ACS Athens Middle School Field day Field day will take place on April 17 th, 2013 Students are split up according to their “HOUSES,” •
Athenians are GREEN
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Trojans are YELLOW
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Spartans are BLUE
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Corinthians are RED
Teachers should motivate and remind their students to wear a T-shirt of the color of their house, since each color team is competing against each other. The field day will start at 9:15 and will end at 12:00. Field Day activities: •
‘’ Pass the hula hoop’’
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‘’Relay Lock Race’’
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‘’Hoop Rolling Race’’
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‘’Hula Hoop Race’’
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‘’Domino Relay’’
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‘’Human Obstacle Course’’
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‘’Clothes Relay Race’’
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‘’Balloon Burst Relay’’
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“Tug of War’’
*Split your house team alphabetically into 2 teams. The relay will run two times giving an opportunity for each student to participate. All 4 houses will have their A teams go first and when the relay is over a signal will be given for the B teams to go. Each house team is lined up in a single file behind the designated starting line, as a relay type team. Students will be informed of these events, as well as what house they are in, in P.E. class, and they will be familiar with the rules and regulations. To Staff: 2 staff members will be judges and 2 staff members will be captains
Judges duties: - Keep track of any violations that may occur. -Keep score for game points. -Vote for sportsmanship/ effort award along with your group members. Follow instructions below. ďƒ˜ GAME POINTS: 1st place = 40 points, 2nd place = 20 points, 3rd place = 10 points, 4th place = 5 points ďƒ˜ At the end of field day a SPORTSMANSHIP/EFFORT AWARD will be given to a team. See below the SPORTSMANSHIP rubric (the gold team will be awarded the sportsmanship award). You can not vote for your own team house.
SPORTSMANSHIP RUBRIC TITLE GOLD TEAM
Criteria
HOUSE
Outstanding sportsmanship attitude and behavior. Everyone cheered and motivated team house members regardless if they were in the lead or not. Every house team member tried his/her best.
SILVER
Very good sportsmanship attitude and behavior. Some house team
TEAM
members cheered and motivated team house members. More or less, each house team member tried his/her best.
BRONZE TEAM
Good sportsmanship attitude and behavior.
There was very little
evidence of cheering and motivation. Not every house team member tried his/her best. Some house team members did not try at all.
STREET
Poor sportsmanship attitude and behavior.
There was almost no
TEAM
evidence of cheering and motivation. Not every house team member tried his/her best. Some house team members did not try at all.
Captains duties: -inform officials (Vasilis or Athanasia) of the total number of students that you have in your house team as soon as possible before the games begin. -encourage your team members. - make sure your house students are listening when instructions and/or announcements are given. -be aware of the game schedule and help at the end of each game to collect all the equipment used and set up the new equipment for the next game.
At the end of Field Day, all students will hear the final results. If you have any questions please see Athanasia or Vasili. We’ll do anything we can to make this an enjoyable day. We appreciate your help and support. Without your help field day would not be successful. Thanks, Athanasia & Vasilis
FIELD DAY
TIME
STATIONS A
9:20 A.M.- 9:45 A.M.
B 1- Pass the hula hoop Team Building Activity
9:50 A.M- 10:15 A.M.
10:20 A.M.- 10:45 A.M.
10:50 A.M.-11:15 A.M
11:20 A.M.-11:45 A.M.
HOUSES
3- Hoop Rolling Relay Race
5- Domino Relay
7- Clothes Relay Race
2- ’Relay Lock Race’’
SPARTANS vs. ATHENIANS
Team Building Activity
vs. CORINTHIANS vs. TROJANS
4-Hula Hoop Relay Race
6- Human Body Relay
8- Balloon Burst Relay
9- Tug of War
SPARTANS vs. ATHENIANS vs. CORINTHIANS vs. TROJANS SPARTANS vs. ATHENIANS vs. CORINTHIANS vs. TROJANS SPARTANS vs. ATHENIANS vs. CORINTHIANS vs. TROJANS 1- SPARTANS -Boys vs. ATHENIANS-Boys 2-CORINTHIANS-Boys vs. TROJANS0-Boys 3-SPARTANS- Girls vs. TROJANS-Girls 4-ATHENIANS-Girls vs. CORINTHIANS-Girls 5-SPARTANS-Teachers vs. CORINTHIANS 6-ATHENIANS-Teachers vs. TROJANS7- 3rd place vs 4th place 8- 2nd place vs 1st place
11:50-12:00 P.M.
Announcement of the results-Awards
Events:
1.
Pass the Hula Hoop
The game: The students holding their hands. A hula hoop should be placed around a set of clasped hands. From this point, students must pass the hoop around the line without unclasping hands. They can push their body through the hoop and also pass it over their heads. When the hoop reaches the last person on line, that person runs forward and restarts from the beginning. The winner is the team that brings the first 6 players successfully to the front of the line (12 min). For judges: Please record the points from the first relay under group A column and after the end of the second relay under the Group B column. 1st place 40 points 2nd place 20 points 3rd place 10 points 4th place 5 points.
GAME points HOUSES Athenians Trojans Corinthians Spartans
1st game
2nd game
2.
Relay Lock Race The game: Each person selects a partner. They stand back to back and lock the arms by the elbows while holding their own stomach with their hands. The students must cover together a distance (from one side of the field to the other). Don’t give them specific instructions on how to get to the finish line other than they can’t let go of their stomachs. This causes
creativity and laughter. The winner is the team which has all players successfully completing the relay and seating down behind each other in a straight line (12 min). For judges: Please record the points from the first relay under group A column and after the end of the second relay under the Group B column. 1st place 40 points 2nd place 20 points 3rd place 10 points 4th place 5 points.
