To think sports day SHOULD be about winning!

[CandOdad]

So today we have sports day which yesterday meant a letter coming home telling us all about "the spirit of the game" and how we shouldn't cheer for our child or the team they are in since it's all about the taking part.

Now my son had a Beavers sports day a few weeks ago and not one child was upset at the trophy giving for the end and cheering for your Beaver set was actively encouraged.

Is it not time that children should be taught that there will be winners and that life is about how you deal with this and improve yourself rather than us all getting along like some happy clappy squad?

Before it's assumed I was the "winner" at school, I was not. I was most definitely the last at everything, but this taught me about how to value the other skills I have.

milly did your child/ren go to Queenswood School by any chance?

I think in this heat our sports day will be just about surviving.

lljkk

Our infant and junior school are like that, they always get the most encouragement from the crowd

I used to loathe sports day when I was at primary school. I always got paired with the class drip for the bloody wheelbarrow race. Nowt short of a piss take. I suppose sports days have become a tradition in the UK at least but do any school staff know just WHY they have a sports day in the first place ? They strike me as divisive and only worth participation if you realistically have a good chance of winning any given event.

Please watch the first sketch.