Field Day at Katherine's school was last May 16th - what a FUN day! John took the day off work (as did many other dad's - I was impressed) to help with games and the kids had a GREAT time. Elizabeth is not quite old enough to participate - they have to be Pre-K and older, so next year.
Here is Katherine getting ready for "Field Hockey" -
played with pool noodles and a giant beach ball!
Here's Katherine playing "volleyball" with a big sheet (held around the edge by
each team) and a beach ball that they were trying to get over the net.
Here's Katherine with her team - they all had their bare feet in a baby pool filled with
water and marbles and they had to pick up the marbles with their toes
and put them in a tub - the team that did it faster (there was another team
doing the same thing at the same time) won.
Katherine's team is getting ready for "the amazing race" - kind of an obstacle course,
but they had to do everything as a team - it was great to watch the teamwork,
especially between the older and younger kids.
This was a game where the team had to move together (they are standing on and
holding above their heads a ring of rubber/plastic). It looked kind of like the
"wheels" of a bulldozer, if you can picture that. TEAMWORK!!
The famous and really fun scooter race - Katherine is holding a cup of water
that they fill at one end of the parking lot, then pull the scooter along and
dump the cup in a bin at the other end - the team that gets more water
in their bucket at the end of the time "wins".
Getting ready for the tug-of-war at the end of the morning.
Here's the red team picture (above) and the all school/team picture (below).
There were other games that I didn't get a picture of, too. A really fun day was had by all - kuddos to all who put it together! I was really impressed by the focus (whether it was deliberate or not) on games that required a team effort and was also impressed by the kids that really seemed to work together especially helping the younger kids and not being so competitive. There was definitely NOT an emphasis put on winning, but working together as a team and having fun.
Covenant Christian School has a closing chapel on the last day of school - above is Katherine getting ready for it and below is her with a couple of her friends from her class, Lindsay and Macy.
During the chapel, the kids mostly sang songs and recited scripture as well as the older kids doing some dramatization and playing their recorders (they start that in 3rd grade). It was great to see the entire school together singing about God's love.
The chapel was a bit long - Christopher entertained himself with a bible - in this picture he's saying "read book".
School is out for the summer!!!
