School Name
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Stephen Road Primary
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Rationale / Mission
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To create environmental awareness, to establish an appreciation for nature, to nurture skills in promoting plant life and to develop a care for the natural world.
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Vision
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To promote environmental sustainability by educating learners on the importance of preserving nature.
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Embedding Sustainability
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Existing School Focus Areas
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- Biodiversity Network
- Production, Consumption & Waste
- 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
- 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 |
Lydia George |
Committee Chairwoman |
Zaid Rasiet |
Committee Secretary |
Freddy Matthews |
Committee Gardner |
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Year One Focus Area
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Focus Area Details
Community & Social Responsibility
Target 1
To educate learners, educators and community how to take care of their surroundings. A clean environment means better air quality and promotes mental clarity.
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Form a cleaning committee and engage school management |
Invite representatives from the department of health, Justice and social development to school. |
Classrooms |
Mark Wednesday as a cleaning day |
brooms, mops, buckets, gloves, polish, cleaning soap |
Sustainable school co-ordinator: Semono CR and Cleaning committee |
Continuous |
Educate Learners about learning in a clean environment (littering) |
Term meeting |
Classroom |
Include donors |
Charts |
Educator Semono CR |
Continuous |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
Magic syndicate |
Construction |
Local clinic Ga Madiba |
Department of health |
Target 3 (Optional)
To encourage and improve feeding scheme through eating healthy food from the garden and promoting self farming.
Target 3: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Encourage learners, educators and community to engage in productive gardens, and beautify school environment. |
Involve learners, educators and community to participate in improving school’s garden (vegetables, flower and orchard) and beautify school’s surrounding. |
Vegetable garden |
Working closely with gardening partners in the community to assist us with ploughing and seedlings. |
Seedlings, Compost heap & Soil |
Gardening committee |
Continuous |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
Lapalala |
Sustainable schools |
Ivan plats |
Mining |
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Year Two Focus Area
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Focus Area Details
Production, Consumption & Waste
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
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Year Three Focus Area
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Focus Area Details
Health & Well-being
Target 1
Sanitary pads (disposal and hygiene)
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
To educate both males and females about the use of pads, how to dispose them and proper hygiene like washing hands |
Form a girl and boy child committee |
Classroom |
Invite department of health |
Sanitary products |
Sustainable school coordinator Semono CR |
Continuous |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
Clinic |
Department of health |
Target 2 (Optional)
Anti bullying campaign
Target 2: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Educate learners on the dangers of bullying |
How bullying affects mental health leading to poor performance and suicidal tendencies |
Classroom |
Form a committee |
Charts, paints and brushes |
Sustainable school coordinator Semono CR |
Continuous |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
Police |
SAPS |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
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