Grade five pupils together with Woolworths education programme representative, Ntokozo Phungula at the programme.
With World Water Day and South Africa’s National Water Week celebrated this month, the Woolworths education programme has been rolling out ‘water conservation’ interactive pupil lessons to grade fives across the country.
On March 14, it was Highstone Primary School’s turn as they were taught the importance of water for all life, the scarcity of fresh water in South Africa and threats to fresh water, such as pollution.
Pupils were also challenged to identifying the ways that they can help save water at home, at school and in their communities.
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After the lessons, the Woolworths educational programme educator resource and related worksheets are provided to the teachers so that they can continue to reinforce the importance of water and water conservation learning in their classrooms.
All resource material and lesson content is curriculum-aligned and endorsed by the Western Cape Education Department.
Over the past 13 years, the Woolworths educational programme has presented 68, 005 water lessons across the country, reaching more than 2, 5 million pupils and 18, 000 teachers in 6, 000 primary schools.