Middle School Field Day

ACS Athens

Middle School Field day

Field day will take place on April 17th, 2013

Students are split up according to their “HOUSES,”

Athenians are GREEN

Trojans are YELLOW

Spartans are BLUE

Corinthians are RED

Teachers should motivate and remind their students to wear a T-shirt of the color of their house, since

each color team is competing against each other.

The field day will start at 9:15 and will end at 12:00.

Field Day activities:

‘’ Pass the hula hoop’’

‘’Relay Lock Race’’

‘’Hoop Rolling Race’’

‘’Hula Hoop Race’’

‘’Domino Relay’’

‘’Human Obstacle Course’’

‘’Clothes Relay Race’’

‘’Balloon Burst Relay’’

“Tug of War’’

*Split your house team alphabetically into 2 teams. The relay will run two times giving an opportunity

for each student to participate. All 4 houses will have their A teams go first and when the relay is over a

signal will be given for the B teams to go. Each house team is lined up in a single file behind the

designated starting line, as a relay type team.

Students will be informed of these events, as well as what house they are in, in P.E. class, and they will

be familiar with the rules and regulations.

To Staff: 2 staff members will be judges and 2 staff members will be captains

Judges duties:

- Keep track of any violations that may occur.

-Keep score for game points.

-Vote for sportsmanship/ effort award along with your group members.

Follow instructions below.

GAME POINTS: 1st place = 40 points, 2nd place = 20 points, 3rd place = 10 points, 4th place = 5

points

At the end of field day a SPORTSMANSHIP/EFFORT AWARD will be given to a team. See below

the SPORTSMANSHIP rubric (the gold team will be awarded the sportsmanship award).

You can not vote for your own team house.

SPORTSMANSHIP RUBRIC

TITLE Criteria HOUSE

GOLD

TEAM

Outstanding sportsmanship attitude and behavior. Everyone cheered

and motivated team house members regardless if they were in the lead

or not. Every house team member tried his/her best.

SILVER

TEAM

Very good sportsmanship attitude and behavior. Some house team

members cheered and motivated team house members. More or less,

each house team member tried his/her best.

BRONZE

TEAM

Good sportsmanship attitude and behavior. There was very little

evidence of cheering and motivation. Not every house team member

tried his/her best. Some house team members did not try at all.

STREET

TEAM

Poor sportsmanship attitude and behavior. There was almost no

evidence of cheering and motivation. Not every house team member

tried his/her best. Some house team members did not try at all.

Captains duties:

-inform officials (Vasilis or Athanasia) of the total number of students that you have in your house

team as soon as possible before the games begin.

-encourage your team members.

- make sure your house students are listening when instructions and/or announcements are given.

-be aware of the game schedule and help at the end of each game to collect all the equipment

used and set up the new equipment for the next game.

At the end of Field Day, all students will hear the final results.

If you have any questions please see Athanasia or Vasili.

We’ll do anything we can to make this an enjoyable day. We appreciate your help and support.

Without your help field day would not be successful.

Thanks,

Athanasia & Vasilis

FIELD DAY

TIME STATIONS HOUSES

A B

9:20 A.M.- 9:45 A.M. 1- Pass the hula hoop

Team Building Activity

2- ’Relay Lock Race’’

Team Building Activity

SPARTANS vs. ATHENIANS

vs. CORINTHIANS vs. TROJANS

9:50 A.M- 10:15 A.M. 3- Hoop Rolling Relay Race

4-Hula Hoop Relay Race



10:20 A.M.- 10:45 A.M. 5- Domino Relay 6- Human Body Relay



10:50 A.M.-11:15 A.M 7- Clothes Relay Race

8- Balloon Burst Relay



11:20 A.M.-11:45 A.M. 9- Tug of War 1- SPARTANS -Boys vs. ATHENIANS-Boys

2-CORINTHIANS-Boys vs. TROJANS0-Boys

3-SPARTANS- Girls vs. TROJANS-Girls

4-ATHENIANS-Girls vs. CORINTHIANS-Girls

5-SPARTANS-Teachers vs. CORINTHIANS

6-ATHENIANS-Teachers vs. TROJANS-

7- 3rd place vs 4th place

8- 2nd place vs 1st place

11:50-12:00 P.M. Announcement of the results-Awards

Events:

1. Pass the Hula Hoop

The game: The students holding their hands. A hula hoop should be placed around a set of clasped

hands. From this point, students must pass the hoop around the line without unclasping hands. They

can push their body through the hoop and also pass it over their heads. When the hoop reaches the

last person on line, that person runs forward and restarts from the beginning. The winner is the team

that brings the first 6 players successfully to the front of the line (12 min).

For judges:

Please record the points from the first relay under group A column and after the end of the second

relay under the Group B column.

1st place 40 points 2nd place 20 points 3rd place 10 points 4th place 5 points.

