What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? So many learning opportunities from this kit. We learnt about the importance of caring for the environment and our role in this. We explored the science and history of plastic and its impact of on the environment. They understood the power of their voice

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We will continue to explore what we can do to look after our world. It has impacted their understanding of their actions and how they can continue to make a difference. Thank you so much!

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In what ways did this kit impact student attitude towards environmentalism? This kit made our tamariki more passionate about caring for the environment. They were so surprised by the amount of microplastics we collected on the beach. This lead to them wanting to spread the message to others. They learnt that if everyone does thei

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“This was an excellent kit. We were very lucky to have the Sea Cleaners come to school to talk to our tamariki. They also organised a beach clean up in our local area. We collected 15 bags of rubbish which we sorted back at school and recycled as much as we could. This has a huge impact on our learners, they became even more passionate about caring for our environment and wanted to spread the message to others about the impact of rubbish. Back at school, the children organised a roster for collecting rubbish around the school. Great impact and lots of opportunity for cross curricular links.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Art/Technology - reusing or upcycling recyclable items. Finding ways to reuse. Maths - tallying types of rubbish over a day/week at school. Calculating how much a household might create. Word problems. Writing - life of a plastic bag. Describe the lif

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Meaningful action - teaching their whānau about what can go in the recycling, how to recycle, what can't be recycled and other ways it could be disposed of. Creating presentations to share with peers and the wider school to inspire to make a change.

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In what ways did this kit impact student attitude towards environmentalism? We are aware of our rubbish we throw out daily. We now collect soft plastics from our class and one other that I personally take to the supermarket that collects soft plastic recycling. Kids are talking about what rubbish goes where. We have begun making

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How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 4-6

“This kit fitted in very well with our unit on being Waste Aware and thinking about our part in the plastic problem. We went on a trip to the aquarium and afterward went to the beach nearby to collect any rubbish we found. Gloves were perfect and we liked that the bags were paper and not plastic. This made the learning about the plastic problem very real for my class. Going through the rubbish and sorting it into different categories was another highlight. After being at the aquarium and then imagining that rubbish being eaten by an animal it really sent the message home. It inspired us to do a rubbish review of what we threw out over a week at school and think about changes we could make.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We completed water related science experiments e.g. what happens when we heat ice cubes, we drew diagrams of our maunga, awa, moana sandpit waterways, we completed art related to the topic and made a display to inform the rest of the school. We advertised

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? To make the Sea Cleaners rubbish pick up a regular thing in our school for our new entrants so they learn to take responsibility for their local (school) environment and think about the impact of their choices e.g. packets and plastic.

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In what ways did this kit impact student attitude towards environmentalism? It made them realise that they can be involved and have the power to make change.

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How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 1-3

“This kit tied in beautifully with our learning about Wai/Water. The new entrant students were able to complete some great hands-on tasks and felt empowered becoming official 'Sea Cleaners' at our kura. They recognised the local waterways - from the gutters, the drains around our school, to the local river and the Tasman Sea. They learned about how our local rivers run from the mountain to the sea and loved recreating these in the sandpit! The kit provided lots of scaffolding, even for new entrants, and allowed them to build on their knowledge as the kit progressed. Completing the clean up was valuable to them, and to our whole school, as they were able to see the impact of the rubbish left in our school gardens and they could think about what would happen to it if they had not picked it up. Please have a look at our learning... ocs.google.com/presentation/d/1uJtQY0QBFnnjj3EwXajMyfWxckgWyjhUBkWQDAEAVRw/edit#slide=id.gf65b205eff_2_0”

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Posted 3 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We intergrated this unit with maths in a satastical project. Art anti littering posters. Literature both reading and poetry.

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? This activity can be done termly to see if there is an improvement regarding litter around the school. This will show if the anti litter campaine is working

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In what ways did this kit impact student attitude towards environmentalism? The students were shocked at the amount of litter and rubbish that was collected. It was pleasing to note that they soon became aware that most of the rubbish came from students going to and from school.

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How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 4-6

“As we are a land based town and did not have easy axcess to the sea we decieded under our sustaniability topic to do a street clean up around our school.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Maths - statistics Science Writing

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Tree planting

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In what ways did this kit impact student attitude towards environmentalism? Students were shocked at what types of rubbish were collected. Tree planting project has comeout of this.

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How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 1-3

“We used this to do a clean up of our stream. Was very helpful.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Literacy - reading information, Numeracy - measuring, comparing, counting

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Will be something we continue to look at, talk about etc. especially since we are close to rivers, steams and live on the coast.

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In what ways did this kit impact student attitude towards environmentalism? Children have been far better at in school recycling and rubbish collection. They pay attention to where they need to put food scraps, composting, recycling and rubbish.

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How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 1-3

“Interesting videos and discussion prompts about rubbish and the ocean. It made the children really think about what they're doing with their rubbish. They were interested with the rubbish collected around our school area and where it could have come from/ where it will go. Highly engaging for children and such an important topic for them to learn about.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? As above

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Literacy

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In what ways did this kit impact student attitude towards environmentalism? Much more are ness of drains and waterways

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How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 1-3

“A little bit advanced for new entrants. Needed to tweak many activities to suit. Worked well in conjunction with Statistics unit.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Our focus for the term was about Kaitiakitanga so the Sea Cleaners kit fitted in really well

What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? I did find the kit was quite simplistic - especially for a class who are very interested in the environment and already know a lot. As a school we do lots of beach clean ups already. I was hoping for the kit to take our learning a bit further than it did.

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In what ways did this kit impact student attitude towards environmentalism? Our students love learning about the environment

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How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 1-3

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Posted 3 years ago

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