School Name
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BAKERTON PRIMARY SCHOOL
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Rationale / Mission
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We envision our school looking like an environmentally friendly institution focused on preserving the environment as best as we can utilizing strategies that will benefit both the school, community and environment.
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Vision
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We want to be a more sustainable school because we are aiming to identify our problem areas impacting the environment negatively and seek positive sustainable solutions to achieve the desired outcomes.
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Embedding Sustainability
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Upload Policy
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Please tell us what activities/environmental initiatives your school is currently implementing.
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Our school's current initiatives are installing solar panels, water safety and usage, recycling campaign, vegetable garden, anti-litter campaign, walk-to-read campaign.
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Select / tick the Focus Areas your school is currently working on.
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- Community & Social Responsibility
- Production, Consumption & Waste
- Energy & Climate Action
- 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
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Action Team Member List
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Name of staff/parent/community member |
Grade/role/task assigned |
MISS A. NAIDOO |
SCHOOL COORDINATOR |
MISS S. M. GUNASSE |
MEMBER |
MRS M. MOLOKWANE |
MEMBER |
MRS N. HLEZA |
MEMBER |
MR M. H. RASSOOL |
MEMBER |
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Focus Area
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Focus Area
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. |
Walk-to-read campaign |
Create awareness to all community members about the importance of literacy. To get all community members and learners to understand the benefits of being literate which will impact the way they think about the world around them. |
Grade R – 7 learners and educators |
English, Afrikaans, Life Skills – lessons include “reading with understanding’, comprehensions, ‘drop all and read’ program done weekly by the entire school including the staff members, story books being read in the classroom, posters made about the importance of reading |
Anti-litter campaign |
Create awareness to all community members and learners that the litter in our communities is absolutely high due to everyone’s lack of prioritising the environment over their own needs. people and learners tend to throw their litter wherever they are instead of looking for a bin or keeping their litter till they find a bin. its easier to just throw their litter on the ground for someone else to pick up. our goal is show the community and the learners the amount of litter collected in the school grounds and community areas so that they become more self-aware of their actions and how it greatly impacts the environment. |
Grade R – 7 learners and educators |
NS, EMS, Life Skills, Life Orientation – lessons are taught about careers in waste management, reduce reuse and recycle waste, the importance of cleaning the environment and keeping it healthy and clean. |
Outreach program |
The learners initiative to help the underprivileged community members and other organizations by collecting donations of non-perishable food items, clothes, blankets, toiletries, and the bottle caps to assist with a wheelchair donation. |
Grade R – 7 learners and educators |
EMS, LO, Life Skills – lessons are taught about poverty |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
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. |
Recycling campaign |
Reduce the amount of litter by recycling as much of the waste collected by the community members and learners. |
Grade R – 7 learners and educators, and community members |
NS, EMS – lessons are taught about careers in waste management, reduce reuse and recycle waste |
Vegetable garden |
Grow healthy vegetables to aid in the consumption of healthy vegetables. The school has a Nutrition Program and the school’s vegetable garden aids in providing other kinds of vegetables that the learners enjoy which is added to their menu for the day. this ensures they are eating healthy grown vegetables and are shown the vegetables which they eat and how it is grown from start to finish. aiming to promote more vegetable gardens in their own homes (most of the learners have a small vegetable garden at home already) |
Grade 3- 7 learners |
NS and Life Skills – lesson is taught on healthy eating and balanced diets |
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. |
Solar panels |
Solar panels have been installed in the administration block and the grounds men quarters block as those have been identified as they highest energy consumption areas of the school. Goal is to drastically reduce the electricity consumption and wastage of the school and thereby assisting the environment in creating a sustainable source of energy. |
School |
EMS, NS, Technology – lessons are taught on renewable energy sources and energy conservation |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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Business |
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. |
Water Safety |
Create awareness in the learners about safety when in swimming pools and where not to swim or play in the water |
Grade 1 – 3 |
Life Skills – lessons |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
Gauteng Equatics |
Higher Education Institute |
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