“Always enjoy this unit as it brings the children of the island together for a purpose. It was a wet and windy day on the island but we managed to clean up one of our local beaches with the help of community and DOC”
“We had a great time with our SVA kit focusing on cleaning up our own school community. The children led litter free days in each area of the school and then worked on getting a free mufti day for each team. Another whanau group painted all our drains with awesome pictures so we have done a focus on keeping the drains clear of litter too.The students have loved spotting these around the school and it has stimulated discussion about how else we can help our community and world. Our Catholic school focus has been to be Kaitiaki and Stewards of God's amazing world. I think we will use this kit again next year as it will fit with our whole school focus for next year too. Our timeline was a bit out due to staff leave but we got there just over the time frame, sorry about that School Kit!! Thanks for another great kit, lots of ideas to continue to use in the classroom and community.”
“During Term 3 Room 27 (Year 5) participated in the SVA Community Guardian Project. At the end of Term 3 the Year 5 and 6 syndicate held a market day to raise money for different causes.
In the middle of Term 3 we visited the Auckland Zoo. Following this visit we became more interested and intrigued about the Kakapo and we were also especially concerned about the disease that was threatening this native species.
As a class we decided that this was what we wanted our fundraising focus to be. We wanted to raise money to help them fight this disease that was threatening the Kakapo. Before we planned our market day we first did a mini inquiry about the kakapo and learnt more about this fascinating bird.
Then it was market day planning... first we completed the SVA quiz to find out what our strengths were and what the best roles for everybody should be. Once we were in our teams we then planned our own part of the market day. As a whole class we decided to sell popcorn and drinks. Before market day we made containers, sorted advertising, designed the stall, organised the float, located popcorn machines, bought the popcorn and drinks.
Market Day was amazing! We spent the morning making lots of popcorn and setting up the stall. Lots of children came to our stall. We managed to sell all the popcorn and drinks and made $450! We were very proud to donate our hard earned money to the Kakapo and to know that the money was going to bring about a difference and a change to this very precious specie.
As a teacher I was super proud of my class. They loved wearing their badges and stepped up to the specific role that they had. Great collaboration was happening and the learning they gained throughout the process was very meaningful and purposeful.
Fantastic experience for all!!”
“Our class/school community was beautifully led by two year six students who saw the need to tidy up on of our HB beaches. Lots of whanau and school community and public came following the students facebook post and flyers.
Sausages were enjoyed at the conclusion. They were surprised that although it didn't look that messy just how much rubbish was collected. Thanks for your supportive kit.”
“We loved this kit! Everything inside was really useful for being thought provoking, as well as having our tamariki thinking about ways they could give back to the community. They were so excited to be able to come up with ways to help out, as well as being responsible for their specific roles. Another awesome kit, and we are excited for the new ones coming next year!”
“Our class organised a Fun Run to raise money for the Red Cross. We rang businesses to collect prizes for our students who could collect the most sponsors and in the end we raised over $1,400 for the Red Cross. Not bad for a school of 75 students!”
“Lots of engagement and buy in from students to help those in need. Students were very excited and enjoyed getting to take such ownership over their ideas and how to go about the project.”
“At GTS we used the sva kit together with our passion projects. The theme was #actsofservice. Students chose certain areas of need in our community to serve. One of our groups decided to cook nachos and deliver it to some of the homeless people in the community. We had another group bake cookies for the local police station and one group volunteered to clean up the local beach. They loved it! Thank you schoolkit for the useful resources!”
