Athletics Day

Yesterday, my whole school had our Athletics Day. We had to do lots of activities like high jump, discus, shot put, long jump and sprints.

First, we got ready. First, we all had to go onto the court. We all had to sit in our houses and line up. It was a  beautiful sunny day. We all huddled up like swarms of bees. We practised our chants and said them out  loud. The sun was as bright as a light-bolt shining in the air. All of us said our chants, then we had to walk around the field. After we walked around the field, we had to go do our activities in our age groups.

Next, we did vortex. Before we did vortex, we had to sit in two different lines. All the boys lined up in their lines  and all the  girls lined up as well. First, the boys started throwing the vortex because some of the girls didn’t know how to throw it. The vortex zoomed through the air like an eagle chasing its prey. It  went as high as a rocket in space and  like an airplane flying in the big blue sky.

Next, we swapped over and did some discus. The discus was as wide as an apple. Before we did discus, one of the teachers had to write our names on a piece of paper and put us in order. We all got to have a practise.. Everyone threw the discus really far. I threw the discus 12.62 metres  far. I came first in discus. I was really happy. After we finished discus, we had to sit down and wait for everyone to throw.

Finally, we did sprints. When we did sprints, I was really nervous. I had butterflies in my tummy. When Mr Emmes shot the toy gun for us to start, it was as loud as fireworks. I had to run 50m. All of us ran as fast as darts spinning in the air. When I got to the end, I came third place. I was  really proud of myself. Next, we had to run 80m. When the gun shot in the air everyone ran as fast as cheetahs. Madeline was really fast and she came first and I came third again. It was the end of racing. It was really fun but really tiring.

The activities were fun and lots of things were a bit hard. I was really proud  and happy.