School Games - Sports Hall Athletics (10/12/18)
22 of our Y6 children headed down to Bishop Luffa to compete in the School Games.
The event was broken down into 12 events - 6 track and 6 field events - and the boys competed against boys from other schools, and the girls against girls. Children were allowed to compete in a maximum of 2 track and 2 field events only.
First up was the girls’ obstacle race, then the boys’. In their heat, the girls’ team came third. The boys’ team came second.
The girls then competed in the track events, whilst the boys competed in the field.
The track events comprised of some relays, the “Paarlauf” and the “over/under” relay.
(The Paarlauf is a tactical race where the two runners decide how to divide the 6 laps between them.)
The field events included: chest push, standing long jump, standing triple jump, vertical jump, soft javelin and speed bounce.
After all the events were done, the girls and boys swapped over.
It was a noisy, fun and competitive event.
We did very well, and were delighted to have been awarded third place, out of the seven schools competing today.
Jessie Younghusband Primary School
Jessie Younghusband School is a local authority maintained, one-form entry primary school, located just outside of Chichester's city centre in West Sussex. We have a proud reputation for competing in sport - in particular running and swimming.