School Name
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Hilton Montessori
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Rationale / Mission
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Creating an environment where children can develop a love for the environment and become "eco-warriors".
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Vision
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Provide healthy and sustainable ways of living.
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Initiatives
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We aim to achieve some of the focus such as Eco-brick table/chairs by the end of second term.
Other focus areas are ongoing as already implemented but working on enhancing them.
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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
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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 |
Elizabeth Martins |
Environmental Coordinator |
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Year One Focus Area
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Focus Area Details
Community & Social Responsibility
Target 1
Do regular litter clean-ups in local area around our school
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Clean-up campaign |
Do a clean-up in the area outside our school |
near our school |
organize a day to do the clean-up campaign |
plastic bags, gloves |
teachers & learners |
5 March 2024 |
Target 2 (Optional)
Support a nearby school with eco activities
Target 2: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Support other school with eco-activities |
We need to support Isqalimfundo creche |
Sweetwaters |
We aim to is to plant trees |
Tree seedlings to be planted in their school ground |
learners and teachers |
By the end of year |
Focus Area Details
Energy & Climate Action
Target 1
Develop our indigenous forest "walk" in the top section of our property
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Involving learners in planting forest indigenous plants. Learning names of plants, which one could help in combating carbon emissions, make an interpretive trail through the area |
Make a forest trail, and plant indigenous forest that would help in combating carbon emissions |
within the school |
learners will learn names of the trees and make an interpretive trail through the area |
Tree seedlings |
involving learners |
by the end of the year |
Focus Area Details
Production, Consumption & Waste
Target 1
Continue inspiring the learners to make eco-bricks at home
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Making an outdoor table and chairs with eco-bricks |
Making Eco-brick bench to make chairs and table |
At home and school |
We have collected many eco-bricks and will now making an outdoor table and chairs for a peace garden |
eco-bricks, cement |
the learners |
By the end of the year |
Focus Area Details
Health & Well-being
Target 1
Continue with our vegetable garden
Continue making compost for our vegetable garden
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Growing seasonal vegetable and using thes to reinforce k=living by eating them at school |
Permaculture gardening |
School garden |
growing seasonal vegetable |
vegetable seedlings, compost |
learners and teachers |
throughout the year |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
Team Up To Clean Up |
Organization |
Parent Community |
School Society, SGB |
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Year Two Focus Area
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Year Three Focus Area
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