Diary of a Turtle 25 Reviews

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Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The chart showing how much rubbish we collected. We put it in the corridor outside the classrooom so everybody could see it (including whānau).

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How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Helped raise awareness of what happens when we don't dispose of rubbish correctly.

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What’s a sentence you heard in your classroom that would help us understand the type of learning that was taking place? "We have to look after the turtles".

What was the most unusual piece of rubbish found? Nerf gun bullet

Which of the following types of plastic waste did your class collect? Plastic Bag, Plastic Bottle, Plastic Bottle Top, Plastic Container, Plastic Wrapper

How well did this kit help your class build statistical thinking and numeracy skills?

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Diary of a Turtle helped my students better understand the impact plastic waste can have on marine life. Agree

“My students really enjoyed this kit. It reinforced the importance of reducing and recycling waste. They loved choosing a turtle and receiving the daily 'texts'.”

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Posted 1 day ago

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? having gloves for the kids to pick up the rubbish made them feel quite important and like the job they were doing was real. Recording the rubbish on a chart for my older students to see was also helpful.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? it has made a big impact as the children started picking up rubbish in their own lunchtimes and trying to keep our kura clean and tidy. they were also more willing to care for environments for animals like the turtles

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What’s a sentence you heard in your classroom that would help us understand the type of learning that was taking place? we need to pick up the rubbish all the time it helps turtles when we pick up rubbish.

What was the most unusual piece of rubbish found? melted down plastic that had broken down

Which of the following types of plastic waste did your class collect? Plastic Bottle, Plastic Bottle Top, Plastic Container, Plastic Wrapper

How well did this kit help your class build statistical thinking and numeracy skills?

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Diary of a Turtle helped my students better understand the impact plastic waste can have on marine life. Agree

“The tamariki in our class enjoyed learning about turtles and the impact rubbish can have on their environment. Picking up rubbish around our kura was an eye-opening experience, as they began to notice how much of it came from lunch boxes. Learning where this rubbish can end up helped deepen their understanding and made the activity meaningful and engaging for them.”

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Posted 1 week ago

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The rubbish clean up equipment (gloves and bags) and the text messages about our turtle.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 4 full bags spread over all the bags we were given.

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? The kids really see more of an importance to be caretakers of the planet.

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What’s a sentence you heard in your classroom that would help us understand the type of learning that was taking place? "That's gotta be AI" - I was showing them pictures and videos of the Great Ocean Garbage patches and they couldn't believe it was real and so doing more and more of this kit and seeing just how much rubbish is outside and how it comes into the ocean really changed their perspective.

What was the most unusual piece of rubbish found? I think Golf balls - our school is nowhere near any golf places.

Which of the following types of plastic waste did your class collect? Plastic Bag, Plastic Bottle, Plastic Bottle Top, Plastic Container, Plastic Wrapper

How well did this kit help your class build statistical thinking and numeracy skills?

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Diary of a Turtle helped my students better understand the impact plastic waste can have on marine life. Agree

“This was an incredible kit and my class was engaged all the way through. They loved being called upon to be protectors of the environment and I was worried that there would be a lot of complaints when we did the actual clean up around the school. Instead they were so enthusiastic and there were so many smiles and requests to go into other places to pick up rubbish. We even enlisted our Year 5 buddy class to join and they went straight into it. Having a turtle to track with the daily texts was also so engaging and the kids kept requesting to track Davis (our turtle) later on and we kept checking in on him for the rest of the year.”

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Posted 2 weeks ago

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Gloves because the children got to keep them.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? Two

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Gave the children greater awareness of their own role as kaitiaki of the environment.

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What’s a sentence you heard in your classroom that would help us understand the type of learning that was taking place? Can we check on Crush?

What was the most unusual piece of rubbish found? Chapstick

Which of the following types of plastic waste did your class collect? Plastic Bottle Top, Plastic Container, Plastic Wrapper

How well did this kit help your class build statistical thinking and numeracy skills?

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Diary of a Turtle helped my students better understand the impact plastic waste can have on marine life. Agree

“This kit includes gloves for the children, rubbish bags and a few posters to complete. My students enjoyed using the gloves to clean up our school. They also loved tracking the turtles. I would have appreciated some photos , posters or pictures of turtles to have used to decorate the classroom and refer to.”

