School Name
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Bambanani Primary
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Rationale / Mission
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Our school is committed a sustainable future. We hope to showcase our action projects as example for all stakeholders to acknowledge. Our school is committed to providing a healthy happy environment for both learners and the
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Vision
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Our vision is to empower the school through formal and informal structures to raise environmental awareness and action amongst the entire community.
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Initiatives
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We aim to do this by
1. Providing environmental literacy to all learners, staff members and community members.
2. Integrate environmental learning in the curriculum
3. Entrench sustainable practices at the school
4. Work
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Existing School Focus Areas
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- Biodiversity Network
- Catchment to Coast
- Community & Social Responsibility
- Production, Consumption & Waste
- Energy & Climate Action
- Health & Well-being
- Water & Sanitation
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Establish An Adult Action Team & A Learner Action Team / Eco-club
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- We have an Adult Action team
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Action Team Member List
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Name of staff/parent/community member |
Grade/role/task assigned |
George Mavundla |
Eco-Club coordinator |
Mr Mpungose |
Principal |
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Year One Focus Area
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Focus Area Details
Catchment to Coast
Target 1
Monitor and manage our local stream outside the school (as best we can, considering it is in fact an erosion zone)
1. Organise another mini sass outing with One Planet
2. Inform the learners about the eco-brick project and allocate an area for Eco brick collection
3. Set a date for a community clean up campaign- talk to the municipality
4. Upload all the mini sass results on the Groundtruth website
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Conduct mini SASS |
Check water quality |
Outside school |
Locate stream and plan around lesson |
various |
One PLanet |
March 2022 |
Lesson on Freshwater ecosystems |
Lesson planned |
Grd 567 |
set date |
various |
One Planet |
March 2022 |
Macroinvertebrate water poster |
Poster of macroinvertebrates |
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set date |
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School |
March 2022 |
Conduct mini SASS again |
At possibly another site |
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set date |
various |
One Planet /School |
Dec 2022 |
Eco-bricks |
Collect |
Grd 5 6 7 |
set challenge |
bottles and waste |
School |
Dec 2022 |
Clean up |
Plan a community/school clean up |
Outside school |
set date |
bags/gloves |
School |
Dec 2022 |
Potential Partners
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Type of Partner |
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School |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Potential Partners
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Type of Partner |
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School |
Focus Area Details
Biodiversity Network
Target 1
Increase and expand indigenous gardens and plant up empty beds
Plant up at least two more beds with frost and drought resistance indigenous plants
2. Monitor the animals and biodiversity that visits the garden
3.Use the biodiversity garden as a tool for learning-familiarise the learners with names of plants, medicinal plants
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Add to set up beds |
ID areas get plants |
outside Grd 7 /6 classrooms |
Collect plants |
Indigenous plants |
One Planet and school |
Dec 2022 |
Lesson on indigenous plants |
lesson plan |
Grd 6 /7 |
Set dates |
Various |
School/One Planet |
Dec 2022 |
Clear weeds from beds |
clear weeds |
beds to be planted |
set dates |
tools |
school |
Oct 2022 |
Set up Biodiversity recording sheet |
create template |
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Sept 2022 |
Celebrate Arbor day/week |
Plant tree/s |
to be decided |
get trees |
trees |
school |
Sept 2022 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
Dept of Env Affairs |
School |
Target 1
1. Educate learners about the science of climate change and make a solar cooker
2. Use this solar cooker at least three times in the year especially for Heritage Day celebrations
3. In addition to solar cooking, set up a rain gauge to monitor rainfall and incorporate data collected in school Math lessons
1. Communicate with One Planet with regards to the Climate Change lesson- arrange a date and prepare co-teacher
2. Collect the correct material to make a solar cooker
3. Introduce the solar cooker to the cooking staff and show the community how to use it
4. Organise a heritage day celebration and send out invites
5. Install a rain gauge and create a worksheet to capture data and make meaning of the date
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Lesson on Climate Crisis |
Plant indigenous |
beds indentified |
set date |
various |
One PLanet/School |
Dec 2022 |
Lesson on renewables |
make solar oven/wonderbags |
NA |
Set date |
various |
One Planet |
Dec 2022 |
Use solar oven at least 3x for cooking |
ID important dates to link with |
NA |
Set dates |
solar oven/ingredients |
School |
Dec 2022 |
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Potential Partners
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Year Two Focus Area
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Potential Partners
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Potential Partners
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Potential Partners
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Year Three Focus Area
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Potential Partners
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Potential Partners
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Potential Partners
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School |
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