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Sports Day - Today was a slightly overcast but very warm day, the perfect kind of day to play fun games for our Sports Day. The children arrived at the centre in different kinds of sporting attire such as shorts, t-shirts, sweatbands and sneakers. After a nutritious morning tea to give us an energy boost we separated the children into teams, Yellow, Red and Blue, then headed outside to begin our games. We started the Sports Day with an Egg and Spoon Race, where the children had to run from one point to another carrying an egg on a spoon without dropping it. The children thought it was great fun to run with an egg, especially when it fell on the ground but didn’t break. There was plenty of cheering and laughter as we watched this funny game. A Balloon Relay was the next game we played. The children ran from the starting point to a teacher, getting a balloon and returning to a chair to pop the balloon by sitting on it. This game was also filled with laughter as the children had trouble sitting on the balloons and needed some help from the teachers to pop them. For the final round of this game some of the parents had a turn and it was fun to watch them running and trying to pop balloons with their bottoms. We played some more musical games next, with the teams taking turns to see who could sing “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” the loudest. Each of the teams tried their hardest to sing loud and some even used instruments to make themselves louder. We then played Musical Chairs and cheered on our team members, encouraging them to sit on the seats when the music was finished until we found a winner. Tug of War was one of the last couple of games we played and this gave the children an opportunity to show off their muscles. They pulled the rope very hard and put lots of effort into making their team the winners. An Obstacle Course was next and the children ran over planks, climbed through boxes and put on funny all while their friends and teachers tried to hit them water balloons. At the end of our Sports Day the children got to sit down with an ice block and enjoy a treat to cool off. The children (and even the teachers) were really tired by the end of the morning so the afternoon was spent relaxing with a DVD and a prize giving. The children were rewarded with a Gold Medal certificate to celebrate their participation in our fun day and they couldn’t have been prouder as their photos were taken. Links to Te Whariki: Exploration Goal 2: Children experience an environment where they gain confidence in and control of their bodies.