What was the community impact of your volunteering project? The major impact was the emotional wellbeing of the groups we connected with in terms of listening, appreciating and communicating.

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)? 5-10

How successful was this kit in developing your students' project management skills (problem solving, collaboration etc)?

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What type of project did your class undertake? Staying in Touch from Afar

“My class thoroughly enjoyed this kit. They were able to appreciate groups in our community and have deeper discussions about the why's, how's and what now.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Community garden and school garden. Immediate impact as gardens look better and we now have a school one that the kids can access

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)? 5-10

How successful was this kit in developing your students' project management skills (problem solving, collaboration etc)?

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What type of project did your class undertake? Greenspace Project

“As always these kits are great and the kids learnt a lot about SVA history during our level 2 period. The kit was very motivating.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? We raised awareness among our parents, whanau and wider school community of the need to care for nature in our own communities by directly helping at a local nature space and showing the difference we made.

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)?

How successful was this kit in developing your students' project management skills (problem solving, collaboration etc)?

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What type of project did your class undertake? Greenspace Project

“Great school kit with lots of different options and freedom within it. The kids learned a lot about individual responsibilities, taking roles, and being accountable to each other. It was really well set up in guiding them through the need for organisation, rather than leaping straight in and floundering as a result. Covid obviously had an impact on our ability to get through everything that we wanted to, but the children nevertheless took away valuable knowledge, learning and experiences.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? We decided to keep it easy and attainable to the age level and Lockdowns. We decided to raise money for 2 charities. we collected bread tags for Wheelchairs f0r the disabled in South Africa. (we have 3 SA families in our class) We collected wine bottl

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)? 0-5

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What type of project did your class undertake? Fundraising

“This kit is aimed at older children. There is no way Juniors could run this without huge adult input. We loved the concept but keeping it very simple worked for our age level. They loved the buttons and armbands to say they were part of a community project. Just need a more junior orientated kit. were part of something that gave back to their Community. A great idea but need a more Junior kit.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? 45 kids will have a much less anxious time in the event of being uplifted from their homes.

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

How successful was this kit in developing your students' project management skills (problem solving, collaboration etc)?

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

“The Student Volunteer Army unit was a great way to get my students to understand that the small acts they perform to help others, make a huge difference in people's lives. My class completed the unit and then decided to do a fundraiser to raise money for our local Foster children association. The funds raised bought 45 backpacks for students who are uplifted from their homes , who do not have anything when they are uplifted. The packs all had toothbrushes, toothpaste, pajamas, chocolate , pairs of socks and a hair brush.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? The students raised money for our local SPCA which is in need of support during this time.

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)?

How successful was this kit in developing your students' project management skills (problem solving, collaboration etc)?

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What type of project did your class undertake? Fundraising

“This has been an awesome kit. When I first saw the kit i thought, wow this is a lot of work, but when I read it and divided it up for the students it was been great. Such rich learning in all areas. My students really took the task to heart and wanted to do something good for their community. Best of all it was ALL organised and run by them.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? The community got to enjoy their new green space and also forged continuing relationships with the students.

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

How successful was this kit in developing your students' project management skills (problem solving, collaboration etc)?

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What type of project did your class undertake? Greenspace Project

“The students were fully involved with their characters and loved having the ownership of managing their own project. Great to see how their focus, communication and negotiation skills developed!”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? The target group were delighted to receive the communications from the children. It made them feel less isolated.

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

How successful was this kit in developing your students' project management skills (problem solving, collaboration etc)?

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What type of project did your class undertake? Staying in Touch from Afar

“Because the children are young, five years old, we did a modified project, in which via a story about residents in a care home, the children came up with an idea to lessen the elderly people's isolation during Covid19. They came up with the ways to communicate through cards letters and flowers. They felt very proud of their contribution even though they did not get a direct response from the targeted group. This in itself was good too, as the children felt good about their actions without being rewarded. Although the bracelets were a hit!”

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Posted 4 years ago

SVA Schools: Volunteer Kit 20 Reviews