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Grade 6 – Water, Water
Everywhere But not A Drop
To spare
The Grade 6s spent the week looking
at how they could make the use of
water at St Peter’s more sustainable.
They monitored the school’s water
usage over the week by collecting
readings from water meters and
then analysing the data to see
how much is used on a daily basis.
They listened to an informative
presentation by Jefrey Pilusa, from Grade 6 Researching
JG Afrika, as to what measures have
been implemented at school to save
water, and how much money this
has saved St Peter’s over the years.

A water facilities audit was conducted
around the school to identify areas
where water was being wasted and,
from this, news reports were filmed,
emails were sent to the St Peter’s
maintenance department and
posters were designed to promote
more effective water usage. The boys
ended the week by designing their
own water management systems
that could be implemented at
school to further aid water savings.
The boys learnt a huge amount
and are now extremely passionate Grade 7 Presentations
about implementing some of
the ideas to improve the use of about and a healthy population of
water in the school grounds. owls, which will keep the pests at bay.
#Ahead of the Game,
Grade 7 – Attracting species One of the groups became quite Behind Every Child.
to st peter’s entrepreneurial and decided they’d
The boys tackled the following: like to make the school ponds into koi
• the establishment of a greenbelt ponds, so that they can sell the koi fish
• pond restoration and make some money for the school.
• the introduction of an The boys have really thought about
ungulate species (duiker) how to implement their ideas and have
• an investigation into owls on campus. even considered the cost implications
and how they would raise the money
The boys enjoyed getting out onto for it. This exercise has certainly
the campus and investigating their opened their eyes to the possibilities
topic practically as well as researching on campus to better the environment
information. Most boys presented their – making it more attractive to native
research findings and solutions using species that will further enhance
Google Slides, while some opted for the biodiversity on the grounds.
an iMovie-type platform. If all these
investigations are brought to fruition, The pupils and teachers certainly
the St Peter’s campus will enjoy an rose to the FLP challenge and may
aesthetic green belt, a pond that the many lessons learnt help restore
attracts a multitude of animals and and improve the environment for For more information visit
birdlife, watching a duiker wandering all, now and into the future. www.stpeters.co.za

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