What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Informative, interesting, interactive

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How effective was the resource in increasing students’ awareness of local sources of food?

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? Pretty well.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Composting, regrowing and preserving.

Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?

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Prompted some discussion

Exceptionally well

What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? Kai Cupboards

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Worm farming

“The Good Food Map provided an excellent array of goodies to promote the impact of food waste in our environment as well as some solutions to help combat this. My students developed a greater awareness and appreciation for the resources that go into making and growing food, as well as where in the world many of the everyday things they eat come from. They became more conscious of their own food waste and the Good Food Map offered lots in the way of making use of and preserving food in different ways to limit waste.”

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Posted 12 hours ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? engaging, kid friendly

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? it brought it to their attention

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? pigs at school

Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?

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Prompted some discussion

Exceptionally well

What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? more fruit trees

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? not yet

“well resourced”

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Posted 1 day ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Interesting, informative, fun

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? We kept our learning to a local issue and linked it to our school lunches as well.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? The students loved the piccalilli, we now have a worm farm and we are working on less lunch box waste as an idea to carry forward to next year.

Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?

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Exceptionally well

What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? We have an egg farm just down the road, which hardly any students knew about. We found it when we were looking at our map.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Worm farm, less lunchbox waste (ongoing), making our own pickles is way cheaper!

“This was another fabulous kit. The students enjoyed doing the circle walk poem and brainstorming all of the food sources we have around our school. It made the students more aware of where we are, who our neighbours are, and what food is produced in our area. They enjoyed putting the stickers on our giant map, and that really hooked them in to finding out more about our local area. We also made some piccallili as part of our learning about reducing food waste. The students did the maths as to how much money we saved by making our own.”

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Posted 1 day ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Lots of paper

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? Somewhat. They were a lot more knowledgeable than anticipated - which I loved!

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Give back to the farms who may need it. Use our compost and start a worm farm.

Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?

Not at all

Prompted some discussion

Exceptionally well

What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? Nil

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? No, we do have a lot but it started some good discussions of how we can connect more in our community

“Has lots to do! Comes with most of what you need. I did get a little confused following some of the lesson plans and used them as tools for my own tailored lessons.”

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Posted 1 day ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Exciting, delicious, important

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? We discussed food waste in their homes and our school and compared to other countries. Meant they were also making great geographic connections and learning more about cultural differences.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Lots of suggestions that included animals or just not having any waste and eating it all themselves.

Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?

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Exceptionally well

What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? We went to our local supermarket and explored food labels as well as looking at vegetables and all the different nutritional properties. It made them really aware of the options in our community. We compared some foods in the supermarket and discussed food waste and other uses for the foods. Lots of really meaningful conversations.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? More just that the kids are so much more aware of foods and have learn a range of cooking/baking skills to help out at home and reduce waste. The kids and their whanau all loved this topic, we've had awesome feedback from home.

“The kids really enjoyed the kit. The hands on aspect of pickling was really enjoyable and full of rich learning.”

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Posted 1 day ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Educational Local Engaging Resourceful

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? Community Mapping: Students physically or digitally create and annotate a map of their local neighbourhood. They identify key food locations, including: Where their food comes from (supermarkets, gardens, farmers' markets). Where good food is shared (foodbanks, community fridges). Crucially, sources of food waste in their immediate community (school bins, local businesses, etc.). "Food Heroes": Identifying local people or initiatives (like a community composter, a local food rescue organisation, or a school garden) who are actively managing and reducing food waste. This provides local, actionable models for change

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? in our school lunches and what was going into the pig bins. This changed what one of our dishes now looks like

Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?

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Prompted some discussion

Exceptionally well

What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? community garden

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? yes as stated above

“The Good Food Map Kit by School Kits is a fantastic example of how to blend geography, sustainability, and health into a hands-on classroom experience. It’s designed to help students visualise where their food comes from and understand the complex journey from "farm to plate."”

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Posted 1 day ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Engaging, fun, accessible

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? Very accessible and easy to understand.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Feeding animals at home!

Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?

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Prompted some discussion

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What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? How much waste they have when they eat

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Not really.

“Really great kit for our special education health class. Students were really engaged and loved every bit.”

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Posted 2 days ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Interesting, informative, fun

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? My students learnt a lot about food waste locally and were interested to view food waste as a global issue.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Use food waste as fertilizer on the garden.

Did the resource encourage new ways of thinking and talking about the value food?

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Prompted some discussion

Exceptionally well

What did your students find in your community that they hadn’t noticed before and what sparked that discovery? So many more independent vegie shops nearby. The map sparked this discovery.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? We have installed a worm farm to reduce our food waste, especially fruit scraps.

“We were studying food and recycling for our topic. The Good Food Map was a useful tool for my students and they found ot interesting to discover areas around them where food was grown or produced.”

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Posted 3 days ago

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