What was the community impact of your volunteering project? They loved it! Really brought the community together

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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What type of project did your class undertake? Other

“The students loved being a part of something that helped the community”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? The volunteer organisations appreciated the letters, cards and home baking the children gave to them to thank them for their hard work. The children also did a lake front clean up, picking up all the litter alongside Lake Wanaka.

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? Other

“We used the SVA Kit as part of our learning about Volunteers in Our Community (NE to Y1 pupils). In Term 2, we visited volunteer organisations in our community (Fire Service, SARs, DOC, St Johns) to learn about what they do. We baked some treats for them to thank them for their work. In Term 4 we have been learning about the environment and used the kit to find ways to volunteer and give back to the local community.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? We plan to go to Raglan to pick up rubbish off the beach

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

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? Other

“Kia ora, Unfortunately due to covid we were unable to use this kit but plan to do it term 1 2022”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? We created 10 Christmas shoeboxes for tamariki in our local region. Each shoebox contained gifts for specific students for Christmas. We then delivered to the schools of each student for them to be anonymously gifted.

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? Project for Those in Need

“We really enjoyed using the SVA kit alongside our STEAM projects in order to recognise how we can support our local community. It empowered students to realise their potential and worked together (Mahi tahi) to achieve a common goal.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? The children wrote stories and shared them with the local kindergarten students

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

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

“SVA”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? It uplifted many people during this time of need.

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? Food Bank Project

“It was great, students loved it!”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Due to the ever-changing world thanks to COVID, we had to pivot this year to make the event a longer one, without leaving the school grounds. However the students have worked together to create some items for animals in need.

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

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

“This is the second year that my class have been involved in the SVA Kit. Last year, was more of an event, where this was a smaller scale SVA with COVID changing the plan multiple times. The resource is so supportive of many approaches, therefore we could adapt easily. Each step of the way guides the students to make well-informed choices and adopt leadership roles. They will be doing it again next year, hopefully with a COVID disturbed result.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? It had to change due to the lockdown and then the learning programme changing. It didn't fit as well as I had originally planned.

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

“It was really difficult to adapt once our learning programme changed due to lockdown. I was able to use different parts of the pack but some is still unused.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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