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School Name
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Howick Prep
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Rationale / Mission
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Our school is committed to expanding our learners knowledge around sustainability and developing a care for the environment.Our vision is to educate learners about the importance of nature and instill sustainable living valu
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Vision
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We aim to do this by continuing our extra-mural eco-club and involving the school in celebrating env. calendar days, recycling/grey water initiatives
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Initiatives
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Recycling, vege garden, indigenous beds, eco-bricks, eco-club
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Existing School Focus Areas
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- Biodiversity Network
- Community & Social Responsibility
- 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 |
| Eryn Bell |
Art Teacher |
| Megan Harris |
Grd 1 |
| Sandy Smart |
Grd 7 |
| Steve Tidbury |
Estate manager |
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Year One Focus Area
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Focus Area Details
Production, Consumption & Waste
Target 1
Construct Eco-Brick Bench
Target 1: Goals
| Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
| Bricks collected |
Locate site |
Vege Garden |
Create action team |
cement/mixing/hands for help |
Eryn/Meg/Steve |
Aug 2024 |
Potential Partners
| Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
| Parents |
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Target 2 (Optional)
Maintain Recycling centre and phase out tuckshop packaging (or improve on)
Target 2: Goals
| Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
| Track collections |
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| Send reminders to parents |
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| Meet with tuckshop committee |
discuss packaging/product alternatives |
Tuck shop |
Coordinate meeting |
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Eco-committee |
Aug 2024 |
Target 3 (Optional)
Sustain Milk bottles for Benches intiative
Target 3: Goals
| Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
| Collect milk bottles |
Newsletter reminders |
All |
Every month |
space to collect |
Eco-club |
Oct |
Focus Area Details
Health & Well-being
Target 1
Improve on a healthy selection of items at the tuckshop and phase out high sugar junk. Consider the packaging as well.
Target 1: Goals
| Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
| Develop healthier menu option |
Meetng with SGB member/s |
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Devise a plan |
New menu |
Eco-Club/SGB |
June 2024 |
Target 2 (Optional)
Sustain vege garden and planting cycles. Try out a bean garden and sunflower Garden
Target 2: Goals
| Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
| Establish planting cycles x 3 |
plant x 3 times/year |
vege garden |
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Eco-Club |
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| Create/Build climbers |
Collect bamboo |
vege garde |
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Eco-Club |
April 2024 |
| Bean Garden |
Establish Bean garden project |
Vege Garden |
Test and grow bean varieties |
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Grd 4s and Eco-Club |
May 2024 |
| Sunflower garden |
Source a variety of sunflower seeds |
Vege Garden |
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Sept 2024 |
Focus Area Details
Energy & Climate Action
Target 1: Goals
| Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
| Solar approved |
Installed |
Various vbuilding |
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Extensive |
SGB /School Man |
Jan 2024 |
| Work out carbon savings |
Applied Maths lesson |
Grd 7s |
Assign lesson |
N/A |
Sandy Smart |
Sept 2024 |
| Celebrate solar appreciation day |
Special assembly |
Grd 7s teachers |
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Grd 4 – 7 |
March 2024 |
| Solar oven construct and CC lesson |
Special lesson |
Grd 7 |
Date for lesson |
Various |
Grd 7 |
Nov 2024 |
| Tour of Solar energy room |
Set lesson tour date |
Energy room |
Date for lesson |
N/A |
Grd 7 |
Nov 2024 |
Focus Area Details
Catchment to Coast
Target 1
Continue to Monitor Umgeni River using MiniSASS, do Grey water collections and remove water-thirsty alien invasives from school fenceline.
Target 1: Goals
| Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
| MiniSASS Test eco-Club |
Set Date |
Umgeni River |
Indeminities |
MiniSASS kit |
Eco-Club |
Nov 2024 |
| Mini SASS Test Grd 7 |
Set date |
Umgeni River |
Indeminities |
MiniSASS Kit |
Sandy Smart/Kate Spencer |
Nov 2024 |
| Clear Alien invasives from Fencelines |
Set Date |
Lower Campus fence line |
Eco-Club date |
Hack attack kit |
Eco-Club |
Aug 2024 |
| Grey Water Collection in dry months |
June, Jul, |
All |
Have weekly day collections |
2 litre/5 litre bottles |
All |
Aug 2024 |
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Focus Area Details
Biodiversity Network
Target 1
Start indigenous nursery and add indigenous bed in vege garden
Target 1: Goals
| Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
| Start indigenous nursery |
Grd 4s start succulent nursery |
classrooms |
collect cans and slips |
slips |
One PLanet |
March 2024 |
| PLant up indigenous bed |
locate bed in veg garden |
vege garden |
Collect plants |
various |
Eco-club |
Sept 2024 |
| Celebrate Arbor/Spring day |
Special assembly |
Indig bed |
Grd 4s plant out succulents |
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Grd 4 and all |
Sept 2024 |
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Year Two Focus Area
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Year Three Focus Area
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