On Wednesday the 4th of September we went to Ferndale school to run a Mini Sports day for the Juniors. We had to organise and plan a lot of events, in case some of our ideas were too hard. As we started playing we realised we often had to simplify our original ideas or make them harder.
One of the first things that happened as we got out the car was quite funny. A little girl ran over to us and said "Thank you so much for the presents!" We had to explain that we were here to teach them some sports games.
The children LOVED the moon hoppers so this meant we had to be flexible. One of the children had seizures so this meant he often got confused, or missed out on information. We had to make sure we kept repeating ourselves and made our instructions. Sometimes the children didn't like the games we had organised so this meant we had to change the activities frequently. As the children got better we had to make the activities harder and introduce new skills. We also had a range of activities so they could come and grab gear if they wanted to opt out of a game.
Overall the day was a huge success, they really enjoyed our sports games and they liked meeting new people. The school loved having us there as well because their usual gym teacher had been away. We are going to try to find ways of keeping in contact with these schools.
Mini Olympics at Ferndale on PhotoPeach
I think that it was a great idea to have 'back up' activities in case the kids got bored. It looks like you all had lots of fun!
ReplyDelete- Kathleen
How cool, I bet they really enjoyed it. Great job!
ReplyDelete-Violette
Well done girls, it's great whe the organisers and the participants both have a good time!
ReplyDeleteNicole
Well done girls. I liked the way you went over things on the way to the venue to ensure that everyone knew their role and when things should be done. Even though it was well planned its great that you could be flexible when things needed to change. What maturity you are showing. Merryn
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you had a lot of fun at Ferndale School. You did a good job at being flexible when the kids didn't like some of the things you did and when you had to alter your activities to suite the kids abilities. I bet the kids had fun. Good luck with the rest of your exhibition.
ReplyDeleteMaya
Looks like it is a lot of fun at Ferndale School. Great video! I love how you planed activities that suited the kids abilities.
ReplyDelete~Paige
I am very impressed with your planning and organising of activities. Well done for being flexible and thinking in the spot when things didn't go quite as you planned. Excellent work.
ReplyDeleteMrs W