School Name
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Nhlonhlweni Primary 2025
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Rationale / Mission
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Our school is committed to take care of our environment
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Vision
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We have a vision to develop our learners into caring individuals who take responsibility to protect their environment
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Please tell us what activities/environmental initiatives your school is currently implementing.
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Various -see our previous submissions and albums
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Select / tick the Focus Areas your school is currently working on.
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- Biodiversity Network
- Catchment to Coast
- 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 |
Mrs Hadebe |
Principal supporting |
Mrs Madondo |
Eco-Coordinator |
Mrs Buthelezi |
Supporter |
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Focus Area
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Focus Area
Focus Area Details
Biodiversity Network
Target 1: Goals
Planned Action/Activities: e.g. Plant biodiversity garden |
What is your goal/target for this action: e.g. add another Indigenous bed and maintain the previous; increase the percentage of locally Indigenous plants by 30% |
Who is responsible? E.g. Grade 4 – 7’s |
Possible lesson/s and or Environmental Celebrations to support the actions/activities & for which grade e.g. Gd 4 – 7 NS T1 – focus on Biodiversity/ecosystems. |
Maintain indigenous garden |
Add to plant more in our garden – 20% more |
Eco-club |
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Composting |
Build a compost heap – bring manure |
Grd 7s |
Waste – Grd 7 |
Arbor week – celebrate |
Bring about awareness and add to Biodiversity garden |
All – each class to take care of their garden |
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Celebrate Appropriate Env days |
Bring about awareness |
Whole school |
SAve frogs Day, International Plant Appreciation Day; Bee day |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
One Planet SA |
Organization |
Focus Area Details
Catchment to Coast
Target 1: Goals
Planned Action/Activities: e.g. Plant biodiversity garden |
What is your goal/target for this action: e.g. add another Indigenous bed and maintain the previous; increase the percentage of locally Indigenous plants by 30% |
Who is responsible? E.g. Grade 4 – 7’s |
Possible lesson/s and or Environmental Celebrations to support the actions/activities & for which grade e.g. Gd 4 – 7 NS T1 – focus on Biodiversity/ecosystems. |
Coastal Clean-up on Durban outing for Grd 7s |
Learners to participate in beach clean-up |
Grd 7 s |
Coastal Clean up Day |
River Clean-up |
Visit Rosboom stream and clean up |
Grd 7s |
International Rivers day/Coastal clean-up |
Do miniSASS |
MiniSASS of local Rosboom stream |
Grd 7s |
NS T1:Eco-systems |
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Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
One PLanet SA |
Organization |
Aquarium – DBN |
Organization |
Focus Area Details
Water & Sanitation
Target 1: Goals
Planned Action/Activities: e.g. Plant biodiversity garden |
What is your goal/target for this action: e.g. add another Indigenous bed and maintain the previous; increase the percentage of locally Indigenous plants by 30% |
Who is responsible? E.g. Grade 4 – 7’s |
Possible lesson/s and or Environmental Celebrations to support the actions/activities & for which grade e.g. Gd 4 – 7 NS T1 – focus on Biodiversity/ecosystems. |
Maintain our Tippy taps |
Saving water while keeping hands clean |
Gd 7s |
World water Day/Water Week |
Wetlands – look after and celebrate |
Community clean-up of our wetlands |
Grd 7s |
World Wetland day ; Day of Action for Rivers, National Water Week |
Celebrate National Water Week |
MiniSASS, Water awareness assembly, Secret water poster display |
Whole school |
Links with various water lessons in NS /SS |
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Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
One Planet SA |
Organization |
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School |
Focus Area Details
Health & Well-being
Target 1: Goals
Planned Action/Activities: e.g. Plant biodiversity garden |
What is your goal/target for this action: e.g. add another Indigenous bed and maintain the previous; increase the percentage of locally Indigenous plants by 30% |
Who is responsible? E.g. Grade 4 – 7’s |
Possible lesson/s and or Environmental Celebrations to support the actions/activities & for which grade e.g. Gd 4 – 7 NS T1 – focus on Biodiversity/ecosystems. |
Celebrate Africa Day |
Appreciation for our country/continent |
All |
Use recycled things to make flags etc |
Celebrate World Env Day |
Bring about awareness of care for our planet |
All |
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Celebrate Youth Day |
Activities and debates |
All |
Public speaking /assembly |
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Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Focus Area Details
Energy & Climate Action
Target 1: Goals
Planned Action/Activities: e.g. Plant biodiversity garden |
What is your goal/target for this action: e.g. add another Indigenous bed and maintain the previous; increase the percentage of locally Indigenous plants by 30% |
Who is responsible? E.g. Grade 4 – 7’s |
Possible lesson/s and or Environmental Celebrations to support the actions/activities & for which grade e.g. Gd 4 – 7 NS T1 – focus on Biodiversity/ecosystems. |
Use and test Solar oven |
Energy alternative and understanding CC |
Grd 7s |
T3 Grd 7 NS/SS energy/CC |
Trashion SHow |
Make garments out of waste for in-school trashion show |
All |
In schools contest |
Waste separation: plastics/organics |
Collect for trashion show and manure for compost heap |
All |
Gr7 – waste lesson |
Collect and make eco-bricks |
Minimise/reduce plastic waste and make a round herb garden |
All |
World Recycling Day/plastics-free July/ waste lesson |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
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