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School Name
  St Mary's R.C Primary School
Rationale / Mission
  Maintain and live our Catholic ethos by ongoing and reflective programmes of responding to needs of members of our school community. Creating an environment of caring for one another and to develop the learner holistically.
Vision
  We aim to be an institution guided by the teachings of the Catholic Church, where everybody shows tolerance and respect for all creeds. To build an environment where happiness and team spirit prevails.
Embedding Sustainability
 

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Initiatives
  Our Schools current initiatives are; we have a feeding scheme, a fitness and dance club, different sports groups (soccer, netball, chess and gymnastics), Eco club and
Existing School Focus Areas
 

  • Production, Consumption & Waste

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

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Action Team Member List
 

Name of staff/parent/community member Grade/role/task assigned
Sheena Hendricks Grade 6 – Co-Ordinator
Tersia Minnaar Grade 6 – Co-ordinator
Granville Crowster Principal

Year One Focus Area
 

Focus Area Details
Production, Consumption & Waste
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Target 1
Reduce waste within our school community by 30%.
Target 1: Goals
Goal Identified Action Identified Location/Area within School Implementation steps Resources needed Who is responsible? Deadline
Recycle Recycling of white paper Senior Quad Each class has a recycling bin in which the class collects white and contaminated paper. The Eco club collects the paper once a week and sorts out white paper and contaminated paper. Once our school receives the Mpact recycling dome, we would dispose all white paper within the dome and bag all the contaminated paper separately. This is an ongoing process. recycling dome, recycling bags from mpact, boxes to collect the white paper and bags. Eco Club and the entire school and Mpact Ongoing/ Quarterly
Recycle Collecting bread tags and bottle tops Each class collects and then brings it to Ms Minnaar’s class. Each class collects bread tags and bottle tops, once they have enough, the class drops it off at Ms Minnaar’s class. When the box is full, Ms Minnaar drops it off at Breadtags for wheelchairs in Kirstenhof. Container for storage Eco Club and the entire school and breadtagsforwheelchairs. Ongoing
Waste Disposal Disposal of household batteries Designated area where learners are unable to tamper with the batteries. A newsletter will go out to the entire school, the school will be doing a household battery drive whereby the Eco Club collects all the batteries brought to school within that week. This will happen the last week of the 3rd term or the first week in the 4th term. The Friday, Ms Minnaar will drop it Steenberg Village Woolworths as the store has a special bin to contain those batteries. Container for storage Eco Club, Entire school and Woolworths Steenberg. Village. Ongoing
Raise Funds from recycling paper. Beautify and maintain the planter boxes and pot plants. All around the school. With the money received from the recycling paper, the Eco Club wishes to beautify the school with plants and to maintain the current pot plants and planter boxes. Fertilizer, more plants and soil. Principal, Eco Club 6 months
Reduce the amount of white paper used at school. reduce the amount of recycled paper at school. This will reduce the amount of money spent on toner and ink as well as on maintenance on these equipment. The entire school community. Everyone should manage the amount of copies made, only copy what is needed, check before printing or coping. If learners are able to write, then do not make unnecessary copies. This will reduce the amount of recycling paper. N/A Everyone at school. ongoing
Potential Partners
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MPACT School
Breadtagsforwheelchairs School
Woolworths- Steenberg Village School
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Year Two Focus Area
 

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Year Three Focus Area
 

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