Luyolo Primary School takes first prize

The event took place at Oasis Lodge in Lonehill six school from five provinces competed for the grand prize as they built 3D models that represented heroes out of 2 500 empty NutriDay yoghurt containers.

The six finalists were selected from 1,200 schools nationally as they collected the most empty yoghurt containers as part of the NutriDay Schools Programme. The programme, which is aimed at grades 1 to 7 educates pupils, prents and teachers on the benefits of a healthy body, healthy mind and healthy world.

Each school team had 2 500 tubs to work with, the model which they made had to look like a hero. The rules were simple they had to work as a team with the help of their teacher, school liaison office and their dedicated design student from Open Window Design College and.

The judges had a difficult time deciding on the winner as each model was unique and well built. The judges; Libe Mohale from Open Window, Kim Gush from Eastleigh

Primary School, Siya Sangweni-Fynn the President of the CliffCentral.com Youth League, Tumi Morule an architect at Boogertman and Partners and Thomas Morf – Marketing Director Danone Southern Africa. Thomas Morf the Marketing Director Danone Southern Africa commented, “The judges had a tough time deciding on the winning model, compared to previous years the 2014 NutriDay School Programme Build off competition had the highest building standards.

Luyolo Primary School from Soweto was awarded the grand prize of R15 000. “I am very proud of the team as they persevered and managed to complete the model in the

designated two hours, which wasn’t a lot of time.” said Thembi Vilakazi, teacher at Luyolo Primary School. Second place was awarded to Sedjaneng Primary School from Limpopo Province whose team built a shield and an assegai to represent the strength of the nation. They received R7 000 for their school. Third place and R5 000 went to Deccan Road Primary School from KwaZulu Natal. They built a model of Nelson Mandela and titled it From Prisoner to President. The NutriDay School programme will continue in 2015 as it has proved to be successful in terms of the curriculum-aligned material distributed to over a million pupils, inspiring them to have a healthy mind, healthy body and healthy world.