We always take a punt when we put Sports Day in to the diary.
We book one early June so that if the weather is inclement we have time to reschedule. And let's face it, we have had some poor weather!
Key Stage 2 Sports Day is tomorrow.
And we are a school that has a competitive sports day - well, for Key Stage 2 more so than KS1.
Heats have already been run, places secured, disappointments been had.
Field events likewise done.
Tomorrow will be the races for 1st, 2nd an 3rd places.
After the swimming gala on Saturday where ribbons were issued to all (we have a nice collection of 6th place ribbons - who knew they did them?) I am pleased we still do it this way.
Long gone are parents' races; anyone who has had to stand at the finish line as ten strappy-vest-wearing, non-sports-bra-wearing mums come thundering down the track doing the sack race will join me cowering in a dark room.
And we do try to engineer it so that every child is competing in some races on the day - and at the end we split KS2 into groups for "team races" so all the children are involved again.
The sun will shine.
The parents will stand too close to the track and allow younger siblings to wander where they like when they like. They will also get in the way with their oversized iPads to record every moment and play it back to me; the 4th official?
And I will be resolute. Even when I'm wrong I'm right. If it works for fort all referees then it will work for me.
Today's question: I would like to refresh the format for next year, can anyone help?