Victory takes up challenge

March 6th 2010

Victory School will be turning up the heat this week to welcome the change of seasons with a pizza cook-up.

Victory was one of 26 schools across the top of the south to receive red resource packs as part of the Nelson Marlborough District Health Board’s public education campaign.

Each student at the schools received a red bag, red sweat band, red recipes and a packet of seeds to grow at home, while each school received a swag of red soccer balls and posters.

Victory principal Mark Brown said students would be using the recipe supplied by the NMDHB to prove that the healthier option is often the tastier option.

“The Autumn Challenge is opening up nutrition in a fun and novel way,” he said.

“It’s practical, easy to implement at home and in school and there is a focus on well being.”

He said it is this focus that complements to school’s approach to teaching vital life skills.

“It reflects the school, and the government’s approach to encourage people to look at their own well-being.

“At Victory there is a high emphasis on participation and the whole well-being of a person. It’s more than just the food we eat and the activities we do.

“It’s about becoming well people and whole people. It’s about creating and putting in the foundations for young adults and parents of the future and creating life-long skills and good habits.”

NMDHB Primary and Community general manager Peter Burton said the Autumn Challenge was designed to help locals get the most out of the changing seasons.

“As Summer fades away, produce and daylight thin out, making it harder to get our daily quota of veggies and exercise,” Mr Burton said.

“We’ve designed the Autumn Challenge to inspire local families to take the healthier option.