First sports day can be daunting for children with its mix of races and over-competitive parents. They can be noisy, overwhelming and exhausting. But amidst of all the chaos, sports days can enable moments of victory, moments of commiseration, moments of pure joy and despair. They can offer your child the opportunity to encourage, to cheer, the work hard and keep going. Here is our story…
Catch up with the beginning of this story here – When Our First Sports Day Took an Unexpected Turn.
First Sports Day – It's too Hard!
Tomos (Aged 5)
I can’t see Mummy! She said she was coming but I can’t see her anywhere. There’s lots of other grown-ups on the other side of the field but I can’t see her.
We go to sit down in groups with our teachers. The teacher says we can go and see our Mummies and Daddies later but not yet. We have to do the races first. I want to see Mummy now.
I look over at the grown-ups again, concentrating hard. There I can see her – she is trying to wave but Luc is getting in the way.
The teacher says the first sports day race is the bean-bag race. You have to try and balance the bean-bag on your head and then walk quickly from one end of the field to the other. We practised this yesterday at school and it was really hard.
I try and walk as carefully as I can but there is a lot of shouting from the grown-ups which is very distracting.
I look over at Mummy and Luc. Mummy keeps patting her head and nodding energetically. I wish she could come and do it with me.
The egg and spoon was a disaster. You are not supposed to hold the egg on the spoon, you are meant to balance it. But some of the other children were cheating and holding the egg as they ran really, really fast. I came last but only because I didn’t cheat.
The running race was better. I’m quite fast at running and my team cheered very loudly when I finished. I got a sticker with a big smiley face on it for that race.
I look for Mummy again and she is chasing Luc away from the start line again. I think Luc wants to join in. He doesn’t understand everything yet because he’s a baby.
But then my teacher called the last race – the sack race. What is a sack race?
I try to wiggle my feet into the sack but it’s really hard. Mummy is jumping up and down and flapping her hands about.
And suddenly Luc is running towards me, shouting jump, jump, jump.
I look at my teachers because I don’t think Luc is allowed to join in but all the teachers are helping other children get into their sacks. The whistle sounds and Luc is still shouting jump.
I try to jump and keep hold of the sack. Luc is also trying to jump but he can’t get both of his feet off the grass at the same time. He is funny. I’m glad he’s here.
I can see Mummy at the finish line and she is smiling and laughing too. I keep jumping and jumping and jumping until I get to Mummy.
Maybe this sports day is not too bad.
I hope it’s time to go home now! No? I have to do the rest of the school day? What?!?
For Those Who Love or Loathe Sports Day
For those with older children who are enthusiastic about sports day and those who absolutely detest this annual event – here is an interesting article about how to help and encourage them.
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