THE SKIPTON PRIMARY SCHOOL SPORTS.
THE ATHLETIC SPORTS
Every year there is a Skipton school house sports,
which is held at the Skipton football oval. There are 4 teams called Anderson-yellow,
Bolte-white, McKinnon-green and Russell-red. If one of those teams win,
they achieve a shield. Some activities involved are sprints, long distance,
high jump, team games and lots more. If you win an event you will get a
ribbon.
We have a picnic lunch with family and friends
and after lunch we have relays and running events. I thought it is a very
exciting day, which is still very tiring.
THE SWIMMING SPORTS
Every year we gather into four teams McKinnon, Bolte,
Anderson and Russell ready for our swimming sports. We walk up to our local
swimming pool and get changed into our bathers and get revved up for our
novelty events. These are fun races that help us get warmed up for the
real thing. Grade 5\6’s did a clothes line relay, where you have four clothes
items on a rope going all the way across the width of the pool. Each house
has a team of grade 5/6 students who each have to swim to the clothes line
and put on an item of clothing, then swim to the edge where the next person
in the team has to take the clothing off his or her team mate and
put it on, and swim to the clothesline to put on the next item. It
is fun and very exciting.
After we did the main races which were freestyle,
breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly we sat down on the side of the pool
and listened to the result. Anderson had won the swimming sports for the
year 2000.
animation by Asha
WINTER SPORTS
For our winter sports we have a choice of
netball, football or tee-ball.We play against schools near us on a Friday
afternoon. Tee-ball and football have been successful by making the grandfinal
two years in a row. The football players were lucky enough to win two times
in a row, but unfortunately the tee-baller's have only won once.
by Simon, Jesse and Carlee
INTER SCHOOL SPORTS
Every year we also go to an inter-school competition
called Mininera. At Mininera there are about four schools that go.At Mininera
we have different types of sports, we have running, triple jump, long jump,
high jump, relay, discus and shot put. Mininera is about having a fun day
and trying hard in all the sports. Your parents can come and
watch you
while you do your events.
It is a very enjoyable day.
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