It is not often that we have the opportunity to take the whole class to compete in sporting activities that are considered competitive. When they do come along, many of us jump at them.
Today, Chichester District Council are hosting the first of two days of "Mini Olympics" for local schools' Year 5 classes.
Our school has been learning about the team they represent, have had training in the sports they will be doing, and are wearing kit that they designed - and their hardworking teacher made over Easter. We are Ghana. Today, we will be facing China and Brazil - two classes from the same nearby school. We were disappointed to learn that all the other schools competing would be coming Thursday - but we are here to win today!
In fact, the motto our class chose was "in ea vincere!" which, according to Google translate, is Latin for "in it to win it!"
With storm clouds gathering, we are relieved to be indoors.
The children will be doing rugby, football and basketball this morning, trying new-age kurling (auto-corrected to "lurking"!) and Tri-golf at lunchtime and then athletics this afternoon.
My question is: if it's meant to be competitive, why are they only playing each other as opposed to playing the other school?