School Name
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Lions River Primary School
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Rationale / Mission
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We envision our school to partake in environmental programs and to be one of the eco-leaders in the midlands
area, we will achieve this by going green and sustaining the environment
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Vision
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We want our school to be more sustainable to equip our learners with hands-on ecological relevant to our
community problems and provide relevant solutions
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Initiatives
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growing our own organic vegetables without using chemicals
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Existing School Focus Areas
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- Biodiversity Network
- 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 |
Sphephelo Chiliza |
Enviro-Coordinator |
Slondile Mhlongo |
Enviro-Committee |
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Year One Focus Area
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Focus Area Details
Health & Well-being
Target 1
We want to expand our food garden to sustain all the learners in our school, thus enabling them to get better
nutritional food, that does not harm the environment or their health
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Expanding our food garden. Promote more organic vegetable garden |
Teaching our learners the basics of growing their own food, thus equipping them with tools that will help them in the near future |
In the school garden |
we will need more vegetable seedlings for each season to stay ahead of the curve |
seedlings, compost, nets |
The teachers, learners, and groundsman |
Ongoing |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
One Planet SA |
Organization |
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
Community & Social Responsibility
Target 1
Organizing awareness days for our little community since we are struggling with numerous issues such as
sanitation, waste.
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
We have waste crisis in our community |
Organizing community awareness days, and invite the municipality to solve the crisis. Organize clean-up campaign for the community |
in the community |
Organize bins and black plastic bags and refuse truck |
Municipality members, and other stakeholders |
The teachers |
August 2023 |
Snake awareness day |
Inviting the snake guy to come to our school to do snake awareness |
in the school |
Inviting the snake guy to come to our school to do snake awareness |
Snakes whenever we will be doing snake awareness |
The teacher, and the snake guy |
September 2023 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
Umngeni Municipality |
Organization |
Patrick |
Individual |
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
Water & Sanitation
Target 1
We want to install tippy taps in our school since we are having water crisis, this will minimize our water consumption
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Install tippy taps in the school |
We want to install our tippy tap in our school to reduce our water consumption |
in the school grounds near the bathrooms |
Email the local timber shop for donations and dig holes near the bathrooms where we will install the tippy taps |
have 3 poles, hammer, nails, 2 litre bottles, strings |
One Planet SA, teachers and learners |
April 2023 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
One Planet SA |
Organization |
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
Energy & Climate Action
Target 1
We want to install Solar Panels in our school since we are having huge electricity crisis in our school and community and it goes months without light
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Installing solar panels in our school |
Installation of solar panels to stay ahead of the curve and power our school in times of loadshedding |
in the school roof top |
Have solar panels and convertors that will aid us stay ahead of the electricity crisis |
Solar Panels, and materials to installing |
N3 TC |
April 2023 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
N3 TC |
Business |
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 |
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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
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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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