School Name
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Yarrow Intermediate
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Rationale / Mission
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We wish to provide learners and teachers with the necessary skills to adapt and thrive on a changing planet. We want to inculcate our learners to make better decisions for the well-being of the planet.
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Vision
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We believe that without a healthy planet with an intact eco-system we have no life on earth. Our future well-being rests in the preservation of the planet. Our learners must understand that we are not separate from Nature.
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Embedding Sustainability
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Initiatives
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Our current school initiative includes a small shade cloth vegetable garden, an eco-brick collecting depo, and an electricity reduction program. We provide a venue for an animal vaccination campaign.
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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
- We have a Learner Action team / Eco-club
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Action Team Member List
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Name of staff/parent/community member |
Grade/role/task assigned |
Mr Mdunge-School Principal |
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Year One Focus Area
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Focus Area Details
Biodiversity Network
Target 1
Create a small indigenous garden by the staff admin building
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Clear the ground of weeds and prep soil with compost |
clear ground |
within the school |
clear the ground |
spade compost gloves |
Eco-Team |
30.5.22 |
Fence off a the external gate so goats cannot eat the plants |
fix the fence |
within school |
fix the fence |
wire, poles wire cutters |
Eco-Team |
30.10.22 |
Try and replant some of the indigenous plants |
buy and plant plants |
within the school |
plant the plants |
plants, lables |
Eco-team |
30.11.22 |
Conduct a indigenous Garden lesson |
plan for and conduct an indigenous garden lesson |
within the school |
Organise and conduct a lesson |
computer data projectorplants lables lesson plan |
Eco-Team |
30.12.22 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
One Planet |
NPO |
Focus Area Details
Community & Social Responsibility
Target 1
Conduct an animal welfare lesson and provide a venue to deworm and vaccinate animals in the area
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Launch a one day vaccination campaign |
tell the neighbours to bring their dog, speak to the state vet,ask for sponscership |
within and outside the school |
Put a vaccination compaign together |
vaccinations, dog food,deworming,transport,bowls |
Friends of the Karkloof and One Planet and the Eco-Team |
30.5.22 |
Conduct an animal welfare lesson |
prep and plan for an animal welfare lesson |
within the school |
set a date, alert children to bring R2 |
lesson resources, data projector, computer |
Friends of the Karkloof |
30.10.22 |
Raise money for Free-Me |
Ask learners to bring in R2 for Free-Me |
within the school |
Speak to wade about a donation and ask him to make a facebook post |
cell phone, data |
One Planet |
30.11.22 |
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Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
One Planet |
NPO |
Free Me |
NPO |
Focus Area Details
Energy & Climate Action
Target 1
Learn about renewable energy. Use materials are given to conduct an insulation experiment and an test a hot box. Continue to use the solar cookers
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Conduct a lesson about energy |
prepare a lesson |
within the school |
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insulation material, pots,wonderbags,data projector |
One Planet |
30.10.22 |
Build a hot box and compare the results against the wonderbag-which is better |
build a hot box |
within the school |
cook a meal in the hot box and compare it to the wonderbag |
wonderbag insulation material |
One Planet |
30.10.22 |
Do a scientific experiment looking at different insulation materials |
Run through science experiments |
within the school |
collect data between different insulation material, which iced bottle works best |
insulation materials, bottles of frozen water |
One Planet |
30.10.22 |
Write up finding and present it to the class |
Write up finding |
within the school |
present the 2 best reports with a complimentary wonderbag |
insulation material, ruler, different colours |
Eco-Team |
30.11.22 |
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Year Two Focus Area
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Year Three Focus Area
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