Pupils at St Anne’s CE Primary School in Grantham are set for a bumper year of sport ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after winning £20,000 to spend on new equipment for a healthy legacy from Aldi.
The school won the prize as part of Aldi’s Kit for Schools campaign, which will provide students with a range of exciting new sporting opportunities, with the prize money being put towards refreshing their current ‘Trim Trail’; a set of playground equipment that encourages outdoor active play. The funds will also be used to install new outdoor gym equipment for the children to use during PE lessons and at break time.
The funds will be used to encourage more children to be active ahead of Tokyo 2020, following a report by Sport England which showed that one-third of children take part in less than the recommended minimum of thirty minutes of physical activity a day*.
St Anne’s CE Primary School was entered into the prize draw after Aldi shoppers in Grantham collected stickers every time they spent more than £30 at their local Aldi store and took them into the school.
St Anne’s CE Primary School was one of twenty schools across the UK to earn the £20,000 funding, while all schools who completed a poster received an exclusive Aldi sports kit, containing relay batons, bean bags, cones and bibs.
The Kit for Schools initiative was part of Aldi and Team GB’s long-standing efforts to get young people active and eating well. They have also collaborated on the Get Set to Eat Fresh campaign, which aims to teach young people about eating well and gives them the skills and confidence to cook fresh, healthy meals.
Aldi has already worked with more than 1 million young people, aged between 5 – 14, as part of the Get Set to Eat Fresh campaign, and plans to work with 1.2 million children before Tokyo 2020. Aldi has extended the initiative to run until Paris 2025, with the hope to inspire even more children to eat well.
Jonathan Austin, Headteacher at St Anne’s CE Primary School, said: “Physical education is a vital part of our curriculum, and Aldi’s support means we can provide our pupils with even more opportunities to get involved in sports and become more active. We hope it will inspire the children and, who knows, we may even discover a future Olympian of our own.
“It has also been fantastic to see so many local parents supporting us, and we would like to thank them for choosing to donate their stickers to us.”
Sean McGinty, Marketing Director at Aldi UK, said: “We are committed to working with Team GB to inspire young people in Lincolnshire to eat well and move more, and we are pleased to be able to help St Anne’s CE Primary School to give its pupils the chance to take part in additional sports activities.
“We will continue to work with schools across the UK in the run-up to Tokyo 2020 and beyond to encourage pupils to enjoy a healthy lifestyle.”
Aldi has worked with schools up and down the country since 2015 as part of its partnership with Team GB.
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