“We used the kit to complete a community project at our local kindergarten. The official resources we were sent really motivated the students and helped us organise the day. We were very well prepared and all the students understood their role in the volunteer project. We helped at our local kindergarten, completing maintenance, cleaning and odd jobs. A core group of students also had the opportunity to assist the kindergarten children with their learning programme.
My students shared their project on their 'Odyssey' night with project boards and vlogs. They learned about empathy and service.”
“This kit was fantastic and enjoyed by our year 7 and 8 students. Our students took a lead around the school, being big buddies, ensuring kindness and becoming more aware of what is happening for others around them and the wider school community. We will continue to use this resource.”
“Thank you for allowing our students to recognize the value of volunteering and how giving back to our community is a ";buzz";. The food forest looks awesome and our monarch butterfly garden is coming along nicely. Thanks School Kit yet again you rock.”
“Room's 3 and 4 loved their bike ride to our local river to complete our SVA kit - we were a clean up
Army giving the popular swimming area a tidy up before the summer holidays. Thanks School Kit.”
“We incorporated the Student Army concept across our syndicate. A problem was identified (food waste) and then the children responded with the concept of starting a compost system. Each child got to choose which 'Platoon' they wanted to enrol in (Composting beds/construction/picket fence construction/traps etc). and then they had to design, create, make and evaluate their Platoon task and how it fit into the bigger concept of composting and sustainability. Sustainability has become a whole school focus and with the school kit, we were able to meld the two together.”
“The children of room 22 loved learning this term through the SVA kit. They took agency of their topic for term 4 and had nothing but rave reviews despite the hectic schedule that term 4 brings. The children learnt about community and voted on who they wanted to help through the SVA kit. After many thorough discussions they decided on animals and worked toward getting a variety of pet food donated and making dog biscuits that they could gift tot he SPCA. The children learnt about roles, responsibility, community, animals needs and wants, recipes, donating, kindness and more. Overall, it was a great success and the children learnt a lot and were able to donate a boot load of food to help our furry community members. Im proud of the work they achieved this term.”
“We have loved using this kit. We decided to have had a term-long focus on kindness and have completed many acts of kindness. We had a discussion about how patient, kind and supportive our school neighbours are, and decided to make, decorate and write in Christmas cards for them. We delivered them (in the pouring rain!) at the end of term.”
“Our Year 7 students enjoyed planning and putting into action their plans to help enhance our school and local community. They collaboratively picked up litter, weeded and the mulched the grounds and gardens in and around our school with the help of the local council and parents. Thanks Schoolkit for another awesome project!”
