Blue, green and red t-shirts conquered the grounds in high spirits on a bright Saturday morning for Khaldunia High School’s Annual Sports Day. The intimate event was attended by an enthused crowd of parents and teachers at an open ground space in F-11/4.
The school’s houses, Oaks, Pines and Willows, paraded the ground in their different coloured t-shirts for a disciplined march past, followed by a display of aerobics and physical training exercises.
Other activities included pass the balloon, time ball relay and long jump, with the afternoon sun beating down on the undeterred young athletes.
Students were divided into seven age groups to take part in stimulating races such as wheelbarrow race as well as a kangaroo race, which involved an amusing display of clumsy hopping. Parents too joined in the activities in two separate races for mothers and fathers.
The Oaks house scored the most points overall, winning the junior and senior tug-of-war in a dusty show of yanking and toppling. The activities ended with a prize-distribution ceremony and though the participants were awarded first, second and third prizes, there was a healthy sense of competition among the children.
“It is not about wining and losing, it’s about participating, learning and growing into well-rounded individuals,” said Ayesha Pasha, the co-coordinator of the event.
Ehsan Khan, a sports teacher at Khaldunia, stressed on the need to bring children back to the playgrounds and away from the isolating technologies of computers and cell phones.
“These activities are necessary to stimulate young children and to encourage their athletic development,” he commented.
Hajra Ahmad, director of studies and one of the founders of the school, expressed the importance of sports as a “leveller”. She said that Khaldunia consisted of a diverse body of students, hailing from different linguistic backgrounds, adding that extra-curricular activities such as sports served to empower young children and encouraged diversity and individuality.
“We at Khaldunia are working to remove barriers in thinking,” she said.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 26th, 2012.
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