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

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

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Bought the community together

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

Has taking part in the SVA Kit increased the amount of volunteering your students are likely to do in future? Yes

How many hours did your class spend roughly 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 was the impact of your volunteering project on the targeted community? Made people feel they were not alone

What type of project did your class undertake? Staying in Touch from Afar

“Another fabulous activity from School Kit. This Kit gave students real life, hands on experiences.”

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Posted 9 months ago

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

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

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? N/A

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

Has taking part in the SVA Kit increased the amount of volunteering your students are likely to do in future? Yes

How many hours did your class spend roughly 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 was the impact of your volunteering project on the targeted community? N/A

What type of project did your class undertake? Water Based Project

“We started this and didn't get it finished unfortunately as I have been out of teaching full time since March due to a consussion. We had a plan in place and all the jobs were assigned but we were not able to follow through with doing it. We had planned to do a river clean up and make up kits for people without homes.”

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Posted 9 months ago

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

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

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Community received a community donation shelf.

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

Has taking part in the SVA Kit increased the amount of volunteering your students are likely to do in future? Yes

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

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

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What was the impact of your volunteering project on the targeted community? A place for excess food to be donated and shared.

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

“My class used the SVA kit this year and absoulty loved it. We brainstormed ideas on what our community needed and what we could do to help. We decided our community had a lack of a place for people to donate extra produce to. We created a community donation shelf for everyone which is held at the school.”

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Posted 9 months ago

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

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

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? We supported different community groups - Cat beds and toys for the cat rescue. Dress ups, cushions and toys for the local playcentre. Wheat bags and eye masks for our local trust shop.

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

Has taking part in the SVA Kit increased the amount of volunteering your students are likely to do in future? Yes

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

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

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What was the impact of your volunteering project on the targeted community? as above

What type of project did your class undertake? Other

“We used the format to show manaakitanga to our community. It was a fantastic diving board to start us off.”

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Posted 9 months ago

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

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

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? We did activities within school - bug hotels and garden design, activities at local schools and activities at local rest homes

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

Has taking part in the SVA Kit increased the amount of volunteering your students are likely to do in future? Yes

How many hours did your class spend roughly on their project (including the Find, Build, Act, and Share stages) 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 was the impact of your volunteering project on the targeted community? We made connections and it made the children think about others and develop empathy.

What type of project did your class undertake? Greenspace Project, Project for Those in Need, Staying in Touch from Afar

“We used this kit as a base for our inquiry learning in term 4. We had a theme of giving back to either the school or community and this kit provided a lot of ideas and ways to strategise and organise the activities.”

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Posted 9 months ago

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

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

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Just small impact, but have bigger plans next time

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

Has taking part in the SVA Kit increased the amount of volunteering your students are likely to do in future? Yes

How many hours did your class spend roughly 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 was the impact of your volunteering project on the targeted community? Great

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

“This kit was awesme and we will use the concept to recreate this next year, whole school. Thanks”

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Posted 9 months ago

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

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

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? Students have connected with the community

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

Has taking part in the SVA Kit increased the amount of volunteering your students are likely to do in future? Yes

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

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

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Neutral

Very Successful

What was the impact of your volunteering project on the targeted community? Community connected with students from our school

“Students loved using this kit. Easy to follow and its was a great way for us to give back to the community.”

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Posted 9 months ago

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

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

What was the community impact of your volunteering project? We had ambitions but are postponing them until next year

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

Has taking part in the SVA Kit increased the amount of volunteering your students are likely to do in future? Yes

How many hours did your class spend roughly 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)?

Not Successful At All

Neutral

Very Successful

What was the impact of your volunteering project on the targeted community? n/a,... yet!

What type of project did your class undertake? Water Based Project

“So helpful to have the process clear for even our youngest learners to participate, even if we didn't quite make it to the ended outcome!”

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Posted 9 months ago

SVA Schools: Volunteer Kit 22 Reviews