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School Name
  Mondeor Eco School
Rationale / Mission
  to develop a generation of environmental leaders through project-based learning and community service. To foster and inspire best practice and emphasize the importance of creating a sustainable future.
Vision
  Eco will be integrated into our daily teaching and learning in a safe environment by creating different eco systems and caring for our natural resources by reducing environmental impact.
Embedding Sustainability
 

  • Yes

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Initiatives
  Our current projects ongoing are, besides building a passion for the environment with lessons and educational outings, Eco Bricks for the Eco Snake Benge, Herb Garden, Herb Garden, Fruit Orchard, Green house, etc..
Existing School Focus Areas
 

  • Biodiversity Network
  • Community & Social Responsibility
  • Production, Consumption & Waste
  • Marine & Coast

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

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Action Team Member List
 

Name of staff/parent/community member Grade/role/task assigned
Thana Rautenbach Eco Coordinator/Head of all schools
Shandee Vermeulen Eco representative at the Skills School running the Eco Warriors and giving duties and responsibilities
Petro Smuts Takes control over our gardens, etc assisting learners
Marlene van Staden Eco Representative at the High School running the eco warriors and giving out duties and responsibilities
Thania van Greunen Eco Representative at the Primary School running the eco warriors and giving out duties and responsibilities

Year One Focus Area
 

Focus Area Details
Biodiversity Network
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Target 1
Increase the total of locally, indigenous plants and trees
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified Action Identified Location/Area within School Implementation steps Resources needed Who is responsible? Deadline
Remove all invasive / non-indigenous plants and trees on the school grounds start weeding School of Skills Premises Organize team and resources that will be needed Weed puller, Hoe, Gloves Eco Teachers and all learners Achieved in August 2022
Plant locally indigenous plants and treees on school premises plants locally indigenous plants and trees on school premises School Premises Organize team and resources that will be needed Indigenous plants, compost, spade and water Eco Teachers and all learners Achieved in September 2022
Potential Partners
Name of partner Type of Partner
Cape Nature Business
Target 2 (Optional)
Herb Garden and Seasonal Veggie Garden
Target 2: Goals
Goal Identified Action Identified Location/Area within School Implementation steps Resources needed Who is responsible? Deadline
Prepare the soil in the herb crates Remove all weeds and nurture soil School of Skills Premises Organize learners and all necessary materials needed Gloves Last year it was Teacher Zander and Agriculture students, this year it was Teacher Petro and Eco Warriors Achieved last year August 2022, Achieved this year also in August 2023
Plant Herbs in crates Plant Herbs School of Skills Premises Organize learners and all necessary materials needed Herb seeds / plants, gloves, compost, bone marrow, water Last years it was teacher Zander Goss and the Agriculture learners, this year it was Teacher Petro and the Eco Warriors Achieved last year August 2022, Achieved this year also in August 2023
Prepare soil in the crates Plant veggies: Carrots, Cauliflower, Lettuce, Kale School of Skills Premises Organize learners and all necessary materials needed Veggie Seedlings, Gloves and water New project – Learners were assisted by our farm workers and eco teachers Achieved and harvested by August 2023, will plant spring/summer veggies beginning September
Potential Partners
Name of partner Type of Partner
Cape Nature Business
Community Parents and Learners
Target 3 (Optional)
Fruit Orcard
Target 3: Goals
Goal Identified Action Identified Location/Area within School Implementation steps Resources needed Who is responsible? Deadline
Prepare Fruit trees for the new season Prune trees Mondeor Eco School Premises Organize with a worker from Ingwe Farm Pruning sheers and ladder Freddie Goss Achieved in August 2022, and Achieved again in August 2023
