"Forts Day"

...or for those of you more readily able to pronounce "sp" - "sports day". Here's Alex catching a ball in one of his little activities. No photos of the girls, as those are all video - I'll probably YouTube some later, so there may be some to come, but not right now. Luckily, it was a gorgeous day - sunny, not too hot, really nice. They got lucky. And everyone seemed to have fun. None of my kids fell over in their races, which is good - Sarah came third in her running race (this is not surprising, she ran against the two fastest girls in her class - those two came first and second last year as well); Olivia did a sack race and an egg & spoon race and came second in both - she nearly won the sack race but tripped at the last minute. Luckily, although they do competitive races for the older kids, they are fairly casual about it, and the emphasis is on completing your race and supporting your teams. The littles aren't marked for places at all - everyone gets a well done sticker in every race.

[The school is divided into four teams or houses, with kids in different years in each team; through the year they are awarded team points for lots of things - good behaviour, homework, sports, good artwork and so on - so all the children have a chance to help their team earn points. The idea is to encourage interaction and cooperation across the entire school, rather than just within your own class or year. The younger students are assigned to teams, but don't really earn much in the way of team points. Each house is called after a big cat (lions, tigers, leopards, panthers) and has a colour (yellow, red, green, blue). Siblings are always in the same team/house. We're panthers.]

Anyway, an enjoyable day, and I've come back with rather browner shoulders than I started the day with. Luckily, I did put some sunscreen on just after lunch, so I'm not burnt.