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Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The rubbish bags, becuae students worked as a ream to clean up the school.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Yes.

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? Sustainability

What was the most unusual piece of rubbish found? Socks

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

“Students understood that we have to keep oir environments clean and the impact of not doing it.”

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Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The posters and facts

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? We were not able to go to the beach. We just cleaned around school.

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? awareness and feeling responsible

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 take care of them because the sea is their home.

What was the most unusual piece of rubbish found? We found the usual plastic wrapper since it is around school.

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

“It was good resource. however, it would be good to consider other school that do not have the resources or means to bring the tamariki to a beach.”

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Which kit components were the most impactful and why? Tracking the turtle. This made the learning real.

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How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Children have a better understanding of how rubbish impacts our waterways.

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 should put this in the recycling bin instead of the rubbish bin. Let's make sure there is no rubbish left in the playground.

What was the most unusual piece of rubbish found? Scrap Metal

Which of the following types of plastic waste did your class collect? Plastic Bag, 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 engaging kit. Children were hooked from the start and loved choosing their turtle to track and follow. Each child treasured their gloves and wanted to clean up the rubbish to protect the turtles whenever possible.”

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Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The most impactful components were the hands-on tools and visual resources. The practical materials allowed students to engage directly with the whenua, making abstract ideas about sustainability more concrete. The visual guides supported understanding and prompted rich discussion, helping students connect their actions to broader environmental concepts.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 15 bags

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? we went into sustainability - this kit was an excellent front load for the 5 year olds new to school.

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? “I think the insects are telling us something about how healthy the garden is.”

What was the most unusual piece of rubbish found? “The most unusual item we found was a single gumboot buried in the bushes.”

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

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

“The kit has strengthened our class culture by making whenua ora a shared responsibility. Students are more conscious of how their actions affect the environment, and they now take initiative in caring for our outdoor spaces.”

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Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The turtle tracker, this helped keep the kids engaged each day.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? My kids actively pick up rubbish from around our Kura. They also share about picking up rubbish that they see in the weekend, especially if it is near the sea or any drains.

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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? I helped safe a turtle this weekend by collecting rubbish that I saw at the beach.

What was the most unusual piece of rubbish found? christmas tinsel

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

“My Yr2 students loved the Diary of a Turtle 25. Being able to 'adopt' a class turtle was a huge excitment and the students were eager to find out where out turtle had travelled each day. This learning extended where we learnt all about our turtle and then linked this to many other curriculum areas. Each day the class leader was able to choose a new turtle to look at. We looked at location, size, turtle type. Learning then extended into learning about the ocean and the impact, that if our rubbish gets into the ocean, has on sealife. Kids took this part very seriously as they had a strong connection to the sealife that we had learnt about. Over all it has been a great learning topic and my students have learnt a lot.”

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Which kit components were the most impactful and why? beach clean up - students were blown away by how much rubbish was on the beach.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? 3-4

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? Made them more aware and wanting to do more in terms of reducing plastic use, recycling at home and at school.

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? I can't believe how much rubbish we found.

What was the most unusual piece of rubbish found? toothbrush

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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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

“Anything to do with real live animals is always well received by the children! Hands on beach clean up was also a hit and an eye opener for the students. They were fully engaged and learnt heaps during the unit.”

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Which kit components were the most impactful and why? It was really nice to have the gloves and rubbish sacks provided to make the planning easier.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect?

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? As we walk around our community the kids comment on the rubbish they see and have started taking bags to collect rubbish.

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 need to pick up our rubbish because it can hurt the things in our environment.

What was the most unusual piece of rubbish found? A broken bike that had been dumped.

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

“Great interactive unit that engaged learners.”

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Which kit components were the most impactful and why? The rubbish collecting in the local area, because it made the students very much more aware of the impact of rubbish on our local area.

How many bags of rubbish did your class collect? Five bags

How has this kit impacted your class culture toward whenua ora (land wellness) and sustainability? More awareness of the impact of the everyday rubbish, how careless whanau can be, and that the playgrounds are not always treated with respect for those using them. The Sea Cleaners Videos had a huge impact on th eunderstanding of the content. They were also on One news Breakfast show at the time we were studying it.

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? 'So all our awa go to the sea, even from here.' 'Oh, Whaea, it is Ihenga's journey backwards'

What was the most unusual piece of rubbish found? A vape and a food bowl.

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

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 loved doing the Diary of a Turtle, it sparked a lot of interest at home as well, and parents got into it with the kids as well. Turtle tracking and stories became an absolute highlight. It worked well with the local curriculum and the local legends, and the story of Ihenga the exporer from Maketu on the ocean past the rivers and lakes, to Rotorua from the local curriculum was highighted as a way to connect our gutters, creeks, lakes and rivers to the sea. The gloves and rubbish bags were extremely well recieved. We did a lot of collaborative planning for the activities. That made it a very sequenced and paced study for our Science.”

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