Rules for the Headstart campaign

General rules

The campaign will start on Monday 10 February 2025, and end on Thursday, 13 March 2025.

Learners need to opt in to Headstart, to be eligible for prizes.

If a learner has already opted in to participate in our national leaderboards, they will automatically be opted in to Headstart.

The competition will reward both Maths and Science practice.

To be eligible for a prize, learners must be in their correct grade.

Learners must be at school in Grades 8 - 12, to be eligible to enter Headstart.

A learner’s registered school, grade, and contact details must be current and correct to be eligible for a prize.

If a learner can’t be reached using the provided contact details, we will attempt to contact the school. If we are unsuccessful, the learner will forfeit the prize.

Voucher prizes will be delivered directly to winners via their Siyavula inbox.

Physical prizes will be delivered directly to the school.

Siyavula will not liaise or communicate with parents under any circumstances, concerning learner prizes.

Weekly draw for learners

Any high school Mathematics or Physical Sciences learner at a school in South Africa is eligible to enter.

For the duration of the campaign, any learner who achieves their weekly goal for one or more subjects, set using the goals widget on Siyavula, will be entered into that week's draw. Prize winners will be announced the following Monday.

There will be a weekly draw for prizes every Monday for the duration of the campaign.

Learners will receive a number of entries into the weekly draw based on the goal level they achieve within one week for each subject as detailed in the table below:


*Learners will be informed if they have won a weekly prize via their inbox on the Siyavula website.

Prizes will be awarded via an automated, randomised draw.

Learners have until 14 April 2025 to claim their weekly draw prize. Any prizes not claimed by this date will be forfeited.

Siyavula reserves the right not to award a prize each week.

Headstart Superstar Draw

As learners achieve their weekly goals, they will also earn entries into the Headstart Superstar Draw, due to take place once the campaign is complete.
The number of entries into the Superstar draw is explained in the table below:


The goals achieved do not have to be achieved in consecutive weeks

The goals do not have to be in the same subject

Learners will be informed if they have won a prize via their inbox on the Siyavula website, and email or sms, based on the details provided when registering

Prizes will be awarded via an automated, randomised draw on 14 March 2025.

Learners have until 14 April 2025 to claim their prize.

Any weekly draw or Superstar Draw prizes not claimed by this date will be forfeited.

Updated on: 04/02/2025