How many hours did your class spend on their project (including the Find, Build, Act and Share stages)? 10-15

Did your class take part in volunteering before the SVA Kit? No

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? A cleaner park - and a lady phoned the school to say thank you!

Has the SVA kit inspired future volunteering within your class? Yes

Has taking part in the SVA Kit increased the amount of volunteering your students are likely to do in future? Yes

How many hours did your class spend roughly 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 was the impact of your volunteering project on the targeted community? Cleaned up bomb point park and stream (in Hobsonville point)

What type of project did your class undertake? Greenspace Project

“My team of students who formed the SVA loved this course! They learned about the beginnings of SVA, why volunteering is beneficial & the different roles that make up a good team. The big day was leading a group of 77 students to our local park to clean up rubbish. Thank you for this amazing resource!”

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Posted 9 months ago

How many hours did your class spend on their project (including the Find, Build, Act and Share stages)? 15+

Did your class take part in volunteering before the SVA Kit? No

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? The students raised funds for a variety of local charities in the area.

Has the SVA kit inspired future volunteering within your class? Yes

Has taking part in the SVA Kit increased the amount of volunteering your students are likely to do in future? Yes

How many hours did your class spend roughly 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 was the impact of your volunteering project on the targeted community? We had a variety of volunteering projects on the go

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

“Our students enjoyed engaging with the resources in the kit, and used them as motivation to come up with a variety of volunteer projects to improve our local community.”

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Posted 9 months ago

How many hours did your class spend on their project (including the Find, Build, Act and Share stages)? 10-15

Did your class take part in volunteering before the SVA Kit? No

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? We were able to create packs of warm winter goodies for our homeless community. These packs went out to food banks and other agencies that could hand them out.

Has the SVA kit inspired future volunteering within your class? Yes

Has taking part in the SVA Kit increased the amount of volunteering your students are likely to do in future? Yes

How many hours did your class spend roughly 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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Very Successful

What was the impact of your volunteering project on the targeted community? We were able to create packs of warm winter goodies for our homeless community. These packs went out to food banks and other agencies that could hand them out.

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

“This kit was great, it got my students really involved and passionate in volunteering and doing something for our community.”

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Posted 9 months ago

How many hours did your class spend on their project (including the Find, Build, Act and Share stages)? 15+

Did your class take part in volunteering before the SVA Kit? No

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Understanding that little steps and the "Power of We" are very strong and can be contagious

Has the SVA kit inspired future volunteering within your class? Yes

Has taking part in the SVA Kit increased the amount of volunteering your students are likely to do in future? Yes

How many hours did your class spend roughly on their project (including the Find, Build, Act, and Share stages) 15+

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 was the impact of your volunteering project on the targeted community? Understanding that if everyone in the world did a little something, big things can happen.

What type of project did your class undertake? Staying in Touch from Afar

“The children really enjoyed working through identifying their strengths and coming up with their roles.”

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Posted 9 months ago

How many hours did your class spend on their project (including the Find, Build, Act and Share stages)? 0-5

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

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Local community (our school) less rubbish about

Has the SVA kit inspired future volunteering within your class? No

Has taking part in the SVA Kit increased the amount of volunteering your students are likely to do in future? Yes

How many hours did your class spend roughly 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 was the impact of your volunteering project on the targeted community? Stuident though about and noticed rubbish and picked it up even when we were not 'focussed' on it

What type of project did your class undertake? Greenspace Project

“Loved the idea behind this. With a lot of support we were able to come up with ideas and with modification we manage to move through the project.”

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Posted 9 months ago

How many hours did your class spend on their project (including the Find, Build, Act and Share stages)? 5-10

Did your class take part in volunteering before the SVA Kit? No

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? It made a difference in the lives of those around us.

Has the SVA kit inspired future volunteering within your class? Yes

Has taking part in the SVA Kit increased the amount of volunteering your students are likely to do in future? Yes

How many hours did your class spend roughly 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 was the impact of your volunteering project on the targeted community? The community had their supply of food, water and a nurturing place to live in.

What type of project did your class undertake? Other

“What a wonderful kit the SVA is. My students were amazed by the name Student Volunteer Army. The lessons were so well designed, step by step. On top of this, the resuorces were just awesome. My kids loved wearing the badges around. This kit develops a sense of helping others from a young age. Kudos School Kit.”

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Posted 9 months ago

How many hours did your class spend on their project (including the Find, Build, Act and Share stages)? 5-10

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

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? We haven't quite got the project completed.

Has the SVA kit inspired future volunteering within your class? Yes

Has taking part in the SVA Kit increased the amount of volunteering your students are likely to do in future? Yes

How many hours did your class spend roughly on their project (including the Find, Build, Act, and Share stages) 15+

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 was the impact of your volunteering project on the targeted community? No quite completed the project yet

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

“My rangatahi all have disabilities. The kit gave us something tangible to base our focus on and we connected this to our SPEC module, Community Project.”

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Posted 9 months ago

How many hours did your class spend on their project (including the Find, Build, Act and Share stages)? 10-15

Did your class take part in volunteering before the SVA Kit? No

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Community clean up, especially around building sites as lots of waste. We noticed that most rubbish was created by adults.

Has the SVA kit inspired future volunteering within your class? Yes

Has taking part in the SVA Kit increased the amount of volunteering your students are likely to do in future? Yes

How many hours did your class spend roughly 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)?

Not Successful At All

Neutral

Very Successful

What was the impact of your volunteering project on the targeted community? Highly effective

What type of project did your class undertake? Greenspace Project

“The kids really enjoyed this unit and sharing when their parents came in to see their projects. There was high engagement and motivation. Parents were really impressed with the ideas the kids had come upwith. The untit ied in nicely to our school inquiry.”

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Posted 10 months ago

SVA Schools: Volunteer Kit 22 Reviews