What was the community impact of your volunteering project? the students baked to raise money for an organisation that assists the homeless. A small group were able to go and present the money raised

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? Fundraising

“Once again, an awesome project to do wth kids”

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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

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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

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? A very well stocked Kai Shed in the lead up to Christmas. A grateful kai shed organiser. Very satisfied students who would be keen to take on such projects again.

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

“The students really loved being a part of the SVA. It was great to see them interacting with the different classes in our hub who were also involved in SVA. They were able to come up with different ways that we could do good in our community and selected doing a food collection to support the town’s local Kai Shed. Timing this kit for Term 4 worked well, as it was a nice way to give back to others less fortunate than ourselves in the lead up to the Christmas Holidays which can be a very tough time for many in our area. We were able to utilise boxes that had been donated to us at the start of the year - this had a nice ‘pay it forward’ feel to their use. The children enjoyed working collaboratively to decorate the boxes, and enjoyed sorting and delivering the food. The badges and bands were a nice way to visually show their unity in the project.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Our local creek is now a cleaner and safer environment for visisters and wildlife.

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

“Kit contained everything we needed to plan and carry out our project. The children enjoyed the opportunity to give back to the local community.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? The students decided to fundraise for the Cancer Society because of their families have been impacted by cancer. We raised $406 to donate to the Cancer Society and the students were very happy about the impact that will make on helping scientists find a c

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

“A fantastic kit which was mostly easy to use and engaging for students. The only bit we found a little tricky to navigate were all the Pinterest links to launch the project; it would be simpler if one video or text was promoted as the main resource to use to familiarise students with the Student Volunteer Army. We used one of the Ready to Read texts that we were familiar with that is a true story based on the work in Christchurch of the SVA and this was a great way to engage students. The children loved the badges and the bracelets and the posters and visual material was very good.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? More involvement local water and sense of ownership and connection

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? Water Based Project

“Thank-you for helping to allocate roles within a team working together in a fun fashion.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Free Community / School Car wash Community rubbish cleanup Creating Xmas gifts for the local kindy kids Creating art and poetry and flax puti puti pieces for local elderly care home Creating xmas coaster as gifts for friends and whanau Designing gian

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

“Heretaunga Intermediate - SVA 2021”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? We provided lots of food to the kai shed for distribution among those who are starving or doingg it hard

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

“The kids loved the badges and felt really important getting and wearing them”

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Posted 3 years ago

SVA Schools: Volunteer Kit 21 Reviews