School Name
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Shea O’Connor Combined
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Rationale / Mission
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Provide a stimulating and safe environment with innovative and responsive teaching across curriculum through actively participating in environmental projects
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Vision
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Providing fertile ground where learners will be able to practice core values of the school which are responsibility and creativity on environmental activities
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Existing School Focus Areas
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- 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 |
Antonia Mkhabela |
Environmental Educator |
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Year One Focus Area
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Focus Area Details
Health & Well-being
Target 1
To educate learners and develop organic vegetable gardens
maintenance of school grounds and use natural resources
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Promote vegetable garden |
continue maintaining our permaculture garden and supply our local supermarket with fresh produce |
in the school vegetable garden tunnel |
buy seedlings and maintain our permaculture garden to ensure successive growth throughout the seasons |
seedlings, compost, water, spades, watering cans |
the learners |
throughout the year |
Focus Area Details
Energy & Climate Action
Target 1
We have installed our solar panels in school, thus we will have more awareness campaigns to keep learners knowledge about the free source of energy
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Awareness campaigns |
to bring awareness campaigns about the advantages of having solar panels in school and its benefits in a long run and how it will reduce our carbon footprint |
in the school assembly |
sharing awareness in our assembly to equip all learner about the projects that the school is embarking on |
solar panels models, and box solar cookers that we have made as a practical models |
teachers and learenrs |
rd term |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
One Planet SA |
NPO |
Crane Foundation |
NGO |
EduPlant |
Governmental organisation |
Focus Area Details
Production, Consumption & Waste
Target 1
We will organize clean-up campaigns and partake in this year's trashion show
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Do clean-up campaigns |
Organize clean-up campaigns |
in the school and community |
Organizing clean-up campaigns to reduce the amount of waste materials in our area, and also use the waste picked up to make our trashion outfits |
bins, plastic bags, gloves |
learners and teachers |
End of July |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
Love Notties |
NGO |
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Year Two Focus Area
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Year Three Focus Area
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