To think DS sports day was odd and not really in the spirit of inclusion?

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Me and DH and DM attended DS sports day yesterday
it was very hot and it wasn’t set out like a traditional sports day I.e activities each team goes round
mall kids were seated , activities did happen but certain kids from each team were read out and all other kids remained seated , there were children who took part in multiple races , and some none my son did 1! Being stood in a sun trap for over 2 hours to see him do one race at the end 😡

like I said some kids did nothing,

I asked him and he said teachers asked kids which ones they wanted to do instead

AIBU to think the whole point of SD is that everyone takes part??

Actually no one has explained why it's not a good idea to make all children participate in sports day. There's been lots of talk of disabled kids etc. With the right approach, there's lots of scope to include disabled children. What I read, in the original post, was that we should allow children who are not naturally athletic to opt out of sports day. This, I don't agree with. This doesn't mean I lack compassion. It means that I think all children should be encouraged to have a go. It's not a good idea to teach kids that they can just opt out of things they find hard. And finally, it's really not my fault that I was the sporty, popular kid. And you clearly weren't...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Plenty of people have explained why forced participation in such an event isn’t good. If you chose not to see those points that’s on you.

They do "have a go" in every lesson all year long.

Just as the less academically able kids have to have a go at maths, English and science.

Unless you want to also humiliate those kids by making them take their tests in front of a full audience too? So they can "have a go"?

Let the sporty kids have a day to shine. If they're good at both, fabulous. Nobody's counting.

You might have been sporty at school but the comprehension part of English lessons clearly passed you by if you think 'no one has explained why it's not a good idea to make all children participate in sports day'.

There are plenty of examples of that in this thread.

You’re so far off on this it’s untrue. For many children just the having to “perform” in front of other kids parents is enough to me it’s completely inaccessible. So unless you’re going to remove parents then straight off some children can’t take part. This whole idea that it’s acceptable to force children to perform in front of parents when it comes to sports is bizarre. There’s no other part of the curriculum where this is considered appropriate. For kids who want to, who find it fun, who are engaged, who like to perform then sure. Embrace. But for those who can’t leave them alone.

@Mojoj genuine question would you think it appropriate to march a kid with dyslexia into the middle of a school field and make them take part in a spelling test in front of their peers parents?

We did this in the 90s. There was a list and we discussed as a class who did what

Think i must have mis-read / understood your post i'm normally quite good at spotting sarcasm !