ST ANN’S SCHOOL SPORTS DAY 2018 butchirajupalem in Visakhapatnam | EDU ...

ST ANN’S E M SCHOOL SPORTS DAY 2018 butchirajupalem in Visakhapatnam | EDU EXTRA KEY

St.Ann's School in vizag Annual day and Sports Day is an important event in the life of every school. Sports themselves have a vital role in making a child sound physically as well as mentally. The whole playground had been decorated with flags, buntings and balloons a day earlier. Field days or Sports days are events staged by many schools and offices in which people participate in competitive sporting activities, often with the aim of winning trophies or prizes.It is usually held in elementary schools, or grades Kindergarten-8th Grade.


Games that are played on school sports days can be wide and varied. They can include straightforward sprints and longer races for all age groups as well as egg and spoon races. Three legged races are run as well as sack races, wheelbarrow races, and parent and child races. Students from Year 6-10 have the opportunity to participate in six athletics activities; Shot Put, Javelin, Long Jump, High Jump.

In India, sports days are held for 2 - 3 days. These include games like football, cricket, throw ball, dodge ball, volleyball, track and field, basketball etc. These sports days are held between the various houses in a particular school. In India, many traditional games such as Kho-Kho and Kabaddi, March-past are played.Although students are competing individually to beat last year’s school records and win 1st place, there is always great sportsmanship and team spirit within the houses.