School Name
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Muntuza Full Service School
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Rationale / Mission
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Teaching our learners a holistic education that is mindful our natural environment
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Vision
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Our vision to deliver quality education and quality service standards to our clients. We wish to develop and foster an environmental ethic in our learners and teaching staff
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Initiatives
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Vege and indigenous gardens
Grey water saving
Wetlands care and clean-ups
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Existing School Focus Areas
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- Biodiversity Network
- Production, Consumption & Waste
- 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 |
Mrs Njoko |
Eco-coordinator |
Nombuso Moktsane |
Eco-coordinator |
Nkuleko Dladla |
Eco-teacher |
Mrs Mazibuko |
Principal |
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Year One Focus Area
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Focus Area Details
Biodiversity Network
Target 1
Wetland Lesson and become custodians of neighboring wetland and stream
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Wetland Lesson |
Learning about |
All |
Set aate |
Various |
One PLanet/Eco-team |
Feb 2023 |
MiniSASS |
Do minisass test of stream |
neighboring stream |
Set date |
MiniSASS kit |
One PLanet/Eco-club |
Sept 2023 |
Wetlands Clean up |
Celan up day |
Neigboring wetland |
Set date |
Bags |
Eco-club |
Oct 2023 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Target 2 (Optional)
Protection of endangered plants spp and Live encounter and appreciation of Snakes
Target 2: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Maintain Indigenous gardens |
Maintain |
various sites |
rename plants |
plant labels |
Eco-club |
Dec 2023 |
Lesson on Biodiversity |
Set date |
N/A |
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various |
One planet |
Feb 2023 |
Snake encounter |
Set date |
All |
Book day |
snake expert |
One PLanet |
Feb 2023 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Target 3 (Optional)
Assist with trying to stop deforestation
Target 3: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Recycle Paper |
Collection of used paper |
Each class |
Assign box to each class |
boxes/vessel for collection |
Eco-club |
June 2023 |
Make something useful from paper |
ID what to make |
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Celebrate Arbor month |
Plant indigenous plants/tress |
Assign area in garden |
Get Trees |
Trees/Plants |
This was done already in Feb when trees were supplied in memory of learner |
Sept 2023 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Focus Area Details
Water & Sanitation
Target 1
Water Awareness and tippy taps
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Water Week actions/lessons |
Lesson around water saving |
All |
Notify staff |
Various |
Each grade |
March 2023 |
Water Audit lesson |
Lesson on measuring water use |
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Set date |
Various |
One PLanet |
April 2023 |
Tippy Taps |
Erect water saving devices |
ID Sites |
Set up poles and bottles |
Poles and 2litre bottles |
Eco-club and One Planet |
April 2023 |
Maintain Tippy taps throughout year |
keep them filled and usable |
at sites |
Schedule |
Organised eco-club |
Eco-club and committee |
Dec 2023 |
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 |
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School |
Focus Area Details
Health & Well-being
Target 1
Sustain Vegetable Garden and use as a tool for learning. Supply needy learners with fresh produce
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Sustain Vege Garden |
Keep gardens seasonally planted |
Vege garden site/s |
Planting regime |
Seedlings |
Eco-committee and groundstaff and eco-club |
On going |
Grd 4 lesson on Agric |
Permaculture lesson |
vege garden |
Term 3 grd 4 |
Lesson plan |
Grd 4 teachers and eco-comm |
June 2023 |
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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 |
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School |
Focus Area Details
Production, Consumption & Waste
Target 1
Recycling where possible – eco-brick collection and Trashion Show participation
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Enter trashion Show |
Promote at school |
All |
Announce school trashion show |
waste items to be used only |
Eco-Club/Committee |
May 2023 |
Enter Midlands Trashion Show |
Enter best school entries to KZN Show |
Howick |
Announce by end May |
Transport |
Eco-Club |
May 2023 |
Eco-bricks |
Start collection |
All |
Announce drive |
Bottles and plastic waste |
Eco-Club/Committee |
Dec 2023 |
From Trash to cash |
ID grade to make something useful out of waste that can be sold (r5- R20) |
ID Grade |
Set date |
Waste materials |
Eco-committee and chosen grade teachers |
Dec 2023 |
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 |
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School |
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Year Two Focus Area
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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 |
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School |
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Year Three Focus Area
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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
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Type of Partner |
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School |
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