On 4/23/09, ButtersZZZZZZZZZZZZZ wrote:
> My collegues and I were talking about having a Sports Day
> in June. We have no PE teacher so I decided I would take
> this project on. We have approx 150 stduents in grades PRE-
> K through 4. We have one classroom per grade level and 2
> teachers in each class (Teacher + Asst.). My questions are:
> What are great activities that all grades would like? How
> should I set it up? (I was thinking a circut where classes
> take turns playing against each other in teams) We have a
> large gym, but a small budget for the activites. We have
> no gym equiment either. What are low budget ideas? How
> about food/refreshments?
> Thanx for anyy suggestions!

Just a suggestion of what you can do is creating a Mini
Olympic Games. This does not have to use a lot of equipment.
Each of the classes can choose a country to be and create
different pictures or crafts that can be made with crayons and
paper that they will wear during the events. If you only have
one class for each grade level then a good idea is to break
countries up into age groups. For example the teams will have
four 4th graders, four 3rd graders, etc. Of course you can
obviously make the sizes however you see fit.

The games can be modified so you don’t have to use a lot of
equipment. For example, you can have a relay race that
consists of going through and obstacle like a playground. You
can have games for the younger children where they are
carrying their favorite stuffed animal across a distance
holding it on their heads. The best thing I can offer since I
don’t see everything that you have at your hands reach is be
as creative as possible that is enjoyable for the students.
You can have a long jump competition where they are jumping
into a sand pit at the playground if you have that.

I could go on for days with ideas. But get with your
colleagues and see what you do have and then be as creative as
you want with what you have or can get. Just think of the
stuff you do have and create games around kicking, throwing,
shooting, running, etc.

Hopefully this might have helped and best of luck to you.

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