Not so much fun for the parents, alas. The Infants sports day is pretty tedious - they take a very long time to get all the kids to do their running races, followed by skipping or egg and spoon, and then an obstacle course or sack race. It takes hours, even when they have separate sessions for Reception/Nursery and Years 1 and 2. Last year I was unfortunate enough to have to sit through both sessions.
It wasn't too bad this time - Jacob had a doctors appointment and was then told not to go into school that day, so we missed Sam's running race, but did see him compete in the skipping race. He was last by a country mile. We're pretty sure that Sam is dyspraxic, so anything requiring the co-ordination needed for skipping is a bit too much to ask of him. That said, bless him, he persevered and skipped all along the course - if extremely slowly and badly.
At this point, Jacob decided he was bored, so we didn't stay to watch the obstacle race - it was going to take about 45 minutes to get round to Sam's group - so we went home.
The Juniors Sport day was much better organised. Rather than taking it in turns for small groups to compete and everyone watch, they competed in their classes where they were divided into school houses. They moved from area to area, doing a race or activity, and the parents moved with them. It was v well organised, and the kids didn't get bored at all.
Jacob was always a bit rubbish at sports day at the Infants, but he seems to have blossomed at Juniors. He was last in the 100m out of his class, but he didn't care and, more importantly, had a good time running. He was great at things like skipping and the sack race and because each race only had a small number of observers, it wasn't quite so intimidating as the Infants races with the entire crowd watching everyone.
I'll give Junior Sports Day the thumbs up and be genuinely disappointed if it gets cancelled for bad weather in future years.
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