What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Great - our Caretaker was very impressed - We collected rubbish around our whole school and planned how to do this - we reported back to blocks of classrooms about how to keep the school free of rubbish. Students ask now if they can collect rubbish at mor

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

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What type of project did your class undertake? Greenspace Project

“Gave me prompts/ideas on how to create interest and problem solving skills for my year 1s”

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What was the community impact of your volunteering project? My class studied New Zealand native birds and then come up with 'actions' they could do to help them. The student broke into small groups, planned and went through the process to fundraise money to donate to a variety of causes. We had dress up days, bake

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? Fundraising

“My class really enjoyed taking ownership and seeing their ideas come to life!”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? The students contributed toys, books, games etc from their homes and then we sold these to the rest of the school. This money was then gifted to an environmental space that we use close to our school. Recycling, reusing, gifting money

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

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What type of project did your class undertake? Fundraising

“I thought that the idea behind the kit was really great. The idea of volunteering and giving back to the community. To make it work with our programme and what we had going on we organised a toy sale and then used the profits to support a local environmental programme (were we are a research group). I found that some of the roles were really useful and others we made do without. Thanks for yet another fantastic motivating resource School Kit.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Students taught the local community about the importance of marine reserves and referenced the local areas. Money was raised that was then used within the community.

Did your class take part in volunteering before the SVA Kit? Yes

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? Water Based Project

“My class were driven and focused on this initiative taking action on things that were of great importance to them in their local area.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? The studes painted drains with reminder murals to ensure that only rain goes down the drain. We are a rural school and we can see the beach that our storm water drains into. The studetns were motivated to protect the marine environment after seeing waste

Did your class take part in volunteering before the SVA Kit? Yes

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? Water Based Project

“This kit really engaged the studetns in taking action. The resources helped them to understand the roles and to organise themselves.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Still undertaking this activity

Did your class take part in volunteering before the SVA Kit? Yes

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? Fundraising, Project for Those in Need

“Last year we did a fundraiser for the Brook Sanctuary here in Nelson, as part of learning about our local environment for Inquiry. We raised over $500 and were really excited to share our cheque with them and to hear how it could help them! This was not part of the School Kit so we were pleased to see the changes for this year. This year we have found the local charity “Helping Families” who support families in our community through providing clothing, furniture and support. One things they do each year is provide Christmas boxes for children from these families. The shoe boxes are wrapped in Christmas paper and are filled with various items to suit the age and gender. The students in our class decided to do a fundraiser (bake sale, chocolate raffle, chocolate cake raffle and “Guess how many snakes are in the jar”) and then use the money collected to buy items to put in the Christmas boxes. As we are doing advertising this term, it lends so perfectly! Students are making posters, creating posts for school social media, jingles for our radio station and the school intercom, and presentations to promote our sale for the school assembly. Students are also contacting local media to see if they can come and share what they have been up to. The students have taken on their roles and are working together to make this event happen!!”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Beneficial for both the community and the students to help them realise that they are able to make a difference - no matter how small.

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

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? Fundraising, Project for Those in Need

“The children were and still are highly engaged. They are still continuing to fundraise and work towards helping the SPCA.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Our projects are still on going but has enabled my class to connect to the wider community and look at different perspectives of those around 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)? 5-10

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What type of project did your class undertake? Other

“This was an amazing way for my class to build empathy and compassion for those around them. Thank you so much for this opportunity!”

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Posted 4 years ago

SVA Schools: Volunteer Kit 20 Reviews