Sports day at our school no longer recognises individual achievement. Yep, we've finally succumbed to the belief that competition and winning aren't key requirements of an activity that involves racing against your class mates. Thankfully they haven't removed all elements of competition. The children are split into four teams, consisting of representatives from each year group. They they compete against their own year group and those finishing 1st, 2nd and 3rd receive points that contribute to their teams total. Bea was delighted that her team won. Because let's face it, winning is sometimes the point.
To be honest they're lucky any of the parents were paying attention at this point as directly behind me, as I took this photo, the Red Arrows were practising formation acrobatics: hearts with arrows; red, white and blue smoke and the usual free fall, daredevil moves. Several planes even flew overhead causing us to declare this 'as the best sports day ever' and congratulate the Chair of Governors on arranging such spectacular entertainment.
You can bet Red 1 through to Red 9 believe in healthy competition. I wonder if they'd have to be in red team though?
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