School holidays over but two Titirangi schools have more adventure to come
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS OVER BUT TWO TITIRANGI SCHOOLS
HAVE MORE ADVENTURE TO COME
With children settling back into school mode, two lucky students from Titirangi Rudolf Steiner School and two from Titirangi Primary still have one more exciting adventure to look forward to as the winners of the Fit2Fly extreme adventure day out.
During the July school holidays, more than 1200 children tested their skills on the specially built Fit2Fly adventure course in LynnMall Shopping Centre. Keeping kids active was the main aim of the course with participants running through tyres, sliding under cargo nets, balancing on low beams, navigating obstacles and shooting hoops.
The course also helped raise money for a great cause. LynnMall Shopping Centre set up the Fit2Fly course together with the Foundation for Youth Development (FYD) to raise funds and awareness of FYD’s Project K Programme. Children and teenagers paid $1 for a turn and went in the draw for a chance to win an extreme adventure day out. A total of $1326 was raised for Project K during the course of the two week holidays.
Titirangi Primary School’s Gemma Loveday is the lucky winner of the ultimate adventure day out, which was drawn randomly from over 1200 entries. Gemma completed the course over 4 times during the holidays and her best shot was 16 seconds. “I’m so excited and looking forward to taking my best friend Sophie Lenihan” says nine year old Gemma.
She will be joined by two other lucky Titirangi Rudolf Steiner School students as the school had the largest number of entrants into Fit2Fly, which means they win two places on the adventure day. The school will nominate two students to join Gemma and her chosen friend.
They will be the envy of all their classmates when they get picked up from school in a chopper next Wednesday 5 August to complete a big adventure. The extreme adventure day will see the four flown to Karamatura Valley in Huia, where they will take part in a series of adventurous activities such as mountain biking and abseiling. “I’ve never been mountain biking or abseiling, except once I did try a bit of abseiling down a little hill at the back of my cousins house” says Gemma.
LynnMall Shopping Centre Manager Shelley Jenkin said: “We’re thrilled to have been able to support such a worthy cause while encouraging kids to keep active these school holidays. We also welcomed some great celebrities down to give the course a go with Shortland Street’s Ido Drent and Kimberley Crossman, and musical group The Funky Monkeys, showing kids how it’s done.”
The top three participating schools also walked away with some LynnMall Shopping Centre voucher prizes for the highest percentage of entries. First prize ($2,000 of vouchers) went to Titirangi Rudolf Steiner School, second prize ($1,000 of vouchers) went to St Dominics School and third prize ($500 of vouchers) went to Fruitvale School.
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About LynnMall Shopping Centre
LynnMall has more than 120 specialty stores. The centre is situated in New Lynn, West Auckland and is a short drive from Auckland’s CBD. LynnMall caters to all needs and interests, with major retailers including Foodtown, Farmers, JB HI-FI, Bond and Bond, Noel Leeming, Postie+, Stirling Sports, LynnMall Lollipops Educare and Whitcoulls.
About Foundation For Youth Development’s Project K
Project K, founded in 1994 by New Zealanders Graeme Dingle and Jo-anne Wilkinson, is a Foundation for Youth Development programme designed to inspire 14-15-year-olds to maximise their full potential. The 14-month programme consists of three core components: a three-week Wilderness Adventure, a two-week Community Challenge and a year-long Mentoring relationship with a trained adult to help the student set and realise their goals. The unique Project K process was developed in consultation with leading educationalists and youth workers and is a catalyst for positive change. Students do not pay to take part in the programme.