GAME points HOUSES
1st game
2nd game
Athenians Trojans Corinthians Spartans
3. Hoop Rolling Relay
The game: Each house team has a Hula hoop. On the signal the first person on each house team rolls the hula hoop to and around the cone and back to the next teammate who then does the same until the last teammate crosses the finish line and seats at the end of his/hers team line. The relay continues until everyone has had a turn. The winner is the team which has all players successfully completing the relay and seating down behind each other in a straight line (12 min). For judges: Please record the points from the first relay under group A column and after the end of the second relay under the Group B column. 1st place 40 points 2nd place 20 points 3rd place 10 points 4th place 5 points.
GAME points HOUSES
1st game
2nd game
Athenians Trojans Corinthians Spartans
4. Hula Hoop Relay Race
The game: Teams separate their players into pairs. Each team gets a hula hoop. The first pair from each team put the hula hoop around both of their waist and run all the way up to and around the cone and back. The players support the hula hoop around their waist without the use of their hands. The hoop can never touch the ground. Players must stand in place for five seconds if they let their hoop touch the ground. Players run back, remove their hoop and place it over the head of their teammate where they repeat the same until the last pair crosses the finish line and seats at the end of his/hers team line. The winner is the team which has all players successfully completing the relay and seating down behind each other in a straight line (12 min). For judges: Please record the points from the first relay under group A column and after the end of the second relay under the Group B column. 1st place 40 points 2nd place 20 points 3rd place 10 points 4th place 5 points.
GAME points HOUSES
1st game
2nd game
Athenians Trojans Corinthians Spartans
5. Human Body Obstacle Course The game: It's called rock, bridge, tree. You choose 3 non-runners from each team. One stands a distance away from the lineup of runners, facing them. The child gets
on their knees, puts their heads all the way down and covers their heads. They are the rocks. Further beyond the rock is the bridge. A "tall" child stands with arms by the side and legs spread. Further along stands the tree with arms and feet spread. The first child in the relay line runs to the rock and jumps over it, runs again and goes under the bridge, runs again and goes around the tree, runs back to line going under the same bridge again and then runs to the rock jumps over and runs to the next person in line. You have to be careful that the rocks stay down and covered and that the bridges are tall and with shorts on. The winner is the team which has all players successfully completing the relay and seating down behind each other in a straight line (12 min). For judges: Each house will play 1 game. Please record the points in the game points column. 1st place 80 points 2nd place 40 points 3rd place 20 points 4th place 10 points.
GAME points HOUSES Athenians Trojans Corinthians Spartans
1st game
2nd game
6. Domino Relay The game: On the signal the first person on each house team lays down on his/her tummy in a straight position with the arms close to the body, touching the thighs. Then the next person step on each side of the body without touching his/her teammate and lays in the same form in front of his/her teammate head.
The relay
continues until the line reaches the end of the field and the team returns back to the starting line. The winner is the team which passes successfully the finish line (12 min).
For judges: Please record the points from the first relay under group A column and after the end of the second relay under the Group B column. 1st place 40 points 2nd place 20 points 3rd place 10 points 4th place 5 points.
GAME points HOUSES
1st game
2nd game
Athenians Trojans Corinthians Spartans
7. Clothes Relay Race
The game: Each house team has one set (pants, and shirt) of adult sized clothes. On the signal the first person on each house team puts on the oversized clothes. He/she then runs to a cone across his/her house team, goes around it, and comes back. When he/she goes back, he/she takes off the clothes, and gives them to the next person. The relay continues until everyone has had a turn. When the last person is coming in, the whole house team sits down. The winner is the team which has all players successfully completing the relay and seating down behind each other in a straight line (12 min).
For judges: Please record the points from the first relay under group A column and after the end of the second relay under the Group B column. 1st place 40 points 2nd place 20 points 3rd place 10 points 4th place 5 points.
GAME points HOUSES
1st game
2nd game
Athenians Trojans Corinthians Spartans
8. Balloon Burst Race A balloon will be given to each student. The students need to blow up the balloon and tie it. At the start signal the first
person from each team runs with an inflated balloon to a chair at the opposite end pop the balloon by sitting on it only and then run back and hi-five. The winner is the team which has all players successfully completing the relay and seating down behind each other in a straight line (12 min). For judges: Please record the points from the first relay under group A column and after the end of the second relay under the Group B column. 1st place 40 points 2nd place 20 points 3rd place 10 points 4th place 5 points.
GAME points HOUSES
1st game
2nd game
Athenians Trojans Corinthians Spartans
9. Tug of war Mini tug of war tournament between all four houses. Students have to pull the rope as hard as they can so the flag in the middle comes to their teams’ side (past the cone.)
The winner is the house team that has pulled the rope with the flag past the cone and onto their side. (15 min) Remember that each and every house needs to compete against one another. 1- SPARTANS -Boys vs. ATHENIANS-Boys 2-CORINTHIANS-Boys vs. TROJANS0-Boys 3-SPARTANS- Girls vs. TROJANS-Girls 4-ATHENIANS-Girls vs. CORINTHIANS-Girls 5-SPARTANS-Teachers vs. CORINTHIANS-Teachers 6-ATHENIANS-Teachers vs. TROJANS-Teachers 7- 3rd place vs 4th place 8- 2nd place vs 1st place For judges: Each house will play 3 games. Please circle the winning team.
Only the winning team gets 40
points. Add 1st place points for each house below. HOUSES
1st PLACE points
Athenians Trojans Corinthians Spartans
Let the games begin!!!!
Do not forget to bring:
1)…house color T-shirt
2) …sneakers
3)….hat
4)…sunscreen