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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them I liked learning about the animals and collecting the rubbish. Another student said they enjoyed learning about how they can help our environment.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The posters that we could stick the rubbish onto were really effective in getting the students to understand that these animals are being affected by 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? My students are more likely to be careful with their rubbish and have also told their parents to use containers instead of packets etc. They are more willing to look after our environment.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? I hope they will continue to develop that the environment is impacted negatively and positivey by peoples actions.

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) We collected rubbish around our school on a number of days/ weeks.

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? A T-shirt

“The Sea Cleaners school kit allowed my students, who are all neurodiverse, to begin to understand the importance of being careful with their rubbish and the impacts it is having on the animals and environment around us. We did some great writing and Maths around the different pieces of rubbish we found and how we could try to limit the amount of rubbish we use. We also enjoyed looking at many different sea animals.”

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Posted 8 months 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 is in our oceans!" "We need to make changes now if we want a future"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The posters provided that gave the students a good insight as to how much rubbish was in our ocean.

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

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? They see the world differently.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? A huge impact on how we handle our waste.

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) Not sure sorry!

What was your cleanup location type? Native Bush

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? A lot of glass.

“This kit was as amazing resource that provide our learners with so much new knowledge. The resources you recieve can be repurposed and be given an extended life which was very beneficial considering the different topics we continued to use this kit for.”

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Posted 8 months ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them We loved cleaning up And we loved getting to take the gloves home

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Gloves kids loved them

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How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Just brought the importance of looking after the environment

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

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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? Park, School

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? Clothes we didn’t know why people wouldn’t look after their clothes

“Fantastic I’ve again! Love school kit”

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Posted 8 months ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them Ocean rubbish is harmful to sea creatures, I think it is despicable and we should stop this immediately. When I see rubbish I think that people haven't considered their impact on wildlife, This was good because it made all of us think about it.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Graphing and measuring rubbish, the discussion prompts

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? unsure of this sorry!

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? This was a great jumping off point for our year's theme of sustainable practices for the school.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? We have lots of budding activists in the class, reinvigorated interest in the enviro club as well.

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) -41.316653, 174.804995

What was your cleanup location type? Beach

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? Apologies, I wasn't here for this bit, so have only been able to answer what I can see from the student's work.

“We really enjoyed working our way through this kit in the lead up to cleaning our patch of the waterfront. I had a very early baby half way through this unit and the reliever managed to pick up where we left off without too many problems! This one could be good to have an opt out of the physical box option. I didn't realise until we recieved it that it was just a box of gardening gloves and as a enviro school we already have a ton!”

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Posted 8 months ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them The gloves are good because they keep my hands clean. I think it's a good idea to keep our place clean for us and the animals.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The posters

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How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Children are more wiling to pick up stray bits of food wrappers in our playground

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? A willingness to help

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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, Green Space, School

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? Broken tractor toy because it was found in the sandpit we do our athletics prep and the children were happy no-one would hurt themselves on it.

“Children loved the posters and great for discussions. We have since used the gloves to help keep our local environment at school rubbish free too including native planting areas. Thank you to the sponsors for your generous contributions to School Kit. We always love seeing what new kits are coming up.”

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Posted 8 months ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them It is really important to keep plastic out of our ocean. Fish eat it, thinking its food, and then they die. - Olivia. I really enjoyed going out and picking up the rubbish. I didn't think we would find much, but we did. It was good to care for our local beach. - Gabriel

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The posters. They are bright and colourful and really send the message home.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? They are now aware and thoughtful when seeing rubbish around the school (and hopefully outside school too). They love the ocean, and want to keep it clean for many generations to enjoy in the future.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? Keep our oceans clean. Think twice about your rubbish and where to put it.

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) (unsure as I am at home writing this review: Covid!) - Mount Maunganui Beach, BOP, NZ

What was your cleanup location type? Beach, Other

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

What was the most interesting piece of rubbish found and why? Beads from the Rena Disaster

“Thank you for an amazing kit to use with my Year 4 class. The kit had everything we needed and the kids loved all the learning. The highlight was going out to Mount Maunganui beach and collecting rubbish. We found some plastic beads that came from the Rena Disaster, so many years ago! Thanks again...School Kit Rocks!”

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Posted 8 months ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them Although parents often make school lunches, students were able to educate them about why they should not use single use packaging which resulted in more waste free lunches at school. Students learnt where their litter can end up and the posters were good to highlight how many different animals can be affected.

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The links to the students' pepeha because they learn and build on it each year and suddenly the river became very important. The videos are always engaging, the practical collection of litter and sifting and sorting.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? We didn't do one big collection but it was ongoing for most of the term.

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? The students will now voluntarily pick up litter if they see it in the street. There is a steady increase in waste free lunches. We want to put pressure on the Senior Management team at school to think about minimising waste with all their fundraising initiatives - especially bought lunches.

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? They know that they can make a difference, however small. They need to walk the walk alongside talking the talk.

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) -43.30827, 172.59603.

What was your cleanup location type? 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? We have a lot of young people that use our school grounds during the weekend so always have a lot of extra litter on a Monday morning. The students were fascinated with the range of pods from vapes - especially the different flavours.

“We started with a flourish and watched the videos and identified all the waterways around Rangiora. The students really enjoyed the mockumentary - The Majestic Plastic Bag which resulted in the class walking around Rangiora and counting all the plastic collected in the grates of the storm water drains. We looked at where the different waste water goes and discovered that our school is contributing to the problem with litter from lunch boxes. We also went on a 'Waste of Time' EOTC run by the ChCh City Council that teaches students about the Material Recovery Facility in ChCh and ways to minimise waste. We have a waste audit every year as part of being an Enviro School but the students wanted to target single use plastic in lunch boxes. They collected data from all the classes and found out that about 40% regularly have no packaging and use recycleable containers. The students analysed what type of packaging was the most common and set to work to find alternatives. They made posters to encourage students to do the 'right thing' and presented ideas and information at assemblies to promote change. We had intended to go down to Dudley Park (our local skatepark) and collect rubbish from there but every time we organised a trip the weather was prohibitive.”

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Posted 9 months ago

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Please provide 2+ examples of student voice on the kit's impact on them "We made such a difference and Mt Wellington looked so much better." We loved sorting the rubbish into piles"

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The gloves

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 6 bags

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? It has carried on into the school playground

What is the legacy this kit will leave behind on your learners? How we can look after our water ways

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What was the latitude and longitude of your clean up? (from Sea Cleaners poster) As I no loger have this poster I'm unable to give these details at this stage. However, when I submitted this form last year I did give these details

What was your cleanup location type? Reserve

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? large plastic bucket

“This was very helpful and helped the students to get a clear understanding of how we can prevent rubbish going into our water ways.”

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Posted 9 months ago