What was the community impact of your volunteering project? The residents and their families were very appreciate and grateful of the efforts the children made . We will stay in touch and the children are making and sending Christmas cards to the resident they chatted with today. Now we have made a connection w

Did your class take part in volunteering before the SVA Kit? Yes

Has the SVA kit inspired future volunteering within your class? Yes

How many hours did your class spend on their project (including the Find, Build, Act and Share stages)? 0-5

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What type of project did your class undertake? Project for Those in Need

“On Thursday the 26th November, Room 18 visited Cantabria Retirement home for our Student Volunteer Army project. We read aloud to the residents with our expressive voices and interviewed them about their life's journey. Room 18 all enjoyed making mouth watering morning tea for the residents of Cantabria. We sang Christmas carols and some children even accompanied us with bells and the marimba. Room 18 felt proud to be a part of the Student Volunteer Army and spread some Christmas joy.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Enabled the charity to provide food to those in need

Did your class take part in volunteering before the SVA Kit? No

Has the SVA kit inspired future volunteering within your class? No

How many hours did your class spend on their project (including the Find, Build, Act and Share stages)? 0-5

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What type of project did your class undertake? Food Bank Project

“The idea behind the kit was really awesome but I feel it wasn't at the right level for Year 2's. My students didn't really engage with this kit like they have done with the others we have used this year.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? My class worked alongside the Salvation Army, sourcing donations to set-up a transitional home for a homeless family. They were also to add linen, food, Christmas treats and decorations, plant the gardens and much more! The family moved in later that day

Did your class take part in volunteering before the SVA Kit? No

Has the SVA kit inspired future volunteering within your class? Yes

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What type of project did your class undertake? Project for Those in Need

“This is an amazing resource, which I would like to repeat using each year. My class are still buzzing from our event on Monday. Due to the detail of the process and the challenges of the year, it took us roughly two terms to complete, but each step of the process was such worthwhile learning. In future, it would be great to have a slightly longer time for the resource.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? I have 2 children in my class this year with parents going through cancer treatment. It has often been talked about to support them. So it was a no-brainer for us to fundraiser for cancer to support those families. The children decided to run a Relay for

Did your class take part in volunteering before the SVA Kit? No

Has the SVA kit inspired future volunteering within your class? Yes

How many hours did your class spend on their project (including the Find, Build, Act and Share stages)? 10-15

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What type of project did your class undertake? Fundraising

“This is an awesome kit with real and meaningful learning opportunities. Unfortunately due to lockdown, I had to push it to Term 4 which was a bit of a rush! However it was actually a great way for my year 6 students to end their time at our school and leave a legacy.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Our project not only brightened up a space in our school but also showed other students what service can look like.

Did your class take part in volunteering before the SVA Kit? Yes

Has the SVA kit inspired future volunteering within your class? Yes

How many hours did your class spend on their project (including the Find, Build, Act and Share stages)? 10-15

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What type of project did your class undertake? Greenspace Project

“This year's SVA project worked very well on par with last year's version. The kids took full ownership of the process eventually deciding that they would plant small flower gardens in a wasted space in our school. They took charge of finding funding, getting permission and canvassing our community to identify what was needed. The wristbands were a nice touch and encouraged reluctant students on the day to get stuck in. We were lucky in that we had the kit from last year which contained high vis vests for platoon leaders and a flag for HQ which added to the sense of event.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? The local community were very happy that the local streem is now running with clean water. We have approached them to find out if we can do some planting along the stream banks and are waiting for them to respond.

Did your class take part in volunteering before the SVA Kit? Yes

Has the SVA kit inspired future volunteering within your class? Yes

How many hours did your class spend on their project (including the Find, Build, Act and Share stages)? 10-15

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What type of project did your class undertake? Water Based Project

“We were lucky enough to have the oppertunity to work with Dairy NZ Water and study a river with LEARNZ. This motivated our class group to focus their SVA on helping local streams. They did this by cleaning up the area and cleaning weeds out of the river. This we found as a good way to help the community as the water flow had become stagnated and the water quality had dropped and some parts of the river had become quite smelly.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? We ended up raising $594.50. We had already decided to donate this money to On the House. On The House is a community group with no religious affiliation. It is a space where the New Plymouth community can interact, build relationships, and where open-hea

Did your class take part in volunteering before the SVA Kit? No

Has the SVA kit inspired future volunteering within your class? Yes

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What type of project did your class undertake? Food Bank Project, Fundraising, Project for Those in Need

“At first I was overwhelmed with this project. It was my first time signing up for a School Kit and this demanded a lot of energy, especially in the climate of Covid. I was worried about all the work it was going to be for me. I wondered what on earth we could do to volunteer when we were still in a state of unease with the pandemic. I handed it over to the kids and they came up with some amazing ideas. They started to motivate me. They really took it on. The one idea that they really wanted to do was run a school-based café. I wondered if that would be a safe option, touching food, etc when we were trying to social distance. So they decided we could all wash hands, wear gloves and masks, and maintain other safe practices. They went to the principal with the idea and he okayed it. So it was all go from there. As the Covid restrictions eased in our area, I felt more comfortable. The students really enjoyed figuring out what jobs we needed, what they would be called and how we would apply for them. So off we went. Although I had to oversee everything, I really didn’t have to do as much as I thought I would. The kids were amazing, motivated and thought of everything. Our café was a success. It ran over four days. We sold toasties, baking and lemonade. Some students chose to dine in, others took away. This was a highlight of our year. The students took away some great skills and felt good doing this work for others. If you want to read more and see photos read our Storytellers write up. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-kwakDGB1-3zhN1W3aph_Wu9PjYS0HyWr9NUj8HybZw/edit#heading=h.pedmwuz2ofdd On The House (our nominated charity) is thrilled and have invited two students and me to come and volunteer for an afternoon to see what we are giving our funds to. Boy were the kids excited about this.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Our projects helped the school. They were 2 things that needed doing urgently but we had no one that could do them so the kids stepped up. They scrubbed out the school pool before the R &; M was done and the new salt water chlorinator added. we also stock

Did your class take part in volunteering before the SVA Kit? No

Has the SVA kit inspired future volunteering within your class? Yes

How many hours did your class spend on their project (including the Find, Build, Act and Share stages)? 5-10

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What type of project did your class undertake? Other

“Fantastic Kit that encouraged the kids to think outside the square, ways that they could help others.”

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Posted 4 years ago

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