What was the community impact of your volunteering project? We didn't get to complefe it

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)?

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

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Neutral

Very Successful

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

“We started just before lockdown as it matched our topic. Kids werent as into it when we got back- was pretty tough for some.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Due to Covid Lockdown Term 3 we did not manage to get to this stage but will look more into our project in the future.

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

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

Not Successful At All

Neutral

Very Successful

What type of project did your class undertake? Other

“The application process was confusing. I applied for Term 3 and received in Term 3 (I had not registered or heard of School kits in Term 2. However all my emails have been titled overdue Term 2 feedback. I also received one kit and then got an email saying another kit was on its way as my class had been chosen to receive a funded kit. I believe it would be more beneficial if the funded SVA kits were organised together with the applied kits so that there aren't double ups. My principal had got the email for the funded kit and I had applied for my own kit beforehand. However, another class in the school was already volunteering in the community and just added the kit to their learning which was very useful. Despite this though, due to covid and the lockdowns in level 3 my class did not have as much opportunity to complete the SVA kit as we would have liked. Due to being a small school in an lower socio economic area, I had no students logging into online work or using homepacks. This made using this kit over term 3 very difficult. I feel this kit wouod be much more useful over lockdown and in class in a bigger school with students who would be able to interact over lockdown. As I have a smaller class the amount of wristbands I received were more than enough. It might be beneficial to make different sized kits for schools with smaller numbers, as you do for the year 9 and 10 kits that may have multiple classes and more kids.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? *

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

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

Not Successful At All

Neutral

Very Successful

What type of project did your class undertake? Other

“Unfortunately this was too hard for my tamariki - I got an email telling me it was too tricky for juniors - which was great but the pack got dropped off to school anyway.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Positive feedback received

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)?

Not Successful At All

Neutral

Very Successful

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

“The students really liked the activities and materials, thanks!”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? The impact of our work means that the classroom which has internal access to this space will incorporate it as part of the learning space available every day. The gardens will be tended to by various classes and children and the paved area kept weeded and

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)?

Not Successful At All

Neutral

Very Successful

What type of project did your class undertake? Greenspace Project

“Our class plan was to be involved in a community project and plant up a greenspace in the local area. Communicating with people was slow and then covid lockdown interferred with our initial plan. With the time available we then switched to a school projct involving cleaning up an outside space which had been let go for over 12 moonths.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Community felt supported - we created some displays for the local Spring Fling. They were feeling overwhelmed and a little stressed due to the impact of the Lockdown on timeframes.

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)?

Not Successful At All

Neutral

Very Successful

What type of project did your class undertake? Other

“Was really good to engaged the class in something fun - we have done some volunteering, but haven't been as explicit in teaching them the facets of volunteering.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? We haven't had an impact yet as we only just started using the kit before going into lockdown at the start of term 3. However we will be continuing with it next term.

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)?

Not Successful At All

Neutral

Very Successful

What type of project did your class undertake? Greenspace Project

“This kit looks really awesome. Unfortunately we've had so many disruptions this year (my school is in Auckland) that we didn't get to finish using it. Our project will carry over into next term though so I'm sure we'll be able to use a bit more of it then. Thanks so much to everyone who helped put together such a cool kit - it really helped inspire my learners :)”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Although the tamariki didn’t get to complete their projects it really gave them a chance to work on their leadership, communication and participation skills.

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)?

Not Successful At All

Neutral

Very Successful

What type of project did your class undertake? Fundraising

“This kit worked well for my older year 3/4 students.”

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Posted 3 years ago

SVA Schools: Volunteer Kit 21 Reviews