What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Precious Plastics are based at the Enviro Hub, run by volunteers who collect, clean and sort plastics that would otherwise end up in landfill. As a class we were able to take on a small portion of this job by collecting, cleaning and sorting plastic bot

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

“As a group of 6 and 7 year olds we used the Student Volunteer Army kit to fit with our Sustainable plastic inquiry. We collected and sorted plastic milk bottle tops for Precious Plastics, who recycle small plastic items that often miss out on being recycled. We washed all the tops (1800) ,we also used them for making patterns for algebra in maths before we sorted them into their colours. Due to covid levels we were unable to do everything we had initially planned on doing. We shared our project and ideas with our buddy class at school.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? We helped our Caretaker with the gardens. He has been super busy with some building projects around the school and so we helped him show how much we appreciate his hard work by weeding and tidying some gardens to keep our school looking amazing. We are al

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? Other

“Another fantastic kit. Thank you School Kit.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? n/a

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? Other

“We received the kit and I have incorporated some of the activity ideas into our Senior Hub weekly activities. Due to Covid and difficulties running events at school, we didn't undertake any wider community activities or events. It would be fantastic to be able to do something next year.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? We are yet to reach this stage however the state of our surrounding streets will be clearly evident to all whanau who pick up children. Hopefully we will have some photos to add next week.

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? Greenspace Project

“We were lucky enough to receive this kit just before lockdown. I had to adapt it but it was great to see children identifying their strengths and recognising what they had to offer. Since returning on site two weeks ago, students are now planning our end of year action. Due to restrictions we are going to finish the year cleaning, sorting, pruning and getting our streets beautiful.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Kids realised the impact that they had on their local environment.

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? Water Based Project

“Students were able to clean up the local creek area.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? This is still a work in progress. Discussions with the students indicate their desire to volunteer in the community. Time is against us in terms of completing this element of their learning this year.

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? Fundraising

“It has focused the children to learn about an area that interests them and collaborate with peers who they wouldn't necessarily work with. The resource was helpful in terms of sparking ideas.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? The gifts donated are going to the local food bank where they will give them to whānau in 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)?

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

“Kia ora team, I did struggle to make this kit more Year 0-1 friendly but the tamariki led the way and what a success this has been. We started with planting sunflower seeds and from here related it to planting an idea. We spoke about Ta Koha (giving without receiving) and came up with a plan to support tamariki in our area that aren’t as lucky as we are. We decided to become elves like Santa and donate toys for tamariki from our own homes. We came up with a plan 1 letters home to inform parents 2 bring in donations 3 categorise 4 sanitise 5 take picture 6 wrap and add pics for those to give to appropriate tamariki 6 donate to local organisation. I was absolutely blown away by my 5 year olds and have never been more proud of what they have achieved. We are in the final processes of wrapping and giving to a local food bank. This kit has taught our tamariki that there are others that are less fortunate and that kindness goes a long way. We have also discussed how lucky we are to have what we have. Thank you so much for this experience and I know it he tamariki will remember this in years to come. Naku to rourou nau te raurau ka ora ia te iwi. Ka nui te mihi Seanne Clarke”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? The stream is located in and around our school. We had originally planned to invite the community in for a picnic but COVID rules prevented this.

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

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)?

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

“We cleaned up the local stream and planted around the bank with plants grown in our school nursery.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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