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School Name

Mapala Primary

Rationale / Mission

To educate learners about healthy eating, where food comes from through hands on gardening, promote physical activity, enhance academic learning and sustainable practices through hands on gardening and outdoor education.

Vision

To cultivate a healthy learning environment that promotes nutrition, environmental awareness, community engagement, cross curricular intergration and ecological knowledge.

Please tell us what activities/environmental initiatives your school is currently implementing.

Vegetable garden and aim on expanding it this year by another five meters.

Select / tick the Focus Areas your school is currently working on.

Health & Well-being

Establish An Adult Action Team & A Learner Action Team / Eco-club

We have a Learner Action team / Eco-club

Action Team Member List

Name of staff/parent/community member	Grade/role/task assigned
Mautla R.N	Environmental Educator

Focus Area

Focus Area

Focus Area Details

Health & Well-being

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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.
Plant biodiversity garden	Add another indigenous bed by40%, and maintain the previous	Mashiangako Malekutu gr 5: watering	Arbor day: the importance of trees in the environment
Present NS/TECH gr 4-6 biodiversity and ecosystems from the garden	Extend the feeding program from school to the community especially OVCs and the Vulnerable(child headed families)	Matlou Paballo gr 5: record keeping	Heritage: Diverse cultural groups
Incorporate Life Skills gr 4-6 and LO gr 7 healthy eating and living lessons using own products	Share seedlings with the community for home gardening	Mokoka Mohau gr 6: maintenance	International day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: keeping women safe from any form of abuse
Celebrate environmental days i.e Arbor, Heritage, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, World AIDS		Mokobane Reneilwe gr 6: Caretaker	World AIDS day: Those infected and affected and the help to offer
		Moyana Lizzy gr 7: Caretaker
		Moabi Tebogo gr 7: Harvesting

Potential Partners

Name of partner	Type of Partner
Lapalala Wilderness School : provides workshops on sustainability and give trees and seedlings	Organization
Mabetha primary : sharing ideas on expanding beyond gardening	School
Sekanekamoyi primary: held celebrations together	School

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