Second place for Mpepule Primary !

After a very long day on the 28 October 2008, struggling with transport troubles (they were left behind by the arranged transport), four children from Mpepule Primary finally reached Lephalale Town to present their work for the ESKOM Lephalale Schools Environmental Competition. It was a day of very stiff competition, 28 wonderful schools took part. The competition is aimed at looking at how schools manage an environmental issue in their communities. Mpepule chose the topic of land management with a focus on improving soil erosion through better gardening techniques. The school grows its own vegetables to feed the children and their project showed how the learners use techniques such as mulching, drip irrigation and crop rotation to keep the soil healthy. The competition consists of two components - a written file and a spoken presentation by the learners involved in the project. Mpepule Primary did incredibly well and managed 2nd place out of 15 schools in their category. Some pictures from the competition will follow as soon as I have received them from the school. Next week it is the assessment of Mpepule’s Eco-schools portfolio so keep your fingers crossed.