Friday, February 10, 2012

Wilde sponsors at Wellington Sport Day 2012

On the 21st of January, Wilde sponsored 100% fruit juice at the highly successful Wellington Sport's Day which was hosted by The Centre for Multigrade Education in collaboration with M-Net and the Let's Play initiative.  The sport's day was held on the sports fields of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Wellington Campus, where many young lives were enriched by this special day with celebrities Dieter Voigt (presenter of Pasella) and Breyton Paulse (former Springbok wing).  Dieter was the MC for the day while Breyton delivered a very powerful motivational speech that covered goal-setting and commitment to achieving those goals.


180 Children from various corners of the Western Cape , Blouville Primary (Wellington), Bergrivier Primary (Wellington), Holvlei Primary (Hopefield), St Michael's Primary (Grabouw) and Welvaart Primary near Ceres, were brought to the sport day thanks to Paarl Rock Tours.


The sport's day is aimed at developing general motor skills which include: Coordination, rhythm, speed, laterality, agility, balance and other motor specific motor components.  The program was developed to measure the influence it has on the numeracy and literacy levels of the participating children.  For additional information on the sport day, click here.






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