What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Yummy, thought-provoking, relevant

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 didn't get to the focus on foodwaste as a global issue.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Lots of recipe ideas, free lunches for students made by other students.

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? A local family who have a 'house cow'.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Yes, soup lunches.

“Students were interested in this concept and loved making and sharing the soup. However, as our school is situated in a rural area we couldn't do the walk around and there are no food retailers. Lots of farms though! Students struggled to find people who were born pre 1950s.”

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Posted 6 days ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Engaging, effective, relevant.

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? It increased their awareness of this issue.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Ugly Fruit Smoothie Day - Used bruised or “ugly” fruits to make smoothies. I

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

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

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? We are working with an outisde provider next term to address this issue.

“This kit supported our learning about healthy eating as part of the Food for Thought programme, which is backed by the Heart Foundation. The focus was on helping students understand how to read food labels. The Good Food Map kit is a highly relevant resource in today’s world, promoting awareness around food choices and nutrition. It was hands-on, engaging, and encouraged active participation from the children. The kit also has strong potential to be integrated across other curriculum areas, including science, health, and literacy.”

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Posted 6 days ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Community links, 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? Children understood the scale of waste and moved on from a composting only idea of what to do with leftovers. They recognized that food waste contributes to global warming.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? We made a cookbook with family recipes that used commonly wasted foods. Some great recipes included smoothies, bread and butter pudding and soups.

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? Food heroes and what they do and why. Also what we could do to help.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Lunchbox legends - zero waste lunchboxes

“We used Good Food Map kit to help us kick off our unit on reducing food waste. The 5km map activity prior and post were really useful for connecting to our community and the dinner survey was a great whanau link that got children thinking. The recipe cards were really useful too.”

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Posted 1 week ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Fun, hands on, real

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? Less global but they saw a real connection to the local food waste

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? School composting system

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? The lack of fruit and vege shops

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

“My students LOVED this box. They were engaged the whole way through, enjoyed the link to their community and were engaged because there was a variety of tasks”

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Posted 1 week ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? fun interactive community

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? With my group we only touched on this lightly but there were plenty of resources in the kit and that I found to support this focus.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? This was done with my Resistant Materials teacher - he had the students make their food waste solutions - one made a set of shelves where food waste of different sizes sat and could then fall through to the next layer.

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? it really got them thinking about the different food sources in their community and particularly in their school environment. They were shocked and horrified at the lack of recycling and minimising of food waste that companies such as McDonalds do.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? It has allowed the students to further support initiatives within the school.

“This is a highly relevant kit that is easy to adapt to your classroom situation. It is variable and is customised to work with every community. It gets the students thinking and exploring their community and environment.”

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Posted 1 week ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? practical, sustainable, nutritous

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How did the resource inform students’ understanding of food waste as a global vs local issue? By combining these two, students understand that food waste is systemic—it happens on a global scale but shows up in everyday, local situations.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Map & Prototype Community Food-Waste Solutions and Worm Farms

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

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

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Yes! We are setting the students a holiday homework challenge to identify and cook a family favourite recipe and then we will create a Team CookbooK!

“Good Food Map was a great inquiry into different foods. In todays fast-paced instant-world, fast food and prepackaged food is quick, and easy and this unit helped to gently teach the class about how healthy foods can be yum too.”

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Posted 1 week ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Fun, thoughtful and 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? It worked well for students to understand where their food comes from and the journey it takes to get to them.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? A worm army! Having a industrial compost station at school for the communities food waste.

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 lot of our food is imported- especially in the Winter time.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Yes- pickling our excess food and how other cultures use this method.

“We really enjoyed Good Food Map. The kids and I loved finding out about what food was in our area and different edible gardens. We tried pickling food and are getting ready to try it!”

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Posted 2 weeks ago

What are three words that describe the activities in this kit? Relevant, sustainable and eye opening.

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? They understood that food waste is not just something that happens in their lunchboxes but is part of a much bigger global issue involving energy, transport, and resources.

What were the most creative food waste solution suggestions? Using ugly and old looking fruit to make muesli bars. Great idea using a fruit dehydrator and using the old fruit to make something that could keep for longer.

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? Many of our international students were not aware that you could grow fruit and veges locally in a container as small as a bucket (tomatoes, potatoes). Many of them thought you needed a whole farm.

Has this kit prompted any new food related initiatives within your school? Small garden club that makes soup to be frozen for the kids that forget their lunch in winter.

“Our students loved the Good Food Map kit! It was hands-on, visually engaging, and sparked rich discussions about where our kai comes from. We used it as a cross-curricular inquiry across science, health, and social studies — it really brought learning to life. A real highlight was seeing kids link their lunchboxes to local food regions, which also led to great kōrero with whānau about traditional kai and sustainability. The resources are super teacher-friendly and adaptable. Highly recommend for any school wanting fun, meaningful, Aotearoa-based learning.”

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Posted 3 weeks ago

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