De Beers Impact Report - December 2020

Project Posters

All the schools have worked really hard in maintaining their projects over the years and submitted their Portfolio of Evidence in a form of posters in 2016. The posters clearly demonstrate how the schools have followed the Eco-schools seven step framework and the outcomes of their projects for that particular year.

ALLDAYS PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCH OL

ALLDAYS PRIMARY SCHOOL LL AYS PRIMARY SCHOOL Modikwa

ECO- 2016 CODE 1. We recycle to keep our school grounds litter free 2. We reach out to our community by supporting the needy & elderly and in turn parents volunteer their time in the vegetable garden & feeding scheme. 3. We use our schoolyard to produce vegetables with the aim to become self-sufficient. 4. We protect our nature & biodiversity on the school grounds ECO- 2016 CODE 1. We strive to save every drop of water 2. We grow veggi s to alleviate malnutriti n for le ners & th community

Our school is situated in Alldays, Limpopo. Most of the learners come from child-headed families, as parents are working elsewhere or have passed away. Poverty has an effect on the environment in that there is a sense of hopelessness and this shows in the degradation of the environment through littering. Poverty and unemployment also have an effect on the learners' dietary requirements. We have huge issues with water supply and at the same time much water is wasted while learners wash their hands. THEME: RESOURCE USE ACTION We decided to use the Scientific Method to investigate if the tippy tap saves water compared to using a tap for washing hands. Step 1: Ask a question: Will the tippy tap save water? Step 2: Observe: We looked at where we were wasting water & drew a map of the school grounds & taps. Step 3: Make a hypothesis: Then we made a prediction of what will happen – We think the tippy tap will save water. Plan your experiment: We chose 3 learners to wash their hands under a tap and 3 learners to wash their hands under a tippy tap and comparing the measurements. Conduct your experiment: We measured the amounts of water used, obtained the average and recorded our findings on a table. Our school is situated in Alldays, Limpopo. Most of the le rners c me from child-headed families, as parents are working elsewhere or have passed away. Poverty has an effect on the environment in that there is a sense of hopelessness and this shows in the degradation of the environment through littering. Poverty and unemployment also have an effect on the l arners' dietary requirements. We have huge issues with water supply and at the same time much water is wasted while learners wash their hands. THEME: RESOURCE USE ACTION We decided to use the Scientific Method to investigate if the tippy tap saves water compared to using a tap for washing hands. Step 1: Ask a question: Will the tippy tap save water? Step 2: Observe: We looked at where we were wasting water & drew a map of the school grounds & taps. Step 3: Make a hypothesis: Then we made a prediction of what will happen – We think the tippy tap will save water. Step 4: Plan your exp riment: We chose 3 learners to wash their hands under a tap and 3 learners to wash their hands under a tippy tap and comparing the measurements. Step 5: Conduct your experiment: We measured the amounts of water used, obtained the av rage and r corded our findings on a table. Our school is sit ted in Alldays, Limpopo. Most f the learners come from child-headed families, as parents are working elsewhere or have passed away. Poverty has an effect on the environment in that the is a se se of hopel ssness and this hows in the degradation of the environment through littering. Poverty and unemployment also have an effect on the learners' di tary requireme ts. We have huge issues with water supply and at the same time much water is wasted while learners wash their hands. THEME: RESOURCE USE ACTION We decided to use the Scientific Method to investigate if the tippy tap saves water compared to using a tap for washing hands. Step 1: Ask a question: Will the tippy tap save water? Step 2: Observe: We looked at where we were wasting water & drew a map of the school grounds & taps. Step 3: Make a hypothesis: Then we made a prediction of what will happen – We think the tippy tap will save water. Step 4: Plan your experiment: We chose 3 learners to wash their hands under a tap and 3 learners to wash their hands under a tippy tap and comparing he measurements. Step 5: Conduct your experiment: We measured the amounts of water used, obtain d th average and recorded our findings on a able. H llo! Our school is situated in Blouberg, Limpopo, under the jurisdiction of his majesty, Kgoši Kibi. There is a high rate of un mploy t and he community rely on soci l grants. The Simpson Ga-Ramaswikana Village is located next to the Mogalakwena River. Environmental problems include pollution of the river and Illegal hunting n ighbouring g me reserv s. THEME: RESOURCE USE ACTION We decided to use the Scientic Method to investigate if the tippy tap s ves water compared to using a tap for washing hands. Step 1: Ask a questio : Will the tippy tap save water? Step 2: Observe: W looked t wher e w re wasting water & drew a map of th school grounds & aps. Step 3: Make a hypothesis: Then we made a prediction of what will happen – We think the tippy tap will save water. Step 4: Plan your experiment: We chose 3 learners to wash their hands under a tap and 3 learners to wash their hands under a tippy tap and comparing the measurements. Step 5: Conduct your experiment: We measured the amounts of water used, obtained the average and recorded our ndings on a table. Step 4: Step 5:

