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School Name
  St James RC Primary School
Rationale / Mission
  Our mission is to care for our planet by learning, taking action, and inspiring others to protect the environment—starting right here at school.
Vision
  We want to be more sustainable because the well being of all living things on earth depend on us making a difference.
Embedding Sustainability
 

  • Yes

Please tell us what activities/environmental initiatives your school is currently implementing.
  We are making eco -bricks
We are recycling paper, plastic bottle caps and bread tags
We have a vegetable garden
We make bokashi and use the peels to make compost
We conduct whole school assemblies on eco days
Select / tick the Focus Areas your school is currently working on.
 

  • Biodiversity Network
  • Catchment to Coast
  • Community & Social Responsibility
  • Production, Consumption & Waste
  • Marine & Coast
  • Water & Sanitation

Establish An Adult Action Team & A Learner Action Team / Eco-club
 

  • We have an Adult Action team
  • We have a Learner Action team / Eco-club

Upload Team List
 

Action Team Member List
 

Name of staff/parent/community member Grade/role/task assigned
Mr. Jenkins Gr 7/ Eco coordinator
Mrs. Kayster and Mrs, Van Wyk Gr. 5 Eco committee member
Miss. Bisoonpersad Gr.4 Eco committee member
Miss. Gordon Gr,3 Eco committee member
Miss. Peters and Mrs. Adams Gr.2 Eco committee member

Focus Area
 

Focus Area
Focus Area Details
Production, Consumption & Waste
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Target 1: Goals
Planned Action/Activities: e.g. Plant biodiversity garden What is your goal/target for this action: e.g. add another Indigenous bed and maintain the previous; increase the percentage of locally Indigenous plants by 30% Who is responsible? E.g. Grade 4 – 7’s Possible lesson/s and or Environmental Celebrations to support the actions/activities & for which grade e.g. Gd 4 – 7 NS T1 – focus on Biodiversity/ecosystems.
To make eco bricks To reduce the amount of plastic endfing up in landfill sites Whole school
Potential Partners
Name of partner Type of Partner
none School
Focus Area Details
Production, Consumption & Waste
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Target 1: Goals
Planned Action/Activities: e.g. Plant biodiversity garden What is your goal/target for this action: e.g. add another Indigenous bed and maintain the previous; increase the percentage of locally Indigenous plants by 30% Who is responsible? E.g. Grade 4 – 7’s Possible lesson/s and or Environmental Celebrations to support the actions/activities & for which grade e.g. Gd 4 – 7 NS T1 – focus on Biodiversity/ecosystems.
To collect plastic bottle caps and bread tags To be able to donate it to an organisation to help someone acquire a wheel chair whole school Lessons on the importance of recycling
Potential Partners
Name of partner Type of Partner
Ocean View Handicapped centre School
Focus Area Details
Production, Consumption & Waste
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Target 1: Goals
Planned Action/Activities: e.g. Plant biodiversity garden What is your goal/target for this action: e.g. add another Indigenous bed and maintain the previous; increase the percentage of locally Indigenous plants by 30% Who is responsible? E.g. Grade 4 – 7’s Possible lesson/s and or Environmental Celebrations to support the actions/activities & for which grade e.g. Gd 4 – 7 NS T1 – focus on Biodiversity/ecosystems.
To make bokashi and compost with all biodegradable matter such as fruit peels generated at school To reduce our carbon footprint/ to utilize the peels etc that learners see as waste/ to make healthy bokashi and compost to benefit our food garden whole school
Potential Partners
Name of partner Type of Partner
Margie Individual
Focus Area Details
Marine & Coast
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Target 1: Goals
Planned Action/Activities: e.g. Plant biodiversity garden What is your goal/target for this action: e.g. add another Indigenous bed and maintain the previous; increase the percentage of locally Indigenous plants by 30% Who is responsible? E.g. Grade 4 – 7’s Possible lesson/s and or Environmental Celebrations to support the actions/activities & for which grade e.g. Gd 4 – 7 NS T1 – focus on Biodiversity/ecosystems.
To educate our learners about the importance of the ocean To continue with our sea school/ to have beach cleanups Gr5 Beach cleanup day
To educate our learners about the rocky shore and the sharks in False Bay To have weekly classes at SOS during terms 2 and 3 Gr, 5
To expose our learners to the I Am Water programme of snorkeling and the river programme at Paradise Park Our goal is constant education and also to create an awareness of the beauty of life below the waves and the understanding of hoe the rivers and oceans are connected Gr.7 We celebrated World Whale Day
Potential Partners
Name of partner Type of Partner
Save Our Seas Organization
I Am Water Organization
Focus Area Details
Biodiversity Network
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Target 1: Goals
Planned Action/Activities: e.g. Plant biodiversity garden What is your goal/target for this action: e.g. add another Indigenous bed and maintain the previous; increase the percentage of locally Indigenous plants by 30% Who is responsible? E.g. Grade 4 – 7’s Possible lesson/s and or Environmental Celebrations to support the actions/activities & for which grade e.g. Gd 4 – 7 NS T1 – focus on Biodiversity/ecosystems.
To educate our learners about the Cape Leopeard To hold an assembly to focus on the Cape leopard Gr3 Assembly on the Cape Leopard
To educate our learners about the importance of bees to hold an school assembly to focus on World Bee Day Gr.7 Assembly on the importance of bees
To educate our learners about the importance of medicinal plant and snakes To invite Nature Connect to do class visits and present lessons on the topics mentioned, Gr R to 7 Class visits with lessons
Potential Partners
Name of partner Type of Partner
Cape Leopard Trust Organization
St. James School
Nature Connect Organization
Focus Area Details
Water & Sanitation
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Target 1: Goals
Planned Action/Activities: e.g. Plant biodiversity garden What is your goal/target for this action: e.g. add another Indigenous bed and maintain the previous; increase the percentage of locally Indigenous plants by 30% Who is responsible? E.g. Grade 4 – 7’s Possible lesson/s and or Environmental Celebrations to support the actions/activities & for which grade e.g. Gd 4 – 7 NS T1 – focus on Biodiversity/ecosystems.
To continue with our 1litre replacement containers in the cisterns To save water with each flush of the toilet/ to reduce the monthly water account by saving water whole school Water saving
Potential Partners
Name of partner Type of Partner
none School
Focus Area Details
Community & Social Responsibility
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Target 1: Goals
Planned Action/Activities: e.g. Plant biodiversity garden What is your goal/target for this action: e.g. add another Indigenous bed and maintain the previous; increase the percentage of locally Indigenous plants by 30% Who is responsible? E.g. Grade 4 – 7’s Possible lesson/s and or Environmental Celebrations to support the actions/activities & for which grade e.g. Gd 4 – 7 NS T1 – focus on Biodiversity/ecosystems.
To participate in initiatives such as flip flop day and casual day, Holy Childhood To create awareness amongst learners about the importance of helping others whole school
Potential Partners
Name of partner Type of Partner
Ocean View Persons with handicapped centre Organization
Catholic Church Organization

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