St. Anthony’s School, House Relay!

Today, the whole school arrived dressed in sports gear and house colours, getting ready to go down to Seatoun Park. Our school house leaders (Sophia Meech, Mia Adams, James Pink, Marimatina Peni, and Chloe Blades) were beginning to sort out their house groups into the youngest to the oldest line, which was then split into two groups, one on each side of the field. Once the house leaders had given the baton to each person at the front of their line, Mrs. Revill would blow the whistle to signal the beginning of the race. The younger children went at the front of the relay line, and the house leader would run alongside them to cheer them on and make sure they are doing well, leaving the older kids and seniors at the back to finish off the race. Everybody did so amazingly, and there were lots of different and efficient strategies to be seen. Special congratulations to Eymard House, lead by James Pink, for coming in first place in the relay. By Mia

St. Anthony’s School, Long Jump, Hurdles and Bean Bag Throw

The morning was divided into parts, class athletics, and house athletics. The class athletics involved Long jump, Hurdles, and Bean Bag throwing. The classes rotated around the different sports. Long jump was set up between two cones and a ruler. The students got a run-up and jumped from behind the ruler, and then their leap was measured. For Hurdles, everyone in the class lined up in two teams and the first people in line raced each other. A teacher flicks on a timer, and the first one at the end gets the time. The two with the highest time race, and so a winner is decided. In the bean bag throw, six hula hoops are laid out, so there are three on each side and two teams. Each team was given three hula hoops, and the people at the front of the line tried to throw their bean bags into the hoops. The front hoop was worth 5 points, the middle 10, and the furthest hoop, 15. Everyone did really well and enjoyed themselves. by Sophia

Egg and Spoon House Races!

The last competition we did today was an egg and spoon race that we all did with our houses. When you drop the plastic egg it breaks into two parts, and a fuzzy yoke ball that is hidden inside drops out. You run as fast as you can and try not to drop the egg. If you do, then you pick up the three pieces of the egg, put it back together properly, and continue running to the next person in line. It was super fun and we would all love to do it again! by Chloe