Athletics 2017

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Lots of helpers @ 7am, all set up by 8am

Overcast weather with a breeze helped keep everyone cool

Volunteers were awesome :)

Music, great variety

Roz created folders

Labels on discus, shot put for comp & non-comp

More kids in mufti, house colours

Relay teams set & ready once school sat down

Always popular champ kids team vs adults

Parents relay team

Staff dressed in costumes

Seniors dressed in costume

Started early 9:10 round 1

Student absences

No sacks for senior sack race

No refreshments for volunteers

Having to run Y1-3 sprint finals on another day

Sound levels not right on bottom fields

Split groups - Y3/4 finishing at different times - need to know earlier to plan who/when to open classrooms for food

Short breaks for the seniors - needed more time to prepare

Double up split groups for sprint races only

Y7-8's want one more race - so add 75m 2018

Sausage sizzle

4 gazebos on bottom field for Y4-8 bags?

One rotation could be a morning tea/snack break

Just after the siren for junior goes, keep music down for a couple of minutes for officials to give instructions (can't hear each other)

Make cards with game instructions.

Make cards to show the set up of a station.

Buy 2-3 more rubber javelins for Y4-6

Round 1 starts 9:10am to finish earlier for morning tea

Add 2 rests to the junior rotation