What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Colville Tennis Club was cleared of decades worth of rubbish, shading bamboo cleared, the courts scrubbed and clubhouse sign remade.

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

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

“Really solid resource to get kids thinking about the variety of roles and skills required to get a job done. As a class we have done volunteering before. However, though using the SVA Kit learners showed greater enthusiasm take ownership of a communal area and make it better!”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Another school became involved.

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? Greenspace Project

“Excellent tool to use to cover team work.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Our local food bank was very appreciative- Covid has had a big impact on our urban community and this food will help.

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? Food Bank Project

“It was challenging this year with Covid Alert levels to come up with a project. The students did get a great sense of satisfaction from knowing they were helping others, especially having seen on the news the number of people who were struggling to feed themselves and family due to Covid-19 and the loss of jobs associated with that.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? The senior at the resthome really enjoyed their package we sent them, they wrote us thank you letters back. They have now become our pen pals abd we are going to write to them again.

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? Staying in Touch from Afar

“Our class really enjoyed making something for someone else. We had been focusing on how we can help people and influence how they feel by making an effort to be kind and caring. Room 6 decided that people at our local rest home might feel lonely after covid restrictions so we wrote letters, made gifts and art to send as a care package to brighten up their day.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Our kaumatua, one of whom is very special to us has since passed on but during a time of great need for the whanau our project allowed us to take some stress away through mowing lawns, tidying gardens, stacking wood, share kai and spend time together. Our

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)?

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

“An amazing opportunity again to compliment our classroom programme goals. Loved every aspect and we are grateful for the excellent resources and support given. Thank you so much.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Target Community: Rest home residents Aim: To let them know they are important and remembered and thought of Project: To design, make &; decorate cards for the elderly. To write a short statement introducing themselves so that this may become a two way

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? Staying in Touch from Afar

“A great kit to get the students thinking about those in need and ways to help and support people or the environment whether it is gathering food for the food banks or collecting rubbish. Our class of 5 year old students decided that it would be great to make cards for the elderly people in a neighbouring rest home; in their words ";to make them feel happy and loved and know that we are thinking of them"; The resources in the kit were great that the students with support could map out and think about the steps needed for the project to work; it also reinforced our focus for the second half of the year which is :working cooperatively with othersboth in small and large groups. The students designed and made cards, some making more than one! They wrote a short description of themselves which was included in the card. The project outline at the end wouldn't let me write a complete outline.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? The class have revamped the school garden so that it can be used by students as well as the community. They wanted something that they could enjoy with friends and other students as well as share with whānau. This activity built on their respectful relati

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? Other

“This is a project that I love and have done for the past couple of years. It was my first time with a junior class so I was a bit worried about what they might come up with but they had so many ideas!”

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Posted 4 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Empowering our tamariki to pay it forward, combined with their attitude of gratitude had a positive impact on all of us, our whānau and our community. Tamariki are already thinking about what they can do next to contribute to our community.

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? Fundraising

“As always, the SVA pack was jam packed with high quality resources and an extremely user friendly teacher notes for reference. Our project provided multiple opportunities for our group of tamariki to engage in culturally responsive, authentic and meaningful learning with wellbeing at the heart. Ngā mihi nui, Ngā manaakitanga.”

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Posted 4 years ago

SVA Schools: Volunteer Kit 20 Reviews