School Name
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Amanzimtoti Primary School
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Rationale / Mission
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Amanzimtoti Primary continues to strive for excellence in environmental awareness and education.
Our focus is aimed at a holistic education for each child.
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Vision
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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
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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
- Marine & Coast
- 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 |
Alice Surmon |
Eco-coordinator |
Mr Cele |
Groundsman |
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Year One Focus Area
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Focus Area Details
Energy & Climate Action
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Dec 2022 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
Glass Recycling Partner |
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One Planet SA |
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Parents |
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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 |
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 |
Focus Area Details
Biodiversity Network
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 |
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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 |
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EduPLant |
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WESSA |
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Year Two Focus Area
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Year Three Focus Area
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