Sports Day

As an action activity, I led the school in its Annual Sports Day. As the Sports Captain of school, I led the school in a march past, and I also participated in numerous athletic events. As a senior and a Sports Captain, I wanted to set an example for my juniors and lead the school with pride and dignity, as it was an incredible honor to be the flag bearer for school. I also wanted to emerge victorious in all my athletic feats. In 2008 I was a student participating in the Annual Day, but in 2009, I was the student sports leader in the Annual Day.

My expectations were met by this activity. The march past was wonderfully done by all the students of the school, and as we marched around the field we looked impressive and united as a student community. The student council members, being the flag bearers of the school led their respective house with great dignity, and I feel that lead the entire school very well. My performance in my athletic feats was also very good, as I won eight medals. This activity gave me great leadership experience. From making sure all the students were marching right in practice, to taking attendance, to leading the school in marches, all the responsibility was on my shoulders, and I cherished every bit of it.

There were a number of difficulties encountered. The weather was extremely hot, and the school had practices scheduled at 1:45 in the afternoon for a month before the annual sports day. At that time in the afternoon, the heat was excruciating, and it was very difficult for me to lead the school and yell at the top of my voice in that weather. There were a number of times when I thought I could collapse. After march past practice we had heats for the events. Running at top speed was also extremely painful in that heat, and after every race I would collapse for some time. There were also a number of times where I threw up from exhaustion. The fact that I was competing in ten events did not help, as I had to constantly be competing in the heats. The only way to overcome these difficulties was to keep myself well hydrated at all times with glucose water.

I learned that I can accomplish anything. Even though the weather conditions were excruciating, and even though I was competing in ten events, I bagged winning positions in eight of them! The Sports Day helped everyone by untied all the students, and giving everyone the opportunity to wear their school colors with pride.

If I could redo this activity, I would insist that the practice sessions happen in the morning in order to make it more comfortable and less painful.

My achieved learning outcomes were:
1: Increased awareness of strengths and areas for growth
2: Planned and initiated activities
3: Worked collaboratively with others
4: Shown perseverance and commitment in their activities