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

How effective was the resource in fostering critical thinking about food waste issues?

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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? Studnets realised it's a local issue as well as global.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? They connected their food waste solutions to a game on roblox that relates to growing vegetables!

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? They noticed how big our local park actually is when looking at it on the map.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? No

“Good Food Map was a helpful resource in teaching stduents about food waste. It made the topic interesting and fun.”

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Posted 2 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Engaging, Variety, Hands-on

How effective was the resource in fostering critical thinking about food waste issues?

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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? I think we mainly focused on local issues.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Compost, Get before they become waste, Shop wisely to avoid waste - don't buy things your kids don't like to eat.

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? Where some of the fruit trees are in our neighbourhood, especially ones on Public land.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? We already compost, but I think the kit made the students aware of what they were doing with their lunch waste.

“This kit was engaging for the students. We put the map of our area up on the classroom wall and did a virtual 60 minute walk. The students worked in groups to write the 60 minute circle poem. We then combined all the group poems into one class poem. The interviews at the school gate asking parents what they had for lunch was a great task. A chance to practice interview skills. We then used the data we collected in our Maths Statistics work. The results were very interesting. I really liked the Dinner cards, but I didn't get as much buy in from the class with this activity. The part of the kit that really grabbed their attention was the produce section. I had each student donate an old vegetable. We then produced a class soup. The kids loved this and they brought along a bread roll to dip in their soup. The flavour of the soup was determined by the veges the kids brought along. Luckily, we had a really good variety. As the term came to an end we didn't get to do the pickling, but it is something I would be keen to do later this year, if time allowed.”

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Posted 2 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Interactive, hands on, real life experience.

How effective was the resource in fostering critical thinking about food waste issues?

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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? Very hands on and interactive. We were able to collaborate with another classroom and develop our own specific understanding of what food waste 'really' looked like. Being a hands on kit really gives a fresh persepctive to what we do as a school.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Preserving left over foods - easily!

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? That we had a variety of trees that produced edible fruit, that we could have used and saved, instead of going to waste. We then looked further around for Red Zone trees (ChCh) that we could utilise.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? We are starting our own orchard and have recently planted our fruit trees that we will be able to use in the coming years. Education provides opportunities for prevention.

“The kids enjoyed the kit as they were able to create their own recipes and moved in a direction that suited them. Tailored to suit a variety of needs and capabilities in the class!”

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Posted 2 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? hands-on, fun, engaging

How effective was the resource in fostering critical thinking about food waste issues?

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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? As the class was still quite young, they did find it a bit harder to understand the global aspects.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? In Auckland we have food waste bins from the council - these were the main one kids thought we should make everyone use!

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? Local shops beyond fish and chios

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Renewed their desire to help maintain our school's community gardens

“My kids loved exploring food in their area, and they found so many more food options than the local fish and chips shop!”

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Posted 2 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Interactive, Eye opening, Yum!

How effective was the resource in fostering critical thinking about food waste issues?

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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? We included further research on top of the info provided - this was a great starting point!

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Some creative meals that could be used to reuse leftover food. Regrowing veges from scraps. Making stock.

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? Our school had an old worm farm tucked away that we could use to process our waste effectively!

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

“Good kit, students engaged.”

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Posted 2 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Variety, Engaging, Enjoyable

How effective was the resource in fostering critical thinking about food waste issues?

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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? Most had never thought about food waste at all.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Feed it to the dog, or the compost. we did a class trip to the compost heap at school.

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? They were unaware left over school meals were givien to a community group.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? No, there is little waste.

“Students enjoyed exploring this kit and it tided in with our paddock to plate overall theme. Making the pickles was a fantastically engaging activity.”

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Posted 2 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Interesting, novel, unexpected

How effective was the resource in fostering critical thinking about food waste issues?

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? I feel we didn't get far enough into this part of the kit, becoming rather bogged down in the earlier tasks like the poem and the sticker map.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? It was awesome to talk about how to preserve food. The preservation tasks were a lot of fun.

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? A community food stall and a roadside stall selling eggs.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? No

“We enjoyed bringing food into the classroom. Together we made pickled cucumbers, bread and icecream. Some of the activities were quite complex and although I'm an experienced teacher I could not tailor many things for my class. The format of the guides was not something I have used before and I found it tricky to navigate. I found myself making a lot of tasks up instead, perhaps because there wa snot as much support as I had hoped for in the kit. I think my planning format is a lot more direct: objective - task - breakdown. The kit was a little harder to follow. I used some of the activities and made up others. I spent a lot of time behind the scenes, upskilling on how to make a map, practicing tasks, walking the area, and I think what I am looking for in a kit is a time saver rather than something that takes more time to set up and research than the time spent teaching it. I wonder if the kit has been designed by a busy teacher? I am always very grateful for new ideas and teaching plans - but I wonder if they could be presented in a way that is more direct and easy to pick up and use.”

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Posted 2 months ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? interesting thoughtful developed curiosity

How effective was the resource in fostering critical thinking about food waste issues?

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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? The students developed a fantastic understanding of the importance of reducing food waste and wrote some excellent information reports.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? making another meal from left over food or bringing dinner leftovers to school for lunch

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? They were surprised at how many food outlets are in our community.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? We are attempting to reduce rubbish in school by making our lunch boxes rubbish free - it will take some time though. We collect food waste for our compost bins and worm bins.

“this kit had some super learning activities that integrated effectively with our overarching topic of reducing food waste.”

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Posted 2 months ago

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