What was the community impact of your volunteering project? The target was to tidy up a local beach that can only be accessed through local farm land. One student had notice a lot of rubbish on the shore line and as this was an area not many people went to the rubbish had come in from the ocean and built up. We di

Did your class take part in volunteering before the SVA Kit? No

Has the SVA kit inspired future volunteering within your class? Yes

How many hours did your class spend on their project (including the Find, Build, Act and Share stages)? 10-15

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What type of project did your class undertake? Greenspace Project, Other

“I am happy to tell you that our class finally got to compete their SVA project yesterday - It has been a long process with covid and weather but we finally got to go and do a beach clean up at a local beach. The kids worked with another class to come up with this project and they spent a lot of time planning. We were worried as we had floods 2 days before we set out but it ended up being a wonderful day. It has got out class thinking about other projects they can do and they have made connections with our local water catchment groups and councils.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? SPCA, cancer society and the children’s ward all benefited from our work and the students will keep supporting them

Did your class take part in volunteering before the SVA Kit? No

Has the SVA kit inspired future volunteering within your class? Yes

How many hours did your class spend on their project (including the Find, Build, Act and Share stages)?

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What type of project did your class undertake? Other

“Die to COVID we had to adapt Our use of the kit and end up as a fundraising focus but 3 organisations still benefited form our work”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Learners from our class are still working with and alongside the community that they have made a connection with. Our learners have been inspired to make a morning tea for emergency services for all that they did during lockdown.

Did your class take part in volunteering before the SVA Kit? No

Has the SVA kit inspired future volunteering within your class? Yes

How many hours did your class spend on their project (including the Find, Build, Act and Share stages)?

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What type of project did your class undertake? Other

“This kit inspired our kids to go out into the community to help others with their learning. We had groups supporting teachers and students from 'Fairhaven School'.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Helped a soup kitchen Reached out to hospital-based groups Community based Forest restoration etc

Did your class take part in volunteering before the SVA Kit? No

Has the SVA kit inspired future volunteering within your class? No

How many hours did your class spend on their project (including the Find, Build, Act and Share stages)? 5-10

How successful was this kit in developing your students' project management skills (problem solving, collaboration etc)?

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What type of project did your class undertake? Food Bank Project, Fundraising, Greenspace Project, Project for Those in Need

“After some initial difficulties, the kids enjoyed contributing to their group and coming up with a viable project Some of the key skills they had to use were superb and made the whole thing very valuable [ like sorting Health and Safety ]”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? students were able to understand that their small acts of gestures (food donations) could make an impact on families like theirs. Usually they are on the receiving end of acts like the one that they undertook, so they understand how happy people feel when

Did your class take part in volunteering before the SVA Kit? No

Has the SVA kit inspired future volunteering within your class? Yes

How many hours did your class spend on their project (including the Find, Build, Act and Share stages)? 5-10

How successful was this kit in developing your students' project management skills (problem solving, collaboration etc)?

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What type of project did your class undertake? Food Bank Project

“A fabulous kit and students loved that they could volunteer and give back to the community which gave them and their families a lot of help during both covid lockdowns. They enjoyed wearing their bracelets. It fitted in well with the school focus on maanakitanga and students are now able to understand the role being a volunteer plays within their community and importance of working together to fulfill a goal.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Our target was to provide vegetables, fruit &; vegetable plants to our people in the community of need in Mangere area.

Did your class take part in volunteering before the SVA Kit? No

Has the SVA kit inspired future volunteering within your class? Yes

How many hours did your class spend on their project (including the Find, Build, Act and Share stages)? 5-10

How successful was this kit in developing your students' project management skills (problem solving, collaboration etc)?

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What type of project did your class undertake? Greenspace Project

“Our class really enjoyed as it was our first time using the SVA kit. Our student's volunteered to clean, dig and plant vegetables in our school. When ready these plants will be gifted and shared with to people in the community of need in the Mangere area. Thankyou again for our SVA kit.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? We were unable to action our plan due to Covid and then preparing for camp. Can see how this would be very cool for our community in future years.

Did your class take part in volunteering before the SVA Kit? No

Has the SVA kit inspired future volunteering within your class? Yes

How many hours did your class spend on their project (including the Find, Build, Act and Share stages)? 0-5

How successful was this kit in developing your students' project management skills (problem solving, collaboration etc)?

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What type of project did your class undertake? Other

“Can see how this kit would be awesome for students in a non covid year to give back to their community. We had lots of very awesome ideas that we would have done had time allowed.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Students did buddy reading with a group of students nominated by their teachers. It was a good to see them build relationships with students they hadn't even known before the project.

Did your class take part in volunteering before the SVA Kit? No

Has the SVA kit inspired future volunteering within your class? Yes

How many hours did your class spend on their project (including the Find, Build, Act and Share stages)?

How successful was this kit in developing your students' project management skills (problem solving, collaboration etc)?

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What type of project did your class undertake? Project for Those in Need

“This is my second year of using the SVA kit, it is a really awesome tool! Students took ownership of their project and showed great initiative in running their programme.”

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Posted 4 years ago

SVA Schools: Volunteer Kit 20 Reviews