Potential Partners
Name of partner Type of Partner
Ingwe Farm Business
Focus Area Details
Production, Consumption & Waste
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Target 1
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified Action Identified Location/Area within School Implementation steps Resources needed Who is responsible? Deadline
Recycling Paper Reducing the usage of paper School Premises Organize recycling paper boxes, Reuse one sided printed paper, print copies double sided, let learners use scrap paper for art purposes Recycling Boxes/Bins All teachers and students Achieved and a Continues project
Recycling Paper Using Scrap paper to make plantable bookmarks to sell at our eco stall School Premises Organize all necessary materials and divide learners into groups for the different parts Seeds, scrap paper Teacher Yvette and the Year 3 and 4 class Achieved and will do every year for our eco stalls at the Mondifarm Fest
Recycling of other recyclable materials such as cans and plastic bottels Have recycling bins and general waste bins on every school play ground School Premises Organize the bins and have the correct placement and poster on bin to indicate what is allowed to me placed in the bin. Every register teacher will take a walk with learners to show where the bins are allocated and why it is important to recycle, reminding learners consistently so that it becomes a habit. Organize with Pondorosa Recycling for weekly pick up if we do not maybe use it for other purposes such as art or research on how much recycling waste being produced by the school on a weekly bases, challenging them to come up with ideas on how we can make it less Recycling bin and poster clearly indicating the do’s and dont’s All teachers and learners Achieved and is a continues project
Potential Partners
Name of partner Type of Partner
Averda Business
Community Parents
Target 2 (Optional)
Eco Entrepreneurs day every 2nd year alternating with the eco stalls at every Mondi Farm Festival to bring awareness on how much waste is being produced daily especially at such occasions.
Target 2: Goals
Goal Identified Action Identified Location/Area within School Implementation steps Resources needed Who is responsible? Deadline
making a variety of items to sell at the entrepreneursday / stalls reuse, and recycle different materials into items to sell School Premises Organize teams for every item that needs to be made Different recyclable materials All teachers and learners Yearly occurrence, deadline every year by the end of October
Fashion Show only at the Eco Entrepreneursday every 2nd year Encourage learners to make outfits out of recyclable materials School Premises Organize all materials needed for stage and help learners to collect materials and items needed for their outfit Old Pallets, different recyclable materials Thana Rautenbach and all learners
Potential Partners
Name of partner Type of Partner
Community Parents
Target 3 (Optional)
Making our own compost using different methods at each school section
Target 3: Goals
Goal Identified Action Identified Location/Area within School Implementation steps Resources needed Who is responsible? Deadline
Making Compost using Bokashi Bins Making Compost Skills School Premises All kitchen waste from the Hospitality practicals to be put in the compost bins. Compost to be used in our gardens Two Compost bins to alternate when one is full untill ready to be used and Bokashi Teacher Liesel and Hospitality Learners N/A
Compost Pit Making Compost High School Premises All kitchen waste from the Hospitality practicals to be put in the compost bins Shovel, Seeds and small plants that can be planted along the sides that can benefit from the composting materials under the soil. Teacher Moegamat and Hospitality Learners N/A
Worm Composting Making Compost Primary School Premises using worms to recycle food scraps and other organic material. The worm compost can either be used for teaching purposes or compost can be used in our gardens Red worms, Container (will be made out of old plank from a broken down greenhouse), kitchen waste Teacher Annalette and all learners N/A
Potential Partners

