Description of activities on PYP Sports Day
Note:
All Kidder activities are not awarding as it is designed for participation and enjoyment. Grade 1
to Grade 6 activities are to be awarded with points.
Points will be awarded based on the positional order (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th)
1st = 5 points, 2nd = 3 points, 3rd = 2 points and 4th = 1 point.
Dressing up:
Participants: 2 (1 boy and 1 girl) in each color for both boys & girls category
Materials: - PE kits, under pants and singlets, socks, sneakers.
Description: - Competitors will start and end at the same point in this event. Before the start
competitors will dress up with their under pants, singlets and socks and report at the starting
point. The rest of the clothes will be placed at 50 meters in front of them. Then at the
command the competitor runs to the cloth and dress up then run back to the starting point.
Filling the bottle relay:
Participants: 8 competitors (6 students, 1 parent and 1 teacher) from each color.
Materials: 8 plastic cups, 4 (1.5 litres) plastic bottle, buckets, and hurdle flights/cones.
Description: All competitors will line up on the same lane with 10 metres interval holding their
empty plastic cup. The bottle will be placed 10 metres away from the last (8) competitor. The
1st competitor will stand next to the water at the starting and finish line with the empty plastic
cup. At a command the 1st competitor fetch the water with the cup and run and pour it into the
next (2nd) competitor’s cup and that order till the last competitor receive the water and pour it
into the bottle. This action is repeated until the bottle is filled up and the filled bottle is
transferred over to the finish line from the last competitor through to the 1 st competitor.
Position and points will be awarded based the order filled bottle getting to the starting and
finishing line.
25 metres sack race relay:
Participants: 4 (2 students, 1 parent and 1 teacher) competitors from each color for both boys
and girls category.
Materials: 4 cocoa sacks, and cones.
Descriptions: All competitors in the same color line up on the lane at 25m intervals on a 100m
stretched. 1st runners at the starting point will stand in front of a sack facing the finishing line.
At a command the competitor will grab the sack and put both feet in it and either run or hop or
walk to the next (2nd) competitor and hand it over by coming out and he or she will enter and
do same to the next till the last runner crosses the finish line with both feet still in the sack.
Balloon/ball passing:
Participants: All boys and girls participating with parent support.
Materials: 2 Dodge balls, cones and a basket.
Descriptions: Divide both boys/girls into two equal team with + or – 1. In each category, the
participants line up with back facing the finishing line with legs shoulder width apart and arm
length to the next team mate. The first person on the starting line will hold a soft ball with both
hands and bend down, then pass it between his/her legs to the next team mate at a command
then run to join the line in front towards the finishing line. Which the team mate will receive it
and also do same till the ball gets to the finishing line where the last person will put it in the
basket. Parents will assist them during the activity by reminding them what to do during the
activity.
Throwing & Picking the tennis ball:
Participants: All boys and girls performing in their category with parent support.
Materials: Tennis balls, and cones
Description: Competitors stand next to the cones with their parents holding a tennis ball. In a
throwing standing position with the command all will throw the tennis ball as far as possible
and immediately run to fetch it and run back to their parent. Each category will have 3 trials.
Obstacle race:
Participants: Students (2 boys and 2 girls from each color) competing, and parent assisting at
the station.
Materials: Used car tyres, bench, hurdles (big and small)
Description: Competitors line up in their respective lanes with obstacles at 20/25 m interval
from the starting line and 5 m intervals between obstacles and 20/25 m from the last obstacle
to the finishing line.
Shuttle race relay:
Participants: 4 from each color in both category (2 students, 1 parent and 1 teacher)
Materials: cones, used car tyre, small cones.
Description: At the starting line, 4 small cones on each lane with the first runner, the other 3
runners will stand 25 m intervals next to a car tyre with the distance between the 4 th runner
and the finishing line 25 m.
At a command, the 1st runner pick up a cone and run to put it inside the car tyre for the 2nd
runner to pick and also send it to the 3rd runner who also send it to the 4th runner then the 4th
runner send it to the finishing line. This is repeated till all cones is transferred from the starting
point to the finishing line.
Musical cone dance:
Participants: 5 (3 students, 1 parent and 1 teacher from each color) competitors.
Materials: Cones for marking a circle, PA system to play music.
Description: Cones arranged in a circle form with number of cones less than the number of
competitors by (- 1) . All competitors will be dancing round the circle when the music is playing
and stop next to a cone immediately the music stops. The competitor who did not get to stand
next the the cone is out of the race. Then the music will be on again following same process till
one competitor is left.
Parachute race:
Participants: 4 (2 boys and 2 girls from each color) competitors. 1 Parent/teacher to assist at
the starting line and the finishing line.
Materials: 8 pieces of TIS bed cloth, cones to mark lanes.
Description: Over 60 m distance, boys and girls competitors take turn to run from the starting
point to the finishing line with the bed cloth tied around the waist and the other two end-edges
held with both hands more than shoulder width above the head.
50 m Sprint:
Participants: 8 competitors in each category (4 boys, 4 girls) and 4 teachers/parent in each
category (1 from each color). 4 officials.
Materials: Cones to mark the lane, and clapper to start the race.
Description: At the starting line boys, girls and teachers/parent will compete by sprinting to the
finishing line at a command from the starter. Positions will be awarded.
Team walker:
Participants: 5 from each color (2 boys, 1 male teacher/parent, 1 girl, 1 female teacher/parent).
Materials: Cones to mark lanes and Team walker boards.
Description: Team will compete against each other by walking with their feet on the board over
a distance of 20 metres at a command from the start line to the finish line.
Tag of Peace:
Participants: Teachers vs Parents; 10 in a team (5 males and 5 females).
Materials: Single 20 metres recommended rope.
Description: The team stands opposite each other with the demarcation lines between and in
front of the first person next to the centre line. At a command the team pulls the opponent
from the other end to their end over the centre line wins the contest. There shall be 3 trials and
the team that wins 2 times is the winner.