Athletics Day

When I was 8 years old, our school had an Athletics Day. We all competed in lots of events, like High Jump, Long Jump, Vortex, Shot Put, Discus and Sprints.
It was a warm, sunny Tuesday morning. First, The school walked down to the court.The teachers stood while we were sitting on the green tiger-turf court in our house lines. We were dressed in green, red, yellow, blue, and PE gear which was black shorts and a  maroon t-shirt. Mr K came down and told us  to march around the field in our houses, then to go to our first events.


After we all walked around the the field, the 8 year olds went to high jump.The mat was a big fat blue mat. The pole was striped black and orange. Mrs Thomson was sitting on a plastic red seat behind a blue wooden desk. We started. I was first. I ran. I jumped. When I was in the air, it felt like I was floating, then I hit the mat. I sunk into it.
Third, we did shot put. I was the first person in line again. We did shot put under the big shady tree by the senior sand pit. We used a blue shot put. There was a big triangle with numbers one, two, three on it.
It was a fun day, but I was very tired when I got home from school that afternoon.