Field Day

So today was field day for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade at our school. It was a pretty good day. We went to 9 of the 11 stations and spent most of the day outside. After lunch they had a teacher volleyball game which was supposed to be fun for the kids to watch. Well, not all of the classes came back to watch the volleyball game and the coaches had all the kids 'sit' on one side of the court.

Well, the problem came when the other teachers went to play the game. That left about 3-4 teachers to watch the 12-15 classes that were there to watch the game. The problems began when the game started. Several students stood up so they could see the game, not realizing that the game was going to be visible from any seat.

From that point, everyone else began to stand up. Then kids started getting bored and running around and chasing each other. I had to break up several shoving matches and the beginnings of at least two fights. Then a group of about 15 students decided it was a good time to try to go play on the obstacle course. Needless to say, that ended the game and any chance of field day that our students had left.

The most frustrating part was that the coaches had a bull horn; they could have told the students to sit down. Instead, they were watching the game themselves and not paying any attention to what was happening behind them.

Throughout the day I could feel Zoey kicking when the kids were playing at different stations. It was also entertaining to see one of my girls put her hat to the side like an 80's kid and do the running man when they put on an 80's song. It was also comical to hear some of my boys talking after I made the comment "I don't know about you, but I'm hungry!" trying to get the kids to line up for lunch. I could here about 3 of my boys talking and they said something like "and so is Zoey. When Zoey gets hungry so does Mrs. Lowe!"