School Name
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The Birches Pre Primary
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Rationale / Mission
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We envision a schools that is sustainable, serves the community and has a low ecological footprint and instills a love in our learners for nature and our planet
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Vision
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We want to be more sustainable green campus and be a source of inspiration for other schools
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Initiatives
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Nursery, Growing tunnels, herb spirals ,Medicinal garden, food forest, free range hens, water wise indigenous garden, water harvesting and green plumbing. 3 clubs that keep initiative going annually
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Existing School Focus Areas
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- Biodiversity Network
- Catchment to Coast
- Community & Social Responsibility
- Production, Consumption & Waste
- Energy & Climate Action
- Health & Well-being
- 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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Action Team Member List
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Name of staff/parent/community member |
Grade/role/task assigned |
Scilla Edmonds |
Principal and Driver |
Lillete Steyn |
Assistant coordinator |
Harrison Sibaya |
Groundsman |
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Year One Focus Area
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Focus Area Details
Water & Sanitation
Target 1
To be off the water grid completely in the bathrooms and toilets
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Redirect jojo water to toliets |
plumbing |
bathrooms |
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Pipes, pumps, labor |
whole school |
Dec 2022 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
Kuba Pay |
School |
Target 2 (Optional)
Keep harvesting grey water from our jojos and redirecting storm water away from our school
Target 2: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Maintain jojos |
make sure no leaks |
many |
hose pipes |
hose pipes |
All |
Ongoing |
Divert extra storm water away from buildings |
Form part of the schools grounds |
Past the hall |
Channels |
Bridge |
All |
Ongoing |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Target 3 (Optional)
Keep saving water and using sparingly and irrigation into growing tunnels
Target 3: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Engage learners in water saving |
lessons |
All |
Ongoing |
teachers |
teachers |
Dec 2022 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Focus Area Details
Health & Well-being
Target 1
Keep the vegetable production going and to encourage healthy choices
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Entire school to eat home grown vege soup and salad |
grow vegetables |
tunnels |
involve parents |
whatsapp, seeds, seedlings |
all |
Dec 2022 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Target 2 (Optional)
Sustain our Nursery
Target 2: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Involve every child in this projects |
Sowing seeds, caring for them and harvesting |
ALl |
As per action |
seeds, seedlings |
All |
Dec 2022 |
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Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Target 3 (Optional)
Involve teachers in a natural product development workshop
Target 3: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Natural Product development workshop |
Set date |
At School |
Run for teachers |
Various |
One Planet |
Sept 22 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Focus Area Details
Biodiversity Network
Target 1
Eradicate all invasives – we have an ongoing programme now for 10 years
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Remove syringas |
Fellling |
Parking side |
felling |
tree feller |
Management |
Dec 2022 |
Chip all invasives to be used for composting/mulch |
Chipping |
Near food forest |
Chipper |
Chipper |
Management |
Dec 2022 |
Sword fern removal |
children pull out |
various |
Day for engaged action |
None |
Management |
Dec 2022 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Target 2 (Optional)
Keep Indigenous nursery going
Target 2: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Keep the nursery going |
watered, planting |
entrance |
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recycled tubs for planters and slips |
All |
Ongoing |
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Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Target 3 (Optional)
Plant and replace with indigenous expand our every growing indigenous gardens
Target 3: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Plant more indigenous where aliens are cleared |
grow indigenous spp |
various |
plant |
Plants |
All |
Dec 2022 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Focus Area Details
Community & Social Responsibility
Target 1
Maintain 2n hand in-school shop for all goods (clothes, toys, shoes, books, puzzles) ongoing
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Shop open for big day x2/year |
select dates |
hall |
Organise and collect |
2nd hand goods from learners |
All |
Dec |
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Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Target 2 (Optional)
Entrepeneurship evening – what would you do with your last R200 to make a profit?
Target 2: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Financial upliftment project for families |
Learning how to develop a little business plan inc young children |
All |
Send out circular to drive the concept |
tables |
All |
Dec 2022 |
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Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Target 3 (Optional)
Collect food for stray animals at Bux Farm; provide a meal for Pinetowns homeless
Target 3: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Collect and raise funds |
fundraise |
All |
Notification |
None |
All |
Dec 2022 |
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
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Type of Partner |
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School |
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