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School Name
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Bergvliet Primary School
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Rationale / Mission
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Our school should be a clean, welcoming environment where all stakeholders share in this vision of maintaining the beauty and cleanliness of the premises. All recycling of items must be done properly.
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Vision
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Our objective is to develop a love and respect for our environment. To educate others within our school and broader community about protecting the planet. To save water by using our borehole water and JoJo tanks.
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Embedding Sustainability
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Upload Policy
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Initiatives
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To fully integrate environmental initiatives into the school curriculum. To embed the environmental club into the school life so it may be run by the learners and their parents and in so doing open it to the broader community
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Existing School Focus Areas
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- 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 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 |
| Brenda van Niekerk ( Environmental Club founder and computer teacher |
Grade 4,5,6 and 7. About 20 members. |
| Ruth Schonegevel (art teacher) |
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Year One Focus Area
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Focus Area Details
Water & Sanitation
Target 1
To encourage staff and learners to use ground water and JoJo tank water for watering plants and cleaning bathrooms. To use grey water at home for plants. Catch shower water and reuse for rinsing plastic waste meant for recycling. To maintain the school gardens and planting areas regularly taking shoots to replant and seeds.
Target 1: Goals
| Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
| Trees; plants maintained |
All stakeholders kept abreast of what to maintain |
North field and South field, eco garden, grade one garden |
Start with Eco garden, then grade 1 garden, tree corner on north field |
Small wooden planter boxes; small watering cans; mini spades; dried flower seeds; vegetable and herb seedlings. |
Founder of the club |
November 2022 |
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Year Two Focus Area
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Focus Area Details
Health & Well-being
Target 1
To educate learners about the benefits of growing their own food and that eating what you grow builds healthy lifestyles.
Target 1: Goals
| Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
| Eating healthy and growing your own vegetables |
Learners mixed their own fruits for smoothies; studied and planted herbs; know the benefits of natural medication |
BPS Eco garden |
Survey on fruit choices; buying herbs and planting in different pots |
Planters; potting soil; compost; bone meal; herbs |
Eco club teachers and leaners |
April 2023 |
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Year Three Focus Area
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Focus Area Details
Health & Well-being
Target 1
Build awareness of how to care for the most vulnerable in society e.g. the elderly and animals (pets)
Target 1: Goals
| Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
| Learn empathy |
Visit old age homes and SPCA |
Bergvliet/Grassy Park |
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none |
Two Eco club staff members |
End of term 1 2024 |
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