School Sports Day

Last week at Sangji Girls Middle School was School Sport's Day. Instead of the normal schedule, all the classes were cancelled and the entire school spent the day outside engaging in numerous sports competition. The day was tons of fun, one of my favorite days at school so far!

Right after the first bell rang students began to carry the chairs out of their class rooms and place them around the large dirt sports field in the center of the Sangji campus. Every class from all three grades was outside and ready to compete against one another. There would be a winning team from every grade. The competitions started with some speechs by the school officials and then the strangest stretching warm up I've ever seen! I couldn't stop bursting out in laugher as I watched the whole school, and even the teachers, stretch in unision while a loud, slightly annoying kids sound blared over the field loud speakers. The stretches were the whimpest stretches I'd ever seen, almost more like a half hearted dance, but everyone knew the moves. I was surprised the teachers did too and I figured they must have all learned them in elementry school. It was too cute! (And hilarious!) 

After that the classes broke off to start the various competitions. There was a form of dodgeball, tug of rope, jump roping, kick ball, another strange game sort of like kick ball and sprinting. The teachers kept track of what classes won and which ones lost and the students moved up their grade level brackets. I enjoyed walking around and talking to all the different groups of students, taking their pictures and eating candy. The mother's of many students also came to school that day and passed out sandwhiches, water and Power Sweat, which was very nice!

The best part about the day though, aside from seeing the girls happy, outside, being atheletic and cheering for one another, was the costumes! Sport's Day is a big deal and every classes dresses in their own home made costume! It was hilarious to see the kids so dected out! Some classes had bought soccer jersey's and had them personalized with their names on the bag. One class had cat ears and tales, another straw hats, another pink rimmed classes with clip on angel hallows on top. They were all so cute! It really added to the festivity of the day and made it all the more enjoyable to hang out with them. Each homeroom teacher also dressed up like their students so there was great unity among groups.

1st graders

I love their different outfits! Hawaiian, old people skirt, pjs

Tug of War

2nd grade, so cute and colorful!

3rd grade class 3-2, most are also in my after school class

Her friend, Yum Yum and Me

Our school President is on the right

These girls are such talkers in class, but cute and sweet outside of it!

Some of my favorite students

More colorful 1st graders

The entire school at the end of the day

After lunch there was only one more sport, the rely race all around the track! But before that could start, I was roped into a kick ball game, female teachers versus the student's mothers! I just happen to be walking by when a teacher pointed and me and said "Madeline could play?!" I agreed and had half expected to have to play some sport during the day. It was actually really fun to do something athletic and team orientated again! I've missed it. I was also definitely the best player. The female teachers at my school, well most of them, aren't that athletic, but they were trying and doing pretty well! I was just able to kick and catch better than everyone else. We ended up creaming the moms.

Then the rely race started, the whole school lined the track and cheered for their classmates. Each grade ran a race. At the end all the points were tallied and the first, second and third place winners were announced for each grade. Each winning class was given a large box (they got progressively larger) filled with goodies.

Then the day was over and it was time to go home early! I wish everyday was Sport's Day! The weather was perfect, hot and sunny, and the kids were so relaxed and excited.