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School Name
  Amanzimtoti Primary School
Rationale / Mission
  Amanzimtoti Primary continues to strive for excellence in environmental awareness and education.
Our focus is aimed at a holistic education for each child.
Vision
  Be responsible & caring. Look after the resources we have. Be wise with water and energy use.
Know about the 7R’s and take action. Appreciate plants and grow more.
We aim to do this by continuing with action plans we alr
Existing School Focus Areas
 

  • Biodiversity Network
  • Catchment to Coast
  • Community & Social Responsibility
  • Production, Consumption & Waste
  • Energy & Climate Action
  • Health & Well-being
  • Marine & Coast
  • Water & Sanitation

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

  • We have an Adult Action team
  • We have a Learner Action team / Eco-club

Action Team Member List
 

Name of staff/parent/community member Grade/role/task assigned
Alice Surmon Eco-coordinator
Mr Cele Groundsman

Year One Focus Area
 

Focus Area Details
Energy & Climate Action
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Target 1
1. To utilise our Solar panels to reduce our dependence on Fossil fuel electricity (up to 25% of our energy needs are met by this system.
3. To assist others to achieve their goals by:
collecting bread tags/bottle tops for – Quadriplegic Association of SA – Sue Martin – 083 261 2744
Can pull tabs collection – provide funds for training Guide dogs for the Blind – Lions initiative
Ecobricks – ?
6. Paper usage & recycling
7. Educating our learners about things like the Solar Cooking method
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified Action Identified Location/Area within School Implementation steps Resources needed Who is responsible? Deadline
Ongoing monitoring of energy usage monitor everywhere Appointed people Finance and Alice Dec 2022
Awareness of wise water & electricity usage. 4. Grade 3 – 6 participate with awareness posters inspired by Teachers pay Teachers website as well as supporting Clean Surf with local beach Cleanups Various Various Various Specific grds Dec 2022
Grade Whatsapp Groups and Facebook to minimise the paper trail. Digital recording of data where possible. Impact bins for paper recycling. Learners use Googleforms and IPads for some lessons. Envirogroup to learn how to make their own paper. Various Various various Various Dec 2022
Make solar oven 7. Using materials already available – partially damaged partition screens from desks, cardboard, already donated insulation pieces Grd 6/7 collect materials various Dec 2022
Potential Partners
Name of partner Type of Partner
Glass Recycling Partner
One Planet SA
Parents
Target 2 (Optional)
2. To utilise waste materials in a creative way
Target 2: Goals
Goal Identified Action Identified Location/Area within School Implementation steps Resources needed Who is responsible? Deadline
To make a mural with bottle tops Bottle top Sea themed murals, no 3, 4 & 5 boards to be made. suitable wall collection glue, tops, learners Eco-Club Dec 2022
Potential Partners
Target 3 (Optional)
Participating in Global Action Days locally and internationally.
Target 3: Goals
Goal Identified Action Identified Location/Area within School Implementation steps Resources needed Who is responsible? Deadline
Participating in Global Action Days locally and internationally. ID various days various select days various Different Grds Dec 2022
Potential Partners
Focus Area Details
Biodiversity Network
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Target 1
To further develop the permaculture gardens by not only planting vegetables but introducing the concept of a fruit forest under a monkey proof tunnel;
Composting material from the children’s lunchboxes – eg peels, cores, egg shells …
Raising awareness and knowledge about our lovely indigenous gardens.
Interactive quiz on Portulacaria afra – Spekboom awareness for Grade 5 & 6 in media centre using various media
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified Action Identified Location/Area within School Implementation steps Resources needed Who is responsible? Deadline
To upskill teachers and maintenance staff – to be further cascaded to the learners. Staff workshops Staff room/school grounds Set dates in staff meetings content All Dec 2022
Start composting Distributing 2l containers to each class for daily collection – Mr Goodman Cele to assist with daily removal to composting bin and monitoring of progress. All classrooms Collection containers Mr Cele Dec 2022
QR codes linked to plantzafrica website for our indigenous plants – learners to find labelled QR codes with the plants in the garden ID with IPads and answer structured questions. Get app and assign codes All indigenous gardens Get app App Alice Dec 2022
Develop interest in the indigenous plants Prepare worksheets, charts, have various media on hand to assist the learners in gaining awareness about this interesting plant. Various grades develop materials worksheets All Dec 2022
Potential Partners
Name of partner Type of Partner
One Planet SA
EduPLant
WESSA
Target 2 (Optional)
Target 2: Goals
Potential Partners
Target 3 (Optional)
Target 3: Goals
Potential Partners

Year Two Focus Area
 

Year Three Focus Area
 

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