PISJ-ES students display skills at Annual Sports Day 2012-2013

Pakistan International School in Jeddah-English Section held its Annual Sports Day for junior boys and girls, from the nursery level through Grade 1, last Thursday and for Grade level 2 through Grade level 4 last Saturday.
The little angels and young daffodils exhibited their hard work in athletic skills by competing in different color houses i.e. Blue, Red, Green and Yellow. Each house was splendidly decorated under a specific theme. Blue House represented ‘Dynamic Sharks,’ Red House ‘Glorious Gladiators,’ Green House “Soldiers” and Yellow House represented “Roaring Jaguars.” The four houses’ colors added glamor and attraction to the day.
The program started with the recitation of verses from the Holy Qur’an followed by a Nasheed and a flag-hoisting ceremony. The national anthems of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia were then sung.
The PISJ-ES principal and Pakistan senator, Sehar Kamran, in her message to the students said, “At PISJ-ES we give equal importance to curricular and extracurricular activities, which is the main reason we have organized a separate Sports Day for our young daffodils and falcons. This is a manifestation of our resolve to groom these little ones and provide equal opportunities to all.” Sehar Kamran also said that sports is one of the most important facets of education; beyond promoting health, it teaches teamwork — how to get along with others and how to work together to achieve a common goal.
The Sports Day is one of the most awaited events at PISJ-ES bringing forth and promoting the student talent in diverse range of athletic sports. It is the combined effort of teachers, supporting staff and school administration.
To get the audience and young athletes into groove for the Sports Day, the innocent tiny trots energetically gave a beautiful performance of welcome display, representing cute, adorable and naughty smurfs.
Afterwards the main sports day event included different races: 50m and 100m flat race, tying the knot on the hoop race, tele match collecting the bears, T-match passing the ball race, relay race straight, relay race of four corners for the Y2-Y4 students and YN-Y1 races included find the ball race, find the teddy bear race, Frog Race, Tying the lace, Tele Match collecting fruits and vegetables and Ball Relay.
The P. T display and the gymnastics were the most admired displays of the day by the entire audience among the family event which was a race having three members from each family.
At the end the final prize distribution took place and the students were awarded gold, silver and bronze medals for the first, second and third positions respectively.
The Gymnastics and P.T display students were also awarded with medals.
On the first day of sports event, Yellow House was on top with 357 points, followed by Blue House with 190 points, Red House with 180 points and Green House with 155 points.
And on the second day, Red House scored high with 288 points, Yellow House with 261 points, Green House with 243 points and Blue House with 208 points .