Year Two Focus Area
 

Focus Area Details
Marine & Coast
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Target 1
supporting organizations who looks after marine life
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified Action Identified Location/Area within School Implementation steps Resources needed Who is responsible? Deadline
Adopting a whale (Ghost) Raising funds to adopt the whale Ghost Mammal Whale Research Institute Whale Unit Every school to come up with different ideas for the whale environmental celebrations day to raise funds to pay the registration fees Resources will depend on what ideas the learners come up with Raising Funds – whole school Every year by the end of January
Adopting penguins Raising funds to adopt two penguins SANCCOB Every school to come up with different ideas for the penguin environmental celebrations day to raise funds to pay the registration fees Resources will depend on what ideas the learners come up with Raising Funds – whole school Every year by the end of February
Donation to Houtbay Seal Rescue Raising funds to donate Houtbay Seal Rescue Every school to come up with different ideas to raise funds to donate Resources will depend on what ideas the learners come up with Raising Funds – whole school Every year by the end of March
Potential Partners
Name of partner Type of Partner
Mammal Research Institute Whale Unit Non-Profit Organization
SANCCOB Non-Profit Organization
Houtbay Seal Rescue Non-Profit Organization
Target 2 (Optional)
Target 2: Goals
Potential Partners
Name of partner Type of Partner
School
Target 3 (Optional)
Target 3: Goals
Potential Partners
Name of partner Type of Partner
School
Focus Area Details
Community & Social Responsibility
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Target 1
Getting more involved in our community
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified Action Identified Location/Area within School Implementation steps Resources needed Who is responsible? Deadline
Taking hand with parents and restaurants to collect bottle caps and bread tags to donate to the Sweetheart FOundation to donate a wheelchair Collect Bottle Caps and Bread tags Helderberg, Somerset West, Strand, Gordon’s Bay Continuous advertising and encouragement, sorting and cleaning Recycling Bags or Boxes Thana Rautenbach Achieved our 1st wheelchair and did the handover to Cathy Horne and created a wishlist for others in our immediate community who are in need of a wheelchair.. Continuous Project
Taking hands with Pam Golding and parents to collect Jars to fill with a soup mixture and donate to the needy every year on Nelson Mandela Day Collect Jars, Parents and Learners donate ingredients for soup mixture or fill bottle with ingredients themselves and send to school Mondeor Premises Continuous advertising to encourage and filling bottels Bottels and the soup content Teacher Petro takes lead but all teachers and learners take part Continuous Project every year by the 18th of July for hand out to people sitting on the sides of the roads or those that group at the robots waiting for a job opportunity
“Barefoot Day” Collecting Old clothes, shoes, etc to donate to charity Mondeor Premises Continuous advertising and encouragement Bags or boxes for sorting and delivering to different chosen organizations Teacher Yvette takes lead but all teachers and learners take part and support Continous project every year, hand out at the end of February every year to a chosen charity
Potential Partners
Name of partner Type of Partner
Sweetheart Foundation Non-Profit Organization
Pam Golding Business
STOP Trafficking Non-Profit Organization
Youth4Life Organization
Target 2 (Optional)
Giving Hearts Project – every term we choose an organization to bless with some items in need
Target 2: Goals
Goal Identified Action Identified Location/Area within School Implementation steps Resources needed Who is responsible? Deadline
Choose organization Get the list of needs from the organization Helderberg, Somerset West, Strand and Gordons Bay Kep encouraging and reminding by sending out posters to community, parents and learners Differs from organization Lindy Eksteen Continuous Yearly Project
Potential Partners
Target 3 (Optional)
Target 3: Goals
Potential Partners
Focus Area Details
Production, Consumption & Waste
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Target 1
Environmental Clean-ups
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified Action Identified Location/Area within School Implementation steps Resources needed Who is responsible? Deadline
Beach/River Clean-ups On a regular basis visit beaches to do a clean-up Strand/Gordons Bay Organize with Municipality to arrange clean-ups Gloves and Recycling Bags Thana Rautenbach organise and each eco representative takes charge over their schools learners N/A
Support Community Clean-ups Advertise community environmental clean-ups on parent groups to support Somerset West, Strand and Gordons Bay N/A Gloves and Recycling Bags Thana Rautenbach organise and each eco representative takes charge over their schools learners N/A
Chicken Run learners in their year groups take rturns on a daily bases to pick up and litter, etc in and around the school premises Somerset West N/A Gloves and Recycling Bags Each School Eco Leader/Representative and Register teacher N/A
Potential Partners
Name of partner Type of Partner
HOAM – Lisa Star Founder of Helderberg Ocean Awareness Movement
Cape Nature Busniness
Target 2 (Optional)
Upcycled classroom and bathroom, using materials from a and old broken down green house
Target 2: Goals
Goal Identified Action Identified Location/Area within School Implementation steps Resources needed Who is responsible? Deadline
Upcycle Eco Friendly Classroom Build a classroom using recyclable materials from and old broken down greenhouse, including ecobrick,cobmix, etc School of Skills Premises Collect all needed recyclable materials from old greenhouse building to build the classroom recyclable materials collected from the broken down greenhouse, Cob mix (Cement, Cob and Clay mixture), beams, hay, etc Freddie Goss and our farm workers Achieved, planning on doing another 2 classrooms in 2024
Upcycle Eco Friendly Bathrooms Build a bathroom out of an old container that was once used for storage. School of Skills Premises Collect all needed recyclable materials in this case planks and other pieces of wood from old greenhouse building to build the bathroom recyclable materials collected from the broken down greenhouse such as beams, planks and pieces of wood Freddie Goss and our farm workers Achieved
Potential Partners
Name of partner Type of Partner
Breadline Africa Business
Target 3 (Optional)
Target 3: Goals
Potential Partners

Year Three Focus Area
 

Focus Area Details
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Target 1
Target 1: Goals
Potential Partners
Name of partner Type of Partner
School
Target 2 (Optional)
Target 2: Goals
Potential Partners
Name of partner Type of Partner
School
Target 3 (Optional)
Target 3: Goals
Potential Partners
Name of partner Type of Partner
School

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