“We had over 20 students volunteer in our local early childhood centres and junior classes at our 2 local primary schools. They helped students in the classroom and did things like making christmas cookies in small groups. They also helped with outside projects like painting and gardening.”
“At Waitaha School Students got involved in various smaller projects around the community. The various roles that were provided as part of the kit provided our students with great guidance. Students are excited and are wanting to repeat the SVA work in 2020 using the same resource! Juniors worked with seniors and vice versa creating opportunities f0r leadership and growth.”
“This was a great kit that really engaged the students. My class of Year 7&;8 students enjoyed and were inspired by the original SVA. The students were very excited to come up with different ways they could help the community. I was very impressed with the variety of ideas about how they could help different community groups and places in their community. The range of ways the students came up with to help were very varied too, from raising money to donate to the community group, thanking different community groups and cleaning up different places in the local community. All groups were able to plan how they would carry out their different outcomes and the resources they would need to complete them. The scope of the different projects ranged from small and involving just the class to very big and involving the whole school community. Unfortunately due to unforeseen events we ran out of time and were not able to complete the actual projects, which really disappointed the students. We have kept all the work that we completed and are hopefully able to carry on with some of the projects with the Year 7s in 2020.”
“The Y2/3 boys enjoyed working on their project, care packages for the Childrens Ward at Tauranga Hospital. They had a sense of pride wearing their badges and helping others. The Warehouse helped by sponsoring most of the packages after a letter and visit by some of the boys. Thank you for the kit.”
“Our year 3 class enjoyed this resource. It tied in perfectly with our term 3 focus on the environment and native wildlife of New Zealand and caring for it. The children enjoyed choosing suitable roles for themselves and worked diligently to carrying them out. Our year 3/4 team had a beach clean up which they all were enthusiastically involved in with many parents. I would definitely use it again next year.”
“Kiwi and Ruru Room have worked in our school garden helping to redevelop the school gardens into a garden that can give to the wider Community. They have been so engaged in the project giving up time in their break times to ensure plants are watered, moving mulch, digging new vegetable patches and building a recycled bottle greenhouse. They have just harvested lettuces and potatoes that have been shared with the community and used in food parcels for people in need.”
“What a fantastic kit! Our tamariki were highly engaged in brainstorming ways to help our community. The kit provided some excellent resources to support their thinking and made the learning tangible. By outlining a range of roles in the kit, students could successfully analyse the benefit of delegating certain jobs to different people. This kit effectively supported students' understanding of the community and how the can be active participants.”