ECO- 2016 CODE 1. We recycle to keep our school grounds litter free 2. We reach out to our community by supporting the needy & elderly and in turn parents volunteer their time in the vegetable garden & feeding scheme. 3. We use our schoolyard to produce vegetables with the aim to become self-sufficient. 4. We protect our nature & biodiversity on the school grounds ECO- 2016 CODE 1. We recycle to keep our school grounds litter free 2. We reach out to our community by supporting the needy & elderly and in turn parents volunteer their time in the veg table garden & feeding scheme. 3. We use our schoolyard t produce vegetables with the aim to become self-sufficient. 4. We protect our nature & biodiv rsity on the school grounds

THEME: HEALTHY LIVING

THEME: HEALTHY LIVING ACTION: We are preparing to plant our vegetable garden and have to find out how fertile our soil is. Step 1: Ask a question: Which soil is best for plants? Step 2: Research: We learned that soil comes from rocks and consists of tiny stones and living things. Step 3: Make a hypothesis: We predicted that soil with lots of organic matter will be the best for plants. Step 4: Plan your experiment: We will test the qualities of 3 types of soil – sand, clay & loam. S e 5: Do your experiments: We examin d the colour, texture, smell and size of each soil. We also tested how much water drains through each soil. Then we tested the mount of organic matter in the soil. ACTION: We are preparing to plant our vegetable garden and have to find out how fertile our soil is. Step 1: Ask a question: Which soil is best for plants? Step 2: Research: We learned that soil comes from rocks and consists of tiny stones and living things. Step 3: Make a hypothesis: We predicted that soil with lots of organic matter will be the best for plants. Step 4: Plan your experiment: We will test the qualiti s of 3 types of soil – sand, clay & loam. Step 5: Do your experiments: We examined the colour, texture, smell and size of each soil. We also tested how much water drains through each soil. Then we tested the amount of organic matter in the soil.

THEME: HEALTHY LIVING THEME: HEALTHY LIVING ACTION: We are preparing to plant our vegetable garden and have to find out how fertile our soil is. Step 1: Ask a question: Which soil is best for plants? Step 2: Research: We learned that soil comes from rocks and consists of tiny stones and living things. Step 3: Make a hypothesis: We predicted that soil with lots of organic matter will be the best for plants. Step 4: Plan your experiment: We will test the qualities of 3 types of soil – sand, clay & loam. Step 5: Do your experiments: We examined the colour, texture, smell and size of each soil. We also tested how much water drains through each soil. Then we tested the amount of organic matter in the soil. ACTION: We are preparing to plant our vegetable garden and have to  out how fertile our soil is. Step 1: Ask a question: Which soil is best for plants? Step 2: Research: We learned that soil comes from rocks and consists o tiny stones and living things. Step 3: Mak a hypot sis: We pre icted that soil with lots of organic ma ter will be the best for plants. Step 4: Plan your xperiment: We will test the qualities of 3 types of soil – sand, clay & l am. S p 5: Do your experim nts: We xamined the colour, texture, smell and size of each soil. We also tested how much water drains through each soil. Then we tested the amount of organic matter in the soil.

RESULTS Step 6:

Draw your conclusions and share: We calculated that we save 2 975 litres per day if the whole school washed their hands on average 4 times a day using tippy taps! We drew a graph to show our results.

RESULTS Step 6:

Draw your conclusions and share: We realised that loam soil has the most

Draw your conclusions and share: We realised that loam soil has the most organic matter. It is the best soil to let water pass through it for the roots of plants. We learned that to make soil more fertile, we have to add compost to the soil. organic matter. It is the best soil to let water pass through it for the roots of plants. We learned that to make soil more fertile, we have to add compost to the soil.

RESULTS Step 6:

Draw your conclusions and share: We calculated that we save 2 975 litres per day if the whole school washed their hands on average 4 times a day using tippy taps! We drew a graph to show our results. RESULTS Step 6: Draw your conclusions and share: We calculated that we save 509 litres per day if the whole school washed their hands on average 3 times a day. We drew a graph to show our results. RESULTS Step 6:

RESULTS Step 6: Draw your conclusions and share: We realised that loam soil has the

most organic matter. It is the best soil to let water pass through it for the roots of plants. We learned that to make soil more fertile, we have to add compost to the soil.

RESULTS Step 6:

Draw your conclusions and share: We calculated that we save 2 975 litres per day if the whole school washed their hands on average 4 times a day using tippy taps! We drew a graph to show our results.

RESULTS Step 6:

Draw your conclusions and share: We realised that loam soil has the most organic matter. It is the best soil to let water pass through it for the roots of plants. We learned that to make soil more fertile, we have to add compost to the soil.