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School Name
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Howick High School 2025
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Rationale / Mission
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We envision a school with a clean and healthy environment that promotes an environmental conscience in our learners and teachers
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Vision
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We want to be a more sustainable school so as to preserve our environment so that it can be sustained for future generations
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Please tell us what activities/environmental initiatives your school is currently implementing.
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See as per last years SEMP
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Select / tick the Focus Areas your school is currently working on.
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- Biodiversity Network
- Community & Social Responsibility
- Production, Consumption & Waste
- Energy & Climate Action
- 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 Summers |
Teacher and Eco-Club coordinator |
| Mrs Anderson |
Teacher and Community coordinator |
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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. |
| Alien Invasives clearing at the Umgeni River conservancy |
To help clear around the river at York Road Puumpstation |
Eco-Club with the Conservancy |
Biology and Geography in different gardes |
| Indigenous nursery start up |
Grow our own indigenous succulents and other plants |
Eco-Club |
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| Collect cuttings to plant |
Goal to have at least 100 cuttings |
Eco-Club |
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| Develop an indigenous bed with cuttings grown for Arbor month |
Increase biodiversity at school |
Eco-Club |
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| Alien invasives clearing of the grassland near the Scouts Hall |
To protect this last remaining pocket of grassland |
Eco-Club |
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Potential Partners
| Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
| One PLanet SA, Umgeni Conservancy |
Organization |
Focus Area Details
Production, Consumption & Waste
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. |
| Continue to maintain the recycling depot |
Maintain and keep tidy |
Eco-Club & Grd 11 Recycling managers |
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| Promote recycling with the school |
Either Assembly with Grd 11, Posters, |
Grd 11s to manage a recycling assembly reminder |
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| Fundraiser for Club activities: Civies day/hat day/funky socks |
To raise money for the eco-club |
Eco-club |
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| Coffee shop – bring your own cup |
To reduce waste |
funds to go to club |
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| Eco-bricks for the foundation and retaining wall of nursery |
reduce waste at school |
to have a brick in each class |
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Potential Partners
| Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Focus Area Details
Community & Social Responsibility
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. |
| Assist Corrie Lynn with Eco-brick bench build |
Help them make their bench |
Eco-Club |
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| Hospice: Sorting and tidying/donations |
Assist with their shop sorting |
Eco-Club |
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| Sunfield: Helped with May fare |
Supporting their event |
Eco-Club |
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| Disability Gala- HH hosted |
Helped with this gala |
Grd 11 Committee |
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| Sunfield: Bingo games |
Helping with the running of this day |
Eco-Club |
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| Making dog kennels for Funda Nenja |
Making Kennels for dogs in need |
Eco-Club |
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| SPCA- Support |
See how we can help |
Eco-Club |
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Potential Partners
| Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
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. |
| miniSASS |
Custodians of Umngeni river – monitoring x 2 |
Eco-Club |
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| replaced cisterns in some toilet blocks |
to save water |
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| check cisterns of older toilets for 500ml bottles |
to save water |
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Potential Partners
| Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
| One PLanet SA |
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. |
| Solar Panels – Work out CO2 savings |
To see how much is saved – share with school in assembly |
Eco-Club |
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Potential Partners
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