The Department of Life and Consumer Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences celebrated the World Health Day for the second year with Diepsloot Combined School in Gauteng. The World Health Day is an initiative of the World Health Organisation and is celebrate every year on In April. This year, the event was held on the 26th of April 2012. The theme for 2012 was “Ageing and health: Good health adds life to years” in order to emphasise the importance of a healthy lifestyle.
The programme was designed so that the Grades 10 and 11learners were challenged to broaden their nutritional knowledge in order to present a poster presentation to their fellow learners, educators, Unisa lecturers, the visiting officials and dignitaries. The students had prior notice and had ample time to research the theme using the internet, books, magazines and speaking to subject specialists such as the educators and Unisa researchers. The learners were very creative and succeeded to promote a healthy lifestyle and living that contributes to longevity. Their posters and presentations were judged by a panel of Unisa lecturers from the department together with some of the educators from Diepsloot Combined Full Service School.
Diepsloot Combined Full Service School accentuate their appreciation of Unisa’s involvement with the school and is looking forward to an even superior upcoming partnership. Furthermore, several speeches were given in order to encourage good health practices. Individuals such as Mr. M Ledwaba from the GDE, Mrs. B. Motubatse from the Student Government Body Representative (SGB); the School Director (Unisa) Prof. Modise; and the Principal of Diepsloot Combined Full Service School, Mr. N. Maringa together with the Deputy Principal gave their word of motivation.
Prof. SR Magano (CoD, Life and Consumer Sciences), took a step back into the good old days, encouraging students to give attention to the decisions they make in their lives and emphasizing the importance of education. Winning groups and participants were awarded.
The Department of Life and Consumer Sciences would like to thank our sponsor, Whitehead Scientific Pty (Ltd) for their contribution.
