There's more to a good sports day than charging around like headless chickens, balancing bean bags on your nose and playing 'who can fall over the best' inside a smelly old sack.
Yet while a sports day should be more than random play, an over-serious mini-Olympics event where outcome and spectacle are the only determining factors is equally unsuitable for very young children.
Elements of both are useful - but the over-riding aim should be to encourage all children to enjoy and benefit from physical activity, and to do so in a way that can be built upon by parents, teachers, coaches and instructors over subsequent years.
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