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School Name
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Waterberg Academy
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Rationale / Mission
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We envision a school where sustainability is lived daily—through outdoor learning, student-led initiatives, and real-world eco impact projects—fostering deep connection to nature and responsibility for our shared future.
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Vision
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We want to be a more sustainable school because we believe that nurturing environmental responsibility in learners today creates empowered leaders who will protect and restore our planet tomorrow.
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Please tell us what activities/environmental initiatives your school is currently implementing.
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Eco Fridays (nature-based activities in FP), Eco monitors, collaboration with Welgevonden Environmental Awareness Programme, Launching termly impact projects (eco-bricks), Little purple magazine competitions
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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
- 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 |
| Sascha van der Merwe |
Overall Manager |
| Jesse Dowinton |
high school initiatives |
| Moji Kitsi |
Welgevonden Environmental Awareness Programme for excursions |
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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. |
| Make and donate eco-bricks |
Collect and donate at least 100 eco bricks to local community projects, supporting sustainable building initiatives. |
Grade 1-12 |
Earth Day/ world environmental day |
| collect bottle caps |
Collect and donate at least 1000 bottle caps to the ‘Shwe to go project’, supporting a local woman-led initiatives. |
grade 1-12 |
Earth Day/ world environmental day/ national recycling day/ |
Potential Partners
| Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
| Shwe to go |
Business |
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. |
| Make and donate eco-bricks |
Collect and donate at least 100 eco bricks to local community projects, supporting sustainable building initiatives. |
Grade 1-12 |
Earth Day/ world environmental day |
| collect bottle caps |
Collect and donate at least 1000 bottle caps to the ‘Shwe to go project’, supporting a local woman-led initiatives. |
grade 1-12 |
Earth Day/ world environmental day/ national recycling day/ |
| Weekly eco-worriers |
Reduce school waste consumption by at least 15% by year-end. Foster a school-wide culture of environmental responsibility and awareness. Increase learner engagement with sustainability through leadership opportunities. Instill lifelong eco-conscious habits in learners that extend beyond the school environment. |
gr3 and 7 |
Earth Day/ world environmental day/ national recycling day/ |
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. |
| conduct water experiments |
reduce water use and stop pollutionn within the school |
grade 1-3 |
earth day/ world environmental day/ world water day |
Potential Partners
| Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
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