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Posted 2 weeks ago

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The gloves- when picking up rubbish a lot of them didn’t want to touch it with their bare hands.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 2 Big bags when we were on a bush walk, but they also began picking up rubbish around the school

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Really good for them to understand the impact that rubbish has on both the land but also the impact of the ocean. It was good for them to discuss and find ways that they can help keep the environment healthier.

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What’s a sentence you heard in your classroom that would help us understand the type of learning that was taking place? There was lots of discussion about wildlife and how the rubbish in the bush and ocean can damage our wildlife

What was the most unusual piece of rubbish found? Clothing items in the bush.

Which of the following types of plastic waste did your class collect? Plastic Bag, Plastic Bottle, Plastic Bottle Top, Plastic Wrapper

How well did this kit help your class build statistical thinking and numeracy skills?

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How well did this kit help your class build literacy skills?

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Diary of a Turtle helped my students better understand the impact plastic waste can have on marine life. Agree

“I think this was a really good kit, it engaged the children and made them think more critically about how rubbish impacts the environment but also what they can do as an individual to try and make a change.”

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Posted 2 weeks ago

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? the text messages because the kids were so excited by these and tracking the turtle online

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? The kit has helped build a strong sense of care and responsibility for whenua ora in our class. Students have become more aware of how their actions affect the land and waterways, and they often talk about ways to look after our environment.

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What’s a sentence you heard in your classroom that would help us understand the type of learning that was taking place? We need to pick up this rubbish because it could hurt the turtle and our river.

What was the most unusual piece of rubbish found? drenched clothing in a river

Which of the following types of plastic waste did your class collect? Plastic Wrapper

How well did this kit help your class build statistical thinking and numeracy skills?

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Diary of a Turtle helped my students better understand the impact plastic waste can have on marine life. Agree

“The Diary of a Turtle School Kit is a great classroom resource that helps students learn about caring for the environment while building literacy and working together. It works especially well for hands-on projects where children can see how their learning connects to the real world. The support materials and teacher connections also make it easy to use in the classroom.”

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Posted 2 weeks ago

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? They enjoyed watching how far the turtle swim and updates from the HQ. They love collecting trash

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? Not much to fill the sack

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Most of our tamariki were able to make use of the plastic wrappers collected around the school from this kit. They were able to feel empathy towards sea animals that would be harmed if people throw trash in the wrong places.

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What’s a sentence you heard in your classroom that would help us understand the type of learning that was taking place? "If we leave trash everywhere, it will go to the water and harm the animals."

What was the most unusual piece of rubbish found? Nothing unusual

Which of the following types of plastic waste did your class collect? Plastic Bag, Plastic Bottle, Plastic Bottle Top, Plastic Straw, Plastic Wrapper

How well did this kit help your class build statistical thinking and numeracy skills?

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How well did this kit help your class build literacy skills?

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Diary of a Turtle helped my students better understand the impact plastic waste can have on marine life. Agree

“We shared this kit to the whole class. Majority of the kit was done by my collegue due to a change of plan for our transfer task. This was handy for her as it fits in her goal to expose the children to water conservation and protecting the sea life. The children enjoyed being litter warriors collecting rubbish around the school.”

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Posted 3 weeks ago

Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The turtle tracking was highly engaging for my students. It prompted lots of korero around why it may have travelled further or not so far

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Students already had some understanding of being kaitiaki as we are coastal community. But the unit gave them a personal connection to ocean life. They wanted to care for the ocean to keep our turtle safe.

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What’s a sentence you heard in your classroom that would help us understand the type of learning that was taking place? Can I read the message from riptide today?

What was the most unusual piece of rubbish found? sock

How well did this kit help your class build statistical thinking and numeracy skills?

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How well did this kit help your class build literacy skills?

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Diary of a Turtle helped my students better understand the impact plastic waste can have on marine life. Agree

“This pack worked well with our study on sustainability. Tracking a turtle and receiving messages about it made caring for oceans engaging and relevant for my year 1 and 2's.”

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Posted 3 weeks ago