School Name
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Sweet Valley Primary School
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Rationale / Mission
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At Sweet Valley, our vision is to actively engage our learners and staff to become agents for positive change and to inspire them to give and to grow in service to their greater community.
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Vision
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We want to be a more sustainable school because we believe in the value of preserving our environment and serving our community to ensure a sustainable future.
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Embedding Sustainability
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Initiatives
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Our school's initiatives include energy saving, environment awareness clubs and campaigns, charity work, recycling, water saving and vegetable gardening.
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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
- We have a Learner Action team / Eco-club
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Upload Team List
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Action Team Member List
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Name of staff/parent/community member |
Grade/role/task assigned |
Mrs Michelle Adams |
Head of Eco-Club |
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Year One Focus Area
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Focus Area Details
Biodiversity Network
Target 1
Maintenance of school vegetable garden. Plant seedlings, remove weeds and progate new plants.
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Maintain upkeep of vegetable garden |
Involve parents in tasks |
Vegetable garden |
Mkhaya and parent volunteers to coordinate tasks |
Compost, tools, seeds |
Eco-team |
ongoing |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
Parent volunteers to assist and donate |
Individual |
Target 2 (Optional)
Vegetable garden used as outdoor classroom. Grade R learners look for insect life when learning about insects. Grade 2 learners use the garden to learn about parts of plants. Grade 3 learners explore garden when learning about water cycle. Grade 4 learners plant vegetables and measure their growth.
Target 2: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Encourage use of garden as a teaching resource |
Reminder to teachers to use the garden |
Vegetable garden |
Grade teachers to liaise with Mkhaya to ensure access to garden |
Resources relevant to task |
Grade teachers and Mkhaya |
ongoing |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Target 3 (Optional)
New planter box with herbs and indigenous creeper to enhance the entrance to Grade R and two indigenous creepers in Grade R playground.
Target 3: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
New plants |
Order from supplier |
Grade R |
Order and get budget approval |
New wooden planters, plants and potting soil. Two reused pots for creepers |
Head of Grade R |
End of March |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
Dr Boomslang |
Business |
Focus Area Details
Water & Sanitation
Target 1
Create awareness of water scarcity and promote water saving
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Grade 3 water projects |
Learners study water cycle and learn about saving water |
Grade 3 |
Teachers to provide guidelines for projects |
Learners own |
Grade 3 teachers |
Term 3 |
Design water saving signs |
Invite Gr 7s to design |
All bathrooms |
Discuss with Gr7 Eco-club members |
Learners own |
Head of Grade & eco-club |
End of term 3 |
Collect rainwater to water gardens and fields |
Maintain rainwater tanks |
Various |
Maintain tanks |
Tanks and pipes |
Groundstaff |
Ongoing |
Potential Partners
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Type of Partner |
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School |
Potential Partners
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Type of Partner |
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School |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Focus Area Details
Production, Consumption & Waste
Target 1
Recyling programme
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Paper recycling |
Ensure bins in each classroom |
Classrooms |
Audit bins and usage |
Recyling bins |
Eco-team and monitors |
Ongoing |
Seek out new recycling initiatives |
Brainstorm ideas |
Various |
Discuss with team |
Depending on initiative |
Eco-team |
Ongoing |
Educate learners about recycling bins at school |
Gr 7 monitors to make a video to encourage use of bins |
Video to play in assemblies |
Create video and use it for education purposes |
Bins, video ideas, video editing |
Gr 7 Eco-club monitors |
End Term 2 |
Collect newspapers for animal shelter |
Newspapers collection points clearly marked |
Front of school |
Inform parents via newsletter and reminders |
Collection boxes (wooden and clearly marked) |
Eco-team |
Ongoing |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Potential Partners
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Type of Partner |
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School |
Potential Partners
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Type of Partner |
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School |
Focus Area Details
Community & Social Responsibility
Target 1
Whole school charity drives – where whole school contributes to campaign
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
67 Blankets |
Appeal to parents and learners to knit squares for this initiative |
School hall foyer |
Inform parents and learners via school newsletter and social media |
Campaign poster for distribution |
Communications team |
End July |
Slipper Day collection |
Inform parent body |
whole school |
Notify parents via communication channels |
Stickers for each participant provided by Reach for a Dream |
Communication team and school bursar |
May |
Animal Rescue Organisation |
Collect newspapers |
Front of school |
Inform parents |
Collection box |
Outreach team |
Ongoing |
Be aware of causes that arise during the year that require our support |
Keep up with local news |
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Evaluate need and how to help |
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Outreach team |
Ongoing |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Target 2 (Optional)
Individual grade charities – ensure that each Grade has selected a charity to support for the year or will continue to support the same charity as in previous year. Check that each Grade has determined how they will support their charity and that they will organise two or more intiatives for their charity during the year.
Target 2: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Compile list of Grade Charities |
Update list – check with each Grade Head |
Each Grade |
Head of each Grade to coordinate own drives and campaigns |
Various |
Heads of Grades |
End of year |
Potential Partners
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Type of Partner |
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Potential Partners
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Type of Partner |
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School |
Focus Area Details
Health & Well-being
Target 1
Parent workshops to support parents and keep them informed
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Termly Parent talks and workshops |
Identify topics of interest and invite guest speaker |
School hall |
Invite guest speaker and inform parents |
Venue, audio visual equipment |
Learning Support Team |
Termly |
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Potential Partners
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Target 2 (Optional)
Staff wellness
Target 2: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Staff entertainment |
Staff social events such as quiz night, teas, treats in staffroom |
Various |
Add to calendar |
Various |
Wellness team |
Termly |
Staff health |
Physical and mental health talks |
Various |
Add to calendar |
Guest speakers |
Wellness team |
Termly |
Potential Partners
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Year Two Focus Area
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Focus Area Details
Community & Social Responsibility
Potential Partners
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Potential Partners
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Potential Partners
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Year Three Focus Area
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Potential Partners
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Potential Partners
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Potential Partners
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