeping rubbish out of the sea.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Posters of sea creatures - this was a powerful image for children to see and understand the impact of waste on sea creatures.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? The children have a greater understanding of river systems and how rubbish dropped on one location ends up in another.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Keeping the environment waste free. Children also began to think about lunch box waste and how to reduce this.

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) 43.48*S, 172.56*E

What was your cleanup location type? School

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? Oil container and lots of metal pieces. These were not dropped by children but adults within the school.

“This was such a great learning experience for all tamariki. We didn't organise an off-site clean-up, we spent a couple of weeks collecting and sorting rubbish from our school environment. This was a really powerful experience as we found over 100 wrappers in our school playground. By investigating the streams and rivers close to our kura, the children clearly saw how this rubbish could end up in the waterways. We presented our findings to the school to inspire others to clean up the school as well, which two classes then did. I loved the posters that came with the kit as these were such great visuals. This kit also led to discussions around waste in lunchboxes and how to minimise this. Children were keen to use the gloves in their own neighbourhood to continue to collect rubbish to prevent it from ending up in our waterways.”

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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 need to keep the sea clean so animals don't go extinct" "It would be sad if we don't have cool things like animals because they ate rubbish".

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Gloves being included was a great idea to keep small fingers safe. Also the poster recording how many pieces of rubbish and breaking down what kind of rubbish it was. A good activity to do with children.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Students are more inclined to look after their rubbish not just for the sea but for the rest of the environment.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? We want to look after the planet for a better future.

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) We didn't use this bit of the poster.

What was your cleanup location type? School, Beach

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? Someone's shoe because 'what happened to the other one?'

“Well put together and it was really cool to raise awareness of the sea and what we all need to do to keep it clean. Neat concept made easily accessible to children.”

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Posted 1 year ago