What was the community impact of your volunteering project? A very well stocked kai shed. A grateful kai shed organiser. Some very satisfied students after a job well done.

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? Food Bank Project

“Great kit. Kids loved that they got to work with others members in our hub to come up with project ideas. Our hub decided to do a food drive to help out our local kai shed. We were able to repurpose empty boxes that we had been given, and decorated these in a festive manner.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? e hope that by encouraging bees and other helpful insects to our garden area, that our school gardens will prosper. We have also had a worm farm in the class and the fruit waste from school lunches has been feeding the worms-their worm wee will be diluted

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? Greenspace Project

“We chose to 'beautify' part of a school garden that is a bit of a 'wilderness' as it was meant to be an insect haven. We have planted sunflowers from seeds, and planted them out once they were sturdy enough to fend for themselves in the garden area. We also planted and transplanted pansies, and have designed bee friendly bee homes to try to encourage bees to hibernate and 'stay around' our school area. This was a totally hands on activity that the children wholeheartedly embraced-I have never had a class so keen to get their hands into soil and grow plants from seed.”

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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

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

“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 local river really benefitted from the clean up day we organized. The local iwi got involved and we all felt so good about contributing to our local area in a positive way.

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? Water Based Project

“We really enjoyed this schoolkit, it brought out the best in our students. They all chose a role that suited them and they excelled. Thank you School Kit for another success story for our children.”

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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? 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

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

“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? 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? The junior students now have a strong relationship with my year 5 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)? 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? Other

“This is the 4th time I have used this kit and I have found it better each time. It was nice to have a new kit this time as I have been reusing it. The students quickly get involved and come up with great ideas. Our one this time has been making a skipping area and teaching others in the school to skip. This has been very successful. Thank you.”

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Posted 3 years ago

SVA Schools: Volunteer Kit 21 Reviews