However insignificant
Springs Alive Community School (SPACS) may appear, we have continually been
called upon to participate in competitions with other schools. There have been
put games structures in various locations so as to woo children into developing
an interest in the field of sports.
Schools stage many sports
days in which children participate in the sporting events. It is usually held
in elementary schools, or primary which is the same as grades Kindergarten-8th Grade.
Some schools use a house system, a feature of the school where the competition is
between the houses; this is especially brought out during sporting events such
as an inter-house sports day.
Parents, teachers and
guardians are always called upon to be supportive to games and sports in
schools, to participate as good examples.
There are schools that have
abolished or altered sports days on the grounds that they are too
competitive and may damage pupils' self-esteem - this often reflects the
schools' attitude towards competitive sports or competitiveness in general.
There are also challenges
of a lot of talent that is still neglected at the grassroots given the
fact that many children don't attend school and even when they are in
school, they are many times absent because of several reasons like work at
home, looking for money among others.
Unlike the usual schools’
sports days where children just compete in running, Springs Alive community
school (SPACS) held its sports day and did many different things.
The sports day had several items
on the programmes. Some of them were sack race,skipping race,
tunnel race, bottle filling, three legged races were also run as well as parent
and child races plus relays.
Other games that were played
on the school sports day included straightforward sprints and longer races for
all age groups as well as egg and spoon races, they also had traditional
dressing, acrobat show, craft exhibition, scouts presentations and reading
competition among others.
Dances performed by the
school choir made the day more interesting.
Two houses (with as few as
50 students in each house) entertained the guests through their colors.
These were Red for Noah’s ark, and Yellow for the Gideons.
These Houses have been
named after famous biblical historicals notable for the things they did. In
addition the names of the houses causes the pupils easily recall the activity
surrounding these names in case a question is raised in an Examination.
There was no winner house as such,given that it was in form of an entertainment,however, excelling pupils earned themselves several gifts.
Parents were asked to be
judges for some items like peeling competition, traditional dressing and
reading competition.
Many parents had to dig deep
in their pockets to show their gratitude to excelling pupils during the event.
We posted some pictures on
our facebook page.Meanwhile we await your comments and reactions.
