Field Day 2010
Field Day 2010
Who: The Villa community, students Grades K-7.
What: FIELD DAY! This year, we will be having a fun run/walk followed by game play time. Follow the seventh grade leaders to complete the course!
Where: A run/walk route around the entire Villa campus, starting on the soccer field and ending on the playground.
When: June 17th. 9am-11am.
Kindergarten-2nd grade running and playing from 9-10
3rd-6th grade running and playing from 10-11
Why: To celebrate the end of a great school year! What’s better than exercise, games and time with friends?!?
For student safety, the campus will be closed to vehicle traffic from 9:00-11:00am.
This year we are changing things up a bit for Field Day. In previous years, Field Day has consisted of a series of games for teams of students to navigate, while competing in mixed grade level teams with their peers. This year, the first activity of the day for Field Day participants will be a Fun Run. The course takes 12-15 minutes to walk, traversing many of Villa’s most treasured locations. Having all students, faculty and staff participate in the Fun Run allows Villa students to observe our community participating in a healthy, physical activity. The walk/run will end on the Villa playground where a bouncy house obstacle course, face painting and games await those who complete the course. Students will be given more freedom than in previous years and will have the opportunity to visit each game in their own time. In order to ensure students have an opportunity to access all the games and experience success while playing, Field Day will occur in two sessions, one for Grades Kindergarten-2, and one for Grades 3-6.
Field Day is the first opportunity for seventh grade students to serve as the leaders of our school. Traditionally, seventh grade students forgo playing, and become the directors of the day’s events. This change in roles is an important one for our upcoming eighth grade class, and it is a real pleasure to see them act in such responsible roles helping the younger students. Seventh grade students will set up large alphabet signs along the running course for participants to follow. They will also be in charge of organizing the games, face painting and managing student flow.
We look forward to a great end of the year.
