Sports Day

Last Friday St Michael’s held its annual sports day on a cool and breezy Autumn day providing ideal conditions for the students to display their skills.

The day kicked off with the opening ceremony and war cries in Bukatila. This gave Bengalee, Prince George and Zebra the chance to yell the roof of the gym and get their fellow house mates excited for the day ahead. Mrs Taylor took the opportunity to get the kids warmed displaying her dance skills and risk taking with her very entertaining ‘Banana Dance’

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Like in previous years the first half of the day saw the UP and JP participate in tabloid events. The UP focused on 5 main events that included the High Jump, Long Jump, Shot Put, 200m and the Sprint. The JP’s had 12 different activities that focused on a range of different skills, including, running, jumping, throwing, hitting, catching and kicking.

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The students have been practicing for these events over the past five weeks in P.E and it was great to see their confidence and skills shine on the big day.

The afternoon session of ‘Buddy Relays’ saw the students compete with their buddy class in Rob the Nest, Baton and Fire Fighter Relays. It was fantastic to see the oval buzzing with active children and enthusiastic parents.

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At the end of the day when all the races had been run it was Prince George on top closely followed by Zebra and Bengalee.

Winners

A huge thanks to Novalene for all the work and assistance in the lead up to the day. Robyn, Jane and Emily in the scoring tent and to all the students, teachers and parent volunteers who helped make the 2016 St Michael’s sports day such a success.