School Name
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Howick Prep
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Existing School Focus Areas
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- Community & Social Responsibility
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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 |
Megan Harris |
Eco Coordinator Grd 1 |
Eryn Bell |
Art teacher Eco-coordinator |
Steve Tidbury |
Estate manager |
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Year One Focus Area
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Focus Area Details
Health & Well-being
Target 1
establish a vegetable garden and grow food and use as a tool for learning
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
ID an area |
meet with steve |
tennis courts |
n/a |
n/a |
Eco-Club |
Aug 2022 |
Prep garden |
dig up grass |
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Eco-Club |
Aug 2022 |
Mulch and plant |
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seedlings/mulch |
Eco-club |
Sept 2022 |
Permaculture lesson Grd 4 |
Select date |
Vege Garden |
N/A |
Various |
One Planet |
Sept 2022 |
Grd 3 Conservation Farming lesson |
select date |
Bramar Farm |
N/A |
N/A |
Grd 3 teachers |
July 2022 |
Make re-usable watering cans |
water cans |
vege garden |
Create |
old milk bottles |
Eco-Club |
Aug 2022 |
Grd 1 lesson on growing beans |
Collect beans |
class |
n/A |
beans, containers |
Grd 1 teachers |
Sept 2022 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
One PLanet Sa |
School |
Target 2 (Optional)
Plant some fruit trees for Arbor day
Target 2: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Get fruit trees |
Arrange planting day |
food garden |
buy trees |
spades/Compost |
Bridget/Club |
Sept 2022 |
Celebrate Arbor day |
select date |
Food garden |
plant trees |
2 fruit trees |
Bridget/Club |
Sept 2022 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
One PLanet |
School |
Target 3 (Optional)
Start developing indigenous beds around vege gardens
Target 3: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Source indigenous plants |
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Vege garden |
Develop beds |
usual |
Steve |
Dec 2022 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Focus Area Details
Biodiversity Network
Target 1
Developing and expanding on indigenous gardens
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Expand indigenous |
Get greater diversity of plants |
near vege garden |
Develop beds |
plants and equip |
Steve Tidbury |
Dec 2022 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Target 2 (Optional)
Grd 2s to learn about Free Me and do an essential items collection and have a night school lesson with Free Me
Target 2: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Collect for Free Me |
Collect essential items |
Grd 2s |
Term1 |
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Grd 2 teachers |
March 2022 |
Night school on nocturnals |
evening event |
Outside |
Term2 |
Free Me |
Grd Teachers |
Aril 2022 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
Free Me |
School |
Target 3 (Optional)
Grd R and 3 Nature outings for appreciation of eco-systems and nature
Target 3: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Grd R outing |
select date |
Umgeni Valley |
book date |
transport |
Grd r Teachers |
March 2022 |
Grd 3 Outing |
select date |
Tala Game Reserve |
book date |
transport |
Grd 3 teachers |
April 2022 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
WESSA |
School |
Tala Game Reserve |
School |
Focus Area Details
Catchment to Coast
Target 1
Learn about Wetlands and our Umgeni River catchment
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Coast & Catcments Lesson |
select date |
Field |
N/A |
N/A |
Grd 6 teachers |
Aug 2022 |
Build and test filters |
select date |
Classrooms |
N/A |
various |
Grd 6 teachers |
Aug 2022 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
Ground Truth |
School |
Target 2 (Optional)
Conduct a miniSASS of our local Umgeni River
Target 2: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Conduct mini SASS |
Test river |
Umgeni River |
Set date |
various |
Grd 7 teachers /One Planet |
Dec 2022 |
Write up results for publication in V talk |
Send to paper |
N/A |
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N/A |
Grd 7 teachers |
Dec 2022 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
One PLanet |
School |
Ground Truth |
School |
Target 3 (Optional)
Collect Eco-bricks to make a bench (keeping PLastic out of our rivers and oceans)
Target 3: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Eco-brick Drive |
Grd1 -3 |
Foundation phase |
announce challenge |
eco-bricks |
School |
Dec 2022 |
Eco-brick assembly |
Grd 1 -3 |
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Explain the how and why |
determination |
One Planet |
Sept 22 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Focus Area Details
Energy & Climate Action
Target 1
Test Solar ovens and build our own
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Lesson on Solar ovens and Climate |
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Grd 7 field |
Select date |
various |
One Planet |
Aug |
Build solar ovens in grps |
In grps build own working ovens |
N/A |
Select date |
various |
Grd 7 teachers |
Sep 2022 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
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Year Two Focus Area
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Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
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Year Three Focus Area
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Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
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