School Name
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Mondeor Eco School
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Rationale / Mission
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To develop a generation of environmental leaders through project-based learning and community service. To foster and inspire best practice and emphasize the importance of creating a sustainable future.
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Vision
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Eco will be integrated into our daily teaching and learning in a safe environment by creating different eco systems and caring for our natural resources by reducing environmental impact.
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Embedding Sustainability
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Upload Policy
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Initiatives
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Our current projects going are, besides building a passion for the environment with lessons and educational outings, Eco Bricks for the Eco Benge, Eco upcycled classroom, Herb Garden, Fruit Orchard, Green house,
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Existing School Focus Areas
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- Biodiversity Network
- Community & Social Responsibility
- Production, Consumption & Waste
- Marine & Coast
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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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Upload Team List
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Action Team Member List
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Name of staff/parent/community member |
Grade/role/task assigned |
Thana Rautenbach |
Director / Coordinator |
Frida Louw |
Representative of the Skills School |
Marrissa van der Walt |
Supports the eco representative |
Thania van Greunen |
Representative of the Primary School |
Anne-Lett Geldenhuys |
Supports the eco representative |
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Year One Focus Area
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Focus Area Details
Biodiversity Network
Target 1
Increase the total of locally, indigenous plants and trees
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Remove all invasive / non-indigenous plants and trees on the school grounds |
Start weeding |
School of Skills Premises |
Organize team and resources that will be needed |
Weed puller, Hoe, Gloves |
Eco Teachers and all learners |
August 2022 |
Plant locally indigenous plants and trees on school premises |
Plant locally indigenous plants and trees on school premises |
School of Skills Premises |
Organize team and resources that will be needed |
Indigenous plants, compost, spade and water |
Eco Teachers and all learners |
September 2022 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
Cape Nature |
Business |
Target 2 (Optional)
Herb Garden
Target 2: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Prepare the soil in the herb crates |
Remove all weeds and nurture soil |
School of Skills Premises |
Organize learners and all nessacary materials needed |
Gloves |
Zander Goss and Agriculture Learners |
August 2022 |
Plant Herbs in crate |
Plant Herbs |
School of Skills |
Organize learners and all nessacary materials needed |
Herb seeds / plants, gloves, compost, bone marrow, water |
Zander Goss and Agriculture Learners |
September 2022 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
Cape Nature |
Business |
Community |
Parents of learners |
Target 3 (Optional)
Fruit Orchard
Target 3: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Prepare Trees for the new season |
Prune trees |
Mondeor Eco School Premises |
Organize with a worker from Ingwe Farm |
Pruning sheers and ladder |
Freddie Goss |
August 2022 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
Ingwe Farm |
Business |
Focus Area Details
Production, Consumption & Waste
Target 1
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
recycling paper |
Reducing the usage of paper |
school premises |
Organize recycling paper boxes (bins) |
Recycling Paper Boxes (Bins) |
All teachers and students |
January 2022 |
recycling paper |
Using scrap paper to make plantable bookmarks |
school premises |
Organize all necessary materials and divide learners into groups for the different parts |
Seeds, scrap paper, |
Yvette Ras and Year 3 and 4 class |
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Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
Averda |
Business |
Community |
Parents |
Target 2 (Optional)
Eco Entrepreneurs day every 2nd year alternating with the eco stalls at every Mondi Farm Festivals to bring awareness on how much waste is being produced daily aspecialy at such occasions
Target 2: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Making a variety of items to sell at the entrepreneurs day / stalls |
reuse and recycle different materials into items to sell |
School Premises |
Organize teams for every item that needs to be made |
Different recyclable materials |
All teacher and learners |
October 2022 |
Fashion show only at the Eco Entrepreneurs day every 2nd year |
Encourage learners to make outfits out of recyclable materials |
School Premises |
Organize all materials needed for stage and help learners to collect materials and items needed for their outfit |
Old pallets, different recyclable materials |
Thana Rautenbach |
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Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
Community |
Parents |
Target 3 (Optional)
Making our own compost
Target 3: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Making compost |
Making compost |
School premises |
all kitchen waste from the Hospitality practicals to be put in the compost bins |
Compost Bin and Bokashi |
Liesel Swart and Hospitality learners |
N/A |
Focus Area Details
Marine & Coast
Target 1
Supporting organizations who looks after marine life.
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Adopting a whale |
Raising Funds to adopt the whale Ghost |
Mammal Whale Research Institute Whale Unit |
Every school to come up with different ideas for the whale environmental celebration day to raise funds to pay the registration fees |
Resources will depend on what ideas the learners come up with |
Raising Funds – Whole School |
End of January 2022 |
Adopting penguins |
Raising funds to adopt two penguins |
SANCCOB |
Every school to come up with different ideas for the penguin environmental celebration days to raise funds to pay the registration fees |
Resources will depend on what ideas the learners come up with |
Raising Funds – Whole School |
End of February 2022 |
Donations to Houtbay Seal Rescue |
Raising funds to donate |
Houtbay Seal Rescue |
Every school to come up with different ideas to raise funds to donate |
Resources will depend on what ideas the learners come up with |
Raising Funds – Whole School |
End March 2022 |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
Mammal Research Institute Whale Unit |
Business |
SANCCOB |
Business |
Houtbay Seal Rescue |
Business |
Focus Area Details
Community & Social Responsibility
Target 1
Getting more involved in our community
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
taking hands with parents and restaurants to collect bottle caps and bread tags to donate to the Sweetheart Foundation to donate a wheelchairs |
Collect Bottle Caps and Bread Tags |
Helderberg, Somerset West, Strand, Gordons Bay |
Continuous advertising and encouragement, sorting and cleaning |
Bags |
Thana Rautenbach |
N/A |
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Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
Sweetheart Foundation |
Business |
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Target 2 (Optional)
Giving Hearts Project – every term we choose an organization to bless with some items in need
Target 2: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Choose Organization |
Get the list of needs from the organization |
Helderberg, Somerset West, Strand and Gordons Bay |
Keep encouraging and reminding by sending out posters to community, parents and learners |
Differs from organization |
Frida Louw |
N/A |
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Focus Area Details
Production, Consumption & Waste
Target 1
Environmental Clean-ups
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
Beach/River Clean-ups |
On a regular basis visit beaches to do a clean-up |
Strand/Gordons bay |
Organize with municipality to arrange clean-ups |
Gloves and Recycling bags |
Thana Rautenbach organise and each eco representative takes charge over their schools learners |
N/A |
Support Community Clean-ups |
Advertise community environmental clean-ups on parent groups to support |
Somerset West/Strand/ Gordons Bay |
N/A |
Gloves and Recycling bags |
Thana Rautenbach organise and each eco representative takes charge over their schools learners |
N/A |
Chicken Run |
Learners in their year groups take turns on a daily base to pick up any litter, etc in and around the school premises |
Somerset West |
N/A |
Gloves and Recycling bags |
Each School Eco Leader/Representative |
N/A |
Potential Partners
Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
HOAM – Lisa Starr |
Founder of Helderberg Ocean Awareness Movement |
Cape Nature – Lesley-Ann Williams |
Business |
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Year Two Focus Area
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Year Three Focus Area
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