HOUSES

GAME points

1st game 2nd game

Athenians

Trojans

Corinthians

Spartans

2. Relay Lock Race

The game: Each person selects a partner. They

stand back to back and lock the arms by the elbows

while holding their own stomach with their hands. The students must cover together a distance (from

one side of the field to the other). Don’t give them specific instructions on how to get to the finish line

other than they can’t let go of their stomachs. This causes creativity and laughter.

The winner is the team which has all players successfully completing the relay and seating down

behind each other in a straight line (12 min).

For judges:




HOUSES

GAME points

1st game 2nd game

Athenians

Trojans

Corinthians

Spartans

3. Hoop Rolling Relay

The game: Each house team has a Hula hoop. On the signal the first person on each house team rolls

the hula hoop to and around the cone and back to the next teammate who then

does the same until the last teammate crosses the finish line and seats at the

end of his/hers team line. The relay continues until everyone has had a turn.

The winner is the team which has all players successfully completing the relay

and seating down behind each other in a straight line (12 min).

For judges:




HOUSES

GAME points

1st game 2nd game

Athenians

Trojans

Corinthians

Spartans

4. Hula Hoop Relay Race

The game: Teams separate their players into pairs.

Each team gets a hula hoop. The first pair from each

team put the hula hoop around both of their waist

and run all the way up to and around the cone and

back. The players support the hula hoop around their

waist without the use of their hands. The hoop can

never touch the ground. Players must stand in place

for five seconds if they let their hoop touch the ground. Players run back, remove their hoop and place

it over the head of their teammate where they repeat the same until the last pair crosses the finish line

and seats at the end of his/hers team line. The winner is the team which has all players successfully

completing the relay and seating down behind each other in a straight line (12 min).

For judges:




HOUSES

GAME points

1st game 2nd game

Athenians

Trojans

Corinthians

Spartans

5. Human Body Obstacle Course

The game: It's called rock, bridge, tree. You

choose 3 non-runners from each team. One

stands a distance away from the line-up of

runners, facing them. The child gets on their

knees, puts their heads all the way down and

covers their heads. They are the rocks.

Further beyond the rock is the bridge. A "tall"

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child stands with arms by the side and legs spread. Further along stands the tree with arms and feet

spread. The first child in the relay line runs to the rock and jumps over it, runs again and goes under

the bridge, runs again and goes around the tree, runs back to line going under the same bridge again

and then runs to the rock jumps over and runs to the next person in line. You have to be careful that

the rocks stay down and covered and that the bridges are tall and with shorts on.



For judges:

Each house will play 1 game. Please record the points in the game points column.


6. Domino Relay

The game: On the signal the first person on each house team

lays down on his/her tummy in a straight position with the

arms close to the body, touching the thighs. Then the next

person step on each side of the body without touching

his/her teammate and lays in the same form in front of

HOUSES

GAME points

1st game 2nd game

Athenians

Trojans

Corinthians

Spartans

his/her teammate head. The relay continues until the line reaches the end of the field and the team

returns back to the starting line.

The winner is the team which passes successfully the finish line (12 min).

For judges:




HOUSES

GAME points

1st game 2nd game

Athenians

Trojans

Corinthians

Spartans

7. Clothes Relay Race

The game: Each house team has one set (pants, and shirt) of adult sized clothes.

On the signal the first person on each house team puts on the oversized clothes. He/she

then runs to a cone across his/her house team, goes around it, and comes back. When

he/she goes back, he/she takes off the clothes, and gives them to the next person. The

relay continues until everyone has had a turn. When the last person is coming in, the

whole house team sits down.



For judges:




HOUSES

GAME points

1st game 2nd game

Athenians

Trojans

Corinthians

Spartans

8. Balloon Burst Race

A balloon will be given to each student. The students need to

blow up the balloon and tie it. At the start signal the first

person from each team runs with an inflated balloon to a

chair at the opposite end pop the balloon by sitting on it only and then run back and hi-five.



For judges:




HOUSES

GAME points

1st game 2nd game

Athenians

Trojans

Corinthians

Spartans

9. Tug of war

Mini tug of war tournament between all four houses. Students

have to pull the rope as hard as they can so the flag in the

middle comes to their teams’ side (past the cone.)

The winner is the house team that has pulled the rope with the flag past the cone and onto their

side. (15 min)

Remember that each and every house needs to compete against one another.

1- SPARTANS -Boys vs. ATHENIANS-Boys

2-CORINTHIANS-Boys vs. TROJANS0-Boys

3-SPARTANS- Girls vs. TROJANS-Girls

4-ATHENIANS-Girls vs. CORINTHIANS-Girls

5-SPARTANS-Teachers vs. CORINTHIANS-Teachers

6-ATHENIANS-Teachers vs. TROJANS-Teachers

7- 3rd place vs 4th place

8- 2nd place vs 1st place

For judges:

Each house will play 3 games. Please circle the winning team. Only the winning team gets 40 points.

Add 1st place points for each house below.

HOUSES 1st PLACE points

Athenians

Trojans

Corinthians

Spartans

Let the games begin!!!!

Do not forget to bring:

1)…house color T-shirt

2) …sneakers

3)….hat

4)…sunscreen

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Middle School Field Day