School Name
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Selcourt Primary
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Rationale / Mission
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We envision taking a more holistic approach to Education for Sustainable Development by cultivating sustainable development practices in ways whereby the learners are made more aware of the importance of the environment.
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Vision
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We want to be a more sustainable school because the need to protect and sustain the environment is becoming more of a priority now that global warming is having such an impact on our ecosystem.
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Embedding Sustainability
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Upload Policy
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Initiatives
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Our current initiatives are: Initiating understanding of the need to either recycle or re-use recyclable waste, planting vegetables, cleaning areas outside the school, exploring ecosystems, supporting global warming plans
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Existing School Focus Areas
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- Biodiversity Network
- Community & Social Responsibility
- Production, Consumption & Waste
- Energy & Climate Action
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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 |
Anthony Collen Carina v.d. Walt, Alice Meyer, Sandi Boucher, Dorothy White v. d. Walt, Alice Meyer, Sani Boucher, Dorothy White |
Grade 7. Planting of vegetable garden to feed our needy families |
Dorothy White/ Lindiwe Ngubane |
Establishing a recycling facility for the community/ converting recyclable waste into useful material |
Belinda du Plessis |
Introduce farming animals to learners |
Sandi Boucher |
Keeping the school updated on climate change using different grades |
Louise Swanepoel/ Carina van der Walt |
Grade 5. Cleaning up the environment and controlling the weather station |
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Year One Focus Area
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Focus Area Details
Production, Consumption & Waste
Target 1
Produce/grow vegetables on the school property. Once harvested, put together in packs to distribute to our needy families.
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Feeding needy families |
planting veggies |
wherever possible |
plant, harvest, distribute |
Seeds, gardening tools |
Anthony Collen |
end of 2023 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
Possible nursery close by |
School |
Target 2 (Optional)
Recycling waste: Providing a facility for the community to bring their recyclable products for recycling. This would include batteries, fluorescent light bulbs/tubes, plastic, tins, paper. We need to find a partner to assist in the collection and disposal of the different categories of waste
Target 2: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
provide facility to collect recyclable waste |
provide bins for waste |
back of school |
work in partnership |
bins |
Dorothy White |
By end of 2023 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
still trying to find a partner |
School |
Target 3 (Optional)
Converting recyclable waste into useful materials, eg, knitting/crocheting mats, etc from plastic packets, creating art from waste, building a circuit board for load shedding using recyclable waste and many other ideas. Building models of ways to produce energy using renewable resources, eg a wind farm.
Target 3: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
converting waste into useful items |
classes participating in activities |
classroom |
collecting items and planning their re-use |
recyclable waste products |
Lindiwe Ngubane |
End of 2023 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
Not identified yet |
School |
Focus Area Details
Energy & Climate Action
Target 1
Motivate learners to support global warming by informing them of the status of the earth at present. We will keep them informed of climate change related disasters and incidents as well as the latest news in the fight to bring the increase in temperature down or keep it at 1,5 degrees C. This will be done by learners presenting the information in creative ways during school assemblies.
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
constant updates on climate change |
compiling presentations |
School Hall |
create a team |
daily news articles |
Sandi Boucher |
by end of 2023 |
motivate learners to action |
identify renewable energy supplies |
classroom |
make models of renewable resources |
recyclable products |
Lindiwe Ngubane |
End of 2023 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Target 2 (Optional)
Keeping records of the weather (temperature, rainfall, wind) on a daily basis. Testing rain water for impurities. Doing this as an ongoing program in order to compare results between different seasons over the years. The aim is to see how our climate is being affected over time
Target 2: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
keeping track of our weather |
daily readings and recordings |
weather station |
set up a weather station |
wind vane, rain gauge, |
Louise Swanepoel, Carina vd Walt and geography teachers |
by end of 2023 |
Potential Partners
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Type of Partner |
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School |
Potential Partners
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Type of Partner |
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School |
Focus Area Details
Community & Social Responsibility
Target 1
To inspire the learners to keep their environment clean and free of garbage. Clean up activities outside the school will be conducted as well as inside the school. Teams will be created and tasks assigned to them to keep their areas within the school grounds clean. Events requiring teams going outside the school property will be organized involving parents
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Clean up the environment |
teams cleaning areas |
the whole school property |
organize teams |
black bags, gloves, sanitizer |
Louise Swanepoel, Carina vd Walt |
by the end of 2023 |
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Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
PNP or Checkers to donate bags and gloves? |
School |
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School |
Focus Area Details
Biodiversity Network
Target 1
Taking learners to various places where they can study the ecosystem, understand that all is linked and inter-dependent on each other and the necessity to sustain the balance. By being exposed to the environment the leaners will see the need to conserve the ecosystem. Learners will study the different plant and animals found in the area and record the data so that when the next group visits the same place in a different season or year, records can be compared. The aim is to keep track of the biodiversity and acknowledge possible threats that could break it down
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
track biodiversity |
study plants and animals in an area |
outside school areas |
go to areas with teams |
plant and animal identification booklets |
Dorothy White and Alice Meyer |
ongoing |
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Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
Partners to be established in the future |
School |
Target 2 (Optional)
visiting a stud farm and understanding the importance of good DNA in a species. studying insects that infest the food eaten by the stud bulls and horses to see the importance of maintaining the ecosystem.
Target 2: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
study importance of DNA |
visiting stud bulls |
outside school |
visiting farm |
books on simple info on DNA |
Belinda du Plessis and Dorothy White |
middle of 2024 |
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Year Two Focus Area
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Year Three Focus Area
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