School Name
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Corrie-Lynn Primary School
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Rationale / Mission
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Our school wishes to be a showcase of environmental excellence. We wish to be an example to our community whereby learners,parents and their community can learn to respect nature,protect nature and save nature for the future.
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Vision
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We want to be more sustainable because we know that there is no future without a green planet. Children must learn the skill,knowledge and value to be able to better take care of our environment. We want to be eco-champions.
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Embedding Sustainability
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Initiatives
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Our school's current initiatives are to create a healthy indigenous and vegetable garden. We are collecting eco brick to make a bench and recover land waste. We hope to test different renewable energy sources and save water.
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Existing School Focus Areas
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- Biodiversity Network
- 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
- 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 |
Thenjiwe Ngcobo- Principal |
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Year One Focus Area
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Focus Area Details
Biodiversity Network
Target 1
To create indigenous gardens in all the existing flower garden beds
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Clear beds and prep |
Prep beds |
Within the school |
Summon learner and gardens to work on the beds in one morning |
shades,compost |
Gardener and learner community |
23.2.22 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
Department of Environmental Affairs |
Goverment-assit with seedlings and tree samplings. Attend celebration days |
Target 2 (Optional)
Spend the first two terms observing animal, insects, and birds that visit the garden. Record and classify each visitor
Target 2: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Observe the wildlife in the garden during breaktimes |
Create a paper observation sheet |
Within the school |
Notify all the learners as to the task and run through different types of animals they may encounter in their garden |
observation sheet, magnification glass |
Mr Khumalo |
1.6.22 |
Target 3 (Optional)
Collect 200 eco-bricks from collecting waste in and around the school grounds
Target 3: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Make 200 eco-brick bottles |
Collect 2 litre plastic bottles |
In and Around the school |
Collect waste in a central area |
Bottles and sticks,plastic bags from collecting waste |
Mr Khumalo |
15.10.22 |
Focus Area Details
Health & Well-being
Target 1
Create a thriving vegetable garden to feed our indigent learners
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Prep beds |
dig and weed |
within the school |
Organise the learner to help the garden |
gloves,spades |
Head gardener |
1.3.22 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
Department of Environmental Affairs |
Goverment-donate seedling |
Target 2 (Optional)
Buy at least 100 seedlings of 4 different types of vegetables
Target 2: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
buy seedling |
fundraise the money |
Within school |
approach different nurseries to obtain the cheapest quote |
car,boxes |
Thenjiwe |
1.4.22 |
Target 3 (Optional)
Harvest vegetables and sell or give away at least 30% to charity
Target 3: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Sell or give away vegetables |
havest and package vegetables when ready |
Within the school |
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wash basins,knife,bags |
Mr Khamalo and Gardener |
All year round |
Focus Area Details
Energy & Climate Action
Target 1
Learn about different renewable energy and incorporate solar cooking in our heritage day celebrations
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Organise a lesson on energy-Natureal Science term 3 |
experiement with different solar cookers |
With in the school |
Design a lesson plan and an insulation experiment |
solar cooker, data projector and computer, different insulation material thermometer |
Julia Invernizzi |
30.9.22 |
Target 2 (Optional)
Conduct an experiment using different insulation materials. Write up the hypothesis and findings
Target 2: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
create a wonderbag and test the insulation properties |
Sow a number of bags |
Within the school |
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Insulation material,observation sheet,wonder bag covers |
Julia Invernizzi |
10.10.22 |
Target 3 (Optional)
Plan a heritage day celebration cooking local earth-friendly food using only renewable energy
Target 3: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Send out a invite for the heritage day |
Identify an indigenous recipe |
Within the school |
1. Send out invite 2.Find a local story teller 3. Create a recipe 4.Bring it to the school |
food,solar cooker,car,wonderbag |
Julia and Mr Khamalo |
30.9.22 |
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Year Two Focus Area
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Year Three Focus Area
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