What was the community impact of your volunteering project? It uplifted many people during this time of need.

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

“It was great, students loved it!”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? It had to change due to the lockdown and then the learning programme changing. It didn't fit as well as I had originally planned.

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

“It was really difficult to adapt once our learning programme changed due to lockdown. I was able to use different parts of the pack but some is still unused.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? The children wrote stories and shared them with the local kindergarten students

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? Project for Those in Need

“SVA”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? This is still a work in progress. Discussions with the students indicate their desire to volunteer in the community. Time is against us in terms of completing this element of their learning this year.

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? Fundraising

“It has focused the children to learn about an area that interests them and collaborate with peers who they wouldn't necessarily work with. The resource was helpful in terms of sparking ideas.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? The stream is located in and around our school. We had originally planned to invite the community in for a picnic but COVID rules prevented this.

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

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)?

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, Water Based Project

“We cleaned up the local stream and planted around the bank with plants grown in our school nursery.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Kids realised the impact that they had on their local environment.

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? Water Based Project

“Students were able to clean up the local creek area.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? We helped our Caretaker with the gardens. He has been super busy with some building projects around the school and so we helped him show how much we appreciate his hard work by weeding and tidying some gardens to keep our school looking amazing. We are al

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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Neutral

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What type of project did your class undertake? Other

“Another fantastic kit. Thank you School Kit.”

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Posted 3 years ago

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? We created 10 Christmas shoeboxes for tamariki in our local region. Each shoebox contained gifts for specific students for Christmas. We then delivered to the schools of each student for them to be anonymously gifted.

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)? 5-10

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

Not Successful At All

Neutral

Very Successful

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

“We really enjoyed using the SVA kit alongside our STEAM projects in order to recognise how we can support our local community. It empowered students to realise their potential and worked together (Mahi tahi) to achieve a common goal.”

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Posted 3 years ago

SVA Schools: Volunteer Kit 21 Reviews