The Dulwich year is coming to an end. The month of May is filled with cumulative activities, including musical performances, academic testing and the athletic competitions. The Junior School's Sports Day is a particular favorite as it is a heated competition amongst the Houses of Shackleton (of which my girls are members), Anand, Howard and Wing. If you are not familiar with Houses, just watch Harry Potter. The girls say their house is most like Harry's house of Gryffindor, and Wing is like Slytherin. This only slightly clears things up for me, but I get the gist of it.
The temperature was perfect for the kids, but the wind was brisk for those of us watching in the stands. The younger juniors were the first to run. Sarah and Sydney lined up with the other Year 3 girls for the 800M, which is two times around the track. I was worried about Sydney since she'd had her finger broken the previous day (another story for another day), but she was determined to run. They both did well. Syd finished fourth and Sarah finished sixth. They each had to run in the 4x100M relay and their teams won. Sarah...little Sarah was on the tug of war team. Needless to say, they did not win. They switched to the field events and the older juniors came to the track. By the way, Sarah finished first in the long jump, which I missed.
Katie was chosed to run the 800M as well. She was nervous because she didn't want to let her team down. The other Year 6 girls were off in a shot with Katie plugging along behind them. She ran the entire first lap, but started to slow on the back half. One of the other teams' mum was watching her daughter on the field events, but saw Katie struggling and started running with her. The entire school was cheering her on as she rounded the final turn and sprinted as much as Katie can sprint to the finish line. Once again, the sportsmanship of all the kids brought tears to my eyes. Katie was awarded an effort point for her determination.
Shackleton finished second to Wing and the kids should all be proud of their efforts.
I did notice, however, the effort put forth on one of the Friends of Dulwich tents was not so apparant. Look closely.
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