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29/06/2009
School Wins Lidl Fit Challenge
A Co Antrim school is celebrating winning a fitness challenge this week.
Round Tower Integrated Primary School has been crowned inaugural 'Lidl Fit Factor Challenge Champions'.
As winners of the fun competition, which has been designed by Lidl and the Ulster Cancer Foundation to promote healthy eating and physical activity, the Antrim school has secured the top prize of £5,000 to be spent on sports equipment.
However, they will not be the only school in Northern Ireland to benefit from new sports equipment in the next school year.
Mullaglass Primary School in Newry snapped up 2nd place and £3,000; St Malachy's Primary School in Armagh came in 3rd and scooped £2,000; while Knockavoe Resource Centre in Strabane came 4th winning £1,000 worth of sports equipment.
Over 10,000 Key Stage 1 pupils took part in the Lidl Fit Factor Challenge this year, which was designed to help teachers promote the four key areas essential for healthy development: healthy eating, self expression, physical activity and creativity - thus increasing their chances of becoming healthy adults.
The culmination of the four week challenge was a creative project which asked pupils to creatively depict what the benefits of the Lidl Fit Factor were to their class.
Lizzie Lumsden, Lidl Northern Ireland said: "We were amazed at the effort and imagination that went into the great number of creative entries that we received.
"It was a difficult decision to narrow down entries to one winner per county before starting the online voting," she explained.
(BMcC/JM)
Round Tower Integrated Primary School has been crowned inaugural 'Lidl Fit Factor Challenge Champions'.
As winners of the fun competition, which has been designed by Lidl and the Ulster Cancer Foundation to promote healthy eating and physical activity, the Antrim school has secured the top prize of £5,000 to be spent on sports equipment.
However, they will not be the only school in Northern Ireland to benefit from new sports equipment in the next school year.
Mullaglass Primary School in Newry snapped up 2nd place and £3,000; St Malachy's Primary School in Armagh came in 3rd and scooped £2,000; while Knockavoe Resource Centre in Strabane came 4th winning £1,000 worth of sports equipment.
Over 10,000 Key Stage 1 pupils took part in the Lidl Fit Factor Challenge this year, which was designed to help teachers promote the four key areas essential for healthy development: healthy eating, self expression, physical activity and creativity - thus increasing their chances of becoming healthy adults.
The culmination of the four week challenge was a creative project which asked pupils to creatively depict what the benefits of the Lidl Fit Factor were to their class.
Lizzie Lumsden, Lidl Northern Ireland said: "We were amazed at the effort and imagination that went into the great number of creative entries that we received.
"It was a difficult decision to narrow down entries to one winner per county before starting the online voting," she explained.
(BMcC/JM)
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