What was the community impact of your volunteering project? We have set in place a longitudinal study of our water ways and the impact that housing developments may have of the streams around them. We have been able to organise planting days on farms where the school is going to get involved in and we have done a

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? Fundraising, Other , Water Based Project

“This was a great kit! It ran along side our inquiry focus of ";What makes a good Kaitiaki?"; and complemented the skill of citizenship beautifully.”

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Posted 2 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Children have made contributions to those around them, in turn developing empathy within.

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

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

“A great kit that engaged children with those around them. The kit helped children to see the important role they play in the community they live in through the contribution they can make.”

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Posted 2 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? As this was a greenspace project I think the impact will be felt by many people in the local community. Some of the children were quiet passionate about what they were doing and I am sure they will continue to look for opportunities to take action in our

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

“As always, this is a fantastic kit. It is great to see the students shift their efforts towards doing something to help others.”

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Posted 2 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Our impact is growingas we intend to build on what we have achieved to hopefully complete our vision of having a range of musical instruments in the playground and community gardens next to our school.

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

“The kit helped us focus on the roles needed to get a big project off the ground. It worked in well with our technology focus and the students enjoyed the badges and bands as an extra. Thank you for providing all the different elements of this kit to assist us in our community project.”

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Posted 2 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? It will be leaving the areas frwquented by many clean and tidy.

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

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What type of project did your class undertake? Other

“We are doing our community clean up in week 8 term 4. We will walk approximately 8.6kms. The learners will be collecting rubbish from the school, shopping centre, two reserves and beaches.”

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Posted 2 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? We have developed a relationship with the owner of a local bush which we are trying to attract more visitors to. The students have been working on mini projects to enhance and maintain the bush walking tracks.

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? Fundraising, Greenspace Project, Other , Project for Those in Need

“Absolutely love the purpose of the SVA Kit. It has created great connections within our community.”

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Posted 2 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? We did three different community projects based on our ākonga interest and passion: 1. Beautify our school - art-based mahi 2. Connect with our community - rest home visit, performance and morning tea 3. Te Taiao - planting session at school plus ru

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 really enjoyed learning about the SVA and the impact they had in CHCH after the earthquake. To add in a cultural lens to this project, we also looked at a few other examples of people impacting their community in a positive way (some Māori role-models). We then brainstormed ideas of what we felt were things our community might need - ākonga asked questions, did observations etc. to inform their thinking. We had a go with the roles but this proved to be a little more complex than we needed - and we wanted the main focus to be on our community impact - so we ended up not using the roles as suggested in the kit (we were a Year 3 and 4 group so perhaps would have worked better for older ākonga). We then designed our community project in 3 teams - based on our ākonga interests: Beautify our school - art-based mahi 2. Connect with our community - rest home visit, performance and morning tea 3. Te Taiao - planting session at school plus rubbish collection and analysis We had a community project day where our 3 groups went out and did their mahi - and we have just had a celebration and sharing back of what we did.”

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Posted 2 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Money and items were collected for the needy.

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

“Great kit - gets students to think about how they can serve their communities.”

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Posted 2 years ago

SVA Schools: Volunteer Kit 22 Reviews